Today’s Headlines

8:45 AM EST on November 17, 2014

Bless His Heart: Sen. Carper Still Thinks Congress Could Raise the Gas Tax (News Journal)
NEC Portal Bridge Chokepoint Could Be Fixed, Would Cost $940M (AP)
Japan's Maglev Train Opens, Reaching Speeds Over 300 MPH (Daily Mail)
Texas Transportation Council Drops Trinity Highway Boondoggle From Plan (Dallas Morning News)
WISDOT Presses Forward With Expensive and Unnecessary I-94 Expansion (WISPIRG)
Gov. Christie's Presidential Ambitions vs. the Need to Raise NJ's Gas Tax (NJ.com x2)
Critic Says Planned Detroit BRT Stations Are Too Far From Employment Centers (Crains)
SEPTA Trying to Work Bikes Into Philly Transit (CBS)
Silicon Valley Weighs BRT Options Along Camino Real (Human Transit)
Urban Geometry: Why It's Better for Your City to Be Shaped Like a Circle Than a Giraffe (Salon)
DC Scores High in Transpo "Free Market" Ranking for Uber Law (Daily Signal)
Washington Post Is Super Down on Streetcars These Days, in DC and Suburbs

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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