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8:55 AM EDT on October 22, 2013

    • LaHood, Chamber President Donohue Agree: Raise the Gas Tax (WAMU, CNN)
    • Here Are (Just a Few) Things Transpo Experts Still Don't Know About Commuting (National Journal)
    • One Man Goes It Alone in Lawsuit Again "Unsafe" Georgia Road Widening (Telegraph)
    • "Airpocalypse" Shuts Down an Entire Chinese City (NYT)
    • And Beijing Considers Limiting Driving on Bad-Air Days (NBC)
    • Seattle Says Neighborhood Greenways Aren't Just For Portland Anymore (GGW)
    • DC Prepares for Urban/Suburban Conflict on New Transportation Plan (WaPo)
    • Granddad of Vehicular Cycling "Debates" Car-Banners and Cycletrack-Builders (NYT)
    • Are Boomers Really Moving Back to Cities? Kotkin Says No (Forbes), Layman Says Yes (RPUS)
    • Why Have We Turned Unique Towns into "Scary" Sprawl? And How Do We Turn Them Back? (Governing)
    • Heart-Warming! Aging Bike Mechanic With Alzheimer's Opens Bike Shop in Hospital (China Post)
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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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