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11:54 AM EST on December 14, 2016

    • Unlike Trump, Mitch McConnell Says Infrastructure Spending Not a Priority (Washington Monthly)
    • Energy Department Says It Won’t Report Employees Who Worked on Climate Change (WaPo)
    • Trump’s Energy Department Pick Is Climate Denier Rick Perry (Inside Climate News)
    • Commuters Will Be Able to Pay for Uberpool With Pre-Tax Benefits in a Few Cities (Bloomberg)
    • Census Data Supports the Idea More Americans Are Living Without a Car (Medium)
    • Federal Court Rules Against $900 Million Virginia Highway — Project No Longer Viable (Gaston Gazette)
    • New Jersey to Add Bike and Pedestrian Safety Questions to Driver’s Test (NJ.com)
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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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