NATIONAL NEWS

Fast Company: How to Design Cities for People Instead of Cars
http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/how-design-cities-people-instead-cars#7
Series of photos and renderings.

NY Times: Obama Hopes ‘Recovery Summer’ Will Warm Voters to the Stimulus
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/us/19stimulus.html?em
The shovels are finally ready. But is anyone paying attention? President Obama greeted workers at the Columbus construction site. He is billing this as “Recovery Summer.” With a flurry of stimulus construction work getting under way about 16 months after the $787 billion package was signed into law, the Obama administration has billed the coming season “Recovery Summer.”

STATE NEWS

CT Mirror: State shifting focus to mass transit
http://www.ctmirror.org/story/6442/state-shifting-focus-mass-transit
In recent years, commuters crossing the Quinnipiac River on I-95 in New Haven have had more to distract them than veering out of exit-only lanes, avoiding potholes and dodging swarms of fellow drivers.

Morning Call: State must find money to repair deteriorating roads, bridges
http://www.mcall.com/opinion/yourview/mc-markosek-geist-transportation-fund20100619,0,6811252.story
...From Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and everywhere in between, there has been a resounding refrain: It's time to invest in infrastructure, and we will support the tough decisions that must be made to sufficiently fund a safe and efficient transportation system. In other words, do something. Now.