Today’s Headlines
DRIVE Act Gets An Upgrade With Amendments (Bike League, T4America) NRDC on the Bill’s Environmental Streamlining, Freight Program and More Will FRA Fine Railroads That Miss the Positive Train Control Deadline As Everyone Expects? (The Hill) Ford Turns to Car-Share (The Hill, WaPo) and Electric “Smart” Bikes (ExtremeTech, Gizmodo) Opa-locka, Florida, Moves City Hall to a Transit-Oriented Neighborhood as an Investment (Next … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:55 AM EDT on June 25, 2015
- DRIVE Act Gets An Upgrade With Amendments (Bike League, T4America)
- NRDC on the Bill’s Environmental Streamlining, Freight Program and More
- Will FRA Fine Railroads That Miss the Positive Train Control Deadline As Everyone Expects? (The Hill)
- Ford Turns to Car-Share (The Hill, WaPo) and Electric “Smart” Bikes (ExtremeTech, Gizmodo)
- Opa-locka, Florida, Moves City Hall to a Transit-Oriented Neighborhood as an Investment (Next City)
- Does Road Noise Cause Strokes? (CityLab)
- Older Americans Need Better Transportation Options (Forbes)
- Dutch Citizens Sue Government for Not Stopping Climate Change (Grist)
- A Perfect Bike for the Ladies, Because Ladies Ride Slow and Look Pretty. Hello Pretty Ladies! (Outside)
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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