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Today’s Headlines

10:45 AM EST on December 29, 2009

(ed. note. Sorry for the late posting -- had some technical difficulties at Streetsblog Capitol Hill HQ.)

Transportation security is taking center after the attempted terrorist incident on Christmas Day, but the president's nominee to lead the TSA is being held up by a GOP senator (WaPo)
Amtrak eyes faster trains as a top priority as it takes in a healthy round of funding from Congress (NYT)
A look at North Carolina's case for federal high-speed rail aid (Citizen-Times)
Texas gubernatorial hopeful and current senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) to unveil her transportation plan today ... (Morn News)
... as one top state official suggests that Texas drivers should pay more to register their big pickup trucks (AP)
Chicago gives a New Year's gift to transit riders: Rides for a penny (AP)
The top 10 transportation stories of 2009 in the Washington D.C. area ... (WaPo Blogs)
... and Maryland's top 10 transport stories of the decade (Balt Sun)

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