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Foxx: Racial Disparities “Embedded” in Nation’s Transportation System (Telegram) House GOP Proposes to Fund 5-Month Transpo Patch With $5 Billion “Grab-Bag” of Savings (Examiner) …Including TSA Fees, a Move Opposed By the U.S. Travel Association (The Hill) …And Sen. McConnell Is Preparing to Bring It to the Senate Floor (The Hill) Is the Ex-Im Bank Really … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:50 AM EDT on July 15, 2015

Foxx: Racial Disparities “Embedded” in Nation’s Transportation System (Telegram)
House GOP Proposes to Fund 5-Month Transpo Patch With $5 Billion “Grab-Bag” of Savings (Examiner)
…Including TSA Fees, a Move Opposed By the U.S. Travel Association (The Hill)
…And Sen. McConnell Is Preparing to Bring It to the Senate Floor (The Hill)
Is the Ex-Im Bank Really What’s Stopping the House From Passing a Long-Term Bill? (The Hill)
Commerce Committee’s Safety Measures Include Hair Testing for Truck Drivers (Trucking Info)
Preliminary Figures Show 13% Rise in Traffic Deaths in Early 2015 (North Jersey)
Baltimore Due For a Smart-Growth Zoning Code Rewrite, But City Council Is Holding It Up (GGW)
Dianne Feinstein Editorializes in The Hill Against Longer Truck Trailors
Utah (Like All States) Needs More Federal Help to Build Non-Car Transpo Infrastructure (UPR)
Transit Access Is Essential For Disabled Veterans (Rutgers)

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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