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Today’s Headlines

Two Children Die and 338 Are Injured Every Day While Riding in Vehicles (Forbes) Will Water Bill Pass, Giving Transpo a Chance to Be Debated? (The Hill) Yesterday Was Car-Free Day in China Too (Xinhua) Yglesias: New Jersey Should Raise Its Gas Tax (and End the Full Service Mandate) (Slate) SEPTA Budget Cuts Could Mean … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:50 AM EDT on September 23, 2013

Two Children Die and 338 Are Injured Every Day While Riding in Vehicles (Forbes)
Will Water Bill Pass, Giving Transpo a Chance to Be Debated? (The Hill)
Yesterday Was Car-Free Day in China Too (Xinhua)
Yglesias: New Jersey Should Raise Its Gas Tax (and End the Full Service Mandate) (Slate)
SEPTA Budget Cuts Could Mean the Loss of 89,000 Daily Riders in Philly Area (Patch)
Amtrak Supporters Rally to Save Hoosier Line (JC Online)
“Zombie” Candidate Runs for Edmonton Office on Platform of Sustainable Urban Development (Canoe)
Illinois Bucks National Trend, Seeks to Eliminate Gas Sales Tax (Clinton Herald)
… Better Idea Would Be to Raise the Gas Tax (Southtown Star)
Are Truck Sideguards to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians Really “Too Expensive”? (TreeHugger)
All Engineering Students Should Experience European Bike Infrastructure (Globe, Times-Dispatch)

Tanya Snyder

Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Today's Headlines

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