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9:26 AM EDT on May 27, 2011

    • Mica Wants to Kick Amtrak Out of the Northeast Corridor, Dems Won't Have It (Globe, The Hill)
    • Add Bad Station-Area Planning to the List of the Pentagon's Blunders (Yglesias)
    • Video: The Case for Smart Growth (Switchboard)
    • Utah Slows Down Freeway Expansion Plan in Favor of Transit (Salt Lake Tribune)
    • State Could Pull the Plug on Charlotte Light Rail Funding (Charlotte Observer)
    • NY Senate OKs Gas Tax Holidays, a Great Way to Starve the State of Needed Funds (Land Line)
    • Transit Use by Senior Citizens Up 40 Percent (New Urban Network)
    • Riding on the Streets is Safer Than Riding on the Sidewalk (and Other Surprises) (Good)
    • "Inspector America" Urges More Infrastructure Investment (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
    • Our "Exit Ramp Economy" Challenges Transit to Follow People and Jobs to the Suburbs (Citiwire)
Tanya Snyder
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radio’s Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.

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