Coax commuters out of their cars and onto mass transit:

www.m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/01/why-cant-public-transit-be-free/384929/

City officials will help to pay for the Downtown Bicycle Network:

www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-bike-plan-20150114-story.html#page=1

Country’s first electric articulated bus goes for a test ride:

www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-electric-bus-20141227-story.html

The Train of the future might be Battery-Powered:

www.citylab.com/commute/2015/01/the-train-of-the-future-might-be-battery-powered/384522/

What does it really mean?

www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2015/01/what-does-living-close-to-transit-really-mean/384421/

 

 

Fully automated underground bike parking in Japan:
http://citiscope.org/citisignals/2015/robotic-underground-bike-parking-japan?utm_source=Citiscope&utm_campaign=1d9cc9cbef-Mailchimp_2014_12_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ce992dbfef-1d9cc9cbef-71032437

Maryland Governor-elect Larry Hogan has the power to halt two major urban transit projects that have the planning and funding all lined up and and are all but ready to go:

www.usa.streetsblog.org/2015/01/07/will-maryland-gov-elect-larry-hogan-kill-the-red-and-purple-lines/

The real reason U.S. gas is so cheap:
www.citylab.com/commute/2015/01/the-real-reason-us-gas-is-so-cheap-is-americans-dont-pay-the-true-cost-of-driving/384200/

Atlanta hopes a three-mile streetcar will help foster a new urban image:

www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/us/atlanta-hopes-streetcar-route-will-grow-into-a-traffic-fix.html?_r=0