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8:27 AM EDT on October 14, 2011

    • LaHood Hasn't Yet Told Obama of Plans to Leave After First Term (WSJ, WaPo)
    • Dems Say Record Ridership Shows Folly of Amtrak Privatization Plan (The Hill)
    • Senate Republicans Offer Jobs Plan: Lower Taxes, Less Regulation, Deficit Neutral (WaPo, WaPo)
    • LaHood Expects Congressional Action on Infrastructure Spending By Year End (JOC, The Hill)
    • Ohio Republicans Slam USDOT For Withdrawing Funds for Road Privatization Study (AP)
    • Bikes Bite Back Against GM Ad (Cyclelicious)
    • If Driving Is Unhealthy, Why Is Life Expectancy So High? (Planetizen)
    • How Hurricane Katrina Made NOLA a Bike-Friendly City (BusinessWeek)
    • Estimated Cost of California High-Speed Rail Keeps Rising (Railroad Network)
    • Is Urbanism Depressive? (Atlantic Cities)
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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