- House Reconvenes Today, and Transportation Bills Abound (Politico)
- Rep. Aaron Schock Says House Vote on 5-Year Highway Bill Could Come Next Month (JournalStar)
- Bike Companies Expect Boost From Obama’s “Insourcing” Initiative (BikePortland)
- Iowa Gas Tax Increase Has Bipartisan Support (Muscatine Journal)
- Pro-Transit Trend in Bipartisanship May Be Spreading to Indiana, Too (IndyStar)
- LaHood Defends Tax Credit for Plug-In Electric Vehicles (Autoblog)
- New Transportation Funding Strategy in WA “Too Timid” to Be Effective (HeraldNet)
- Federal Highway Administrator Supports Tolling Interstate in Arizona (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Transit Agencies Struggle to Accommodate Increasing Girth of American Passengers (NYT)
- No Ticket for Driver Who Hit Gene Hackman Riding a Bike in South Florida (Cyclelicious)
- Should Public Transit Have to Serve Sprawl? (Calgary OpenFile)
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