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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “If we are going to keep up with this growth, this very rapid growth, we are going to have to make big investments in…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2019
If we are going to keep up with this growth, this very rapid growth, we are going to have to make big investments in transit.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Emphasizes the need for significant transit investment to match urban growth.

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