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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

Earl Blumenauer

Even the Godfather of Rail~Volution Wouldn’t Raise the Gas Tax Right Now

Federal Transportation Bill

House and Senate Agree on 6-Month Transpo Extension

Gas Tax

It’s Official: Congress’s Next Spitting Contest Will Be Over the Gas Tax

GM CEO: “We Ought to Just Slap a Dollar Tax on a Gallon of Gas”

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

Missouri, Welcome to the Era of the Broke State DOT

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.

Noah Kazis

Adriano Espaillat

In Effort to Pander to Drivers, 48 Senators Vote to Up Oil Company Profits

Federal Funding

Without Adequate Federal Funding, Will States Raise Their Own Gas Taxes?

The Economist: Rock-Bottom U.S. Gas Tax Makes Gas Cheaper Than Water

Barbara Boxer

AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce Ask For a Gas Tax Hike; Senators Agree

Actually, Highway Builders, Roads Don’t Pay For Themselves