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8:38 AM EDT on September 9, 2011

    • With Approval Ratings at Their Lowest, Obama Pitches $447 Billion Jobs Plan (Chronicle)
    • Obama's Jobs Speech Adds More Pressure to Super Committee (WSJ)
    • Super Committee Already Shows Signs of Stress; John Kyl Virtuously Refuses to Compromise (TPM)
    • Obama Should Have Apologized to Rep. DeFazio (OregonLive)
    • Don't Overestimate the Job-Creation Power of Infrastructure Spending (ABC)
    • As Commuter Pain Increases, Many Cry Out For Public Transportation (InfrastructuristCNET)
    • 5 More Reasons Why Tea Partiers Should Love Bikes (TreeHugger)
    • Bicyclists Have Better Ideas For Zipcar's Bike-Disparaging Ad (BikePortland)
    • Bogota's Pioneering BRT System, 10 Years Later (Streetfilms)
    • Twin Cities Population Shifts to Central Core (Finance & Commerce)
    • A College Students Speaks Up For "Safe Routes to Universities" (LA Streetsblog)

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