- After Rejecting Five-Month Transpo Extension, Senate Takes Up Three-Month Bill (Roll Call)
- Strategic Petroleum Reserve Safe, Ex-Im Bank Dead -- For Now (Forbes, Examiner)
- AP Summarizes Senate Bill, as If It Matters Anymore
- Philly to Hold a One-Day Lottery for SEPTA Passes for Pope's Visit (AP)
- FDOT May Fund Bus, Light Rail Service on New Tampa Area HOT Lanes (TBO)
- 2015 Has Been an Especially Deadly Year on Tucson's Roads (AZPM)
- Emanuel Proposes Expanding Chicago's TOD Areas (Streetsblog Chicago)
- Tennessee Gov. Haslam Goes on Tour to Tout Gas Tax Increase (WBIR)
- North Carolina DOT Chief, Architect of 25-Year Vision Plan, Resigns (WNCT)
- Another Survey Shows Millennials Love Walking, Not Driving (NAR)
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