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    <title>John Schneider: Bridge Forward plan can net the city even more benefits than trenching Fort Washington Way did</title>
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    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["For the third time in two weeks, demolition crews attempted to implode the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge, and for the third time, efforts to completely bring down the 50-year-old bridge failed."]]></description>
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    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Highway advocates often use funding myths to make public transit and other forms of transportation appear relatively more expensive – diverting attention from the full accounting of costs and benefits that should be the basis of sound transportation decision-making."]]></description>
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    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["States continue to spend tens of billions of dollars on new or expanded highways that are often not justified in terms of their benefits to the transportation system, or pose serious harm to surrounding communities."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/11/03/ap-calls-race-bevin/75050158/">
    <title>Bevin the next Kentucky governor</title>
    <dc:date>2015-11-04T20:58:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/11/03/ap-calls-race-bevin/75050158/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The election also has importance for the  proposed $2.6 billion Brent Spence Bridge project. Bevin's election make tolls on the bridge even less likely, said Boone County Republican and county clerk Kenny Brown."]]></description>
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    <title>Hopple St. rebuild on time, mostly on budget</title>
    <dc:date>2015-10-20T02:53:27+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/10/19/hopple-st-rebuild-time-mostly-budget/74228880/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The final cost of the Hopple Street interchange phase now is estimated to be $91.6 million, $800,000 higher than the original projection, according to public records obtained by The Enquirer from the Ohio Department of Transportation. Public records did not reveal the reason for the additional money, and the state could not provide the information immediately."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/10/12/mlk-interchange-cost-still-unknown/73818842/">
    <title>State: MLK interchange cost still unknown</title>
    <dc:date>2015-10-16T19:53:57+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/10/12/mlk-interchange-cost-still-unknown/73818842/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The state still does not have the final cost for the new Uptown Interstate 71 interchange – and Gov. John Kasich's efforts to fast-track a project deemed critical to growing jobs might be the reason the price tag remains unknown more than a year into construction."]]></description>
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    <title>Ohio approves $45 million to widen I-70</title>
    <dc:date>2015-09-08T19:15:43+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The state's Transportation Review Advisory Council approved Thursday $44.6 million for a project to widen I-70 in Clark County by adding a third lane. The funding includes $40.3 million in construction for fiscal year 2020."]]></description>
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    <title>I-75 upgrade cost to run $900M</title>
    <dc:date>2015-09-08T19:11:01+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2002/10/07/story1.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Story from 2002: "Transportation planners are compiling new estimates showing the cheapest means of fixing the mess between Cincinnati and Dayton might cost upward of $900 million."]]></description>
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    <title>​Will new ozone rules hamper Brent Spence Bridge project?</title>
    <dc:date>2015-08-26T22:32:45+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[“[T]he new standard could threaten major transportation projects in the Cincinnati USA region, such as the Brent Spence Bridge/I-75 corridor project, the Western Hills Viaduct and the interchange at Interstate 71 and Martin Luther King Drive.”]]></description>
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    <title>​ODOT makes decision on State Route 32</title>
    <dc:date>2015-06-04T18:16:53+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2015/06/04/odot-makes-decision-on-state-route-32.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[“Throughout the discussions of the Eastern Corridor, various parties, community groups and local governments, including both Newtown and Mariemont, have expressed their firm opposition to relocating Route 32.”]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/print-edition/2015/03/27/does-the-brent-spence-bridge-project-need-to-be-so.html?page=all">
    <title>Does the Brent Spence Bridge project need to be so big?</title>
