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Detroit-to-Chicago Rail Gets Critical Boost (NWI) ProWalk/ProBike Founding Father Recalls How DC’s I-695 Disappeared (PPS) Farmers Need Appeasing on CA High-Speed Rail (AP) Private Firm Works Out “All Aboard Florida” Plans (Orlando Sentinel) Why It’s Smart to Build a Bike-Friendly Business District (Transpo Issues Daily) GA Sees No Consensus on Transpo Funding (OnlineAthens) Will WMATA … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:53 AM EDT on September 13, 2012

Detroit-to-Chicago Rail Gets Critical Boost (NWI)
ProWalk/ProBike Founding Father Recalls How DC’s I-695 Disappeared (PPS)
Farmers Need Appeasing on CA High-Speed Rail (AP)
Private Firm Works Out “All Aboard Florida” Plans (Orlando Sentinel)
Why It’s Smart to Build a Bike-Friendly Business District (Transpo Issues Daily)
GA Sees No Consensus on Transpo Funding (OnlineAthens)
Will WMATA Meet Deadline for Cell Service on Metro? (GGW)
The Chicago Transportation System That Never Was (TransNat)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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