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8:55 AM EST on November 19, 2010

    • "Vultures" Ask LaHood for Rejected Wisconsin Rail Funds (Wisconsin State Journal)
    • Dems Seek to Extend Expiring Mass Transit Benefit (NYT)
    • New Bill Encourages Telework Among Federal Employees (WaPo)
    • Smart Growthers Fight Preservationists to Keep Transpo, Planning Innovators in DC Govt (WaPo)
    • Bike-Oriented Development Gives Trailside Businesses a Boost (Examiner)
    • An Autopsy of a Transit Tax Plan Defeated by Voters (St. Petersburg Times)
    • Maryland's Route 270 to Be Widened Despite Concerns About Sprawl (Examiner)
    • Expensive Homes in Expensive Suburbs Poised to Get Even More Expensive (Biz Week)
    • China Finishes Laying Track for World's Longest Bullet Train (Infrastructurist)
    • Moscow Plans to Ban Streetcars and Expand Suburban Parking (Market Urbanism)
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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