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Today’s Headlines

9:10 AM EST on March 7, 2013

    • First $390M Released in Sandy Aid for Transpo Systems (WSJ)
    • ...But Sequester Means Less Money for Transit Recovery (Transpo Nation)
    • NH House Votes for Gas Tax Increase (AP, Patch), as Texas Weighs Sales Tax for Transpo (Tribune)
    • From the Bike Summit: "Bikes Mean Business" (Bike Portland)
    • Berkeley Study: Why People Give Up on Public Transit (Forbes)
    • Streetcar Tracks Laid in Atlanta (AJC)
    • Planetizen Pokes Holes in the Urban Mobility Report
    • The U.S. Model for Fare-Free Transit: Chapel Hill, NC (Atlantic Cities)
    • Oregon Considers Registration Fee for Bikes (KVAL)

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