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Covering the movement to end car dependency and improve biking, walking and transit in America.

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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

High-speed rail

Key House Republicans Aren’t Buying Administration HSR Proposal

Amtrak

“Amtrak Joe” Biden, in Philly, Announces a New Plan for High-Speed Rail

Elana Schor

Federal Stimulus

Biden Says High-Speed Rail Money Ignored Politics — Was He Right?

Biden on Stimulus Aid to Cities: ‘We’re Trying … It’s Imperfect’

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

Brad Aaron

2009 Transportation Bill

Is the Obama Administration Poised to Push Transit?

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

Joe Biden

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Key House Republicans Aren’t Buying Administration HSR Proposal

“Amtrak Joe” Biden, in Philly, Announces a New Plan for High-Speed Rail

Biden Says High-Speed Rail Money Ignored Politics — Was He Right?

Biden on Stimulus Aid to Cities: ‘We’re Trying … It’s Imperfect’

Is the Obama Administration Poised to Push Transit?

Obama and Biden Plan Whistle-Stop Inauguration Tour

If the Candidates Were Trains…

Rail Advocate: Biden Ascension Wouldn’t Necessarily Help Amtrak

How Do We Make Clean Transportation Part of the National Discussion?

From Denver: Dems Discuss Funding Woes; Biden Says “Amtrak”