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8:57 AM EST on December 21, 2010

    • Meet the Rural New Members of the House Transpo Committee (Reason)
    • CA Extends High Speed Rail Line to Hit More Population Centers (WSJ)
    • Mica "Willing to Consider" Bringing Back Build America Bonds in T-Bill (Reuters)
    • Mortgage Tax Deduction Mostly Benefits the Wealthy, Boosts Construction of Big Houses (LAT)
    • 2010 Census Will Add More Sunbelt Republicans to Congress, Remove Rustbelt Dems (WSJ)
    • Can Streetcars Save Our Cities? (CNN)
    • Car-Sharing Gets Personal: RelayRides Connects Car Owners With Renters (Wired)
    • If Cyclists and Straphangers Don't Covet Cars, Does That Make Motorists Insecure? (Planetizen)
    • Biking to School Makes Girls Smarter -- But Not Boys (Treehugger)
    • DC Debuts Real-Time, Multi-Modal Transit Displays (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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