Today’s Headlines

8:48 AM EDT on March 10, 2014

Transit Ridership at Its Highest Point Since the Rise of the Suburbs (AP, NYT)
Camp Looking to Obama for a "Common Road" on Tax Reform (The Hill)
Senate Dems to Pull an All-Nighter for the Climate Tonight (The Hill)
When "Local Control" Means State Government Controls the Locals... (Tennessean)
...Sometimes the States (i.e. SC) Threaten to Buy Back State Roads (Post & Courier)
As Forecasts Vastly Overestimate Traffic, Philly Area Reconsiders Road Plans (Inquirer)
Will California Gas Prices Rise Next Year When Fuel Is Subject to Cap and Trade? (AP)
Detroit's M1 Woodward Line Could Start Running in 2016 (Freep)
Mayor Notes Positive Side Effects of Losing the Columbia River Crossing (OPB)
Expert Explains How Calgary Can Remove a Car Lane Without Adding Travel Time (Herald)
If You Want to Build Support for a Transit Tax, Copy This Op-Ed From Utah's Deseret News
How a Timber Company Sold Its Plan to Metastisize Sprawl and Log the Forest (Gainesville Sun)

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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