    <dc:date>2015-04-28T16:49:26+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/print-edition/2015/03/27/does-the-brent-spence-bridge-project-need-to-be-so.html?page=all</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The project didn’t start out costing $2.6 billion to build. Early estimates in Business Courier reports dating back to 2003 hovered around $500 million. [...] Estimates jumped above $2 billion for the first time in 2006 when planners released the full scope of the project."]]></description>
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    <title>Hopple Street interchange won’t fully open until 2020 and some businesses are protesting</title>
    <dc:date>2015-04-13T21:51:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2015/04/13/hopple-street-interchange-won-t-fully-open-until.html?page=all</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The new bridge’s construction path interferes with ODOT’s construction of the northbound I-75 on-ramp from Hopple Street. So until 2020, traffic from Camp Washington, the University of Cincinnati and the major hospitals will have to continue to take the connector street around White Castle and drive a mile down the road to the I-75 north on-ramp near Cincinnati State."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2015/03/18/new-proposed-route-from-i-74-to-cincinnati-state.html?page=all">
    <title>​New proposed route from I-74 to Cincinnati State faces council scrutiny</title>
    <dc:date>2015-04-13T21:51:04+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2015/03/18/new-proposed-route-from-i-74-to-cincinnati-state.html?page=all</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["But members of the Cincinnati City Council are not impressed by what ODOT has come up with, nor is the city's $21 million share of the $42 million project recommended for the fiscal year 2016 budget."]]></description>
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    <title>​How far will Ohio, Kentucky go in scaling back the Brent Spence Bridge project?</title>
    <dc:date>2015-01-29T16:50:19+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2015/01/28/how-far-will-ohio-kentucky-go-in-scaling-back-the.html?page=all</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Perhaps if we approached the federal government about funding a right-sized bridge with a significantly reduced price tag, we would get a different answer."]]></description>
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    <title>Cincinnati’s Eastern Corridor: The $1.4 Billion Road No One Seems to Want</title>
    <dc:date>2015-01-28T02:31:09+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://usa.streetsblog.org/2015/01/27/cincinnatis-eastern-corridor-the-1-4-billion-road-no-one-seems-to-want/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The village of Mariemont (population 3,400) opposes it. Madisonville, an eastern Cincinnati neighborhood that would be served by the road, opposes it. 'We don’t need it,' Newtown Mayor Curt Cosby told the Enquirer."]]></description>
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    <title>Kasich, Beshear to unveil changes to Brent Spence plan</title>
    <dc:date>2015-01-27T19:12:52+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/27/kasich-beshear-brent-spence/22394885/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Kentucky's Steve Beshear and Ohio's John Kasich also are expected to announce that the states are going to equally share the cost of the $2.6 billion project during a joint press conference scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in Covington."]]></description>
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    <title>Governors will push for this Brent Spence Bridge toll, explore reduction of project's scope</title>
    <dc:date>2015-01-27T18:44:40+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2015/01/27/exclusive-governors-will-push-for-this-brent.html?ana=e_cinci_bn_exclusive&amp;u=jN%2F+p6oi2+PzkX0BpRBM7Q0732d981&amp;t=1422384187&amp;page=all</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["In a major announcement on Wednesday, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear are expected to say they are looking at how to cut the costs of the Brent Spence Bridge project, pushing for a toll as close to $1 as possible and splitting the cost 50/50."]]></description>
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    <title>Do Drivers Cover the Cost of Roads? Not By a Long Shot</title>
    <dc:date>2014-10-08T00:30:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://streetsblog.net/2014/09/26/do-drivers-cover-the-cost-of-roads-not-by-a-long-shot/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><dc:subject>transportation infrastructure highways automobiles</dc:subject>
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    <title>New group vows to fight tolls on Brent Spence</title>
    <dc:date>2014-10-08T00:13:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/10/02/brent-spence-bridge-anti-tolls/16605317/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The project cost for replacement and renovation is $2.6 billion, and federal and state officials have said repeatedly that revenue from tolls is the only feasible way to pay for the replacement of the functionally obsolete bridge."

