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NYC Launches Nation’s Biggest Bike-Share System (Streetsblog NYC) … And It Already Has a Competitor (PIX11) New Yorkers (and the NY Press) React to Bike-Share (Streetsblog NYC) Chicago’s Caught Bike-Share Fever, Memberships Go on Sale This Week (Sun-Times) Washington State Hopes to Reopen Collapsed Bridge By Mid-June (CNN, Newsroom America) Two Days After Washington Bridge … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:56 AM EDT on May 28, 2013

NYC Launches Nation’s Biggest Bike-Share System (Streetsblog NYC)
… And It Already Has a Competitor (PIX11)
New Yorkers (and the NY Press) React to Bike-Share (Streetsblog NYC)
Chicago’s Caught Bike-Share Fever, Memberships Go on Sale This Week (Sun-Times)
Washington State Hopes to Reopen Collapsed Bridge By Mid-June (CNN, Newsroom America)
Two Days After Washington Bridge Collapse, Another Goes Down in Missouri (AP)
Collapses Highlight Funding Problem (Lethbridge Herald) But Will They Provoke Action? (Seattle Times)
California’s Bay Bridge Also Shows Signs of Fragility (SF Gate)
At Age 14, Girls’ Confidence About Biking Plummets (Bike Portland)
More Canadian Kids Walk to School Than American Kids — But It’s Still Far Too Few (Province)
LA Showcases the Limitations of Intelligent Transportation Improvements (Venture County Star)

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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