- LaHood stops in Seattle today to tout stimulus-funded light rail -- but will he celebrate a second city's streetcars while he's at it? (SeattlePI.com)
- Harry Reid (D-NV) makes his choice known in the battle between two high-speed rail links between Vegas and California: No mag-lev for the Senate majority leader (LV Sun, LA Times)
- The editorial board of Rep. Pete DeFazio's (D-OR) home state paper backs his challenge to the Obama administration's transpo policy (Oregonian)
- Harvard econ professor Edward Glaeser accuses elected officials of over-infatuation with high-speed rail (Globe)
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