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Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM EST on December 4, 2014

    • Obama: U.S. Infrastructure "Embarrassing" Compared to China (The Hill, Bloomberg)
    • On the Hill, Petri, Blumenauer Push for 15-Cent Gas Tax Hike (The Hill)
    • Deadline Extensions Give MD's New Governor More Time on Purple Line (Baltimore Sun)
    • CicLAvia Continues Tradition of Letting People Take Over the Streets (Next City)
    • NYC's Noah Budnick to Head San Francisco Bike Coalition (Streetsblog SF)
    • WaPo: DC Taxpayers Left "Holding the Bag" in Streetcar Debacle
    • In Dallas, Opponents Fight Another Downtown Highway (Dallas News)
    • Connecticut Needs to Make Some Big Transportation Decisions in Coming Years (Hartford Courant)
    • Could BWI Emulate Oakland's New Airport Train? (GGW)
    • First Mile Laid for Honolulu Rail (KHON)

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