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8:50 AM EDT on September 10, 2013

    • Big Differences Between Candidates' Transpo Positions in Today's NYC Primary (Streetsblog NYC)
    • T&I Chair Bill Shuster on Driverless Cars: "It’s the Future of Transportation and It’s Here" (Politico)
    • VP Biden Pushes for More Infrastructure Spending (Miami Herald)
    • Speed Camera Revenues Fund Safe Routes to School in Seattle (Times)
    • Cleveland Mulls Transit Service Expansion (Canton Rep)
    • History's Ten Most Influential Urban Planners, Starting With Hippodamus (ThisBigCity)
    • Do Europe's Recent Rail Crashes Hint at Hidden Vulnerabilities in the System? (NYT)
    • What Happened When These European Cities Abolished Parking Minimums? (Reinventing Parking)
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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