*grabs popcorn*]]></description>
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    <title>Columbia River Crossing: Feds give Oregon, Washington five additional years to repay $135 million</title>
    <dc:date>2014-10-07T23:34:28+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/10/columbia_river_crossing_feds_g.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The nearly $200 million went for planning, engineering, environmental analysis and public relations. The $3 billion project would have been one of the largest public works project in the Northwest in decades."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2014/10/chart-of-the-day-how-bad-is-cincinnati-s-commute.html">
    <title>Chart of the Day: ​How bad is Cincinnati’s commute compared to other cities?</title>
    <dc:date>2014-10-07T23:15:19+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2014/10/chart-of-the-day-how-bad-is-cincinnati-s-commute.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Cincinnati commuters didn’t sit in traffic as long as their regional competitors in Columbus, Pittsburgh and Indianapolis, but St. Louis, Louisville, Milwaukee, Kansas City and Cleveland commuters sat in traffic less."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/03/columbia_river_crossing_odot_t.html">
    <title>Columbia River Crossing: ODOT to pull plug, bridge project is dead</title>
    <dc:date>2014-10-03T15:17:05+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/03/columbia_river_crossing_odot_t.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The end comes after more than a decade of work and nearly $190 million worth of planning, engineering, financial and traffic forecasting and other work."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/09/22/indiana-tollway-bankruptcy/16051059/">
    <title>Public-private deal held out as only way to get financing</title>
    <dc:date>2014-09-24T06:34:44+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/09/22/indiana-tollway-bankruptcy/16051059/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Declining traffic volume contributed to Chicago-based ITR Concession Co. failing to make a $102 million interest payment this summer on the 157-mile Indiana Toll Road, according to multiple reports. [...] But those pushing for Brent Spence Bridge construction to be fast-tracked say business and political leaders and transportation planners say they don't face the same issues as Indiana leaders did."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/indiana-toll-road-seeks-bankruptcy-as-traffic-declines.html">
    <title>Indiana Toll Road Seeks Bankruptcy as Traffic Declines</title>
    <dc:date>2014-09-24T06:25:58+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/indiana-toll-road-seeks-bankruptcy-as-traffic-declines.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Traffic volume has plunged by about 42 percent on the Indiana highway since ITR took over operations eight years ago, according to data on the website of Macquarie Atlas, the unit that owns ITR."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/your-watchdog/needtoknow/2014/09/01/need-know-cvg-signs/14942615/">
    <title>CVG signs meant to avoid bridge hassles</title>
    <dc:date>2014-09-02T01:40:41+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/your-watchdog/needtoknow/2014/09/01/need-know-cvg-signs/14942615/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["A joint decision was made by ODOT, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the city of Cincinnati and the airport to reroute traffic around the Brent Spence Bridge, which even then was a nightmare during rush hour."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/08/12/opinion-put-eastern-corridor-money-brent-spence/13987253/">
    <title>Opinion: Put Eastern Corridor money into Brent Spence</title>
    <dc:date>2014-08-19T21:13:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/08/12/opinion-put-eastern-corridor-money-brent-spence/13987253/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["With all of the other unmet spending priorities in this county, I cannot understand why the politicians continue to push for a plan that is overwhelmingly opposed by communities and their residents, threatens the valuable natural resource that is the Little Miami River and whose major beneficiaries are outside Hamilton County."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://seattletransitblog.com/2014/01/11/wsdots-woes/">
    <title>WSDOT’s Woes</title>
    <dc:date>2014-08-08T19:23:25+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://seattletransitblog.com/2014/01/11/wsdots-woes/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Unlike Sound Transit, who seems to be getting better at building train lines, [the Washington State Department of Transportation] doesn’t seem to be capable of learning from its mistakes."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/11/20/grassroots-efforts-crushed-by-louisvilles-2-6-billion-bridge-boondoggle/">
    <title>Grassroots Efforts “Crushed” by Louisville’s $2.6 Billion Bridge Boondoggle</title>
