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8:51 AM EDT on August 5, 2013

    • High-Level Transit Coalition Wants Congress to Reauthorize Parity in Tax Benefits (The Hill)
    • Aren't We All Driving Less and Owning Fewer Cars? Still, Auto Sales Are Spiking. (BizJournal)
    • The Suburbs' Descent Into Poverty -- and the Way Back Out (Salon)
    • Are the Suburbs Dying or Just Evolving? A Conversation With Leigh Gallagher (WaPo)
    • Jarrett Walker: Stop Designing Transit to Stay Out of the Way of Cars (SF Chronicle)
    • This Ingenious Bike Rack, Designed For Car2Go, Will Get You Banned From Car2Go (Bike Portland)
    • Build Taller in DC and the Skyline Would Look Like This (City Paper)
    • More What Ifs: Maps of Failed Urban Plans (Wired)
    • Cyclists Love Cycle Tracks, and Other Key Findings (Journal of Transport and Land Use)
    • Tijuana's Answer to Harassment on Buses: The Pink Line, No Men Allowed (U-T San Diego)
    • How Long Your Trip Is Depends on the Land Use Where You're Going (JTLU)
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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