- That's Secretary Foxx to You -- Or, It Will Be at the End of This Week (The Hill)
- Will EPA Nominee Gina McCarthy Be Sacrificed at the Altar of Obama's Climate Initiative? (WaPo)
- VA Gubernatorial Candidates Cross Party Lines in Campaign Talk About McDonnell's Transpo Bill (NBC)
- Bicycles Outnumber Cars on London Bridges (London SE1)
- South Carolina's New Transpo Bill Borrows Money to Avoid Raising Gas Tax (AP)
- Why Do People Make Such Irrational Decisions When Car-Buying? (Mr. Money Mustache)
- Leave Transit for the Unwashed Masses: The Upper Crust Rides Uber (Next City)
- An Ode to Alleys, the Capillaries of a City's Circulatory System (SPUR)
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