The results of November’s Presidential election may have represented a change for our country, but at least one trend at the ballot box remained unchanged from the past few elections: Taxpayers across the country approved a bevy of ballot measures to expand public transportation, commuter rail, bike and pedestrian access, and other innovative transportation projects.

In Congressional races across Minnesota and Colorado, high gas prices is the number one issue, and political candidates are looking for easy scapegoats and easier solutions — but few find time to talk about the need for conservation and long-term reform. (New York Times — Kirk Johnson and Monica Davey)