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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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