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Obama: Let’s Use $2B in Oil and Gas Revenues to Get the Country Off Oil and Gas (NYT) Senate Transpo Bill Fully Funds MAP-21 Except For One Key Part (Transpo Issues Daily) Economist Special Report: Deteriorating U.S. Infrastructure Catalyzes Fresh Thinking Gov. Scott Walker Is Considering a White House Bid (WaPo) Ten Reasons to Be … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:49 AM EDT on March 18, 2013

Obama: Let’s Use $2B in Oil and Gas Revenues to Get the Country Off Oil and Gas (NYT)
Senate Transpo Bill Fully Funds MAP-21 Except For One Key Part (Transpo Issues Daily)
Economist Special Report: Deteriorating U.S. Infrastructure Catalyzes Fresh Thinking
Gov. Scott Walker Is Considering a White House Bid (WaPo)
Ten Reasons to Be Optimistic About LA’s Transportation Future (LAT)
Daily Caller Whips Up Anti-Gas Tax Sentiment As More States Plan Increases (Oakland Press)
Connecticut Considers Vulnerable Users Bill, Border Tolls (Hartford Courant)
Minnesota Gov. Plan to Triple Transit Sales Tax Will Earn Less Than Plan Doubling It (F&C)
AAA Chapter Opposes MD Transpo Plan Because It Makes Motorists Pay For Transit (WUSA9)
A Reality Check For That Fantasy High-Speed Rail Map (Slate)
Cars in the U.S. Are Getting More Fuel Efficient But Still Have a Long Way to Go (WaPo)
Freakonomics Radio Talks to Donald Shoup About the Ever-Higher Cost of Free Parking

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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