Tanya Snyder

Bicyclists, pacificists, and reasonable people everywhere are up in arms today about Courtland Milloy’s outrageous column, published last night on Washington Post’s website, in which he suggests drivers should go ahead and intentionally hit cyclists if they feel like it. By somehow casting people on bicycles as “bullies” and “terrorists” -- for reasons that never become clear -- Milloy sees fit to justify bullying and terrorizing the cyclists themselves.

While a six-year Senate transportation bill languishes in partisan purgatory, the House Ways and Means Committee has proposed an eight-month patch that would backfill the Highway Trust Fund until May 31, 2015. That would punt the transportation bill debate until a new Congress takes over -- one that’s expected to have Republican majorities in both chambers.

Warning: The crazies are getting crazier.

Senate Finance Committee Hoping to Get Moving on Extension This Week (Roll Call) White House Still Pushing Its Transpo Bill, Amid Crickets in Congress (The Hill) WaPo’s Wonkblog Does Its “Five Graphs” Treatment on the Highway Trust Fund WaPo Blows Holes in Grover Norquist’s Odd Assertion That Uber and Lyft Will Boost the GOP in Cities Bill … Continued

Obama Should Lead on Highway Trust Fund Solution (Seacoast Online) Building a Palmdale-to-Burbank Segment Now Would Make California HSR a Train to Somewhere (LAT) Or Should California Forget HSR and Focus on Improving Regular Passenger Rail? (Tracy Press) Is Oil Transportation By Rail Safe? (Sightline, CTV News) Unplanned Urban Sprawl Brought About the Bee Famine … Continued

Summer is finally here, but livable streets advocates already can’t wait for September to come. The biennial Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place conference is taking place in Pittsburgh, a city that's shedding its "Rust Belt" image and emerging as a leader in progressive street design with the help of a new mayor who’s committed to biking, walking, and public space.

While most people know Walt Disney as the creator of lovable characters like Mickey Mouse and movies like "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Fantasia," Disney doesn't get as much credit for his design of Disneyland. Turns out Disney made himself an expert on the subject.

While in the U.S., bike-share systems are issuing threatening letters to parents who invent ways to tote their kids along, Paris is pioneering bike-share for the under-10 set. As far as we know, P'tit Vélib' is the first of its kind in the world.

As Feds Dawdle on Transit Benefit, NYC Could Go It Alone (WNYC) Transit Fares Rise Across the Nation (Roll Call) Five Things U.S. Transit Could Learn From London: #1 Annual Fare Hikes (CityLab) This Weekend, Gas Prices Will Incentivize Smarter Transportation Decisions (Baltimore Sun) Why Travel Time Comparisons Between MBTA and Bridj Are Misleading (Human … Continued