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9:09 AM EDT on May 12, 2016

    • MBTA Approves Boston's Green Line Extension (Globe)
    • Central Florida Will Use Gas Tax Funds for Transit (Fox 35 Orlando)
    • Pre-Construction Work Begins on Albuquerque's Bus Rapid Transit, Despite Lawsuits (KRQE)
    • Washington Post Scares People Off Their Bikes
    • Austin Chronicle Writer Takes on Victim-Blaming Culture Around Traffic Collisions
    • Buffalo News: Bike Lanes Are Squeezing Drivers
    • Neighborhood Walkability, Body Mass Index More Closely Linked for Men (MD Magazine)
    • Student Safety Project Results in New Bike Lanes in Sacramento (Sacramento Bee)
    • A Pedestrian Scramble in Georgia (WMAZ)
    • Austin Considering Deregulating the Cab Industry (Statesman)
    • Milwaukee Streetcar to Have Dedicated Lanes (Business Journal)
Angie Schmitt

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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