- A new study reinforces the open secret of distracted driving -- legislation requiring hands-free cell phones won't do the job (WSJ)
- More proof that the vice president was correct in calling high-speed rail grants apolitical: Pennsylvania's Democratic-rich leadership is upset to see their state got shut out (Trib-Review)
- In Tampa, meanwhile, joy over rail money is giving way to questions over how to connect the bullet train to new local transit options (St. Pete Times)
- And in Connecticut, high-speed rail backers aren't getting discouraged by their $40m award (Courant)
- Obama's budget, slated for release tomorrow, proposes giving Build America Bonds permanent status (Bloomberg)
- Oberstar's home-state editorial board laments the federal government's transport funding crisis (Star-Trib)
- LaHood: Toyota's fix for its gas-pedal defect disaster is satisfactory (Reuters)
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