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Tanya became Streetsblog&#8217;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.

Tanya Snyder

House of Representatives

Top House Dem on Transportation, Nick Rahall, Lost His Seat. That’s OK.

Amtrak

UPDATE: Reminder: Amtrak Subsidies Pale in Comparison to Highway Subsidies

Ben Goldman

Is the House Democrats’ New “Buy America” Jobs Bill Just a Political Ploy?

Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.

Angie Schmitt

Federal Highway Administration

New GAO Report: All States are “Donees” When it Comes to Highways

CRS: Northeast Corridor Privatization Plan Violates Constitution

Mica Accedes to Dems’ Request to Delay Action on Rail Privatization

Rahall, Brown Say Dems Must Be Consulted on Rail Privatization

Federal Funding

“Path to Prosperity” or “Road to Ruin”? Either Way, the House Says Yes

Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

Nick Rahall