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8:56 AM EDT on September 22, 2016

    • Nashville $6 Billion Transit Plan Approved (Tennessean)
    • Clinton Outlines Her Housing Policy, Including Boosting Low-Income Tax Credits (NYTimes)
    • Pennsylvania to Change State Laws to Match New Federal Self-Driving Car Guidelines (Gov Technology)
    • Volvo's New Buses Will Automatically Yell at Pedestrians Who "Come Too Close" (New Atlas)
    • D.C. Testing Fixed-Route Taxi Vans in Underserved Areas (NextCity)
    • Brownsville, South Bend Celebrate "Mayor's Challenge" Safe Streets Wins
    • Bay Area Planning Housing in Hopes of Reducing Traffic (CityLab)
    • Austin Business Leader to Push Plan for Denser Development (Austin Monitor)
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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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