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D.C. Metro crash casts a grim light on insufficient federal support for transit (Time) LaHood: Looming highway trust fund bankruptcy will leave states in crisis … (WSJ) … but the administration is proud of how quickly it’s allocated highway money (AP) Rep. John Mica (R-FL) talks up the need for infrastructure investment (PBS) DeFazio suggests … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:45 AM EDT on June 26, 2009

D.C. Metro crash casts a grim light on insufficient federal support for transit (Time)
LaHood: Looming highway trust fund bankruptcy will leave states in crisis … (WSJ)
… but the administration is proud of how quickly it’s allocated highway money (AP)
Rep. John Mica (R-FL) talks up the need for infrastructure investment (PBS)
DeFazio suggests paying for new transpo bill with a 0.02 percent tax on oil speculators (Infrastructurist)

Elana Schor

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