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Senate’s jobs bill, still slated for release this week, is expected to include a one-year extension of existing transportation law to keep the highway trust fund afloat (WaPo) Infrastructure expert Rob Puentes: The White House’s budget’s focus on transportation alone for its National Infrastructure Fund is “somewhat disappointing” (TNR’s The Avenue) Fast Company takes a … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:49 AM EST on February 3, 2010

Senate’s jobs bill, still slated for release this week, is expected to include a one-year extension of existing transportation law to keep the highway trust fund afloat (WaPo)
Infrastructure expert Rob Puentes: The White House’s budget’s focus on transportation alone for its National Infrastructure Fund is “somewhat disappointing” (TNR’s The Avenue)
Fast Company takes a highly skeptical look at urbanism; one blogger plays up its logical fallacy (Yglesias)
Are transportation planners smarter than slime mold? One Japanese experiment looks for the answer (NYT Blogs)
In Wisconsin, the business community has hosannas for the governor’s transit plans (BizTimes.com)
LaHood continues tough stance on Toyota’s massive gas pedal recall, calling the company “a little safety deaf” (USAT)
Los Angeles mulls a proposal to require homes to capture rainwater runoff (UPI)

Elana Schor

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