- How MARTA's Newest CEO Changed Course for the Struggling System (Gov Tech)
- Students Worldwide Use Their Own Two Feet for Walk to School Day
- Foxx Ferries Across the Puget Sound, as Washington Seeks Future Funds (Seattle Times)
- The Strong Towns Message Is Going Nationwide (StarTrib)
- Light Rail Still on for South Jersey Despite Setback With Feds (NJ.com)
- Nashville Area Leaders Urge Action on Transit (Tennessean)
- Why NYC's High Line Never Gets Old (New Yorker)
- All Aboard Florida to Seek More Private Financing (Palm Beach Post)
- After Two-Year Break, Weekend Commuter Rail Restored to South of Boston (Boston Globe)
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