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Can the World Halve Traffic Deaths and Injuries By 2020? (Guardian) Star Trib: Twin Cities Can’t Afford to Give Up on Transit Expansion Projects Connecticut Divided on NE Corridor Amtrak Plans (CT Mirror) The Case for Single Ride Bike-Share Fares (NextCity) Governing: Why Are New Cities So Blah? Changing Track on the Dallas Light-Rail Plan (Dallas News) In New … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:58 AM EDT on August 2, 2016

Can the World Halve Traffic Deaths and Injuries By 2020? (Guardian)
Star Trib: Twin Cities Can’t Afford to Give Up on Transit Expansion Projects
Connecticut Divided on NE Corridor Amtrak Plans (CT Mirror)
The Case for Single Ride Bike-Share Fares (NextCity)
Governing: Why Are New Cities So Blah?
Changing Track on the Dallas Light-Rail Plan (Dallas News)
In New Haven, TIGER Grant to Turn Highway Stub Into Urban Boulevard (AP)
Grist: Cities Are Getting Smarter on Parking
Silicon Valley Still More Trusted Than Automakers on Self-Driving Cars (WSJ)
Boston Transit Makes More Data Public (Boston Globe)

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