- Obama Launches Campaign With Pro-Car Hoopla, Plus, Go Ride a Bike, Plus Yay Trains! (HuffPo)
- LaHood Calls For Federal Oversight Over Transit Safety (WAMU)
- Mica May Join Rahall In Calling For Reinstatement of Earmarks (Florida Political Press)
- An Even More Polarized Congress Would Spell Disaster For Transportation (Trans Issues Daily/Politico)
- Road Traffic 'Single Biggest Source of Fatality' for Young People Worldwide (Atlantic Cities)
- 10 Steps To Make Sacramento -- Or Anyplace -- A Great City For Cycling (Sac Bee)
- Lessons From NYC Crash: Driving On Aged City Roads Still Safer Than Driving in Suburbs, Walking (AP)
- Holy Water Will Not Rust Your Chain (NYT)
- VIDEO: Prank Proves to Teens That They Can't Text and Drive (OregonLive)
- Waiting Three Hours For a Bus in Detroit (TakeAway)
- VIDEO: Free-Market MacIver Institute Calls Safe Routes to School a "Nanny State" Program
- Silver Line Hangups Bring Back Prospect of Bus Alternative (Patch)
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