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8:23 AM PDT on March 29, 2016

    • Early high speed rail construction changes have people freaking out about cost overruns (LA Times)
    • Sacramento ponders sales tax for transportation, releases potential project list (Sacramento Bee)
    • Yet another study shows link between driving to work, obesity (Cyclelicious)
    • ICYMI: Entitlement: the most dangerous kind of distracted driving (Macleans Magazine)
    • “Experts” are having a hard time predicting how quickly renewable energy is expanding—and that's a problem (Vox)
    • Why cities keep expanding highways, even though that doesn't solve congestion (CityLab)
    • Caltrans, FHWA create “Innovation Council” for transportation (Equipment World)
    • Mapping the country's affordable housing deficit (CityLab)
    • Have we reached “peak Millennial”? Nah (City Commentary)

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