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8:17 AM EDT on March 15, 2011

    • Disaster-Ravaged Japan Shuts Down Auto Plants, Relies on Bicycles (AltTransport, TheCityFix)
    • Sen. Lautenburg Launches High-Speed Rail Caucus (The Hill)
    • At Florida Field Hearing, Witnesses Blast Gov. Scott's Rejection of High-Speed Rail (Orlando Sentinel)
    • Tampa-to-Orlando Was Never a Good Choice for High-Speed Rail: A Post-Mortem (NYT)
    • Members of Congress Blog About Need for Infrastructure Spending (The Hill)
    • Out of ARRA's $48 Billion For Infrastructure, $3 Billion Is Still Unspent, Vulnerable to Rescission (JOC)
    • The Impact of Current High Gas Prices on the Reauthorization Debate (National Journal)
    • Can Our Transit Systems Handle Skyrocketing Ridership As Gas Prices Rise? (Consumer Affairs)
    • San Antonio Beats Out Austin For the First Bikeshare in Texas (Business Journal)
    • Highway Users Alliance "Primer" On Obama's Misguided Tax on the Oil Industry (The Hill)
    • You, Too, Can Write an Anti-Bike-Lane Column -- Here's the Formula (NYT)
    • Historic Massachusetts Towns Now Have More Automobiles Than People (Planetizen)
    • How to Fund Bicycle Infrastructure: By Tearing Down Urban Highways (Grist)
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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