Today’s Headlines
White House Releases Report and Nifty Map Detailing Need for Infrastructure Investment …And Obama Will Spend the Week Pushing for It (RTT News) White House Supports GOP Transpo Extension Through May 2015 (The Hill) …While Conservative Groups Slam It (The Hill) 3 DOT Chiefs Outline Impacts of Transport Funding Troubles (ForConstructionPros) Report: Arizona’s Rural Roads Among … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:52 AM EDT on July 15, 2014
- White House Releases Report and Nifty Map Detailing Need for Infrastructure Investment
- …And Obama Will Spend the Week Pushing for It (RTT News)
- White House Supports GOP Transpo Extension Through May 2015 (The Hill)
- …While Conservative Groups Slam It (The Hill)
- 3 DOT Chiefs Outline Impacts of Transport Funding Troubles (ForConstructionPros)
- Report: Arizona’s Rural Roads Among Deadliest in U.S. (Arizona Republic)
- Kids and Cars Group Asks White House for Tech Solution to Kids Dying in Hot Cars (Autoblog)
- Todd Litman Finds Compact Cities Bring a Host of Positive Outcomes (Planetizen)
- Will Electric Car Drivers Be Any Less Virulently Anti-Bike Than Other Drivers? (EV World)
- Can We Plan Without Predicting the Future? (Human Transit)
- Rethinking the Balance Between Farebox and Subsidies (CityLab)
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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