- Shreveport, Louisiana, to Bulldoze Black Neighborhood for $640 Million Interstate Highway (Shreveport Times)
- Massive Planned Cuts Will Only Worsen Miami-Dade Transit's Death Spiral, Warn Advocates (New Times)
- Plain Dealer Urges Ohio Senate to Override Kasich's Veto of Fix for Transit Agencies Caught in Budget Crossfire
- To Discourage Racial Profiling, Oregon Has a New Law Tracking Traffic Stop Demographics (BikePortland)
- Austin Faces Second Lawsuit for Violent Jaywalking Arrests (American-Statesman)
- Seattle Police Have Dramatically Reduced the Number of Helmet Law Tickets Since 2011 (Seattle Times)
- As Town Delays Fixes, Police on Cape Cod Want to Arrest Person Behind DIY Bike Lanes (Falmouth Enterprise)
- Drexel Study Shows Exactly How Much Parking Adds to the Cost of Philadelphia Housing (PlanPhilly)
- What's Next for Founder of Atlanta BeltLine? Taking on Dangerous Buford Highway (Reporter Newspapers)
- Think Your City Is Terrible for Walking? At Least It's Not Jakarta (NYT)
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