- It's Official: Bike Counts Up 35 Percent in NYC (City Room, Post)
- Portland Sees 28 Percent Rise in Cycling; Commute Mode Share at 8 Percent (Bike Portland)
- MTA Pleads for Federal Funds (NY1)
- Sprawl Apologist David Brooks Lines Up Behind a "National Mobility Project" (NYT)
- Home Values Near Denver Light Rail Increase While Others Fall (Denver Post)
- A Guide to Transit-Related Ballot Measures Around the Country (Overhead Wire)
- NYT: Bailing Out Car Makers Not a Bad Idea
- Hakeem Jeffries Leads Albany Push to Forestall Term Limits Extension (City Room)
- Bill de Blasio Nixes Brooklyn Beep Bid, Sets Sights on Public Advocate (City Room)
- Where NYCT Buses Go to Die -- And Be Saved (News)
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