- Anthony Foxx's Mission to Heal Damage Caused By Urban Freeways (American Prospect, Pop Mechanics)
- Opposition in South L.A. Could Undo Transit Ballot Measure (LA Times)
- Feds Report Mix Results With DC Metro Improvements (WaPo)
- Maryland's Purple Line Awaits Possible Judicial Reconsideration (Bethesda Mag)
- Massachusetts Transpo Secretary Ready to "Get to Scale" Tackling Climate Change (Commonwealth)
- What Will Become of the Troubled Honolulu Rail Project? (Honolulu Civil Beat)
- The Atlantic on the Increasing Unsexiness of Cars
- Why Are Feds Hot on Self-Driving Cars But Cool on Drones? (SF Chron)
- Can an Iron Fist Impose Better Traffic Manners? (NYT)
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