- Mica: Transpo Bill Is “70 to 80% Completed” (Hill)
- Congressional Budget Deal Eliminates Funding for HSR (USA Today)
- Despite No New Funding for Illinois HSR, Optimism Remains (MyStateLine)
- LaHood Confident HSR Funding Can Be Authorized in Future (Medill Reports)
- Transit and TIGER Funding Preserved in Compromise Spending Bill (T4A)
- Transit Riders Union Gives Detroit Buses Failing Grade (HuffPo)
- Federally Expedited Tappan Zee Bridge Excludes Transit, Does ‘Nothing for Commuters’ (TranspoNation)
- Truckers Concerned Over New Political Trend to Consider Fuel Tax Increases (Landline)
- FL DOT Presses on for More Tolling Lanes Rather Than Increasing Gas Tax (Times-Union)
- London Expands ‘Naked Streets’ Concept of No Barriers Between Cars and Peds (GOOD)
- Why One Man Always Votes 'Bike' (Connect Savannah)
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