Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Poll: 71 Percent of Americans Favor 10-Cent Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) DC Is the First School System to Teach Every Kid to Ride a Bike (CityLab) Why Any Effort to Get People to Try Biking Is a Winner (Bike Portland) Don’t Forget the Next Step After Placemaking: Placekeeping (RPUS) Beyond “Accident” vs. “Crash”: Media … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:48 AM EDT on September 2, 2015

Poll: 71 Percent of Americans Favor 10-Cent Gas Tax Hike (The Hill)
DC Is the First School System to Teach Every Kid to Ride a Bike (CityLab)
Why Any Effort to Get People to Try Biking Is a Winner (Bike Portland)
Don’t Forget the Next Step After Placemaking: Placekeeping (RPUS)
Beyond “Accident” vs. “Crash”: Media Should Hold Drivers Accountable (CityLab)
Study: Speed Cameras Reduce Speeds, Save Lives (WTOP)
A Critique of Car-Based Family Time (Family Friendly Cities)
Uber Drivers Get Class Action Status in Suit Against Their Not-Quite Employer (Think Progress)

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.

Today's Headlines

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