- House Cuts to Transit, Amtrak Not Deep Enough for Heritage (The Hill)
- ... These Are the Republicans Who Fought Against Those Cuts (The Hill)
- Bill Shuster: We Can Pass a Long-Term Transpo Bill This Year If We Lower Corporate Taxes (WABE)
- State DOTs Rebuffed For Using Wildly Inflated Traffic Forecasts to Justify New Highways (Vox)
- Gillibrand Wants to Restore Federal Funding for Local Bridges (LandLine)
- Southern California HSR Opponents Fear Tracks Would Divide Communities (Daily News)
- Toronto's Chief Planner Wants to Tear Down the Gardiner Expressway -- Here's Why (CityLab)
- LADOT's Seleta Reynolds: City Planners Need to Partner Better With Communities (Crosscut)
- "Our Charming Downtown Is Turning Into a Bike Parking Lot" -- And They're Charging For It (MarinScope)
- Driverless Cars a Mere 5-10 Years Away? Don't Believe It (Crikey)
- Advice on Biking With Your Kid, From a Car-Free Parent (Chicago Mag)
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