    <dc:date>2014-07-14T04:23:04+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/11/20/grassroots-efforts-crushed-by-louisvilles-2-6-billion-bridge-boondoggle/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Stites and Allen fought almost 10 years for 8664. The bridge project briefly stalled a few years ago, when officials didn’t know where the $2.6 billion would come from. For a moment, it seemed like a turning point. [...] But things got moving quickly two years ago, once a plan was introduced to fund the bridges with tolls. The introduction of private funds also reduced the influence of citizens who opposed the project, Stites and Allen say."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/07/08/die-eastern-corridor/12327503/">
    <title>It's do or die for Eastern Corridor</title>
    <dc:date>2014-07-08T19:16:33+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/07/08/die-eastern-corridor/12327503/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Some other East Side communities are simply indifferent to the project, mainly because funding appears unrealistic. Anderson Township has officially written a letter of support for the project, but 'nobody in the local communities really sees this incredible benefit to building this thing,' said Russell Jackson, an Anderson Township trustee. 'Nobody complains about traffic. It's a non-issue from our perspective.'"]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/06/24/7-photos-show-how-detroit-hollowed-out-during-the-highway-age/">
    <title>7 Photos Show How Detroit Hollowed Out During the Highway Age</title>
    <dc:date>2014-06-30T19:18:32+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/06/24/7-photos-show-how-detroit-hollowed-out-during-the-highway-age/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A collection of aerial photos showing the devastating destruction of Downtown Detroit caused by the construction of interstate highways and several "urban renewal" projects.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/senators-propose-12-cent-gal-gas-tax-increase">
    <title>Senators propose 12-cent gas tax increase</title>
    <dc:date>2014-06-30T18:55:47+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://bigstory.ap.org/article/senators-propose-12-cent-gal-gas-tax-increase</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bob Corker (R): "Congress should be embarrassed that it has played chicken with the Highway Trust Fund and allowed it to become one of the largest budgeting failures in the federal government."]]></description>
<dc:subject>gas.tax infrastructure highways interstates taxes</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-tom-barrett-square-off-over-i-94-traffic-plan-b99294719z1-263739101.html">
    <title>Scott Walker, Tom Barrett square off over I-94 traffic plan</title>
    <dc:date>2014-06-30T18:53:33+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-tom-barrett-square-off-over-i-94-traffic-plan-b99294719z1-263739101.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett: "Not only will this option cost exorbitant sums of money, it will have a negative impact on property values and disrupt the lives of Story Hill neighborhood residents. I continue to oppose the double deck option and will continue to pursue all options to prevent its construction."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/editorials/2014/05/21/eastern-corridor-waste-money-editorial/9384267/?from=global&amp;sessionKey=&amp;autologin=">
    <title>ODOT wasting money on Eastern Corridor</title>
    <dc:date>2014-06-11T02:49:33+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/editorials/2014/05/21/eastern-corridor-waste-money-editorial/9384267/?from=global&amp;sessionKey=&amp;autologin=</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Cincinnati Enquirer comes out against a controversial $1.4 billion highway project that ODOT is proposing for Cincinnati's east side.]]></description>
<dc:subject>cincinnati eastern.corridor transportation transport highways infrastructure roads driving</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2011/09/boehner-wont-ok-earmarks-for-brent.html?page=all">
    <title>Boehner won't OK earmarks for Brent Spence Bridge</title>
    <dc:date>2014-04-11T17:32:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2011/09/boehner-wont-ok-earmarks-for-brent.html?page=all</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The House Speaker says he would not support earmarks to help fund the $2.3 billion [Brent Spence Bridge] project, in a statement posted by Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren last night."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://seattletransitblog.com/2014/02/13/what-could-800-million-do/">
    <title>What Could $800 Million Do?</title>
    <dc:date>2014-02-19T15:53:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://seattletransitblog.com/2014/02/13/what-could-800-million-do/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["That’s just how cost-ineffective this tunnel really is – most of this capacity can be met with an order of magnitude less money."]]></description>
<dc:subject>seattle infrastructure highways roads driving transportation bertha alaskan.way</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://cincinnatimonocle.blogspot.com/2012/04/brent-spence-how-to-survive-bridge.html">
    <title>Brent Spence &quot;How to Survive a Bridge Collapse&quot; Fear Campaign</title>
