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8:27 AM EDT on April 21, 2011

    • A Year After BP Spill, Congress Still Tussling Over Drilling, Hasn't Changed a Single Law (WaPo, MoJo)
    • GOP Fundraises Off Ryan Budget Despite Its Unpopularity (The Hill, Politico)
    • Republican Governors Quietly Accept Federal Money While Attacking Spending (TPM)
    • Minnesota Tests Out Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Fee (KARE)
    • Charleston I-526 Controversy Underscores Problems With State Infrastructure Bank (The Nerve)
    • Seattle Times Reports on Study Showing You Really Can Reverse Induced Demand for Driving
    • Every Canadian Political Party Needs to Take a Position on Transit (Toronto Observer)
    • High School Not for You? You Can Take the Bus. (Good)
    • Can Bikeshare Make a Helmet Distribution System Work? (NBC)
    • Awesome Infographics (in Zero-Point Font) Show Americans Don't Pay Enough for Gas (Infrastructurist)
    • Bikeshare: The More the Merrier (Yglesias)
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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