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8:34 AM EDT on November 3, 2011

    • Obama Cites Transit Projects, Not Just Roads and Bridges, As Job-Creators (Chronicle)
    • Obama Says Even God Wants Congress to Pass His Jobs Plan (AP)
    • Mica Insists "Current Spending Levels" Doesn't Mean You Have to Account For Inflation (JOC)
    • Senate Appropriations Bill Includes Money For New York - New Jersey Amtrak Tunnel (NJ Today)
    • Before You Say California High-Speed Rail Is Too Expensive, Consider the Alternative (BizJournal)
    • Atlantic Cities Publishes a Hit List of Urban Highways (Taken From ULI)
    • If the Cold War Had Been All About Metro Systems, Communism Would Have Won (Atlantic Cities)
    • Interview With An Expert on Tax Increment Financing (Cap Times)
    • At $40K a Pop, Electric Cars Don't Have the Affordability Appeal of Transit (Treehugger)
    • Even Without Comparing the U.S. to Europe, It's Clear We Need an Infrastructure Upgrade (WaPo)
    • Design Tips For Leaving the McMansion Era Behind (Hint: the Steam Shower Is Your Friend) (WSJ)
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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