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8:46 AM EDT on August 19, 2014

    • NHTSA Endorses, Takes Steps to Regulate Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications Technology
    • As Construction Begins, CA HSR Chair Says Everything Is Hunky-Dory (Mercury, Cap News Radio)
    • "A Major Leap in Public Transit": Dallas Light Rail Extends to Airport (CBS)
    • Brookings Examines the Lessons Learned from the Failure of Missouri's Amendment 7
    • Transit Funding Ballot Initiative Ignites Austin Battle Over Rail (KVUE)
    • Rick Scott Runs for Reelection in Florida Promising $230M in Bike Projects (News4)
    • A Call for Drivers Ed to Include Bike Safety (Coloradoan)
    • Why Peak-Hour Bus Lanes Aren't Enough (Seattle Transit Blog)
    • BlaBlaCar: The French Contribution to True Ridesharing (Bloomberg)
    • What Good Is a Transit Station Without a Public Bathroom? (Crikey)
    • Wrong Again, Joel Kotkin (Grist)
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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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