- Washington D.C.'s Metrorail: The nation's second-most popular subway, driven into disarray by underfunding and poor management (WashPost)
- New York's state Senate president urges fellow leaders to get on the high-speed rail bandwagon (Times-Union)
- A second hole appears in Tulsa's I-44 bridge, rated "structurally deficient" by the feds (T. World)
- The latest trend in electric cars: Vehicles that feed electricity back into the grid (Fin Times)
- Google aims to expand its HQ in an uber-sustainable fashion, seeking input from local leaders (TechCrunch)
- Oberstar makes a public push for the House jobs bill, citing its extra infrastructure investment (GF Herald)
- Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell unlikely to bill cities for the state DOT's help with snowstorm cleanup (Philly.com)
- Obama publicly explains how the recent blizzards mesh with climate-change science (Climate Progress)
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