Boxer: Senate considering breaking up its jobs bill into several pieces, with an infrastructure provision that would bail out the highway trust fund for this year (Dow Jones)
Conservative Rep. Don Young (R-AK), architect of the 2005 federal transportation bill, admits that Alaska's plans for a gas tax suspension would endanger its financial support from Congress (AP)
After the NYT declares cap-and-trade climate bill dead, Kerry and the White House issue fiery denials (NatJo Blog, Politico)
Wisconsin governor touts plan for regional transit authority in Milwaukee, with possible taxes to help fund it (J-Sentinel)
Michigan lawmakers propose gas tax hike to avoid losing federal transport aid (MLive.com)
California Northern railroad shifts to green locomotives (Sac. Bee)
Two rural Virginia transit projects get $3.2m in federal aid (AP)
“If you had asked me back in 1981 whether I "needed" bike lanes, I would have said no. But I could not have imagined the difference that they have made. Not only is each street with a bike lane much more pleasant, but the aggregate effect of the appearance of bike lanes is that drivers now expect us. They hate us -- but they expect us.”