    <dc:date>2014-02-11T23:18:36+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://cincinnatimonocle.blogspot.com/2012/04/brent-spence-how-to-survive-bridge.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jake Mecklenborg covers an outrageous 2012 mailer promoting the construction of the new Brent Spence Bridge.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/brent-spence-bridge-could-project-already-be-dead-in-kentucky-general-assemblys-2014-session">
    <title>Brent Spence Bridge: Could project already be dead in Kentucky General Assembly 2014 session?</title>
    <dc:date>2014-01-20T22:04:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/brent-spence-bridge-could-project-already-be-dead-in-kentucky-general-assemblys-2014-session</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[“Covington City Commissioner Steve Frank already has a prediction about the fate of legislation needed keep the $2.63 billion Brent Spence Bridge project on track. 'It’s over,' he told WCPO.”]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://streetsblog.net/2014/01/13/is-ohio-trying-to-sneak-a-highway-through-cincinnati/">
    <title>Is Ohio Trying to Sneak a Highway Through Cincinnati?</title>
    <dc:date>2014-01-13T16:29:53+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://streetsblog.net/2014/01/13/is-ohio-trying-to-sneak-a-highway-through-cincinnati/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["In Ohio, talk of an [I-74 extension] though Cincinnati, as the project would require, has been mostly quiet since the 1990s. Instead, the state of Ohio has been focusing on a close approximation it calls the Eastern Corridor, a project that is moving forward despite fierce opposition from residents of the affected areas."]]></description>
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    <title>ODOT officials set completion date for MLK/I-71 interchange</title>
    <dc:date>2014-01-09T01:26:40+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/morning_call/2014/01/odot-officials-mlki-71-interchange.html?page=all</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[“‘It's always mind boggling to see how much money we spend on the ways we use our automobiles,’ said Vice Mayor David Mann. ‘We spent a lot of time in this council in recent weeks struggling with about this amount of money for a streetcar. And I'm just struck by the irony that that's such a difficult process and yet this project and I presume that the (I-75) Hopple Street project cost even more.’”]]></description>
<dc:subject>david.mann highways infrastructure cincinnati</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2013/12/what-if-the-i-71mlk-interchange-was.html?page=all">
    <title>What if Cincinnati's I-71/MLK interchange was held to same standards as streetcar?</title>
    <dc:date>2013-12-16T21:54:06+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2013/12/what-if-the-i-71mlk-interchange-was.html?page=all</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Cranley and other streetcar opponents have rejected consultants’ reports on the economic impact of the streetcar but embraced estimates of the interchange’s positive impact."]]></description>
<dc:subject>transportation rail cincystreetcar transit highways infrastructure roads</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://cincinnati.com/blogs/letters/2013/05/03/ferries-will-save-millions-over-brent-spence-bridge/">
    <title>Ferries will save millions over Brent Spence Bridge</title>
    <dc:date>2013-12-04T05:02:46+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://cincinnati.com/blogs/letters/2013/05/03/ferries-will-save-millions-over-brent-spence-bridge/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I don’t understand why council is so fixated on building this bridge boondoggle when ferries can do the same job at a fraction of the price."]]></description>
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    <title>What Happens When a Town Puts People Before Cars?</title>
    <dc:date>2013-10-29T14:36:28+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/08/what-happens-when-town-puts-people-cars/6600/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Taking highway standards and applying them to urban and suburban streets, and even county roads, costs us thousands of lives every year. There is no earthly reason why an engineer would ever design a fourteen foot lane for a city block, yet we do it continuously."]]></description>
<dc:subject>chuck.marohn strong.towns urbanism cities urban.planning highways transportation</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.urbanophile.com/2013/07/26/exploding-the-myth-of-the-fiscally-conservative-republican-governor/">
    <title>Exploding the Myth of the Fiscally Conservative Republican Governor</title>
    <dc:date>2013-10-21T19:17:34+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.urbanophile.com/2013/07/26/exploding-the-myth-of-the-fiscally-conservative-republican-governor/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Kasich’s biggest investment is a $440 million bypass around Portsmouth, a town of 20,000 people. That’s almost $22,000 for every man, woman, and child in town. [...] It’s hard to take Kasich seriously as a conservative if this is the type of project he wants to champion."]]></description>
<dc:subject>john.kasich ohio GOP tea.party transportation highways portsmouth</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131003/NEWS01/310030050/Exclusive-Brent-Spence-Bridge-money-plans-rely-tolls">
