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8:33 AM EDT on July 28, 2011

    • House Considers Deep Cuts to EPA Budget, Including the Smart Growth Office (SGA)
    • Equipment Manufacturers' Revenue Proposal Is a Road Gang Member's Dream (AEM, Infrastructurist)
    • Will Congress Pass a Transportation Bill in September? Or Will the Government Shut Down? (Roll Call)
    • Undocumented Immigrants Finding It Harder to Get Drivers Licenses (StateLine)
    • Transportation Is a Civil Rights Issue (Wired)
    • Capital Bikeshare Just Keeps On Growing (Examiner)
    • Decision to Bar Bikeshare From the National Mall Draws Fire From Congress (GGW)
    • Barred From Charging Parents, School Outsources Private Buses, Which Charge Parents (6 News)
    • British National Plan Accused of Usurping Local Control and, Ironically, Promoting Sprawl (Guardian)
    • A 7-Step Plan For Legalizing Smart Growth (Switchboard)
    • Houston Challenge: Go Car-Free For a Month (Transportation Nation)
    • Very Young and Very Old Cyclists Most at Fault in Crashes (Brisbane Times)
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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