- Budget Compromise Guts Obama's High-Speed Rail Plan (NYT, Transpo Nation)
- Uncertainties Loom for California Bullet Train (Mercury News, LAT)
- Florida Gov. Scott Claims Credit for Cut (The Hill)
- In Another Blow to Transit, Cincinnati Streetcar Axed (Reuters)
- Debate Brews Over Earthquake-Damaged Seattle Highway (Infrastructurist)
- Earmark Ban Saved $10 Billion (TPM)
- The ABCs of Getting a Crosswalk (Grist)
- One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill: Where Are They Now? (Politico)
- Bikenomics: How Cycling Can Boost the Economy (Grist)
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