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8:48 AM EDT on May 7, 2012

    • Obama Launches Campaign With Pro-Car Hoopla, Plus, Go Ride a Bike, Plus Yay Trains! (HuffPo)
    • LaHood Calls For Federal Oversight Over Transit Safety (WAMU)
    • Mica May Join Rahall In Calling For Reinstatement of Earmarks (Florida Political Press)
    • An Even More Polarized Congress Would Spell Disaster For Transportation (Trans Issues Daily/Politico)
    • Road Traffic 'Single Biggest Source of Fatality' for Young People Worldwide (Atlantic Cities)
    • 10 Steps To Make Sacramento -- Or Anyplace -- A Great City For Cycling (Sac Bee)
    • Lessons From NYC Crash: Driving On Aged City Roads Still Safer Than Driving in Suburbs, Walking (AP)
    • Holy Water Will Not Rust Your Chain (NYT)
    • VIDEO: Prank Proves to Teens That They Can't Text and Drive (OregonLive)
    • Waiting Three Hours For a Bus in Detroit (TakeAway)
    • VIDEO: Free-Market MacIver Institute Calls Safe Routes to School a "Nanny State" Program
    • Silver Line Hangups Bring Back Prospect of Bus Alternative (Patch)
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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