- Plain Dealer Talks Infrastructure With Obama and Romney
- Grist Sums Up The Candidates' Positions on Energy
- White House Thinks Sequestered Budget Cuts Will Be Avoided (Trans Issues Daily)
- MAP-21's Focus on Rail Does a Disservice to Bus-Oriented Systems (KCRG)
- How the Feds Promoted Sprawl to End the Depression (And Eventually Create Another One) (KCET)
- Bloomberg: Gas Tax Is One of the 5 "Good Taxes" That Should Be Raised (And Hit With Sales Tax Too)
- Air Travel to Get Even Crappier (WaPo)
- "Pushing Helmets Really Kills Cycling and Bike-Sharing in Particular" (NYT)
- Thousands Celebrate 20th Anniversary of SF Critical Mass (SF Gate)
- Envy (And Humor) Over NYC's Effort to Get Taxi Riders to Stop Dooring Cyclists (Grid Chicago, SNL)
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