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Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on March 19, 2013

    • Congress Might Actually Pass a Budget in 2014. Here Are Its Options. (Transpo Issues Daily)
    • One Degree of Warming = Seven Times More Hurricane Katrinas (Grist)
    • Just in Time For Tax Season: Your Tax Break For Guzzling Gas (MTR)
    • "27 Percent of Global Traffic Deaths Are Among Pedestrians and Cyclists" (Guardian)
    • Tennessee DOT Creates Local Liaison to Collaborate on Planning, Land Use (Chattanoogan)
    • Philly's Fare Hike Could Mean Savings For Suburbanites (Next City)
    • Rail Opponents Snarl XpressWest Project (Las Vegas Sun)
    • New Bicycle Mode Share Study in DC Skips the Bikiest Neighborhoods (WashCycle)
    • Rest in Peace Grady Clay, the Original New Urbanist (RPUS, WFPL)
    • Yes, You Can Ban Cars From Streets Without Causing Congestion and Chaos (Copenhagenize)
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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