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Today’s Headlines

9:18 AM EST on November 12, 2015

    • California DOT: More Roads Lead to More Traffic (CityLab)
    • Roadbuilders, Unions, Transit Advocates Want Fewer Funding Gimmicks in Transpo Bill (The Hill)
    • City Observatory Explains the House's Bizarre Transportation Funding Stop Gap
    • WFST Tampa Bay: "Parking Shortage" Downtown Tampa Could Be "Damper on Future Growth"
    • Mexico City Cyclists Fighting for Safer Conditions (The Guardian)
    • Here Are All 28 Transportation Fees Paid by Seattle Residents (CityLab)
    • Wealthy Empty Nesters Giving Up McMansions for City Living (NYT)
    • Columbus Police Tell Pedestrians to "Wear Bright Clothing" (WOSU)
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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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