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9:03 AM EDT on May 26, 2016

    • Subways in the Northeast Are Showing Their Age (NYT)
    • What D.C. Commuters Can Expect When Metro Shutdowns Begin (WaPo)
    • Delaware May Increase Fine for Hitting a Pedestrian to $550 (Delaware Online)
    • Austin Mayor to Intro Transpo Bond Proposal, Includes Protected Bike Lanes (Austin Chronicle)
    • One in Four Traffic Crashes in Minnesota Caused by Distracted Driving (Star Tribune)
    • Is Google Losing Interest in Self-Driving Cars? (Transportationist)
    • Why Americans in the 1950s Were Scared of Suburbia (Curbed)
    • Third Safety Report to Study Cincinnati's 2.2-Mile Protected Bike Lane (Enquirer)
    • Reno's Mayor Wants More Green Bike Lanes (Kolo News Now)
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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