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By Elana Schor

7:50 AM EST on December 10, 2009

Two days after rolling out its transit safety bill in the House, the Obama administration turns its attention across the Capitol (Banking Cmte Press)
Will the House take up a jobs bill, including upwards of $50 billion in transportation spending, before 2010? Some say yes (The Hill), others say likely not (Politico)
Transit operating aid is a big piece of the jobs puzzle (EDF Blog)
China’s BYD, part-owned by Warren Buffett, is making L.A. the centerpiece of its coming electric-car push (WSJ)
Eye candy alert: Photos of the world’s most cutting-edge transit stations (DesignBoom via Urbanophile)
Michigan moves forward on bill to hike the diesel fuel tax to repair aging bridges (AP)
Illinois resolves capital-area spat that was imperiling high-speed rail push (Pantagraph)

Elana Schor

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