- Local coverage of T4A's report on transit cuts (Detroit News, SF Chron, Sac Biz Journ, WaPo)
- Birmingham, home of PBS' "zombie highway," rocked by bribery guilty plea (Bloomberg)
- Highway projects (and transit ones, too) are stalling thanks to funding uncertainty in Congress (CQ)
- Ford's new electric car can "talk" to the grid to regulate power usage (AP)
- D.C. transit's summer woes continue (Balt. Sun)
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