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9:01 AM EDT on April 28, 2016

    • Boston City Council Votes to Lower Speed Limit to 20 MPH on Most Streets (Universal Hub)
    • Google, Uber, and Ford Launch Self-Driving Car Lobby (Tech Wire)
    • D Magazine: Does Texas's Newly Free-Flowing SH 161 Disprove "Induced Demand?"
    • Driver Critically Injures 6-Year-Old Akron Boy on Bike; Victim "Won't Be Cited" (Plain Dealer)
    • Seattleites Disappointed With New Five-Year Bike Plan (The Stranger)
    • Uber Preparing to Exit Houston Because of Its Rules (Texas Tribune)
    • Arkansas Posts Depressing Videos of Downtown Little Rock Highway Widening Plan (Arkansas Online)
    • Akron's New Planning Director Wants to Put the City's Roads on a Diet (Crain's Cleveland)
    • WSJ: Increase Housing Density to Lower Rents in Cities
    • The "Car-Free" Neighborhood Design for a German Suburb (Fast Company)

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