- A Day After Blocking It, Senate Moves to Proceed With Six-Year Transpo Bill (The Hill)
- Senate Energy Chair Objects to Selling Strategic Oil to Fund Transpo (Alaska Public Media)
- Other Senators, Including Harry Reid, Uncomfortable With Other Pay-Fors (The Hill, HuffPo)
- ProPublica and Politico on Congress' Inability to Raise the Gas Tax and Why It's So Embarrassing
- Another Controversial Funding Source: Money Intended to Fight Blight (Cleveland.com)
- Uber: 1, New York: 0 (WaPo)
- Arizona Republican Wonders Why Republicans Are So Clueless About Transit (AZ Central)
- MD Legislators Who Opposed Gas Tax Hike Sure Seem to Like All the New Roads It's Paying For (Sun)
- Upon Retirement, AAA Leader Laments That the DC Area Hasn't Expanded More Roads (WTOP)
- Days After Fare Hikes Take Effect, NJT Riders Face Major Delays (APP)
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