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8:43 AM EDT on September 17, 2013

    • Reason: Let's Toll All the Interstates and Go on a Road Expansion Binge (Governing)
    • Washington Post Is Wrong That More Roads Will Solve Congestion in the Exurbs (Sustainable Cities)
    • The Bus Won't Get Stuck in Traffic -- It Will Drive Over It (Good)
    • In Oregon, Driving Peaked in 2000 (Sightline)
    • Designing a City for the Way Women Use It -- And No, It Doesn't Involve Pink Paint (Atlantic Cities)
    • California's Coming Population Explosion Forces a Choice Between Sprawl and Farmland (Mercury)
    • The Company Car Fleet Could Be Replaced By Car-Sharing (Good)
    • These 40 Young People Are Transforming Public Transportation (Digital Journal)
    • "More Cyclists Mean Safer Streets" And It's Working in New York (NYDN)
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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