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Today’s Headlines

Transpo Advocates, Toll Opponents Praise Proposed Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) Detroit Light Rail Will Proceed, Despite Funding Gap (Detroit News) America’s New Oil Crisis: Crashing Trains (Politico) Fast Lane Looks Back at 100 Years of American Bus Travel So Which Is It: Is Atlanta “Dangerous by Design” or Easily Walkable? (Decaturish) Texas Looks to Emulate Japan … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:53 AM EDT on June 19, 2014

Transpo Advocates, Toll Opponents Praise Proposed Gas Tax Hike (The Hill)
Detroit Light Rail Will Proceed, Despite Funding Gap (Detroit News)
America’s New Oil Crisis: Crashing Trains (Politico)
Fast Lane Looks Back at 100 Years of American Bus Travel
So Which Is It: Is Atlanta “Dangerous by Design” or Easily Walkable? (Decaturish)
Texas Looks to Emulate Japan With High-Speed Rail (Atlantic Cities)
Charlotte, NC, Leaders Try Out Minneapolis Bike Lanes (Charlotte Observer)
No, Chicago Bike Shops Don’t Hate Divvy (Crain’s)
Itacha Goes After TIGER Grant for Better Buses, Streets (Central NY Biz Journal)
Three Ways to Improve Transit in South Jersey (Next City)
East Portland Considers Dramatic Downzoning (Oregon Live)

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