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8:59 AM EDT on March 22, 2017

    • Trump's Budget Proposal Put Atlanta's Transit Plans in Danger (WABE)
    • Advocates Prevail Over Destructive Road Widening in Toledo (Toledo Blade)
    • Houston Continues to Delay on Approving its Awesome Bike Plan (Chronicle)
    • TransitCenter's Jon Orcutt Talks to WBUR About Why Transit Ridership Is Falling
    • $60 Vehicle Fee Could Help Fund Transit in Milwaukee County (Mass Transit Magazine)
    • Second Child Dies From Injuries After Driver Plowed Into Crowd in Phoenix (Arizona Republic)
    • Survey Explores How Pittsburgh Cyclists Feel About Sharing Road With Self-Driving Cars (BikePGH)
    • Ford Says Automatic Braking for Pedestrians at Night Coming to U.S. in 2018 (Fender Bender)
    • Silicon Valley's Plans for a Stress-Free Bike Network (NextCity)
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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