- DOT Will Redistribute Rejected High Speed Rail Funds (WaPo)
- Reluctant Senate GOP Leader McConnell Agrees to Earmark Ban (The Hill)
- Rahall Wants Top Dem Post on Transpo Committee to Help Coal Industry (WVNS)
- Houstonians Do Their "Patriotic Duty," Vote Down Traffic Cameras (KUHF/Transpo Nation)
- Five Out of Six Experts Say Yes to a Gas Tax Increase (National Journal)
- Prospects For a Transportation Bill: the View From Behind the Wheel of a Truck (Trucking Info)
- Jim Crow Lives on in Inequitable Transit Access in Texas (Star-Telegram)
- Energy Secretary Steven Chu Rides His Bike to Work (WaPo)
- For Detroit to be a Great City, the New Gov Needs to Jumpstart Transit (Michigan Live)
- In Keeping with the Delaware Tradition, New Reps Will Commute to Congress by Train (WDEL)
- Biking to Mecca: Doing the Hajj on Two Wheels -- or By Transit (Cyclelicious, AFP)
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