OP-ED: Ralph Northam is Right for the 6th District

There’s something profoundly askew in the American perception of transportation safety, an unthinking acceptance of the risks of driving, and a blindness to the accumulation of deaths that result from our car-centric policies.

Earth Day, Clean Air Act, $1.1B for transportation in Hampton Roads, and much more in If You Read the Paper for Friday, April 22nd.

Obama, VCU, Save the Bay (next year), doling out road candy, and more.

All in all, the Amtrak is ideal for the solo traveler despite a few minor inconveniences.

How did Hampton Roads get behind the Eight Ball on High Speed Rail? What can we learn from our history?

As the nation embraces and pursues High-Speed Rail, we have many sound reasons for *demanding* comparable service to our region.

Hampton Roads has for decades been left out of the planning of high-speed rail–trains connecting us to New York, DC and Atlanta. This Friday the HRTPO will push an agenda that will affect your region and your tax dollars–with or without your endorsement.

Live blogging from The Ted.

The success of Phoenix’s Light Rail bodes well for The Tide’s chances.

Draining public education funds to build roads is not a solution, but the means to a more crippling problem, writes Young Democrat Kyle Blankenship.

Deeds’ refusal to put out specifics on an issue that is arguably among the most pressing for all Virginians borders on cowardice, writes DJ Spiker, Chairman of the Norfolk/Portsmouth Young Republicans.

The gubernatorial race has just been injected with a hot bit of vitriol. Deeds v McDonnell is gonna be a fight to watch, and we’ll be here with popcorn and sideline commentary.