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Today’s Headlines

Michigan to Spend $268 Million in General Funds on Roads Only (Detroit News) Columbus the “Lone Exception” in Midwest Population Growth (CURA OSU) Northeast Corridor Senators Push for Full Amtrak Funding (WJLA) Olympia Mother: Children Aren’t Welcome in My Neighborhood Streets (WaPo) Oregon May Test Mileage Tax to Replace Gas Tax (Associated Press) “Ridesharing” Could Save St. Louis Area Commuters … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:54 AM EDT on May 22, 2015

Michigan to Spend $268 Million in General Funds on Roads Only (Detroit News)
Columbus the “Lone Exception” in Midwest Population Growth (CURA OSU)
Northeast Corridor Senators Push for Full Amtrak Funding (WJLA)
Olympia Mother: Children Aren’t Welcome in My Neighborhood Streets (WaPo)
Oregon May Test Mileage Tax to Replace Gas Tax (Associated Press)
“Ridesharing” Could Save St. Louis Area Commuters $277 Million (St. Louis Business Journal)
Police Chief on Why He Has “Zero Tolerance” for Dangerous Driving (The Hinesburg Record)
Why Is Coral Gables Leaving Bike Lanes Out of Its Downtown Redesign? (Miami Herald)

Angie Schmitt

Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.

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