• The big news of the week was that the feds urge states to ban all cell phone use by drivers
• The interactive website for planning the innovative bike/transit/rail project, the Allegheny Riverfront Green Boulevard goes live
• Chris Briem has an interesting historical post about a time when Pittsburgh had a transit vision only to be squashed by Skybus
• The University of Maryland, College Park is hiring a bicycle coordinator whose job will be to develop, maintain and encourage beneifical use of bicycling as a viable transportation mode, both on and off campus.  Go UMD!
• Chicago lands some federal funds for their bike share program that Mayor Emmanuel hopes will fill the missing link in mass transit
• How did Chicago DOT Commissioner, Gabe Klein, become so progressive?
• Meanwhile, a new report says that states forfeit $10B annually thanks to outdated gas taxes

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