- Did You Take Part in the International No-Pants Train Ride Celebration This Weekend? (Seattle PI)
- Senators Win New Rule on Train Safety Cameras From the FRA (NBC)
- Iowa and Washington Legislatures Must Finally Pass Transportation Measures (Register, Herald)
- Some States Raise Taxes to Fund Transportation. Scott Walker's Wisconsin Cuts Them. (Journal-Sentinal)
- These Global Leaders Ride Transit (Rappler)
- How Federal Highway Money Convinced Syracuse to Destroy Itself (Post-Standard)
- Seattle Light Rail Pedestrian Concourse Construction Begins Today (KIRO-TV)
- Sioux Falls Warily Eyes a Future of More Sprawl, Less Farmland (Argus Leader)
- Michigan DOT's Road Diet Trial in Downtown Whitehall Gets Cheers (MLive)
- City Commissioner: Transit, Biking and Walking Will Prevent Congestion in Gainesville, FL (Sun)
- Elly Blue on the Perception that Cyclists Are Freeloaders, Scofflaws or Elitists (Salon)
- Infographic: What Country Drives the Most? OK That Was an Easy One. (Grist)
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