Today’s Headlines

8:49 AM EST on December 22, 2014

NHTSA: Pedestrian Deaths Down, Bicyclist Deaths Up in 2013
Even With Gas Prices in Free-Fall, Transit Ridership Keeps Climbing (NYT)
NOAA: Washington, DC, Has Hit a "Tipping" Point for Sea Level Rise (UPI)
Michael Brown, Raquel Nelson, and the Injustice of Car-Based Traffic Engineering (Dissent)
As HOT Lanes Open on I-95, A Brief History of Virginia's HOT Lanes (WaPo)
New York Upgrades Antiquated Technology on the Country's Biggest, Busiest Transit System (AP)
Amid Bertha Fiasco, WA Gov. Jay Inslee Proposes Cap-and-Trade to Fund (Green) Transpo (Planetizen)
DC Experiments With Dynamic Pricing for Downtown Parking (WaPo)
California Drivers Likely Won't Even Feel Effects of New "Hidden Gas Tax" (Fresno Bee)
Yes, Millennials Want to Live in Cities. But the Jobs Are Still In the Suburbs (Salon)
Globe and Mail: Other Cities Should Emulate Vancouver's Half-Cent Sales Tax for Transit
Milan Offers Free Transit for Leaving Car at Home (But Not to the Car-Free) (Car Scoops)

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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