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By Damien Newton

8:05 AM PDT on April 15, 2009

Exxon: America's Thirst for Gasoline Has Peaked (WSJ)
California Eliminates Transit, Expands Freeways (Planetizen)
Expansion of I-10 Set to Begin Soon (SGV Tribune)
California Adopts 57 Road Projects to Stand In-Line for Federal Funds (Times)
Metro Not Spending Anything to Explain TAP Changes to Bus Riders (Bus Bench)
LA "Hardest City to Get By" (Forbes)
Gas Prices Rising (Times)
The Bike Commute Benefit: At Least It's a Good Symbol (City Room)
Midwest Govs Ask for $3.5B in High-Speed Rail Stim Funds (Transport Politic via Streetsblog.net)
Tufts Researchers Study Health Risks of Living Near Freeways (Globe via Planetizen)

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