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Posts from the "Today’s Headlines" Category
by Tanya Snyder
- FTA’s Rogoff: “Every Transit Rider Owes a Huge Debt of Gratitude to Sen. Frank Lautenberg” (WNYC)
- TSTC Calls on Gov. Christie to Replace Sen. Lautenberg With Another Transit Hero…
- … But Don’t Count on It (Atlantic Wire)
- It Really Is Your Father’s Oldsmobile: Young People Buying Fewer Cars (U of Michigan)
- China’s New Pollution Tax Will Bring Gas Tax to $1.62 Per Liter (GreenPacks)
- Maryland’s Smart Growth Incentives Aren’t Working (Atlantic Cities, Bacon’s Rebellion)
- Oregonian Buries the Lede: Bike Lanes Reduce Crashes (…But Of Course, Not Their Severity)
- A To-Do List For LA’s Next Mayor, Written As If the Last Eight Years Never Happened (HuffPo)
- Study: E-bikes Can Reduce Barriers to Cycling For Some People (EV World)
- A Video Takedown of Vehicular Cycling (Cantankerous Titles)
- Do Yourself a Favor and Follow @BicycleLobby on Twitter (Once You’ve Seen This WSJ Lunacy)
by Tanya Snyder
- LaHood Tells Govs: “Congress Needs to Find $500 or $600 billion and Pass a 5-Year Bill” (Detroit News)
- LaHood Promises $185M in Federal Funds For New York Gateway Project (Railway Gazette)
- NHTSA Looks to Future of Self-Driving Cars, Seeks to Regulate It (LAT)
- More Crumbling Bridges, This Time Over the Columbia Gorge (Boise Weekly)
- Moscow, With New Bike-Share, Struggles to Get Cyclists Out in a City Still Unsafe for Cyclists (Rappler)
- Aspen Bike-Share Opens This Week (ABC7)
- Good Encourages Readers to Commit to Car-Free Days
- How Toronto Came to Be Ruled By City-Hating, Right-Wing Suburbanites (Star)
- UPS and FedEx Have Racked Up More Than $5.5 Million in Parking Tickets Since 2011 (WaPo)
- West Texans Say They’d Ride the Bus If They Knew the Schedule, Saw More Ads (CBS7)
- The Nation Digs Through Its Archives to Find the Last Golden Age of Bicycles
- Cities With Less Driving Have More Potential for Social Interaction (Fast Company)
by Katie Pearce
- Feds Announce Major Funding for Amtrak’s NJ-NY Gateway Project (CBS Local, Railway Age)
- NHTSA Issues Recommendations for Driverless Cars (The Hill)
- Can a Makeover Turn Around America’s Busiest Transit Center? (Good, Atlantic Cities)
- In California, High-Stakes Trial for High-Speed Rail (Mercury News)
- Study: Commuters Want Better Transit Tech (Wired)
- Montgomery County, MD, Gets New Planning Director (GGW), Makes Way for New Bike Lanes (Patch)
- Bike Portland From Copenhagen: Kids are the Real Test of “Bike-Friendly” Cities
- Light Rail Prospect Stirs Debate in Tampa (Tampa Bay)
- A Call for “No Child Left Inside” at CNU 21 in Salt Lake (Next City)
- Check Out Condensed Maps of the World’s Largest Bike-Sharing Systems (Quartz)
by Katie Pearce
- In Spite of High-Profile Accidents, Rails Are Safer Than Ever (AP, USA Today)
- LaHood Praises Bans on Texting Behind the Wheel (The Hill)
- Baltimore County Exec to Take Reins of Busy Maryland DOT (WaPo, Capital Gazette)
- Lessons Learned from Charlotte’s Streetcar Battles (Charlotte Biz Journal)
- Zappos Founder’s Project 100 Tries to Get People Out of Cars in Vegas (Good)
- Congress for New Urbanism: Day 2 in Salt Lake City (Strong Towns)
- Despite Cash from Feds, D.C. Metro Ridership Falls (Examiner)
- Mexico’s “Supercivicos” Shame Drivers in Bike Lanes (Treehugger)
- Why Potential Bike Tax in Portland Isn’t as Unpopular as You May Think (Bike Portland)
by Katie Pearce
- Leadership Shift Likely for House Transpo Committee (Transpo Issues Daily)
- Many Taxpayers Have No Clue How Much They Pay Toward Transpo (WaPo)
- Car-Sharing Evolves From “Quirky Market Niche” to Big-Time Industry (Atlantic Cities)
- California Bullet Train Agency Lowers Risk of Cost Overruns (LAT)
- Starting Today, Congress for New Urbanism Convenes in Salt Lake City (SL Trib)
- As Alta Celebrates with NYC Bike-Share, It Takes Heat in D.C. (Housing Complex)
- In Dallas, a Push for Highway Teardown (Next City)
- How About Some Free Ferries for Cyclists in NY/NJ? (Planetizen)
- Charlotte City Council Finally Commits to Streetcar (WCNC)
- Will Thrifty D.C.-Area Drivers Just Flock to Virginia for Cheaper Gas? (Examiner)
by Katie Pearce
- Section of I-5 Bridge North of Seattle Collapses Into Skagit River (LAT)
- Lipinski (D) and Grimm (R) Form Public Transit Caucus in the House (Hill)
- NY and NJ Transit Get $3.7B More for Sandy Damage, Future Storms (AP)
- In NH, House and Senate Bicker Over Gas Tax (Concord Monitor)
- “Reports on the Death of Suburbia Have Been Exaggerated” (Bloomberg)
- Downtown Vegas Gets Bike-Friendlier (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- On-Again/Off-Again Boston to Cape Cod Rail Goes On Again (Boston Globe)
- Clean Technica Makes Argument For Off-Road Bike Paths
by Katie Pearce
- Today: Anthony Foxx’s Big Job Interview (WaPo)
- Should the Feds Subsidize Long-Distance Rail? (The Hill)
- Minnesota Transpo Bill Falls Short for Transit (MPR)
- Connecticut Rail Goes Back to Normal After Friday Crash (AP)
- Draft Budget in NC Sets Up Barriers for Transit (Herald Sun)
- The Cost of Sprawl, in Numbers (Atlantic Cities, Bacon’s Rebellion)
- Milwaukee Downtown Leader: Transit Vital for Growth (JS Online)
- How Tysons Corner’s Smart Growth Makes D.C. Look Small (Next City)
- Boston Biz Journal: A Meaningful Gas Tax Hike Can Make Streets Safer
- In Washington State, Republicans Join Rally to Increase Transpo Funds (News Tribune)
by Tanya Snyder
- Connecticut: Another Carmaggeddon That Wasn’t (CNN)
- Northeast Corridor Can Expect a Normal Rush Hour Commute Wednesday Morning (Reuters)
- Heritage Scripts the Anti-Livability, Pro-Sprawl Talking Points for Foxx‘s Confirmation Hearing
- Why Did the Last Climate Bill Fail? Unemployment Was Too High. (WaPo)
- Transportation Experts Respond to U.S. PIRG Study on the Decline in Driving (National Journal)
- Two Options for Metro Upgrades: Years of Weekend Work or 5-Month Shutdown (GGW)
- Why a Incentivizing a Car-Lite Workforce Is Good for Business (Bike Portland)
- Study: You’re Not As Visible at Night on Your Bike As You Think You Are (Bike Portland)
- Walkability Around Home and School Means More Active Kids (CHEO)
- How Eliminating the “Yes Buts” Cut Stanford Car Commuting by a Quarter (Good)
- Bicycle Innovations, Courtesy of Kickstarter (Design Boom)
