- What Could the Country Get From a Higher Gas Tax? Look to Pennsylvania for Clues (Inquisitr, Inquirer)
- So Much For "User Pays" (Vox)
- The Gas Tax Isn't a Sustainable Solution: Switch to a VMT Fee (Center for American Progress)
- Tracy Morgan Going Home From Hospital, Suing Wal-Mart Over Tired Trucker (Salon)
- Seniors Less Likely to Take Transit (Washington U)
- Heat Sensing Tech Could Save Cyclists the Trouble of Pushing the Beg Button (Popular Mechanics)
- Gov. Jerry Brown Lifts Ban on Above-Ground Rail in Parts of LA (LAT)
- How Minneapolis Came to Approve the Southwest Corridor (Strib)
- Road Tolls Pay a Larger-Than-Expected Share of Metro Silver Line (WaPo)
- Boston Should Do More to Promote Transportation's Sharing Economy (Globe)
- What If Garmin Caused the Drop in VMT? (WashCycle)
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