Top stories on TN: House Republicans intend to use their upcoming highway and infrastructure bill to push for approval of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. Congressman John Mica says he will unveil a major five-year transportation bill to allow more public private partnerships to expand the capacity of interstate highways. Transportation Nation got a fan-composed jingle. Florida’s SunRail commuter line broke ground. And: everything you ever wanted to know about biking in the Bay Area.
Repairing DC streetcar tracks, 1941. (photo courtesy of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection via Wikimedia Commons)
Patronage at the Port Authority? Dozens of people with ties to NJ Governor Christie have been hired at the agency. (The Record)
California governor Jerry Brown calls $100 billion high-speed rail estimates “way off,” and says cap-and-trade will help fund the program. (Sacramento Bee)
Bus rapid transit may come to Nashville (The Tennessean) and Des Moines (Des Moines Register).
California’s low-carbon fuel rule has become embroiled in a fierce public battle and has been barred from being enforced. (Washington Post)
Streetcars will roll out once again in DC in 2013 — so it’s time for a look back at the District’s system, 50 years ago. (Washington Post)
San Francisco has removed public seating from almost the entire city to discourage the homeless from using it. (Bay Citizen)
A rail transit hub in downtown Minneapolis that officials want to begin building this year will go up for public review this week. (Star Tribune)
Trading places: London police are running safety events which give bicyclists the chance to experience exactly what a truck driver can — and can’t — see. (The Guardian)
NYT Economix blog: the way to unsnarl city traffic — especially in the face of more taxis on the streets — is congestion pricing. (New York Times)
In New Jersey, toll cheat violations have dropped from 9 percent to 3 percent since photo enforcement began to target scofflaws in the exact change lanes on the Garden State Parkway. (AP via NJ.com)
A Basque company wants to manufacture an electric car that folds upward when parked. (The Economist)
Is President Obama’s 2005 Chrysler worth $1 million? (The Takeaway)
A journalist whose bike was stolen — twice — puts technology to use for a sting operation. (Outside)
