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8:44 AM EDT on August 26, 2013

    • Washington Post: Don't Coddle the Ethanol Industry; Impose a Carbon Tax
    • Former DOT Secretaries Look to States and Cities to Solve the Transpo Funding Crisis (The Hill)
    • Running Buses on a Highway Is Not BRT, and Is Not Smart Transit Planning (GGW)
    • Cargo Train Carrying Honduran Migrants Derails, Killing At Least 5 (AP)
    • Transit-Accessible Development Commands 35% Higher Rents in Northern Virginia (WaPo)
    • Maponics Gets Into the Walkability Game -- Plus Bikeability, Transit Access (Fast Co.Exist)
    • Working From Home Cycles Back to Shared Office Space, For the Good of the City (Good)
    • While Americans Barely Carpool, the Dutch Get Into Bicycle Hitchhiking (PopUpCity)
    • Signs Point to Improved Transit Information in Apple Products (Treehugger)
    • Dorothy Rabinowitz Would Love These Bike-Share Haters in Chicago (Streetsblog Chicago)

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