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Today’s Headlines

GOP Earmark Ban Will Hurt Rural Areas Most (Brookings, AP, NYT) Outgoing PA Governor Rendell’s Predictions for the Future of Transpo (Transpo Nation) NJ Gov. Christie Warming to ARC Tunnel Substitute (WSJ) Hertz Adopts Bike-Share Model for One-Way Airport Rentals By the Hour (Transpo Nation) Businesses Expand Use of Car-Sharing (NYT) Freight Rail: The Real … Continued
  • GOP Earmark Ban Will Hurt Rural Areas Most (Brookings, AP, NYT)
  • Outgoing PA Governor Rendell’s Predictions for the Future of Transpo (Transpo Nation)
  • NJ Gov. Christie Warming to ARC Tunnel Substitute (WSJ)
  • Hertz Adopts Bike-Share Model for One-Way Airport Rentals By the Hour (Transpo Nation)
  • Businesses Expand Use of Car-Sharing (NYT)
  • Freight Rail: The Real Eco-Workhorse (But Not as Sexy as Passenger Rail) (Atlantic)
  • As the Transit-Rich City Gentrifies, the Carless Poor End Up Stranded in the Suburbs (WAMU)
  • Should Cities Ban Trucks to Protect Cyclists? (Treehugger)
  • Nay-Saying Govs Under Pressure on High Speed Rail (USA Today)
  • Retrofitting Suburban Tysons Corner: The 20-Year Prediction (TBD)
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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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