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8:56 AM EDT on October 23, 2015

    • House Committee Approves $325 Billion, 6-Year Transportation Bill (The Hill)
    • Virginia Beach Rejects Move to Raid Light Rail Funds (Hampton Roads)
    • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Presents Plan for $135 Million Frequent Bus System in Baltimore (Sun)
    • New Funds Approved to Improve Transit Between Detroit and the Burbs (Michigan Radio)
    • Amendment to House Transpo Bill Would Give Feds Greater Control Over DC Metro (The Hill)
    • Evanston, Illinois: The Suburb That Tried to Get Rid of the Car (Politico)
    • Omaha Might Tear Down Historic Buildings for Downtown Parking (Omaha.com)
    • 900 Faulty Nuts Found in Boston's Big Dig Tunnel (Boston.com)
    • Driver Tweets "I Just Killed a Man" After Collision (WWLTV)
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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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