Today’s Headlines
U.S. DOT Crowdsources Infrastructure Fails With #ShowUsYourInfraWear Social Media Campaign Thomas Friedman’s Debate Question for the GOP: Would You Raise the Gas Tax Like Reagan Did? (NYT) Amtrak Lawsuit Cap Won’t Be Raised Until Transpo Bill Passes (The Hill) Still Waiting for Transpo Rules Ordered By MAP-21 in 2012? That’s Par for the Course (The … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:50 AM EDT on August 5, 2015
- U.S. DOT Crowdsources Infrastructure Fails With #ShowUsYourInfraWear Social Media Campaign
- Thomas Friedman’s Debate Question for the GOP: Would You Raise the Gas Tax Like Reagan Did? (NYT)
- Amtrak Lawsuit Cap Won’t Be Raised Until Transpo Bill Passes (The Hill)
- Still Waiting for Transpo Rules Ordered By MAP-21 in 2012? That’s Par for the Course (The Hill)
- Edinburgh’s Streetcar Had a Hard Start Too (GGW)
- Should Undocumented Immigrants Get Drivers Licenses? (Dispatch)
- Five Tips From the Open Streets Project
- The Long-Delayed Silver Spring Transit Center Could Finally Open This Fall (WaPo)
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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