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8:55 AM EDT on August 11, 2014

    • New Bill in U.S. House and Senate Would Turn North Carolina Roads Into Interstates (Sun Journal)
    • Will MO Transpo Projects Move Forward Despite Defeat of Amendment 7? No. Maybe. (Globe, LNO)
    • Bike Lanes, Bike Share, and Better Transit Coming to Raleigh? (North Raleigh News)
    • Ensuring the CEQA Tail No Longer Wags the Planning Dog (CPDR)
    • San Francisco Cracking Down on Employers Failing to Offer Transit Benefit (Examiner)
    • Denver's Top City Planner Drives an Hour to Work Every Day From His Farm (Post)
    • Has Dallas Already Nixed the Idea of Replacing I-345 With a Boulevard? (Morning News)
    • Georgia Study: Traffic Up 14 Percent With School Back in Session (AJC)
    • Seattle Bike-Share Coming "Pronto" (King 5)
    • Confusion Over Indy Bike-Share Fees Lead to Huge Overtime Charges (AP)
    • A Next Technological Step Forward Before the Advent of the Driverless Car? (In the Capital)
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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