Today’s Headlines
Late-Night House Debate Weighed Slashing Transit, Amtrak, TIGER Funding (T4America) Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Urges Lawmakers to Oppose Transpo Budget Senate Dems Want to Force GOP’s Hand on Long-Term Transpo Funding Measure (Politico) Mayors Say Transit Is the Future, Congress Isn’t Buying It (Roll Call) NY Sen. Gillibrand Pushes to Let States Use … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:49 AM EDT on June 4, 2015
- Late-Night House Debate Weighed Slashing Transit, Amtrak, TIGER Funding (T4America)
- Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Urges Lawmakers to Oppose Transpo Budget
- Senate Dems Want to Force GOP’s Hand on Long-Term Transpo Funding Measure (Politico)
- Mayors Say Transit Is the Future, Congress Isn’t Buying It (Roll Call)
- NY Sen. Gillibrand Pushes to Let States Use Federal Dollars For Local Bridge Repair (The Hill)
- A Bill to Raise $400 Million for Transportation Dies in South Carolina (AP)
- Sacramento Votes No on Streetcar Funding, But There’s Still Hope For a Plan B (Biz Journal)
- Salt Lake City Council Pledges $3.1M Match to Federal Streetcar Funding (KSL)
- These 10 U.S. Metro Rail Systems Operate at the Biggest Loss (Brookings)
- Gizmodo: Japan Should Build America’s High-Speed Trains
- Google Expands Real-Time Transit Information Availability
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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