Today’s Headlines
- Cantor: Don't Worry About Government Shutdown; Our Efforts to Do So Are Futile (WaPo)
- If Distracted Driving Is So Dangerous and So Widespread, Why Are Fatalities Falling? (Bike Portland)
- Could Demand for Oil Peak Before Supply? (WaPo)
- Opposition to UK'S HS2 Grows With Cost Projections. (Sound Familiar, California?) (NYT)
- Speed Cameras' Windfall Show Just How Much People Were Speeding in Chicago (Systemic Failure)
- TSTC Re-Imagines New Jersey's Route 35 Makeover With a Complete Streets Approach
- Seattle's Taxi Drivers Are Freaking Out About New Car-Sharing Services (Crosscut)
- Most Cities Still Have No Idea How and Where Growth Happens (Atlantic Cities)
- Are We Just Not Ready for a Car Service That Uses Congestion Pricing? (Next City)
- Missed the #WomenBike Twitter Chat? Read It Here (Cyclelicio.us)
- Five Creative Innovations in Public Furniture (This Big City)
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