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8:34 AM EDT on September 16, 2011

    • Coburn Compromises, FAA & Surface Transpo Extension Passes Senate 92-6 (Politico, The Hill)
    • Mica: These Must Be the Last Extensions For These Bills (T & I)
    • Obama Picks Crumbling Bridge in Boehner/McConnell Territory to Make Infrastructure Pitch (TPM)
    • Hey Drivers: You'll Like Transit More Than You Think You Will (It's Psychologically Proven) (Atlantic Cities)
    • Shocker: Wendell Cox Still Says Smart Growth Is Bad For the Environment (Heritage)
    • And a Koch Brothers / Petroleum Industry Shill Wants to Keep Tax Loopholes For Oil and Gas (US News)
    • MD Considers Raising Taxes, Involving Private Sector to Fund Infrastructure (CityBizList)
    • Chicago Official Targets Distracted Cycling (WBEZ)
    • Elly Blue: Cars Killed the Independent Bookstore (Grist)
    • Electric Cars Still Get to Use LA's HOV Lanes, Hybrids May Lose the Privilege (LAT)
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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