- Did the Obama administration cut a deal to silence congressional critics of its controversial nominee to regulate truck safety? One trucking industry exec says yes (DC Velocity)
- Atlanta transport planners are eyeing the headquarters of the local newspaper for a new transit terminal, but the Journal-Constitution isn't selling ... yet (AJC)
- German Chancellor Merkel tells Congress that climate change is one of the 21st century's "great tests" -- too bad the Senate isn't doing great so far (WashPost)
- Philadelphia transit workers to strike (NYT)
- Washington won't do it, but Denver will: Colorado's governor proposes to hike the transportation budget (AP)
- Jockeying continues in Maryland over whether to use transit to solve growth (MD Pols Watch)
- Is gross domestic product (GDP) growth really the measure of an expanding economy? Not so much (BusinessWeek)
