- Michigan Gov to White House: Turn Car Factories Into Train Factories (Infrastructurist)
- Bill Thompson Joins Foes of Chatham Square Safety Improvements (Villager)
- Privatizing Roads and Infrastructure -- Was It Just a Fad? (NYT)
- Chicago Could Have Gotten Bigger Payout on Its Parking Meter Deal With Morgan Stanley (HuffPo)
- New York State Drivers Rate Dead Last in Knowledge of Rules of the Road (Post)
- 21-Year-Old Driver Flips Car Into Two Flushing Homes, Dies in Crash (Gothamist)
- Ratner Scraps Gehry Design for Atlantic Yards (NYT, News, Brooklyn Paper)
- Subway Cell Service Not Happening Soon (NY1)
- State DOT Disgrace: Engineers Say Widen Dangerous New Haven Road in Name of Safety (NH Indy)
- This Is a Great Interview With a Cycling Grandma (LGRB via Streetsblog.net)
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