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By Damien Newton

7:28 AM PDT on July 27, 2009

State Backs Away from Plan to Rob Local Gas Taxes (Daily News)
Pothole Repair Fund Spared in Budget Deal, Villaraigosa Celebrates (LA_Now)
Man Convicted of Killing Police Officer While the Captain Biked to Work (Modesto Bee)
Schumer Intros Bill to Ban Texting By Transit Operators, So Can the Feds Ban TWD Too? (NY1, Post)
A New Billboard Problem, The Inflatable Bill Board (Curbed)
Cap'n Transit: Let's Shrink Sprawlsville, Not Walkable Urban Areas (via Streetsblog.net)
California's Disposable Cities (Next Aamerican City)

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