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8:53 AM EST on February 13, 2014

    • Despite Shuster's Rejection, Stakeholders Keep Pushing for Gas Tax Hike (Bloomberg, The Hill)
    • Congressional Investigation on Rail Safety Begins Today (Prairie Business)
    • Indiana House Committee Votes 11-1 to Fund Transit (Star)
    • Midwest Dominates EPA Smart Growth Awards (American City & Country)
    • Anti-Gentrification Activists in San Francisco Seattle Protest Google Microsoft Bus (Atlantic Cities)
    • Active Trans Proposes 20 Car-Free Streets for Chicago (Streetsblog Chicago)
    • Tampa Area Transit Fight Gets Personal, With Ethics Accusations on Both Sides (Tampa Bay Times)
    • Aurora, CO, Hopes Light Rail Will Spur Corridor Development (Denver Post)
    • Ten Steps Toward Nationwide Cycling Safety -- For Any Country (Treehugger)
    • A History of Jaywalking: "How the Car Industry Outlawed Crossing the Road" (BBC)
    • Toronto Citizen's "Big Idea" to Fund Transit With Lottery (Star)
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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