Today’s Headlines
Deb Hubsmith, Presente! Safe Routes to School Visionary Dies At 45 (BikePortland, Bicycle Retailer) Toll From Traffic Crashes in First Half of 2015 Cost $152 Billion (Claims Journal) WaPo Wonkblog Maps 38 Million Long-Distance Commutes Gov. Brown to California Legislature: Deal With Transpo Funding (AP, LandLine) Phoenix, Cleveland Tell Albuquerque Transit Has Been Transformative; You Should Try It … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:55 AM EDT on August 20, 2015
- Deb Hubsmith, Presente! Safe Routes to School Visionary Dies At 45 (BikePortland, Bicycle Retailer)
- Toll From Traffic Crashes in First Half of 2015 Cost $152 Billion (Claims Journal)
- WaPo Wonkblog Maps 38 Million Long-Distance Commutes
- Gov. Brown to California Legislature: Deal With Transpo Funding (AP, LandLine)
- Phoenix, Cleveland Tell Albuquerque Transit Has Been Transformative; You Should Try It (BizJournal)
- Phoenix Light Rail Will Be Important to Millennials (AZ Central)
- Ten Years After Katrina, New Orleans Transit Still Struggling (Grist)
- Miami Plans Three BRT Corridors (Herald)
- Active Trans Wants a Light Rail Line Connecting O’Hare and Midway (Curbed)
- To Fund Transportation, Detroit Wants to Collect Income Taxes From Residents Working in Burbs (Crains)
- Activating Public Space Under Elevated Roadways (Urban Omnibus)
- How Detours Turn Roadways Into Dangerous Interstates (WISHTV)
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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