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9:01 AM EDT on April 29, 2015

    • Hospitals Are Moving Away from Cities; The Atlantic Explores the Fallout
    • Pittsburgh Installs New Chief Planner With Background in Seattle and NYC (Pittsburgh Magazine)
    • Pope Francis Talks Climate Change; Will Deniers Listen? (National Journal)
    • Northern California's Tech Industry Growing Faster Than Its Communities (Wall Street Journal)
    • Slate: The Next Sustainable City Is Los Angeles
    • Ex-Mayor McGinn: Seattle Shouldn't Be Bribed Into Approving Highways (The Stranger)
    • Bike Friendly Minnesota a Standout for Low Obesity in the Upper Midwest (MN DOH)
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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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