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Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EDT on April 20, 2016

    • Sprawl Contributing to Houston's Horrible Flooding Problems (ABC News)
    • Transit Use Isn't Surging; Driving Still Too Cheap (WaPo)
    • Feds Find 229 Safety Defects During D.C. Metro Inspection (ABC News)
    • Did Light Rail Between Minneapolis and St. Paul Spur $4.2 Billion in Investment? (Pioneer Press)
    • Provo, Utah, Residents Trying to Block Bus Rapid Transit Project (Salt Lake Tribune)
    • Plan for BRT to Suburban Milwaukee Meeting Suburban Resistance (Wauwatosa Now)
    • Residents Push Back Against Sprawl Outside of Baltimore (Baltimore Sun)
    • How to Speed Up Light Rail Plans in Seattle (The Stranger)
    • Money-Hungry Missouri DOT May Withhold Funds From Cities (Governing)
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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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