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8:58 AM EST on November 11, 2015

    • NJ Transportation Commissioner: Road Expansion Days Are Over (NJ.com)
    • Work to Begin on Unifying House and Senate Transportation Bills (The Hill)
    • Highway Trust Fund Reached Lowest Levels in Decades in July (Today in Energy)
    • Michigan Gov Signs Gas Tax Hike, General Fund Transfer for Roads/Transit (Planetizen)
    • Boston Millennials Care More About Transit Than Parking (Boston Magazine)
    • Rochester Trying to Kickstart Its First Parklet
    • Study: People in Sun Belt Cities More Likely to Use Bike-Share for Recreation (Rice.edu)
    • Grist: How to Sell the Gas Tax to People Who Hate Taxes and Love Driving
Angie Schmitt

Angie Schmitt is the author of Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, and the former editor of Streetsblog USA.

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