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Orlando is on track to get bike share next spring. (Link)

Poll: Most NY metropolitan area residents like where they live -- but they're worried about climate change. (Link)

The first leg of California's high-speed rail system has a builder. (Link)

When airlines outgrow their computer systems. (Link)

LINKS FROM ELSEWHERE:

Boston's entire rail, bus, and commuter rail system has been shut down as the remaining Boston Marathon bombing suspect is apprehended. Taxi service has been shut down. Amtrak service between Boston and Providence has been suspended. (Globe, MBTA, Boston Police)

The head of the House T&I committee said the U.S. should take "baby steps" towards the privatization of Amtrak. (The Hill)

California's high-speed rail bidding rules were changes so the contract could be awarded to the consortium that received the lowest technical rating. (Los Angeles Times)

Elderly pedestrians face a much higher risk of being killed in a traffic crash than the young do. (US News & World Report)

Chicago transportation officials say they are concerned about a spike in the number of free-ride permits for low-income disabled people being approved by the state. (Chicago Tribune)

There will be no more red light cameras in New Jersey -- at least until the end of the year. (Star-Ledger)

Cannonball express: Long Island Rail Road is launching nonstop service to the Hamptons. (DNA Info)

Brilliant/lowbrow: when a train is packed and people are hanging from the poles, how about placing a London Tube map on the armpits of straphangers? Yeah, we thought so too. (Creative Review)

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