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Today’s Headlines

8:44 AM EDT on April 6, 2012

    • Three Years After the Housing Bubble Burst, People Still Shunning the Exurbs (USA Today, NYT)
    • U.S. DOT Gets 20 Times More TIGER Applications Than It Can Fund (Fast Lane)
    • A Reminder, in the Middle of Congressional Recess, How Bad This Mess Really Is (TSTC)
    • Could Cap-and-Trade Revenues Fund California's Rail Line? (BusinessWeek)
    • The 99% Take to the Streets For Public Transit (Open Salon, Examiner)
    • Evil Obama Conspires With Saudis to Manipulate Oil Prices For Political Gain, Says Trump (The Hill)
    • "The Age of Climate-Friendly, Smart-Growth Regionalism Has Begun in Southern CA" (CP&DR)
    • DC's Breakthrough System Dwarfed By Bike-Share in a Virginia Shipyard (FABB)
    • Maryland Gas Tax Hike Doesn't Stand a Chance, Says House Speaker (Examiner)

Streetsblog will be on a light publishing schedule today.

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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