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TN MOVING STORIES: Noisy Fight Over Quiet EVs, Maryland Gas Tax Hike Looking Likelier, NYC Commuter Cycling Flat in 2012
Top stories on TN:
Lawyer Who Sued to Remove Bike Lane Is de Blasio Backer (link)
D.C. Taxis to Take Credit Cards June 1 (link)
Maryland Taxpayers Won’t Foot The Bill For Silver Spring Transit Center, Officials Say (link)
Bike parking in Union Square (photo by Kate Hinds)
After years of growth in bike ridership, commuter cycling in New York remained flat in 2012 during the typical riding season. (New York Times)
How long is your commute, DC? WAMU has an interactive map.
It looks like Maryland Democrats have enough votes to raise the state's gas tax for the first time in more than two decades. (Baltimore Sun)
Six mayors in Miami-Dade County will leave their cars behind and bike to work today. (AP via Miami Herald)
San Francisco is on the verge of strengthening enforcement of a 4-year-old law that requires larger businesses to offer employees commuter benefits. (San Francisco Examiner)
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The public -- and a New York State aesthetic panel -- has spoken: the Tappan Zee Bridge should have diagonally cut tower tops 419 feet above the water. (Journal News)
Do not go gentle into that regulation: automakers are complaining about the Obama Administration's rules requiring them to alert pedestrians to oncoming electric cars and other nearly silent vehicles. (The Detroit Bureau)
Opinion: is the Port Authority engaging in mission creep by taking over the Atlantic City Airport? (The Record)
Kayak analyzed a billion queries to uncover secrets behind cheap flights and discovered September is the best month to travel. (VentureBeat)
Run out of juice on the highway near Seattle, EV drivers? AAA-Washington now has a mobile charging truck. (Atlantic Cities)
It's March Madness -- so it's time to fill out your bracket picking the ugliest parking area in downtown America. (Streetsblog DC)
For years, politicians have called for the nation to end its dependence on foreign oil. That time could be fast approaching. (Money Talking/WNYC; audio below)
A brown bear came out of the woods and explored a remote train station in Russia. (Siberian Times; video)