- House Transportation Bill Clears Committee, 29-24, in Marathon 18-Hour Markup (Politico)
- Early Morning Amendment Bars CA HSR From Bill's Federal Funds (Hill)
- Another Amendment Postpones Decision on Lifting Limits on Trucks (Bloomberg)
- Congress Struggles for Solution to Fix Crumbling Infrastructure (WaPo)
- Infrastructure Problems Go Beyond the Dollars (HuffPo)
- State DOT Association Chief: Feds' Wrangling Is "Sinking the Ship" (Philly Inqy)
- NRDC's Deron Lovaas: Congress Declaring War on Public Transportation
- NRDC's Kaid Benfield: The Environmental Building Blocks of Urban Happiness
- Injured Journalist Inspires Times of London's Cycling Campaign (TreeHugger)
- Portion of Honolulu to Go on Road Diet for Bike Lanes (Valley Sun)
- Austin Gets Super-Swank Zero-Energy Suburb (Grist)
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