Today’s Headlines
State DOTs Have No Control Over Transportation Alternatives Funds Under MAP-21 (Bike League) Illinois Rail Meets “High-Speed” Definition (Grid Chicago) Amtrak Could Cut Kansas-to-New Mexico Route (New Mexican) U.S. DOT: No More Leniency For Unsafe Bus Companies (BusinessWeek) Developer Builds Seattle’s Tallest Residential Building and Saves a Nearby Mountain (Grist) These Airlines Will Book You … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:40 AM EDT on October 23, 2012
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- State DOTs Have No Control Over Transportation Alternatives Funds Under MAP-21 (Bike League)
- Illinois Rail Meets “High-Speed” Definition (Grid Chicago)
- Amtrak Could Cut Kansas-to-New Mexico Route (New Mexican)
- U.S. DOT: No More Leniency For Unsafe Bus Companies (BusinessWeek)
- Developer Builds Seattle’s Tallest Residential Building and Saves a Nearby Mountain (Grist)
- These Airlines Will Book You a Seat on the Next Train (NYT)
- With Proof That Separated Bike Lanes Save Lives, Can We Agree We Need Them? (Bike Portland)
- Urban Density Leads to Prosperity, Sprawl Just Leads to Congestion (Toronto Star)
- DC’s Zoning Rewrite Gets Rid of Parking Minimums, Should Also Set Maximums (GGW)
- Labor Disputes, Like Wal-Mart’s, Have Big Impacts For Cities’ Prosperity (Next American City)
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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