- Obama Calls on Congress to Pass Transportation Bill (NY Daily News, YouTube)
- Democrats Are Getting Ready to Fight Over Highway Funding (WaPo)
- Roadblocks the Transportation Extension Could Run Into (Transpo Issues Daily)
- Big Business and Big Labor Agree: US Needs Infrastructure Spending (Barron's)
- Cantor's "Compromise" on Infrastructure Funding? Eliminate Bike/Ped. (The Hill, NewsMax)
- Former NJ DOT Commissioner: "Let's Show Our Exceptionalism, Not Just Talk About It" (Star Ledger)
- Judge Rules Arizona's Transit Funding Cuts Would Violate Federal Law (Chron)
- Why Towns With Good Transit Options Are Recovering Faster From the Recession (TreeHugger)
- Bike Share Booming in Boston After Only One Month (Boston Globe)
- Report: Rural Roads Are the Most Dangerous, Rumble Strips Would Help (Seattle Today)
- Build It and They Will Drive: One Professor's Research in a Video (Infrastructurist)
- Kaid Benfield Shares a Fun Video on Driving While Texting (NRDC, Zoomsafer)
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