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East Coast Transit Agencies on Alert After Boston Explosions (Daily Record, The Hill x2) NYC Citi Bike Starts Enrolling Members (Streetsblog NYC) Cobb County Officials Struggle to Bring Transit Back From the Brink (AJC) Washington Gov. Wants to “Right-Size” Transportation Projects (Transpo Issues Daily) Nonprofit Wants to Put Climate Change Warning Labels on Gas Pump … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:51 AM EDT on April 16, 2013

East Coast Transit Agencies on Alert After Boston Explosions (Daily Record, The Hill x2)
NYC Citi Bike Starts Enrolling Members (Streetsblog NYC)
Cobb County Officials Struggle to Bring Transit Back From the Brink (AJC)
Washington Gov. Wants to “Right-Size” Transportation Projects (Transpo Issues Daily)
Nonprofit Wants to Put Climate Change Warning Labels on Gas Pump Nozzles (Good)
Building a Taller and Heavier Parking Garage In Order to Repurpose It (Housing Complex)
Small Transit Problems Can Create a Big Barrier to People With Disabilities (WSJ)
Sprawl Reduces Opportunities For Human Contact (Phys.Org)
Getting Moms — of All Incomes — On Bikes (Bike League)

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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