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Today’s Headlines

IPCC: Climate Change Is Even Worse Than You Thought (Slate) 12 Charts Tell You (Almost) All You Need to Know About U.S. DOT’s Latest Report (Journalists Resource) Obama Boosts Livability Champion Sen. Brian Schatz In Heated Democratic Primary (WaPo) Paul Ryan to Tee Up Yet Another Tiresome Budget Fight (Reuters) Rear-Visibility Technology to Become Standard … Continued
  • IPCC: Climate Change Is Even Worse Than You Thought (Slate)
  • 12 Charts Tell You (Almost) All You Need to Know About U.S. DOT’s Latest Report (Journalists Resource)
  • Obama Boosts Livability Champion Sen. Brian Schatz In Heated Democratic Primary (WaPo)
  • Paul Ryan to Tee Up Yet Another Tiresome Budget Fight (Reuters)
  • Rear-Visibility Technology to Become Standard in All Cars (WSJ)
  • Speed Cameras’ Success Makes a Convert Out of NJDOT (The Record)
  • High-Speed Rail Is Competing With Air Travel in China — And Winning (Atlantic Cities)
  • Design Plans Will Dominate Philadelphia’s Schuykill River Bank With Parking Garages (Inquirer)
  • Apple Seeks to Boost Bike/Walk/Transit Commute Share to 34% (MacRumors)
  • 10 Pro-Transit Arguments Against Free Transit (Crikey)
  • Should Kids Play in the Playground, or Should the Whole City Be Their Playground? (Globe)
  • 70 Percent of New Development for Population Growth Can Take Place on Existing Sites (Sourceable)
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Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radio’s 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.

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