- BART Considers Upgrades to Existing Fleet of Rail Cars (SF Gate) (CC Times) (ABC 7) (Daily Cal)
- BART Pilots System to Pay by Cell Phone (Examiner)
- Mayor Newsom and Supes Could Clash on MTA Budget (SFBG)
- Caltrain Looking at Service Cuts, Fare Increases, Bicycle Surcharge (Merc)
- Sacramento Will Re-Study New Streetcar Line (Sac Bee)
- Sonoma County Bus Riders Face Service Cuts (Press Dem)
- LaHood: California "Way Way Way Ahead" on High Speed Rail (WSJ)
- Huffington Post Examines Barcelona's Bicing Bike-Share Program
- Report Finds Ethanol Not So Clean. Surprise Surprise (Merc)
- 'Cash for Clunkers' Not So Green, So Says Reasonable People (Grist)
- Feds Stop Funding Fuel Cell Car Research (NYT)
- Seattle Releases a Pedestrian Master Plan (Seattle Transit Blog via Streetsblog.net)
- DC Planning Dept Proposes Off-Street Parking Maximums for Downtown (GGW)
- British Study Shows Safety in Numbers Effect for Cyclists (Guardian)
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