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After Four Mayoral Terms, D.C. Streetcar Will Officially Start Running Next Saturday (WaPo) Gizmodo: It’s Cars, Not Smartphones, That Kill Pedestrians Emanuel’s Plan for Chicago: Expand Downtown While Investing in Poor Neighborhoods (Chicago Trib) Biden Celebrates 7th Anniversary of the Stimulus Act (StarTrib) Amtrak Requests $1.8B for Next Fiscal Year (The Hill) California to Test New … Continued

By Katie Pearce

9:00 AM EST on February 19, 2016

After Four Mayoral Terms, D.C. Streetcar Will Officially Start Running Next Saturday (WaPo)
Gizmodo: It’s Cars, Not Smartphones, That Kill Pedestrians
Emanuel’s Plan for Chicago: Expand Downtown While Investing in Poor Neighborhoods (Chicago Trib)
Biden Celebrates 7th Anniversary of the Stimulus Act (StarTrib)
Amtrak Requests $1.8B for Next Fiscal Year (The Hill)
California to Test New Mileage Fees to Replace Gas Tax (SF Chron)
What’s Austin’s Priority: Density or Affordability? (Austin Chron)
Virginia Beach Has Until April to Commit to Light Rail (Pilot)
Houston’s Ambitious Bike Plan (Off Cite)
Imagining TOD in Upstate South Carolina (Upstate Biz Journal)

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