- Reason: Let's Toll All the Interstates and Go on a Road Expansion Binge (Governing)
- Washington Post Is Wrong That More Roads Will Solve Congestion in the Exurbs (Sustainable Cities)
- The Bus Won't Get Stuck in Traffic -- It Will Drive Over It (Good)
- In Oregon, Driving Peaked in 2000 (Sightline)
- Designing a City for the Way Women Use It -- And No, It Doesn't Involve Pink Paint (Atlantic Cities)
- California's Coming Population Explosion Forces a Choice Between Sprawl and Farmland (Mercury)
- The Company Car Fleet Could Be Replaced By Car-Sharing (Good)
- These 40 Young People Are Transforming Public Transportation (Digital Journal)
- "More Cyclists Mean Safer Streets" And It's Working in New York (NYDN)
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