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Threat of Rail Strike Still Alive As Talks Falter, House GOP Wants to Intervene (WSJ, Journal Star) We Haven’t Seen the Death of the Congressional Earmark Just Yet (WaPo) Private Investors’ Demand For Profit Pushed Transit Off the Tappan Zee Bridge (Nyack News & Views) World Bank Leader Explains How He Learned to Stop Worrying and … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:25 AM EST on December 1, 2011

Threat of Rail Strike Still Alive As Talks Falter, House GOP Wants to Intervene (WSJ, Journal Star)
We Haven’t Seen the Death of the Congressional Earmark Just Yet (WaPo)
Private Investors’ Demand For Profit Pushed Transit Off the Tappan Zee Bridge (Nyack News & Views)
World Bank Leader Explains How He Learned to Stop Worrying and Love PPPs (HuffPo)
Raquel Nelson‘s Re-Trial Postponed As Judge Refuses to Drop Remaining Charges (Ledger-Enquirer)
Urban Freeways “Don’t Work Like They’re Supposed To” — So Tear Them Down (Salon)
How the Crackdown on Occupy LA Affected Transportation (LA Streetsblog)
Amtrak Had a Holiday Weekend to Be Thankful For (Railroad.Net)
Why Are There Fewer Pedestrian Malls Than There Used to Be? (Governing)
Michigan Considers Letting Everyone Pay For Transportation Infrastructure, Not Just Users (MLive)

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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