- Former Treasury Sec. Summers: U.S. Must Invest in Infrastructure to Revive Economy (WaPo)
- Obama Food Desert Initiative Will Help Corner Markets, Not Just Supermarkets (Grist)
- Chorus Grows for Performance-Based Transportation Funding (National Journal)
- Bus Safety Administration Wants to Raise the Bar on Intercity Buses (Transpo Nation)
- The Problem With TTI's Urban "Mobility" Report (Human Transit)
- Just Because a City Isn't Growing Doesn't Mean It's Dying (Infrastructurist)
- Gabe Klein Wants to Bring Transit Tracking Monitors to Chicago Bus Stops (Sun-Times)
- In Indianapolis, An Announcement About a New Parking Garage Sparks Push For Transit (Indystar)
- The One County to Reject a Sales Tax Initiative This Year Has to Make Painful Cuts to Transit (KOMO)
- NJ Legislators Urge Christie Not to Cut Transit Security Funds (MyCentralJersey.com)
- Virginia's Refusal to Ask for Rail Money Was Politically Motivated (WaPo)
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