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7:51 AM EST on February 17, 2010

LaHood en route to Kansas City and Tucson this week -- a sign that streetcars are poised to join Moynihan Station in snagging big TIGER money? (WH Press)
Japanese bullet-train magnate says he could build a Florida factory to help ensure a piece of the state's ample high-speed rail pie (WSJ)
Transit stimulus is still a more efficient per-dollar job creator than road stimulus, according to congressional math (US PIRG Press)
Democrats try to avoid overselling their infrastructure-poor jobs bill (The Hill)
8 out of 10 metro regions ranked happiest by new Gallup well-being index have transit networks (Atlantic Blogs)
ConocoPhillips quits coalition in favor of congressional climate bills, claiming the proposals "have disadvantaged the transportation sector" (The Hill)
Nashville's new mayor pursues ambitious new transit plan (Tennessean, WPLN)
Federal safety regulators launch formal inquiry into Toyota recalls (LAT)

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