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8:57 AM EDT on March 20, 2015

    • How Commute Times Affect Public Health (Pacific Standard)
    • Study Finds Sprawl Costs U.S. Economy $1 Trillion Per Year (Planetizen)
    • Working Group: Lack of Transpo Options Hurts Life Prospects in Ferguson (KTRS)
    • NJ Police Chief Scolds Pedestrians After Deaths on Busy Road (Burlington County Times)
    • Australian Transport Officials Release "Level of Service" Guide for All Modes (Austroads)
    • Why Cities Around the World Are Ditching Traffic Lights (Fast Company)
    • Virginia Beach Seeking $155 Million From State for Light Rail from Norfolk (Hampton Roads)
    • Motorists Driving Right Into Cincinnati's New Protected Bike Lane (Business 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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