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8:25 AM EDT on July 12, 2011

    • Move Over, White Men: Share the Bike Lane With Black Women (Yes, They Bike) (WaPo)
    • House and Senate to Begin Duking Out the Differences in Their Transpo Bills (The Hill)
    • Twenty Senators Push For Full Funding of Amtrak (Progressive Railroading)
    • Even Amid Debt Talks, Obama Doesn't Relent on Infrastructure Bank Push (The Hill)
    • LaHood Encourages Greater Enforcement For Distracted Driving (Inside Line)
    • GOP Wants to Divert HSR Funds to Midwestern Flood Relief (Miami Herald)
    • Well, At Least the Reason Foundation Likes Mica's Proposal (National Journal)
    • LA Should Celebrate Carmageddon As an Annual Car-Free Holiday (GOOD)
    • But Why Widen the 405 When Increased Road Capacity Just Invites More Driving? (Treehugger)
    • Spanish City Invites Residents to Trade Their Cars For a Lifetime Trolley Pass (Shareable)
    • Gov. McDonnell Says Virginia Won't Give Any More Money For Dulles Rail (WaPo)
    • Urbanism Calls For Front-Lawn Reform (HuffPo)
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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