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Mica Wants to Kick Amtrak Out of the Northeast Corridor, Dems Won’t Have It (Globe, The Hill) Add Bad Station-Area Planning to the List of the Pentagon’s Blunders (Yglesias) Video: The Case for Smart Growth (Switchboard) Utah Slows Down Freeway Expansion Plan in Favor of Transit (Salt Lake Tribune) State Could Pull the Plug on … Continued
  • Mica Wants to Kick Amtrak Out of the Northeast Corridor, Dems Won’t Have It (Globe, The Hill)
  • Add Bad Station-Area Planning to the List of the Pentagon’s Blunders (Yglesias)
  • Video: The Case for Smart Growth (Switchboard)
  • Utah Slows Down Freeway Expansion Plan in Favor of Transit (Salt Lake Tribune)
  • State Could Pull the Plug on Charlotte Light Rail Funding (Charlotte Observer)
  • NY Senate OKs Gas Tax Holidays, a Great Way to Starve the State of Needed Funds (Land Line)
  • Transit Use by Senior Citizens Up 40 Percent (New Urban Network)
  • Riding on the Streets is Safer Than Riding on the Sidewalk (and Other Surprises) (Good)
  • “Inspector America” Urges More Infrastructure Investment (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  • Our “Exit Ramp Economy” Challenges Transit to Follow People and Jobs to the Suburbs (Citiwire)
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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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