- Bike advocates thrilled with Oberstar's transpo bill (The Hill)
- GM and Chrysler tell Congress not to mess with their dealership closure plans (AP)
- Bids for stimulus infrastructure projects coming in at surprisingly low amounts (GovExec)
- What the transit operating deficit hath wrought: an insufficient economic stimulus law (The Nation)
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