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9:08 AM EDT on September 28, 2012

    • LaHood Calls MAP-21 (In Effect Monday) a "New Transportation Era" (The Hill)
    • Japan and Britain Offer Examples for Privatizing Amtrak (National Review)
    • Downtowns Are Officially Booming (Atlantic Cities)
    • Illinois Company Bids to Make 130 High-Speed Rail Cars (Trib)
    •  HuffPo Sees Links Between Driverless Cars, Victorian Sewers
    • MARTA to Release "Wealth of Data" to Entrepreneurs and Developers (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
    • Should U.S. Follow Germany and "Punish" Private Drivers? (Reason.com)
    • The Long and Winding Road of Nashville's BRT (Tennessean)
    • Bill in Michigan is Try #24 for Linking Detroit, Burbs (Detroit News)
    • Map: Where Are Americans Using the Most Oil? (Atlantic Cities)

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