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8:28 AM EDT on September 29, 2011

    • Mica Pledges to Block Proposed Rules to Limit Truckers' Time on the Road (The Hill, TruckingInfo)
    • Rep. Cravaack, Who Ousted Oberstar, Wants to Block MN HSR Line His Predecessor Wanted (AP)
    • The Trans-Texas Corridor Debacle Is Going to Come Back to Haunt Rick Perry (Transpo Nation)
    • Are China's HSR Safety Problems "Just a Small, Small Episode" Or a Major Setback? (NPR)
    • Obama Admin Delays Release of New Fuel Economy Rules -- But Just Till November (Freep)
    • What's Causing the Increase in Big-Box Vacancy? Expanded Broadband Access (Yglesias)
    • Villaraigosa Sees Transportation As Key to Job Creation in L.A. and the Country (Intersections)
    • ODOT Manager Explains How to Make a VMT Fee Friendly to the Private Sector (Bloomberg)
    • States Cut Staff, Capital Projects, Maintenance in Dire Economic Times (WaPo, Conway Daily Sun)
    • Controversial Marcellus Shale Project Could Be Approved to Help Pay State Transpo Costs (Post-Gazette)
    • First Lawsuit Filed in Columbia River Bridge Project (Post-Intelligencer)
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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