Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Inside California Gov. Jerry Brown’s Idea to Fund HSR With Cap and Trade (WSJ) Northern Virginia Weighs Roads Against Transit in Funding Decisions (WTOP) Texas Has Nation’s Biggest Road Repair Deficit (Bloomberg) Baton Rouge Reconsidering Its New Bus Hubs (KC Star) With Gabe Klein Moving to Transit Screen, Is Public Transit-Tracking Superceding Mobile? (WaPo) Arkansas … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:55 AM EDT on April 28, 2014

Inside California Gov. Jerry Brown’s Idea to Fund HSR With Cap and Trade (WSJ)
Northern Virginia Weighs Roads Against Transit in Funding Decisions (WTOP)
Texas Has Nation’s Biggest Road Repair Deficit (Bloomberg)
Baton Rouge Reconsidering Its New Bus Hubs (KC Star)
With Gabe Klein Moving to Transit Screen, Is Public Transit-Tracking Superceding Mobile? (WaPo)
Arkansas Transpo Director Pulled Over for Driving 21 Miles Over the Speed Limit But Not Cited (KY3)
BART’s Expensive Airport Extension Has Been a Huge Flop (SF Weekly)
London Agency Warns of Future Congestion, Won’t Recommend Increasing Road Charge (Guardian)
Barriers to the Great Mobile Leap in Transportation (Atlantic Cities)
Is This Crazy Pod the Future of Bicycling? (Upstart Biz Journal)

Tanya Snyder

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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