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Five Wishes For the Final Transportation Bill, From Transportation for America Why the Coal Ash Amendment to the Transportation Bill Matters: A Personal Tale (Hill) Heavy Reliance on Local Funding Makes For Inequitable Transit Systems (WaPo) The Cost of an Hour of Bike-Share in Ten Cities (Transpo Nation) Detroiters File Civil Rights Suit Over Transit Cuts … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:41 AM EDT on May 10, 2012

Five Wishes For the Final Transportation Bill, From Transportation for America
Why the Coal Ash Amendment to the Transportation Bill Matters: A Personal Tale (Hill)
Heavy Reliance on Local Funding Makes For Inequitable Transit Systems (WaPo)
The Cost of an Hour of Bike-Share in Ten Cities (Transpo Nation)
Detroiters File Civil Rights Suit Over Transit Cuts (HuffPo)
On First-Ever Bike-to-School Day, USA Today Says Obesity Epidemic Worsening (NRDC Blames Cars)
D.C. Metro Says Greater Greater Washington Isn’t Real News Media
Long Commutes Make You Fat and Unhealthy (Am. Journal of Preventive Medicine, h/t Atlantic Cities)
…Handy Infographic Shows Even More Ways Cars Ruin Your Life Until You Die (Transport Gooru)
Congress for the New Urbanism Kicks Off 20th Conference (Next American City)
Why Aren’t There More Theme Songs For Bike Routes? (Cyclelicio.us)
Does This Mean Obama Will Be Re-elected? (Phila. Inquirer)

Tanya Snyder

Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios 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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