Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

After Rejecting Five-Month Transpo Extension, Senate Takes Up Three-Month Bill (Roll Call) Strategic Petroleum Reserve Safe, Ex-Im Bank Dead — For Now (Forbes, Examiner) AP Summarizes Senate Bill, as If It Matters Anymore Philly to Hold a One-Day Lottery for SEPTA Passes for Pope’s Visit (AP) FDOT May Fund Bus, Light Rail Service on New Tampa Area HOT Lanes … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

9:00 AM EDT on July 29, 2015

After Rejecting Five-Month Transpo Extension, Senate Takes Up Three-Month Bill (Roll Call)
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Safe, Ex-Im Bank Dead — For Now (Forbes, Examiner)
AP Summarizes Senate Bill, as If It Matters Anymore
Philly to Hold a One-Day Lottery for SEPTA Passes for Pope’s Visit (AP)
FDOT May Fund Bus, Light Rail Service on New Tampa Area HOT Lanes (TBO)
2015 Has Been an Especially Deadly Year on Tucson’s Roads (AZPM)
Emanuel Proposes Expanding Chicago’s TOD Areas (Streetsblog Chicago)
Tennessee Gov. Haslam Goes on Tour to Tout Gas Tax Increase (WBIR)
North Carolina DOT Chief, Architect of 25-Year Vision Plan, Resigns (WNCT)
Another Survey Shows Millennials Love Walking, Not Driving (NAR)

Tanya Snyder

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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