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State-level transport safety officials embrace texting-while-driving ban (NYT) Texas toughens rules against drinking and driving, especially for teens (DMN) Privatized roadside rest stops: Coming soon? (LAT) Michigan’s in need of a fix for its transit-funding woes (Free Press)

By Elana Schor

9:23 AM EDT on August 31, 2009

State-level transport safety officials embrace texting-while-driving ban (NYT)
Texas toughens rules against drinking and driving, especially for teens (DMN)
Privatized roadside rest stops: Coming soon? (LAT)
Michigan’s in need of a fix for its transit-funding woes (Free Press)

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