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8:45 AM EDT on October 28, 2014

    • John Tory Elected Mayor of Toronto, Promising Transit Will Be Top Priority (Star, BusinessWeek)
    • Governing Examines Ballot Initiatives in Louisiana, Maryland and Wisconsin
    • T4America Slams Texas Highway Money Grab
    • Amtrak's Northeast Corridor Ridership Hits Record High, Overall Ridership Up
    • NYC Mayor de Blasio Signs Speed Limit Bill, 25 Is Default Throughout City (Streetsblog NYC)
    • The Twin Cities' Green Line Is About Much More Than Travel Time and Ridership (GGW)
    • Don't Believe Uber's Claim That Drivers Make $90,766 (Slate)
    • Will Low Gas Prices Muffle the Urgency of Finding Alternatives to Oil? (Grist, The Hill)
    • FiveThirtyEight Tried to Figure Out Which Data Point to Use to Measure Driver Badness
    • Apple Wants You to Start Paying Your Transit Fare With Your iPhone (Cult of Mac)
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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