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9:10 AM EDT on August 22, 2011

    • Study: Cycling Is a £3 Billion Boost to UK Economy (Guardian)
    • FTA Grants Are Improving Bike-Ped Access to Transit Stations (Bike League)
    • Recessions Make Drivers Safer, Decrease Crashes Per Mile (WaPo)
    • Failure to Renew Gas Tax Could Be Disastrous for California (Mercury)
    • Study: Worse Than No Red Light Cameras? Removing Them. (Transportation Nation)
    • An Introduction to Effective, Creative Gas Station Retrofits (PatternCities)
    • Forbes Argues Against an Infrastructure Bank, Claims It Would Be 'Political Slush Fund'
    • Huntsman Dismisses Bachmann’s Promise to Lower Gas Prices to Under $2 (The Hill)
    • August 22, 1902: Theodore Roosevelt Inaugurates the Presidential Motorcade Era (NYT)

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