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Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on March 12, 2012

    • "Highway" Funding "Stuck in Reverse" (Star Tribune)
    • Schumer: Tax Benefits for Transit Commuters Will Be in Transpo Bill (Bloomberg)
    • Boehner: We'll Work With Senate If GOP Balks on Highway Bill (Transpo Nation)
    • Are Cars to Blame for Distracted Driving? (USA Today)
    • Do More Bikeways Mean More Commuting By Bicycle? (Crikey)
    • Metropolitan Sprawl Puts the "Urban" in Suburban (Star Democrat)
    • MBTA Documentary Sheds Light on Overnight Transit Workers (Globe)

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