    <title>Brent Spence Bridge money plans rely on tolls</title>
    <dc:date>2013-10-03T21:13:25+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131003/NEWS01/310030050/Exclusive-Brent-Spence-Bridge-money-plans-rely-tolls</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cincinnati's new interstate highway bridge will rely on tolls for funding.]]></description>
<dc:subject>cincinnati interstates highways gas.tax bridges brent.spence.bridge ohio</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/07/19/oki-leader-get-used-to-paying-for.html?ana=twt&amp;page=all">
    <title>OKI leader: Get used to paying for transportation projects with local funds</title>
    <dc:date>2013-07-22T15:27:59+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/07/19/oki-leader-get-used-to-paying-for.html?ana=twt&amp;page=all</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["'We shouldn’t hold our breath for Senators (Sherrod) Brown and (Rob) Portman to come riding into town with a check for $2.3 billion,' he said, adding that 80 percent of mega-projects across the country are being done using local funds."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.omniproservices.com/jeremiah-morrow-bridge-replacement-project.html">
    <title>Jeremiah Morrow Bridge Replacement Project</title>
    <dc:date>2013-07-22T00:51:43+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.omniproservices.com/jeremiah-morrow-bridge-replacement-project.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An $88.1 million project to replace a bridge carrying Interstate 71 in Warren County, Ohio.]]></description>
<dc:subject>infrastructure highways transportation bridges ohio warren.county</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.texastribune.org/2013/02/04/txdot-tells-lawmakers-funding-crisis-around-corner/">
    <title>TxDOT Tells Lawmakers Funding Crisis Around the Corner</title>
    <dc:date>2013-07-20T20:38:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.texastribune.org/2013/02/04/txdot-tells-lawmakers-funding-crisis-around-corner/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More evidence that highways don't pay for themselves: Texas is looking to issue new debt, divert funding from the Department of Public Safety, use money from a rainy day fund, and approve more toll roads in order to fund new roads.]]></description>
<dc:subject>texas transportation roads highways driving automobiles gas.tax</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.urbanophile.com/2013/06/30/if-you-can-repeatedly-close-a-freeway-for-months-at-a-time-do-you-really-need-it-at-all/">
    <title>If You Can Repeatedly Close a Freeway For Months At a Time, Do You Really Need It At All?</title>
    <dc:date>2013-07-02T03:10:10+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.urbanophile.com/2013/06/30/if-you-can-repeatedly-close-a-freeway-for-months-at-a-time-do-you-really-need-it-at-all/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["If you can keep closing this stretch of interstate for three months at a time to work on it, do you really need it at all? Why not just close it permanently and save all this money?"]]></description>
<dc:subject>Aaron.Renn highways transportation roads driving automobiles Indianapolis Indiana</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://streetsblog.net/2013/06/25/survey-people-hate-a-gas-tax-hike-unless-it-pays-for-something/">
    <title>Survey: People Hate a Gas Tax Hike, Unless It Pays for Something</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-25T18:30:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://streetsblog.net/2013/06/25/survey-people-hate-a-gas-tax-hike-unless-it-pays-for-something/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[67% support raising gas taxes by 10 cents to "maintain streets, roads, and highways."]]></description>
<dc:subject>highways roads driving taxes gas transportation infrastructure</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://queencitydiscovery.blogspot.com/2013/06/highways-for-houses.html">
    <title>Highways for Houses</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-25T15:21:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://queencitydiscovery.blogspot.com/2013/06/highways-for-houses.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Queen City Discovery photographs Lockland homes that will be demolished for the I-75 expansion.]]></description>
<dc:subject>highways demolition infrastructure i75 lockland</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local/austin-boulevard-traffic-exceeding-2035-forecast/nMy5n/">
    <title>Austin Boulevard traffic exceeding 2035 forecast</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-18T22:15:49+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local/austin-boulevard-traffic-exceeding-2035-forecast/nMy5n/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More roads=more congestion, not less. New I-75 interchange in Dayton already exceeds projected 2035 traffic levels.]]></description>
<dc:subject>transportation driving roads highways automobiles</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Credit-downgraded-for-85-mph-toll-road-209492541.html">
