- Ahmedabad, India, wins the Sustainable Transport Award from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (Express)
- Freight rail industry has a mixed reaction to LaHood's revamp of transit funding rules (Fleet Owner)
- Why are politicians always so scared of the word "tax"? A scientific explanation (MoJo Blog)
- Amtrak to add free wi-fi on the Acela ... but it won't be free for long (Erictric)
- Florida high-speed rail boosters take their lobbying campaign up a notch (AP)
- It's time to update our definition of "green building" (HuffPo)
- Washington D.C.'s Metro transit chief to resign in April (WaPo Blogs)
- Georgia's Republican governor says voters should get to decide whether to raise the gas tax to fund transportation (AP)
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