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Video: LaHood Talks HSR, Bike Funding, Sidewalks, and a “Five-Year” Bill (FastLane) Shift Defense Spending Over to Infrastructure, Solve the Funding Crisis (Infrastructurist) Transit Benefit Expires At the End of the Year — Time to Restructure It (WaPo) Another Voice Saying Only Congestion Pricing — Not Transit — Can Ease Congestion (WaPo) WSJ: There’s More to Amtrak’s … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:39 AM EDT on October 20, 2011

Video: LaHood Talks HSR, Bike Funding, Sidewalks, and a “Five-Year” Bill (FastLane)
Shift Defense Spending Over to Infrastructure, Solve the Funding Crisis (Infrastructurist)
Transit Benefit Expires At the End of the Year — Time to Restructure It (WaPo)
Another Voice Saying Only Congestion Pricing — Not Transit — Can Ease Congestion (WaPo)
WSJ: There’s More to Amtrak’s Record Ridership Numbers Than Meets the Eye
NJ Transit Embraces Google Wallet Payment System (InformationWeek)
Another Carmaggedon Coaxes Seattleites to Take Transit (KIRO)
Oberstar Ouster Rep. Cravaack Opines Against HSR And Gets In a Jab At Bike Funding in Strib Op-Ed
DC Residents Suggest Creating Car-Free Ped Plazas and Finding Better Uses For Alleys (WCP)
Running Across the Street Is a Symbol of Surrender to Autocentricity (Transportationist)

Tanya Snyder

Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios 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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