- FHWA Publishes State VMT and Highway Info, Showing Just How Much California Drives
- Transportation Committee Learns to Live Without Earmarks -- But Doesn't Like It (National Journal)
- Is the Mainstream Media Incapable of Doing Decent Coverage of Traffic Enforcement? (Streetsblog LA)
- Why Doesn't Anyone Talk About the Costs of Transit Congestion? (Business Vancouver)
- After All That Hand-Wringing, Ford Finally Invests in Bikes (EV World)
- Another Big Increase in Biking That Won't Show Up on Official Data (Wash Cycle)
- New Research to Rub Salt in the Wound of the U.S.'s Inferior Bike Culture (Rutgers via Bike League)
- If the Hyperloop Is Just a Doomed Transit Fantasy, It'll Be in Good Company (Wired)
- NYC Transit Hero Gene Russianoff: "A Fare Hike Is a Tax Hike" (NYT)
- Name Hurricanes After Climate Deniers? Sign Here. (Climate Name Change/350.org)
- La Paz, Bolivia, Employs Zebras to Help Pedestrians Cross the Street (Atlantic Cities)
- DC Survey Shows That Drivers, Cyclists and Straphangers All Want the Same Things (GGW)
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