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Today’s Headlines

High-Density Smart Growth the Wave of the Future, Say Developers (NRDC) Christie Says He Isn’t Committed to Killing ARC Project, Will Decide “Really Soon” (NYT, Jersey Journal) Cities’ Financial Crisis the Worst in 25 Years (National League of Cities – PDF) After Big Drop, Highway Deaths Still Account for 95% of Transportation Fatalities (WaPo) They’ve Got … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:52 AM EDT on October 7, 2010

High-Density Smart Growth the Wave of the Future, Say Developers (NRDC)
Christie Says He Isn’t Committed to Killing ARC Project, Will Decide “Really Soon” (NYT, Jersey Journal)
Cities’ Financial Crisis the Worst in 25 Years (National League of Cities – PDF)
After Big Drop, Highway Deaths Still Account for 95% of Transportation Fatalities (WaPo)
They’ve Got the Money. Why Won’t States Spend on Road Safety? (Bike League)
Judge: Tenn. DOT Right to Refuse Even Privately-Funded Road Widening (Murfreesboro Post)
LaHood, Michelle Obama Support International Walk to School Day (Fast Lane)
Philly Could Save $2 Million a Year Recycling Trains’ Kinetic Brake Energy (AP)
Montreal, Tampa, Bloomington Honored With Public Transpo Awards (APTA)
Ode to a Subway: “In Transit” Musical Opens Off Broadway (NYT)

Tanya Snyder

Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Today's Headlines

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