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Today’s Headlines

8:41 AM EST on December 8, 2014

    • Senator Carper Gives Up on Lame Duck Transpo Bill (News Journal)
    • AAA Expects Gas Prices to Keep Dropping (CBS/AP) And Here's Why (Vox)
    • ...Sounds Like a Perfect Time for a Gas Tax Hike, Says Ed Rendell (CNBC)
    • The Atlantic Explores the Reasons Behind Congress's Gas Tax Paralysis
    • Tampa -- One of the Deadliest Cities in America for Pedestrians -- Gets Bike-Share (WFLA)
    • Thumbing Its Nose at Prohibition, Uber Launches in Portland (CNET)
    • Light Rail Station Relocated to Be Less Convenient for Students, Because Safety (Virginian-Pilot)
    • Michigan Road Funding Plan Could Impoverish Schools (9&10News)
    • French Rail Firm SNCF Will Make Holocaust Reparations (AP)
    • A Critical Mass Wedding (News-Press)
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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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