- Inside the Oregon DOT's quest to make a mileage tax work (Marketplace)
- Could a "cash for clunkers" approach work to retire creaky coal-fired power plants? (WSJ)
- Boston becomes the fourth U.S. city to let software developers work with transit data (Herald)
- LaHood hits Maine to check out new "bridge in a backpack" technology (AP)
- Struggling urban schools turn to marketing to win back students (WSJ)
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