- Obama Signs Bill, Says He's Been Calling on Congress to Spend War Money on Transpo (TID)
- ...Mica: Really, Obama? Because We Haven't Heard a Peep Out of You For Ages (Fox)
- Just Raise the Gas Tax, Already (Record-Searchlight, Seacoastonline, MyCentralJersey)
- ...It's Grover Norquist's Fault That Congress Won't Do It (Star-Ledger)
- California Legislature Says Yes to the Bullet Train (SF Gate, CNET)
- Examiner: Ray LaHood <3 High-Speed Rail --> Ray LaHood = Mao Tse-Tung
- Your Tax Dollars Are Supporting Flammable Sprawl in the West (Billings Gazette)
- People Are Driving Less. Transit Needs a Sustainable Funding Source to Keep Up (Journal Sentinel)
- Record Heat Wreaked Havoc With Trains, In Addition to Planes and Automobiles (WaPo)
- Cyclists Think Twice Before Sharing the Road With Increasingly Distracted Drivers (Amarillo Globe-News)
- Bike-Share Brings Out More Cyclists, Who "Assert Themselves More Than They Should" (USA Today)
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