Today’s Headlines

• State Backs Away from Plan to Rob Local Gas Taxes (Daily News)
• Pothole Repair Fund Spared in Budget Deal, Villaraigosa Celebrates (LA_Now)
• Man Convicted of Killing Police Officer While the Captain Biked to Work (Modesto Bee)
• Schumer Intros Bill to Ban Texting By Transit Operators, So Can the Feds Ban TWD Too? (NY1, Post)
• A New Billboard Problem, The Inflatable Bill Board (Curbed)
• Cap'n Transit: Let's Shrink Sprawlsville, Not Walkable Urban Areas (via Streetsblog.net)
• California's Disposable Cities (Next Aamerican City)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill