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Today’s Headlines

Active Transportation Advocate Gabrielle Giffords to Resign from Congress (Star Tribune) Where GOP Candidates Fall on Urban Issues (Grist) Urban Planners: Government Is Stifling Cities, But Mayors’ Message Off the Mark (Forbes) LaHood Still Fighting for the Transportation Bill, Says a Grateful National League of Cities Oberstar: US Should Not Give Up on HSR (WaPo) … Continued

By Kathryn Reid Moore

8:58 AM EST on January 23, 2012

Active Transportation Advocate Gabrielle Giffords to Resign from Congress (Star Tribune)
Where GOP Candidates Fall on Urban Issues (Grist)
Urban Planners: Government Is Stifling Cities, But Mayors’ Message Off the Mark (Forbes)
LaHood Still Fighting for the Transportation Bill, Says a Grateful National League of Cities
Oberstar: US Should Not Give Up on HSR (WaPo)
How to Talk About Making Driving More Expensive (Housing Complex)
New PBS Miniseries: Yesterday’s Sprawl Causing Today’s Health Problems (AtlanticCities)
Sponsor of Regional Transit Plan for Indiana Considers Waving the White Flag (IBJ)
Will MD Governor’s Smart Growth Legacy Move Him Up or Be His Downfall? (Baltimore Sun)
Michigan Interfaith Coalition Adds Public Transit to Its List of Priorities (MLive)
On-Street Bike Parking: Good for Safety of People Who Drive, Too (TreeHugger)