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8:57 AM EDT on August 10, 2016

    • Washington Post Readers Suggest Five Additional "Sorry" Local Bus Stops
    • Cleveland Weighs Kicking Buses Off Public Square (Plain Dealer)
    • In Search of Alternatives to Urban Sprawl in Detroit (Model D)
    • Detroit Seeks to Create Walkable "Pink Zones" (Detroit News)
    • TreeHugger: No More Helmetsplaining
    • Both Political Parties Call for More Infrastructure Spending (Reuters)
    • Some Guy Thinks Self-Driving Cars Will Kill Transit Oriented Development (Forbes)
    • Charleston City Council Approves Transportation Sales Tax for November Ballot (Post & Courier)
    • Kansas City Streetcar Expansion Plan Moves Forward (KC Star)
    • Women Cyclists Trying to Escape Harassment Find Themselves in Tough Position (Metro.us)
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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