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• A look at a car-free suburb in Germany — street parking, driveways, and garages are banned, and more than half of residents sold their autos before moving there. (NYT)
• At a DC ceremony with Ed Rendell and others, Transportation for America unveils a smart reform agenda for the upcoming $500 billion (or so) authorization — see the chart after the jump for more. (T4America, Yglesias, Infrastructurist)
• New York’s MTA approves a fare bump to $2.25–and 10 percent on 30-day passes–that will take effect at the end of June. The authority chairman calls it “bittersweet.” (NYT)
• The “high speed” link between Chicago and the twin cities would average 78 mph. Make it go faster, you say? That can get really, really expensive. (Minn Star Trib via Trains for America)
• The federal government decides that hydrogen cars are a losing bet. That amounts to picking winners in the marketplace, says this WSJ blog. (Environmental Capital)
• A high speed line linking the entire west coast from Vancouver to the Mexican border? It should be a low priority, says this reasoned take from a rail advocate. (CAHSR Blog)
• A Ford efficiency engineer has made a street-legal rig that goes 100 mph and gets 125 mpg. Now he’s selling it on eBay. (Gas2)

Car pic via Gas2.org

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