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The Economist’s “Gulliver” Blog Echoes Brookings’ Call to Eliminate Amtraks’ Long Routes VIDEO: Bike-Builder Georgena Terry Kicks Off Women’s Bike Forum (Bike League) Disabled Vet Rep. Tammy Duckworth Calls Bicycles a Great “Leveler” (Bike Portland) On the Heels of Virginia Decision, Maryland Leaders Announce Transportation Plan (WBAL) Coalition for Smarter Growth Dreams Big, Maps Out a Plan For Next … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:52 AM EST on March 5, 2013

The Economist’s “Gulliver” Blog Echoes Brookings’ Call to Eliminate Amtraks’ Long Routes
VIDEO: Bike-Builder Georgena Terry Kicks Off Women’s Bike Forum (Bike League)
Disabled Vet Rep. Tammy Duckworth Calls Bicycles a Great “Leveler” (Bike Portland)
On the Heels of Virginia Decision, Maryland Leaders Announce Transportation Plan (WBAL)
Coalition for Smarter Growth Dreams Big, Maps Out a Plan For Next Gen DC Transit (GGW)
DDOT Proposes Bike Boulevards For Upper Northwest (Wash Cycle)
73 Wisconsin Businesses Benefit From HSR Line Gov. Walker Rejected (Cap Times)
Is Hawaii’s $15 Bicycle Tax Too High? (Cyclelicio.us)
Washington Rep. Backs Down on Crazy Talk on Cycling and CO2 (Newser, Bike Portland)
Concord Monitor Pushes For Hike in New Hampshire Gas Tax For Two Reasons
Instead of Building Airports Outside Cities, Build Cities Around Airports? (Guardian)
A New Kind of Pedestrian Map (Polis)

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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