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8:38 AM EDT on June 12, 2012

    • What a Difference a Year Makes: No Appetite for Transpo Spending Cuts in House (National Journal)
    • The Chicago Delusion: Why This "Global City" Tanked So Hard (City Journal)
    • "Priority One Is Access to Transit": The TOD Real Estate Premium (Globe and Mail)
    • Highways Vs. Everything Else, Georgia Edition (AJC)
    • Georgia's Infrastructure Will Pay Dearly to Save Drivers Under a Penny (Convenience Store News)
    • California and Delaware At the Center of New Federal Initiative Against Distracted Driving (NYT)
    • What's Behind the Orthodox Jews' Aversion to Bike Lanes in Brooklyn? (WSJ)
    • The Republicans Were Right: The UN Really Is Trying to Start a Socialist Bike Revolt (Grist)
    • How Sprawl Damages Watersheds (Switchboard)
    • 11 of the Best Documentaries About Cities Streaming on Netflix (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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