- Retiring Amtrak CEO Foresees "More Robust" Rail System (WBUR)
- Boston Eyes Income-Based Discounts for Transit Riders (Boston Globe)
- California Governor Steers Rising Cap-and-Trade Funds Toward Transit, Affordable Housing (Gov Tech)
- Seattle Times Shares Details of Peter Rogoff's Three-Year Contract for "Non-Stop Work" on Sound Transit
- Why Aren't the Feds Working on a National Policy for Driverless Cars? (Gizmodo)
- How Will Driverless Cars Affect Bike Planning? (Planetizen)
- There's a Development Boom By Dallas's New Toll Road (Dallas Morning News)
- Uber Partners with TransLoc in Effort to Ally With Public Transit (Reuters)
- How "Happy Maps" Can Change Our Experience of Cities (NPR/Ted Talks)
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