Today’s Headlines
Cities Are Way Ahead of Countries on Climate Action (Grist) Brookings Looks Beyond the 85% Solo Driving Rate to Discover Big Changes The Guardian Compares the Affordability of the World’s Transit Systems Not Raising the Gas Tax Ends Up Costing Drivers More Than Raising It (NJ.com) Rutgers Prof Explains the Limitations of New Census Data on Bicycling … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:57 AM EDT on September 30, 2014
- Cities Are Way Ahead of Countries on Climate Action (Grist)
- Brookings Looks Beyond the 85% Solo Driving Rate to Discover Big Changes
- The Guardian Compares the Affordability of the World’s Transit Systems
- Not Raising the Gas Tax Ends Up Costing Drivers More Than Raising It (NJ.com)
- Rutgers Prof Explains the Limitations of New Census Data on Bicycling (Bike League)
- Human Transit Applauds Edmonton Journal for Rich Discussion on Transit Goals
- San Antonio Poll Showcases Windshield Perspective and Driver Entitlement at Its Worst (WOAI)
- Four Fascinating Scenarios for U.S. Cities of the (Near) Future (CityLab)
- Richard Florida Mapped Where the “Creative Class” Pushes Out the Poor in 12 Cities (WaPo)
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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