- Iowa-Centric Candidates Ignoring Urban Issues (Salon) and Transportation (Politico)
- Are More Temporary Extensions of Transportation Bills Inevitable? (National Journal)
- Romney’s Last Words Before Caucus Were Railing Against Amtrak (TranspoNation)
- Republican Presidential Candidates Weren’t Always Anti-HSR (NYTimes)
- Missouri’s Refusal to Adopt New Safety Standards Could Cut Them Off From Highway Fund (KCStar)
- Sprawl Is Costing Florida Hundreds of Millions (FL Independent)
- San Francisco Determined to Boost Transit, Biking and Walking to 50 Percent By 2010 (SFGate)
- Panel Says California Should Not Authorize Bond Money for HSR; Backers Lash Out (LATimes)
- Boston Transit Fares Could Rise 43 Percent, With Cuts to Bus, Rail and Ferry (Boston Globe)
- In Nevada, Driving Deaths Downs, Pedestrian Fatalities Up (8NewsNow)
- How the Dutch Got Their Cycle Paths (HuffPo)
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