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Obama Signs Two-Month Highway Trust Fund Extension (The Hill) Related: CBO Spitballs Future Short-Term Patches (The Hill) CityLab Remembers That Time Reagan Raised the Gas Tax In the Wake of Amtrak and Oil Train Crashes, Obama Taps Sarah Feinberg for FRA Post (The Hill) U.S. Could Save Lives by Requiring Trucks to Have Side Guards (Next City) Meanwhile, Pols Worry That Hackers … Continued

By Brad Aaron

8:47 AM EDT on June 1, 2015

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Obama Signs Two-Month Highway Trust Fund Extension (The Hill)
Related: CBO Spitballs Future Short-Term Patches (The Hill)
CityLab Remembers That Time Reagan Raised the Gas Tax
In the Wake of Amtrak and Oil Train Crashes, Obama Taps Sarah Feinberg for FRA Post (The Hill)
U.S. Could Save Lives by Requiring Trucks to Have Side Guards (Next City)
Meanwhile, Pols Worry That Hackers May Someday Cause Vehicles to Harm People (The Hill)
Researcher: Cyclists Break Laws When Streets Are Designed for Cars (Next City)
Tesla Fight Points to Political Clout of U.S. Auto Dealers (Bloomberg)
After Fatal Crash, NASCAR Rule Aims to Keep Drivers From Running Each Other Over (WaPo)
Sinkholes: Wreaking Havoc Across the Globe (WaPo)

Brad Aaron

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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