- Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to Be Nominated Transportation Secretary This Week (HuffPo, TID)
- CBO: To Keep Transpo Solvent Past 2015, Cut Spending by 92% or Raise Gas Tax by 10 Cents (TID)
- 93 Percent of U.S. Transportation Still Relies on Fossil Fuels (Face the Facts USA)
- What If We Never Run Out of Oil? (The Atlantic)
- Sequestration-Related Air Travel Delays Provide Glimpse Into U.S. Attitude Toward Infrastructure (WaPo)
- TTI: Once Again, Even Voice-Operated Texting Is Dangerous While Driving
- Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Breaks Collarbone in Bike Crash -- Again (The Hill)
- Tips From Mr. Money Moustache: Live Close to Work. Ride a Bike. Retire at 30. (WaPo)
- To Learn How to Boost Transit Use, Survey People Who Don't Ride (KRQE)
- "That's a Good-Looking Train!" Twin Cities Get a Look at Their New Light Rail (Pi Press)
- Oregon Governor: No Light Rail, No Columbia River Crossing. No Kidding. (Columbian)
- Adult Bicycling Classes Boom as DC Bike Culture Becomes Peer Pressure (WaPo)
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