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An Argument for Dedicated Bike/Ped Safety Funds in the Next Transpo Bill (T4America) Park Service Gives Stupidest Reason Ever For Banning Bike-Share on National Mall (Yglesias) Bad Omen For Transpo Bill? Congress to Pass 21st Extension of FAA Authorization (GovExec) Budget Shortfalls Push States to Bring Roads Back to the Stone Age, Replace Asphalt With … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:24 AM EDT on July 21, 2011

An Argument for Dedicated Bike/Ped Safety Funds in the Next Transpo Bill (T4America)
Park Service Gives Stupidest Reason Ever For Banning Bike-Share on National Mall (Yglesias)
Bad Omen For Transpo Bill? Congress to Pass 21st Extension of FAA Authorization (GovExec)
Budget Shortfalls Push States to Bring Roads Back to the Stone Age, Replace Asphalt With Gravel (WSJ)
New DC Car-Share Follows The Bike-Share Model of One-Way Trips (GGW)
More Reflection on the Convicted Pedestrian Mom and the “Criminalization of Walking” (Grist)
WalkScore Publishes Most Walkable Cities Ranking: NY, SF Rule
California Bill Would Make Employers Subsidize Low-Carbon Commute Options (Mercury)
What Cities Around the World Are Doing to Reduce Carbon Emissions (Green Building Pro)
H Street Trolley May Not Get Transit Connection to Union Station (Housing Complex)
Uncertainty Surrounds California High-Speed Rail Future (Reuters)

Tanya Snyder

Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios 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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