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8:58 AM EST on February 27, 2015

    • Pedestrian Deaths in Michigan Increased 41% Last Year (Detroit News)
    • Scientists Find Link Between Car Exhaust and Heart Disease (LA Times)
    • Taking Transit Healthier for Your Brain Than Driving to Work, Science Says (Business Insider)
    • Governing: Transportation Agencies Need More Female Engineers
    • Is Chicago BRT Getting Watered Down Too Much? (CityLab)
    • How Much Money Does Minnesota Need For Roads? That's a Political Question (MinnPost)
    • Hartford Busway Gets Nod in Connecticut Governor's Budget (Courant)
    • Las Vegas Caps Off Three-Year Transit Planning Effort (Las Vegas Review Journal)
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Angie Schmitt is the author of Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, and the former editor of Streetsblog USA.

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