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Rogoff Warns DOT Might Have to Slow Payments to States (Bloomberg) Congress Kicks Off Quest to Fill Hole in Highway Trust Fund (Trucking Info) 12 Labor Unions Urge Congress to Restore Transit Tax Break to Same Level as Parking (The Hill) Why Congress Needs to Restore Parity Between Transit and Parking Benefits (Wired) Hillary Clinton … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:56 AM EST on January 28, 2014

Rogoff Warns DOT Might Have to Slow Payments to States (Bloomberg)
Congress Kicks Off Quest to Fill Hole in Highway Trust Fund (Trucking Info)
12 Labor Unions Urge Congress to Restore Transit Tax Break to Same Level as Parking (The Hill)
Why Congress Needs to Restore Parity Between Transit and Parking Benefits (Wired)
Hillary Clinton Hasn’t Driven a Car Since 1996 (The Hill)
NJ Ped Safety Bills Get New Lease on Life (Mobilizing the Region)
“No Tax for Tracks” Transit Haters Rev Up in Tampa Area (WTSP)
Public Concern Over Infrastructure Up 9% to 18th Place — Tied With “Moral Breakdown” (Pew)
Cars Losing Favor, in Illinois and Around the Country (HuffPo)
Waze and Other Transpo Apps: “Incredibly Useful, Incredibly Dangerous” (Governing)
The Beauty of the Time-Based Transfer (Global Toronto)

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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