- Mica Wants to Kick Amtrak Out of the Northeast Corridor, Dems Won't Have It (Globe, The Hill)
- Add Bad Station-Area Planning to the List of the Pentagon's Blunders (Yglesias)
- Video: The Case for Smart Growth (Switchboard)
- Utah Slows Down Freeway Expansion Plan in Favor of Transit (Salt Lake Tribune)
- State Could Pull the Plug on Charlotte Light Rail Funding (Charlotte Observer)
- NY Senate OKs Gas Tax Holidays, a Great Way to Starve the State of Needed Funds (Land Line)
- Transit Use by Senior Citizens Up 40 Percent (New Urban Network)
- Riding on the Streets is Safer Than Riding on the Sidewalk (and Other Surprises) (Good)
- "Inspector America" Urges More Infrastructure Investment (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Our "Exit Ramp Economy" Challenges Transit to Follow People and Jobs to the Suburbs (Citiwire)
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