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Today’s Headlines

8:46 AM EDT on March 12, 2013

    • No New Transpo Secretary Yet, But the Buzz Is Still All About Deborah Hersman (WaPo)
    • Buy America Fight Returns to Congress (National Journal)
    • Behind the Veil at U.S. DOT: A Tour for Bike Advocates (Bike Portland)
    • Here's an Idea: Rake in Transpo Revenues and Bankrupt Everything Else (Cyclelicio.us)
    • With the Feds Out of the Picture, Would Texas Have More Transit? (Chronicle, Atlantic Cities)
    • Pittsburgh Announces Bike-Share (The Republic)
    • Ohio Transportation Plan Raises Speed Limit, Freezes Toll Rates (Toledo Blade)
    • Bring on the Transit in North Carolina, If By "Transit" You Mean "Roads" (Herald-Sun)
    • Calgary's Struggle With Infill Development Mandates and Transit (Calgary Herald)
    • Would a Bicycle Tax to Pay for Bicycle Infrastructure Be Such a Bad Thing? (LAT)
    • ... Or Would Drivers Volunteer to Pay for Bike Projects? (Bike Portland)
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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