A rallying cry for Congress to get behind federal aid for L.A.'s 30/10 transit plan (HuffPost)
While Virginia seeks emergency aid from the feds for its snow-removal costs, the state DOT finds room in "emergency" funds to reopen shuttered highway rest stops (McDonnell Press)
Senate approves Feingold's proposal to cancel transport earmarks that go unspent after a decade (GovExec)
Could high-speed rail foster new suburban sprawl? (Wired)
Another redirected Nevada transportation earmark: $45 million for a defunct "maglev" train will now go towards an airport road project (LV Sun)
Missouri's state DOT, facing a budget crunch, forced to take a "fix-it-first" approach rather than adding new highway lanes (Daily Guide)
Idaho planners tackle the linguistic choice between "transit" and "public transportation" (Boise Weekly)
“The FHWA has never been the major problem; state DOTs have been the major problem. Perhaps this FHWA announcement can be used to get state DOT officials to change their mind?”
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