Today’s Headlines
EIA Says Gas Prices Don’t Actually Have Much Impact on How Much Americans Drive (UT San Diego) …Which Is Good, Because Oil Just Hit a New Low (The Hill) There Are Seven Environmental Lawsuits Against California HSR. They’re All Futile (Fresno Bee) San Diego Transpo Planners Trying to Subvert Climate Laws, Expand Highways (Voice of … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:47 AM EST on December 16, 2014
- EIA Says Gas Prices Don’t Actually Have Much Impact on How Much Americans Drive (UT San Diego)
- …Which Is Good, Because Oil Just Hit a New Low (The Hill)
- There Are Seven Environmental Lawsuits Against California HSR. They’re All Futile (Fresno Bee)
- San Diego Transpo Planners Trying to Subvert Climate Laws, Expand Highways (Voice of San Diego)
- Feds Threaten Consequences for California’s Jammed Carpool Lanes (OC Register)
- WaPo‘s Ashley Halsey Blames Sprawl for Deadly Crash at Hemmed-In Airport
- Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine Streetcar Loop Complete (WLWT)
- Will $100 Million Rail Improvement End Up Worsening Delays in Indiana? (WISHTV)
- Waze Isn’t the Problem. Unpriced Roads Are the Problem (Cyclelicio.us)
- Just In Case You Were Ever Fooled By the Myth That More CO2 Helps Trees Grow Faster (Grist)
- Dutch Intelligent Bike Warns Cyclists of Impending Danger (Phys.org)
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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