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8:54 AM EDT on May 2, 2014

    • A Day After an Oil Tanker Sets River on Fire, Coal Train Derails (WaPo, Baltimore Sun)
    • Bike League Gets Behind New Bill on Safety Transparency in Driverless Cars
    • Cincinnati Will Get Its Bike Lane (Business Courier)
    • Already Two Years Behind Schedule, Silver Spring Transit Center Faces More Problems (Sentinel)
    • Houston Continues to Develop Around Scattered Employment Centers (Chron)
    • Another Streetcar Runs Up Against City Council Opposition, This Time in Salt Lake City (Tribune)
    • Connecticut Collects $15 Million to Spur Transit-Oriented Development (Courant)
    • 8 Awe-Inspiring Mass Transit Systems That Changed Their Cities (io9)
    • Smart Growth for Conservatives Responds to the Anti-Density Sunlight Argument
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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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