- House Democrats are eyeing a $450 billion price tag for their federal transportation bill but haven't solved the revenue puzzle (WSJ)
- Obama administration's new climate change report says transportation will affect the warming planet ... but the warming planet also will affect transportation (NYT)
- Local transit agencies cheer the war spending bill for allowing them to use federal cash on operating costs (NYT)
- Virginia becomes the last state to formally request stimulus money for transportation -- four months after the economic recovery bill passed (WaPo)
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