- Dems Would Take Government Shutdown Over Loss of Funding For Alternative Cars (WaPo)
- Senate Doesn't Quite Save High-Speed Rail, But Puts It on Life Support (AP, Bloomberg)
- Happy Car-Free Day! (WaPo)
- With Bike Commuting Rates Up Elsewhere, Why Are They Going South in the South? (Atlantic Cities)
- Montreal's Pioneering Bikeshare System Struggles With Costs (CS Monitor)
- Zimride Gets $ For Its Experiment Combining Ride-Sharing With Social Networking (MarketWatch)
- Car Exhaust Can Increase Heart Attack Risk (TreeHugger)
- Interim Texas DOT Chief Talks Like a Reformer About Transpo Options (Transpo Nation)
- New England Gets $83 Million for Amtrak Improvements (Railway Age)
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