- Look who's lobbying for a gas tax hike: the nation's biggest business lobby (WaPo)
- State DOTs don't like the suggestion that their stimulus spending is less than fabulous (AP)
- A lengthy profile of Randal O'Toole, anti-transit crusader (Greenwire)
- LaHood says private investment in roads could lag behind high-speed rail (Reuters)
- Sen. Barrasso (R-WY) is becoming known as the thorn in the side of the enviro committee (Greenwire)
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