- Blumenauer's Two Bills for Transpo Funding: Raise Gas Tax, Let States Use VMT Fee (Politico)
- PBS News Hour Explores the VMT Concept
- Rail Industry Pushes for Automated Safety System to Prevent Crashes (Scientific American)
- Which Cities Are Leading the U.S. Decline in Driving? (Grist)
- ... And How Florida Is Following The Trend (Tampa Bay Times)
- California Bullet Train Planners May Have to Renegotiate $1B Contract (Bloomberg)
- MARC Expands to Weekend Service Between D.C. and Baltimore (WaPo)
- Is Fed Funding for Transit More Trouble Than Its Worth? (Twin Cities Finance & Commerce)
- New Guidebook Shows Cities How to Go Green (Atlantic Cities)
- Bike/Ped Projects Go After Lottery-Backed Funds in Oregon (Bike Portland)
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