- UDSOT Says Public-Private Partnerships Won't Fill the Funding Gap (LandLine)
- Feds Give Five States $336.2M For Next-Gen High-Speed Trains (Construction Equipment)
- Gov't Would Forfeit $1.3B In Airline Taxes to Save $16.5M On Rural Flights (Bloomberg, NYT)
- LaHood Exhorts Congress to Skip Vacation Till They Extend the FAA Bill (MSNBC)
- Landscape Architects Demand a Transpo Bill With Complete Streets Provisions (The Dirt)
- San Diego Takes Step Toward Curbing Sprawl; Avocado Farming Supervisor Dissents (KPBS)
- CA Gov. Brown Vetoes Commuter Benefits Act. Blame Lobbyists? (LA Streetsblog, Cyclelicio.us)
- Cash-Strapped Missouri DOT Worries About Impact of Debt Ceiling Deal (Ozarks First)
- Americans Think They're Pretty Great Drivers, Even Though They Speed and Drive Drunk (RPUS)
- Why Did America Destroy Its Great Cities? (HuffPo)
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