Today’s Headlines
CNU Picks 2014 “Freeways Without Futures” Even After Committee Chair Dismissed Idea, Rep. Petri Pushes For Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) Center for American Progress Warns of Need for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Pennsylvania Transpo Bill Will Fund Repairs — And Expanding Roads (WNEP) Atlanta Tries to Be More Prepared This Time Around (The Hill) More States Consider Tax … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:55 AM EST on February 12, 2014
- CNU Picks 2014 “Freeways Without Futures”
- Even After Committee Chair Dismissed Idea, Rep. Petri Pushes For Gas Tax Hike (The Hill)
- Center for American Progress Warns of Need for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
- Pennsylvania Transpo Bill Will Fund Repairs — And Expanding Roads (WNEP)
- Atlanta Tries to Be More Prepared This Time Around (The Hill)
- More States Consider Tax on Alternative Fuel Vehicles (WLTX)
- A Look Inside Ann Arbor’s Large-Scale Pilot With Connected Vehicle Technology (Atlantic Cities)
- Canada Is a Sprawling Nation Too, With Equally Crappy Environmental Results (The Link)
- Don’t You Think www.streetsblog.bike Has a Nice Ring to It? We Could Do It (Grist)
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.
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