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Sen. Carper to Lobby Finance Committee for a Gas Tax Increase (News Journal) Sec. Foxx Spreads Doomsday Message on Transpo Tour (Dallas Morning News) Connecticut Senator Nearly Hit By a Train During Press Conference on Rail Safety (Examiner) Lawrence Summers: High Unemployment + Low Interest Rates = Time to Invest in Infrastructure (Globe) Seattle Suspends … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:52 AM EDT on April 21, 2014

Sen. Carper to Lobby Finance Committee for a Gas Tax Increase (News Journal)
Sec. Foxx Spreads Doomsday Message on Transpo Tour (Dallas Morning News)
Connecticut Senator Nearly Hit By a Train During Press Conference on Rail Safety (Examiner)
Lawrence Summers: High Unemployment + Low Interest Rates = Time to Invest in Infrastructure (Globe)
Seattle Suspends Its Attack on Ride-Sharing (GeekWire)
Lawmaker Seeks to Block Colorado’s 50-Year P3 Contract for Road Widening (Mountain Town News)
Red Light Cameras: Rear-End Crashes Up, But Dangerous Crashes Way Down (AP)
Santiago, Chile, Has Lots of Biking, But Design Flaws Push Cyclists Onto the Sidewalk (Atlantic Cities)
Americans Still Drive the Under-a-Mile Trips That Europeans Walk or Bike (Daily Sun)
As Cities Grow Taller, Will Sunlight Become a Scarce Commodity? (Salon)

Tanya Snyder

Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios 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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