- Driver Left Van Double-Parked, in Reverse Before It Killed Kids; No Charges Filed (NYT, News, Post)
- Oberstar: Transit Pushed Aside for Tax Cuts in Stimulus Bill (TPM)
- State Senate Warms to Payroll Tax; Bridge Tolls? Not So Much (News)
- A Visionary Stimulus Would End Six-Lane Boondoggles, Make Cities More Walkable (Bloomberg)
- Atlanta Leaders Frustrated at Lack of Local Transit Investment (Ryan Avent)
- How Do You Make St. Louis More Transit-Oriented? (Yglesias)
- New York's New Senator Is a Blue Dog U.S. Rep from Upstate (News)
- Overhead Wires May Soon Be Obsolete (Transport Politic)
- Wheels Pens Another Hydrogen Car Fantasy
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