- Congress Not Excited About White House Idea to Toll Existing Interstates (Hill)
- Trump's Plan to Privatize Infrastructure Has Wall Street Eyeing Highways and Airports (Bloomberg)
- European Firms Race to Develop Self-Driving Transit Vehicles (NYT)
- Philly Has a Vision Zero Goal -- Now What Will It Take to Eliminate Traffic Deaths? (Philly.com)
- Georgia House Commission Could Look at Integrating Atlanta's Fragmented Transit System (AJC)
- Minnesota's Transportation Deal Kicks Twin Cities Transit Funding Shortfall Down the Road (MPR)
- New Orleans-Area Business Group Backs Gas Tax Hike, Focuses on Highway Expansion (Advocate)
- Virginian-Pilot Asks Whether Norfolk's New Bike Lanes Will Have Staying Power
- Increasingly, Downtown Akron Residents Are Going Car-Free (WKSU)
- How Good Public Spaces Are Bringing Street Life Back to Downtown Detroit (Free Press)
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