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LaHood affirms the recent assertion by House Speaker Pelosi: Congress is unlikely to raise the gas tax to pay for transportation legislation (Pantagraph) Local lawmakers are hunting for strategies to fund a proposed commuter rail link between the Poconos and NYC in the absence of a new long-term federal transport bill (P. Record) San Francisco … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:55 AM EST on February 16, 2010

LaHood affirms the recent assertion by House Speaker Pelosi: Congress is unlikely to raise the gas tax to pay for transportation legislation (Pantagraph)
Local lawmakers are hunting for strategies to fund a proposed commuter rail link between the Poconos and NYC in the absence of a new long-term federal transport bill (P. Record)
San Francisco and other West Coast cities press on with electric-car adaptation plans (NYT)
D.C.’s congressional delegate calls for an oversight hearing after local Metro train derails (The Hill)
Early transit hiccups at the Vancouver Olympics appear to be smoothing out (AP)
Detroit’s auto suppliers are branching out into aircraft and solar as their city continues to rebuild (NYT)
Wisconsin state legislators to vote today on whether to accept $810m in federal high-speed rail aid (WUVM)
Toyota continues to deny that an electronic glitch could be causing its cars to fail, but no evidence has yet emerged to disprove such a worst-case scenario (LAT)

Elana Schor

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