- Philly's biggest newspaper urges LaHood to approve the state's bid to toll I-80 (Inquirer)
- A profile of Detroit's nascent urban farming effort (Free Press)
- Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson (D) to hold state "transportation summit" this month (AP)
- Houston mayor says Obama administration is pushing her to get the local transit authority's act together to ensure continued funding for local light rail (TX Watchdog)
- How immigration reform could revive dying cities (New Geography)
- Illinois lawmakers set up state high-speed rail commission (AP)
- ... while some Palo Alto residents raise NIMBY concerns about bullet trains (Merc News)
- O'Toole's latest: Forget high-speed rail, it's all about ... driver-less cars (WSJ)
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