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Today’s Headlines

8:51 AM EDT on July 20, 2011

    • Gang of Six Debt Plan Would Stabilize Highway Trust Fund, Not Change Gas Tax (Politico, AJC)
    • Study: Young People Want Bike, Pedestrian, and Transit Options (Transpo Nation)
    • Should the Dulles Metro Station Be Under or Above Ground? (Wash Times)
    • Florida SunRail Gets Official Go-Ahead to Build (News-Journal)
    • One-Hundred-Thirty-Two More Reasons to Ditch the Car (Public Opinion)
    • Smart Growth: A New American Export? (NRDC)
    • Minnesota Avoids Brutal Transportation Cuts for Now (MPR)
    • Atlanta-Area Prosecutors Load Blame on Mother Whose Child Was Killed by Driver (T4America)
    • National Park Service Implies Bikes Are Un-American (GGW)
    • As Temperatures Soar, Look Out for Exploding Pavement (WQAD)

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