    <title>Credit downgraded for company that built 85-mph toll road</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-18T20:14:11+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Credit-downgraded-for-85-mph-toll-road-209492541.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["...because the Texas 130 toll road is carrying traffic about half of what was projected when it opened in October."]]></description>
<dc:subject>highways roads driving infrastructure</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://instapaper.com/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:taestell/b:d02b8e63950f/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://cincinnatimonocle.blogspot.com/2013/06/why-arent-be-being-warned-anymore-about.html">
    <title>Why aren't we being warned anymore about the imminent collapse of the Brent Spence Bridge?</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-18T13:15:24+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://cincinnatimonocle.blogspot.com/2013/06/why-arent-be-being-warned-anymore-about.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Last year I did a post on the sensational mailer sent out by ‘www.highwaybill.org’.  The campaign also included some completely outrageous radio spots, with kids singing ‘America’s bridges falling down’ to the tune of London Bridge."]]></description>
<dc:subject>cincinnati infrastructure highways brent.spence.bridge i75</dc:subject>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:taestell/t:brent.spence.bridge"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/federal_court_says_highway_spo.html">
    <title>Federal court says highway sponsors must first study transit, impacts on suburban sprawl</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-16T20:57:42+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/federal_court_says_highway_spo.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The US District Court in Milwaukee has indicated that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) cannot enlarge a major urban freeway connection without further study of the project’s impacts on transit-dependent populations and on regional suburban sprawl."]]></description>
<dc:subject>transportation transit highways infrastructure government.spending sprawl suburbia roads automobiles</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://travisestell.com/2013/06/no-mechanism-for-electorate-to-challenge-odot/">
    <title>No mechanism for electorate to challenge ODOT</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-06T13:09:28+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://travisestell.com/2013/06/no-mechanism-for-electorate-to-challenge-odot/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jake Mecklenborg's letter-to-the-editor about Ohio's endless highway spending.]]></description>
<dc:subject>odot ohio transportation highways roads infrastructure jake.mecklenborg</dc:subject>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:taestell/b:061f3e3c80f5/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130602/BIZ01/306020003/">
    <title>Commute to Clifton off I-75 or I-74? Prepare to reroute</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-06T12:58:39+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130602/BIZ01/306020003/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Already, nearly $417 million has been spent on plans, the purchase of adjacent land and property and construction. Some portions of the overall I-75 reconstruction aren’t scheduled to be finished for more than a decade – and there are no guarantees the Brent Spence Bridge portion will start in 2015 because of political wrangling over funding."]]></description>
<dc:subject>highways transportation roads driving automobiles i75 cincinnati i74</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://cincinnati.com/blogs/letters/2013/06/05/no-mechanism-for-electorate-to-challenge-odot/">
    <title>No mechanism for electorate to challenge ODOT</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-05T13:36:06+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://cincinnati.com/blogs/letters/2013/06/05/no-mechanism-for-electorate-to-challenge-odot/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["We are told [by ODOT] that the elimination of left-side ramps and improvement of safety shoulders – at a cost of about $3 billion for a few miles of roadway – will usher in a new era of prosperity."]]></description>
<dc:subject>transportation highways roads automobiles transit</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://instapaper.com/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2012/05/chairman_of_northeast_ohio_sus.html">
    <title>Jason Segedy of Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium wants upcoming report to highlight land-use and transportation linkage</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-03T21:31:03+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2012/05/chairman_of_northeast_ohio_sus.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Virtually every person in charge of planning our transportation system and developing our land owns a car. They don’t live the reality of long tortuous 3 hour bus commutes, walking through broken glass on crumbling highway shoulders (there are no sidewalks) or getting bottles thrown out of car windows at them by angry motorists [while riding a bike]."]]></description>
