- GOP Demands Trillions -- Not Billions -- in New Budget Cuts in Exchange for Debt Ceiling Vote (WaPo)
- Wisconsin Gets Rejected for Federal Rail Funds It Once Rejected (Journal Sentinel)
- Administration Asserts "For Now, Riding Trains is Safe" Amid Calls for Tightened Security (The Hill)
- Blumenauer's Commuter Relief Act Would Add Equity for Non-Drivers (BikePortland)
- Obama Transportation Bill Preceded By Green Transpo Postage Stamp Release (Alt Transport)
- The Best Way to Beat $4 Gas? Don't Drive So Much. (HuffPo)
- Sec. LaHood Will Intervene in Dulles Rail Cost Dispute (Examiner)
- Anti-"Sprawl-Mart" Activist Says Retail and Residences Don't Mix (Akron Beacon Journal)
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