Today’s Headlines – 10/28/09
October 28, 2009By Transportation for America
A Wall Street Journal editor chronicles his move from suburban commuter to Metro-riding, car-free urban dweller. (WSJ)
With the potential for 1.7 million new residents by 2040, Seattle metropolitan area officials are grappling with how to make transit-oriented development work. (Post-Intelligencer)
A good climate bill can help makes cities greener and more livable, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter testified to the Senate today. (Streetsblog)
Moderate and coal-state Democrats have warmed up to California Senator Barbara Boxer’s’ approach to climate change. (Politico)
But Wyoming’s Democratic Governor says energy efficiency for buildings and appliances should be handled locally rather than at the federal level. (NYT)
And Senator Jim Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican who has called global warming “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people” is facing, as Dana Milibank put it, “a hostile climate.” (WP)
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- Oppose House bill that slashes public transit funding, falls short on repair and axes bike & pedestrian safety
February 7, 2012 - T4 coalition announces opposition to House energy and transportation bill
February 6, 2012 - House committee ignores broad opposition, decimates transit funding anyway
February 3, 2012 - Massive letter opposing House leadership attack on transit sent to Capitol Hill
February 3, 2012 - House leadership making unprecedented assault on public transit
February 2, 2012
- Oppose House bill that slashes public transit funding, falls short on repair and axes bike & pedestrian safety
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