- CBO Says House Bill Would Bankrupt Highway Trust Fund (JOC)
- Rand Paul Puts Hold on Senate Transportation Bill (Politico)
- Speaker John Boehner's Invitation to Gridlock (Chicago Tribune)
- House Bill Sends Seattle Transit Providers Into Cold Sweat (Seattle Times)
- Eric Cantor, Former Subway Rider, Defends Cuts to Transit (Capital)
- The Tea Party's War on Mass Transit (Salon)
- What Transit Advocates Could Learn From SOPA (Next American City)
- LaHood Heaps More Criticism on "Lousy" House Bill (TranspoNation)
- Jarrett Walker: Transit's Job Is to Create Freedom (GGW)
- Happy Valentine's Day: Why Romantic Comedies are Set in Cities (AtlanticCities)
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