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8:58 AM EDT on March 16, 2016

    • Washington Metro Closed for 24 Hours for Emergency Inspections (USA Today)
    • "Commuter Chaos" Expected (Global Post), Beltway "Barely Moving" (WaPo), Traffic Slows Buses (WaPo)
    • "#Metrogeddon" Inspires First Time Bike Commuter ( WaPo 1, 2)
    • After Flirting With Rejecting Grant, Raleigh Adopts Bike-Share Program (News Observer)
    • Resurrected City-Only MARTA-Expansion Bill Passes Georgia House Panel (AJC)
    • Pedestrians "Run for Their Lives" in St. Paul (Minnesota Public Radio)
    • San Diego Building Up to Meet Demand for Walkability (La Jolla Light)
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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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