Today’s Headlines
Obama Threatens to Veto GOP Transpo (Under-) Funding Measure (The Hill) Sec. of State John Kerry Breaks Leg Bicycling in Switzerland (Bicycling) Three House Dems Push Bill to Strengthen NHTSA’s Ability to Police Auto Safety (Detroit News) All-Powerful Bike Lobby Blasts Proposal to Cut Bike Funding (WSJ) Texas Governor Signs $4 Billion Transportation Bill (WFAA) Having Ruled Out … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:46 AM EDT on June 3, 2015
- Obama Threatens to Veto GOP Transpo (Under-) Funding Measure (The Hill)
- Sec. of State John Kerry Breaks Leg Bicycling in Switzerland (Bicycling)
- Three House Dems Push Bill to Strengthen NHTSA’s Ability to Police Auto Safety (Detroit News)
- All-Powerful Bike Lobby Blasts Proposal to Cut Bike Funding (WSJ)
- Texas Governor Signs $4 Billion Transportation Bill (WFAA)
- Having Ruled Out Mechanical Failure, Investigators Stumped Over Cause of Amtrak Crash (NYT, The Hill)
- Crash Shines Spotlight on Positive Train Control, Due By Year’s End (National Journal)
- The Better Bike Share Partnership Awards $375,000 For Bike Share Equity (People for Bikes)
- New Streetfilms Series Shows How Far Cycling Has Come in the UK
- The Most Beautiful Parking Garage Ever: Space for 5,000 Bikes (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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