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9:06 AM EDT on June 26, 2013

    • Chicago Tribune Talks With LaHood Days Before Retirement (With More Excerpts Here)
    • And With Detroit News, LaHood Backs Miles-Traveled Tax
    • Foxx Watch: Confirmation Coming Soon (The Hill)
    • With Ed Markey, Senate Gets a Climate Hawk (Grist)
    • Amtrak Sees Senate's Funding Proposal as "Workable" (The Hill)
    • In Connecticut, Gov. Malloy Shoots Down GOP Attempt to Stop Gas Tax Hike (WTNH)
    • How Should Amsterdam Deal with Having More Bikes Than People? (Smart PlanetTreehugger)
    • Massachusetts Activists Want Their State to be the First on Carbon Tax (Grist)
    • Bike Portland's Happy About Oregon's New Policy Adviser 
    • San Jose Pulls Out the Green Paint for Bike Lanes Today (Cyclelicious)

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