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8:51 AM EDT on June 24, 2013

    • Will Obama's New Climate Initiative Get the U.S. Down to Target Emissions Levels? (WaPo)
    • ... Maybe Not, Since It Doesn't Appear to Address Transportation (Grist)
    • ... But Will It Finally Empower Congress to Pass a Carbon Tax? (The Hill)
    • Current Tax Code Isn't Up to the Task of Reducing Emissions, Needs Reform (HuffPo, Politico)
    • How Rising Transit Fares Build Inequality in Brazil (Jacobin)
    • U.S. DOT Delays Back-Up Camera Requirement for New Cars Until 2015 (Autoblog)
    • Friday Sees Another NYC Bike-Share Record: 30,000 Trips in One Day (NBC)
    • 60 cities Have Signed Charter of Brussels, Trying to Reach 15% Bike Mode Share (GulfNews)
    • Paris Converts Riverfront Expressway to Pedestrian Path (Systemic Failure)
    • By Taking a Hard Line on Sprawl, Will a Town's Schools Suffer? (Buffalo News)
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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