- Barbara Boxer Confident Congress Will Pass a Three-Year Transpo Bill (Transport Topics)
- Supreme Court Ruling on Fair Housing Act Has Implications for Transit Too (Next City)
- Amtrak Wants to Expand Rail Service in Ohio, But Does Gov. Kasich? (Dayton Daily News, Planetizen)
- If Congestion Is Getting Worse, Why Are We Spending Less Time Traveling? (Planetizen)
- Sam Schwartz Breaks Down the Tension Between Mobility and Access in LA Times Op-Ed
- Federal Money Available to Make Rail Crossings Safer (Sun Times)
- Why Isn't London's Low Emission Zone Having Any Health Impacts? (CityLab)
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