<dc:subject>transportation highways infrastructure urban.planning</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:taestell/b:0e223533a0c4/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/09/22/in-push-for-jobs-bill-obama-picks-the-wrong-bridge-to-highlight/">
    <title>In Push For Jobs Bill, Obama Picks the Wrong Bridge to Highlight</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-03T20:56:41+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/09/22/in-push-for-jobs-bill-obama-picks-the-wrong-bridge-to-highlight/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Streetsblog discusses Obama’s visit to the Brent Spence Bridge, complete with a quote from Jake Mecklenborg of UrbanCincy]]></description>
<dc:subject>cincinnati transportation brent.spence.bridge highways infrastructure</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:taestell/b:c2399745f66c/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://travisestell.com/2011/10/lack-of-curiosity-from-local-media/">
    <title>Lack of curiosity from our local media</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-03T20:55:57+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://travisestell.com/2011/10/lack-of-curiosity-from-local-media/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our local media's complete unwillingness to dig deep into important issues is astonishing.]]></description>
<dc:subject>local.media journalism Enquirer highways transportation newspapers</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:taestell/b:f9a6810f41e2/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:taestell/t:Enquirer"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.urbancincy.com/2011/10/visit-from-president-obama-raises-the-political-stakes-surrounding-the-brent-spence-bridge-project/">
    <title>Visit from President Obama raises political stakes surrounding the Brent Spence Bridge project</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-03T20:54:36+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.urbancincy.com/2011/10/visit-from-president-obama-raises-the-political-stakes-surrounding-the-brent-spence-bridge-project/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The incredible amount of confusion surrounding the project appears to have been caused by a mix of ghost writing by highway lobbyists, the unfamiliarity of the local media with how Interstate Highway projects are funded and the lingering power of postwar pro-highway propaganda."]]></description>
<dc:subject>brent.spence.bridge jake.mecklenborg cincinnati highways infrastructure transportation</dc:subject>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:taestell/b:38d525e25dd2/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.urbanophile.com/2011/01/07/urbanoscope-16/">
    <title>Aaron Renn on I-74 Extension</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-03T19:55:05+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.urbanophile.com/2011/01/07/urbanoscope-16/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I’m a big believer in building infrastructure, and yes, even in building more roads where appropriate. But even among nominally fiscal conservative governors, it’s tough to find any highway boondoggle big enough that they are willing to cancel it. Here’s a perfect opportunity for Kasich to distinguish himself and step up to the plate."]]></description>
<dc:subject>highways infrastructure john.kasich ohio transportation roads driving automobiles</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:taestell/b:6edb568f2c8b/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://zfein.blogspot.com/2010/02/viaduct.html">
    <title>Western Hills Viaduct</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-03T18:44:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://zfein.blogspot.com/2010/02/viaduct.html</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["It’s not abandoned yet, but the Western Hills Viaduct is crumbling beneath the thousands of cars it carries every day. The City of Cincinnati is planning to spend millions over the next five years, however, for a rehab and/or replacement plan. Sadly, the billions upon billions of dollars being spent on the I-75 Mill Creek Expressway Project and the Brent Spence Bridge Replacement/Rehab Plan don’t account for the Viaduct, and barely alter the interchange with I-75 at all."]]></description>
<dc:subject>western.hills.viaduct cincinnati highways infrastructure zach.fein</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:taestell/b:99b5ebbc8ee5/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/reports/america-in-gridlock/video-zombie-highways/778/">
    <title>Zombie Highways</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-03T18:25:57+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/reports/america-in-gridlock/video-zombie-highways/778/</link>
    <dc:creator>taestell</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[PBS’s NewsHour reports on “zombie highways” — unnecessary interstate highways funded by an uncapped 80% Federal match.]]></description>
<dc:subject>highways automobiles roads transportation</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:taestell/b:461b44c59c07/</dc:identifier>
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