- Feds Mull Cell Phone Jammers as Tool to Fight Distracted Driving (Pop-Sci)
- In Milwaukee, Some 200 Rally for Rail (Journal Sentinel)
- Dreary Financial Situation Threatens Transportation in the Northeast (WSJ)
- Brookings Institution Maps How Urbanites Get Around (Infrastructurist)
- Tell Congress to Keep Transit Benefits on Equal Footing With Parking Benefits (T4America)
- Key Climate Contrarian Report Riddled with Plagiarism (USA Today)
- Is Your Rep Part of the Climate Zombie Caucus? (Wonk Room)
- Airport Screening Brouhaha Could Cause Spike in Highway Fatalities (The Hill)
- No Car, No Regrets for This Atlanta Commuter (CNN)
- Suburban Malaise Gets Violent in Arcade Fire Video (Good)
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