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8:56 AM EDT on June 9, 2016

    • Detroit Has a $4.6 Billion Transit Decision to Make (NextCity)
    • Minneapolis Rolls Out Rapid Buses After Five Years of Planning (WCCO)
    • Gainesville's Bike-Share Not Performing as Well as Expected (WCJB)
    • North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory Asks Legislature to Open Up Funding for Light Rail (News Observer)
    • In Light of Safety Issues, Should D.C. Have Built the Silver Line? Two Opinions (WaPo, Washingtonian)
    • Are More People Biking to Work in D.C. Because of Metro's Problems? (WJLA)
    • Sprawl Still Dominant in Kansas City (KC Star)
    • Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Five Cyclists, Media Lectures Cyclists About Safety (WZZM13)
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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