- MO Sen. McCaskill Wants to Redirect Afghanistan Infrastructure Aid to U.S. (HuffPo)
- Mica: Drilling Is a "Band-Aid" Funding Solution, Search For Money Factored Into Bill Delay (WaPo)
- Unions Reach Accord After Top Lawmakers Move to Block Rail Strike (Bloomberg, The Hill)
- House Transpo Chair Mica Could Lose His Seat in Redistricting (Transpo Nation)
- St. Louis; Albuquerque; El Paso; Howard, SD and Normal, IL Win For Smart Growth (EPA, Atlantic Cities)
- Food Distributors Worry About Potential Impact of Trucker Hour Changes (The Packer)
- Off-Peak Travel and Transit Loyalty Programs: Ideas From the Experts (BusinessWeek)
- Profiling the Car-Free As Auto Ownership Drops in Ocala, Florida (Ocala.com)
- Cycling Up, Crashes Down in Chicago (Medill Reports)
- Late November Deadly For Pedestrians, Newly Dark PM Rush Hour Blamed (Global Toronto)
- Pure Air and the Devil: A Brief History of Women and Bicycles (Smithsonian)
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