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It’s PARK(ing) Day Across the Country, From L.A. to D.C. China Hops on Board Plans for L.A.-to-Vegas High-Speed Rail (LA Times) Senators Grill FRA’s Feinberg on Rail Safety Deadline (NYT) Will Extra Transpo $$ Make Lawmakers Complacent? (The Hill) Foxx: We Need to Move on Southeast High-Speed Rail (News & Observer) Reps Push to Increase Transit Tax Benefit (The … Continued

By Katie Pearce

9:01 AM EDT on September 18, 2015

It’s PARK(ing) Day Across the Country, From L.A. to D.C.
China Hops on Board Plans for L.A.-to-Vegas High-Speed Rail (LA Times)
Senators Grill FRA’s Feinberg on Rail Safety Deadline (NYT)
Will Extra Transpo $$ Make Lawmakers Complacent? (The Hill)
Foxx: We Need to Move on Southeast High-Speed Rail (News & Observer)
Reps Push to Increase Transit Tax Benefit (The Hill)
How Sprawl Got in the Way of California’s Ambitious Climate Bill (Grist)
Donate Your Car, Get Bike- and Car-Sharing Memberships (Chicago Trib)
Colorado Governor Boosts Biking With $100M Pledge (Streetsblog Denver)
Silicon Valley’s New BART Stations Will Include Private Development (SV Biz Journal)

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