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Road lobbyists accuse Obama of neglecting highways by promoting walkable development (Fleet Owner) Blumenauer offers legislation authorizing $2 billion in competitive grants for local bike projects (Blumenauer Press) A draft of the new Kerry-Lieberman-Graham climate proposal is expected this week, with revenue from their planned fuel tax going towards “transportation projects” (Greenwire) The Bunning filibuster: … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:53 AM EST on March 3, 2010

Road lobbyists accuse Obama of neglecting highways by promoting walkable development (Fleet Owner)
Blumenauer offers legislation authorizing $2 billion in competitive grants for local bike projects (Blumenauer Press)
A draft of the new Kerry-Lieberman-Graham climate proposal is expected this week, with revenue from their planned fuel tax going towards “transportation projects” (Greenwire)
The Bunning filibuster: symptomatic of a “political crisis” for transportation (Ctr for Public Integ)
Ed Glaeser maps a positive correlation between federal stimulus investment and lack of local population density, attributing the relationship to highway spending (NYT Blogs)
Auto dealers endorse GOP effort to block EPA emissions regulations, take issue with Obama administration’s argument that such limits would preclude higher fuel-efficiency standards (Bloomberg, Murkowski Press)
In Virginia, GOP lawmakers successfully push to index the state gas tax to adjust to changing auto fuel efficiency (Times-Dispatch)
Topeka renames itself “Google, Kansas” in a bid to win coveted broadband deal (Cap-Journal)
Tampa mayor leads officials in a local push linking new transit with economic growth (Tampa Biz Jrnl)
Milwaukee high-speed rail plant expected to create hundreds of new jobs (WTAQ)