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8:55 AM EST on January 13, 2014

    • Did You Take Part in the International No-Pants Train Ride Celebration This Weekend? (Seattle PI)
    • Senators Win New Rule on Train Safety Cameras From the FRA (NBC)
    • Iowa and Washington Legislatures Must Finally Pass Transportation Measures (Register, Herald)
    • Some States Raise Taxes to Fund Transportation. Scott Walker's Wisconsin Cuts Them. (Journal-Sentinal)
    • These Global Leaders Ride Transit (Rappler)
    • How Federal Highway Money Convinced Syracuse to Destroy Itself (Post-Standard)
    • Seattle Light Rail Pedestrian Concourse Construction Begins Today (KIRO-TV)
    • Sioux Falls Warily Eyes a Future of More Sprawl, Less Farmland (Argus Leader)
    • Michigan DOT's Road Diet Trial in Downtown Whitehall Gets Cheers (MLive)
    • City Commissioner: Transit, Biking and Walking Will Prevent Congestion in Gainesville, FL (Sun)
    • Elly Blue on the Perception that Cyclists Are Freeloaders, Scofflaws or Elitists (Salon)
    • Infographic: What Country Drives the Most? OK That Was an Easy One. (Grist)
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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