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9:05 AM EST on December 8, 2016

    • Trump’s Climate Denier EPA Nominee Is a Giant Middle Finger to Environmentalists… (NYT, EDF)
    • …Was Investigated for Colluding With Fossil Fuel Companies as Oklahoma AG (Politico)
    • Why Trump Saying “Urban Renewal” Is Scary for Cities (NYT)
    • Boston’s Green Line Extension Opening Pushed Back to 2021 (The Globe)
    • Cincinnati Streetcar Ridership Falling Short of Projections (Enquirer)
    • Four Ways to Add “Gentle” Density to Neighborhoods (The Tyee)
    • Trumpster, Conspiracist Alex Jones Very Concerned About Parking in Austin (InfoWars via Streetsblog Tex)
    • UPS Now Delivering by Electric Bike in Portland (Oregonian)
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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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