Today’s Headlines
NOAA Scientist Acknowledges Oil Plume Size Was Initially Underestimated (TPM) Port of Miami Overhaul Will Give Freight a Major Boost (Miami Herald) Arlington Names FHWA Official in Lawsuit to Prevent Highway Widening (WaPo) Two Calif. Cities Want Out of High-Speed Rail Plan (Mercury News) Vote for Cap-and-Trade Costs New Mexico Rep. Harry Teague Millions (Politico) Obesity-Fueled … Continued
August 23, 2010
Researchers Confirm Link Between Active Commuting and Better Health
It makes intuitive sense that cycling and walking to work regularly
would help people stay healthy, but until now there's only been
anecdotal evidence suggesting that places where
walking or cycling to work is common also have lower rates of obesity.
August 20, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Huge Underwater Oil Plume Lingers in Gulf (WaPo) Costs of Axing Pittsburgh Port Authority Transit Will Outweigh Savings (Post-Gazette) Study: Sprawl Worsens Flooding (UPI) Alaska and Its Highways Have Perfected the Art of Living Off Government Largess (NYT) Daley Wants Express Train to O’Hare (Trib) Obesity: Major Problem for Military Recruiters; Number One Threat Facing Kids … Continued
August 20, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Americans Split on Gulf Drilling Moratorium (Gallup) Sales Tax Could Be a Boon for Transit in Atlanta (AJC) Meanwhile, in Texas: White Argues Gas Tax Revenue For Roads Only (BusinessWeek) Connecticut Approves $260 Million for Commuter Rail System (Courant) Civil Rights Transit Probe Simmers in San Francisco (Streetsblog SF, SFGate) Concerns About Potential Cost Overruns Dog … Continued
August 19, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Al Gore Calls for Climate Protests; Obama for “Strategy” to Reduce Carbon (The Hill) New Crop of GOP House Hopefuls, Meanwhile, Say Global Warming’s All a Big Fraud (Politico) US Surging Forward With High-Speed Rail Plans (CNN) NYC Ped Safety Study: Men — Not Taxis — Behind Fatal Collisions (WSJ) Enough About Mosques: Look What MTA Has Planned … Continued
August 18, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Will Obama Fight Sprawl With His Housing Policy? (Grist) EPA to Limit Carbon Emissions from Trucks… (Reuters) …Just As U.S Chamber Sues Over Greenhouse Gas “Endangerment” Finding (NYT) Landmark Study Offers Clues About NYC Pedestrian Deaths (NYT, Streetsblog NYC) Meanwhile, Bloomberg Says Hundreds of New Traffic Signals Will Improve Safety (AP) Buckle Up: Feds Pitch … Continued
August 17, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Extreme Summer Weather Puts Climate Change Back in the Spotlight (NYT) Bingaman: Don’t Expect Energy or Oil Legislation Before the Elections (Politico) San Francisco Sees Transportation Building Boom Despite the Bum Economy (Mercury News) LA Mayor Villaraigosa: A Born Again Bike Advocate? (AP) Private Firms Tackle Distracted Driving (Sun-Times) Voinovich Clarifies Gas Tax Comments (Hill) … Continued
August 16, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Get Comfortable, the Road to a Spill Bill Could Be a Long One (NYT) Poll: Concern About the Environment on the Rise (The Hill) As Global Weirding Mucks With Weather, Greens Push Senators For a Real Climate Bill (HuffPo, NYT) Amtrak On Pace to Break Ridership Record (WVNS) Bill Requires High-Speed Rail Bidders to Reveal … Continued
August 13, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Kerry Unveils Revised Energy Bill (Business Green) Poll Shows Hickenlooper with Big Lead Over Rivals in CO Gov Race (TPM) Statehouse Reshuffling Could Torpedo Regional Climate Pacts (Politico) Oil Spill Update: Finally Some Relief From All That Vaguely-Violent Engineering Jargon (Time) Bevy of Lawmakers Break Ground on New Transit Center in San Francisco (Examiner) Meanwhile, … Continued
August 12, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Bike-Share Foe Maes Will Face Livability Advocate Hickenlooper in Governor’s Race (Denver Post) More Election Night Results (CNN) Feds on the Verge of Changing Standards That Obstruct Innovative Bikeway Projects (BikePortland) Plane Crash Kills Longtime Oil-State Senator Ted Stevens (The Hill) Did Global Warming Cause an Island of Ice to Break Off Petermann Glacier? (NYT) … Continued
August 11, 2010