- House-Passed Sandy Bill Includes $10.9B for Transit (Business Insider, The Hill)
- LaHood Continues Holding Pattern With His Status (Politico)
- Court Turns Down Light Rail Plan for Kansas City (Kansas City Star)
- Gas Tax Talks Around the Country: Washington State, Virginia, Maryland, and Wyoming
- D.C. Metro Preps for Inauguration (The Hill)
- In Boston, Transit App Brought $1M in Ticket Sales Since November (Boston.com)
- Cycling Factors More and More Into Housing Hunts (AP)
- Study: Cities Go For "Lower-Hanging Fruits" with Climate Change (Atlantic Cities)
- Swelling NJ Transit Needs More State Funding (Next American City)
- Also in NJ: Star-Ledger Praises Commuter Tax Benefit Parity for Transit
- Affordable Housing + Paid Parking Lot: Does It Add Up? (WAMU)
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