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More coverage of the new index measuring transportation’s impact on local housing costs (WaPo, Wash Biz Jrnl, Post-Gazette) Look who came to the table for a meeting on “tripartisan” climate legislation: Voinovich (Roll Call) Dallas open to running transit to next year’s Super Bowl, but first it will need the U.S. DOT to relax its … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:53 AM EDT on March 25, 2010

More coverage of the new index measuring transportation’s impact on local housing costs (WaPo, Wash Biz Jrnl, Post-Gazette)
Look who came to the table for a meeting on “tripartisan” climate legislation: Voinovich (Roll Call)
Dallas open to running transit to next year’s Super Bowl, but first it will need the U.S. DOT to relax its Bush-era rule favoring transit privatization (Morn News)
Oberstar, echoing Bob Herbert, asks “what’s wrong with” American inaction on infrastructure (Logistics Mgmt)
Florida could start high-speed rail construction as soon as next year (AP)
New EPA report finds smart growth catching on in many metro areas (Greenwire)
Boxer already in talks with the Obama administration to expedite “one or two” of the projects on L.A.’s 30/10 transit agenda (Bloomberg)
Federal investigators expand their probe of a $600m Nevada highway bridge project amid safety complaints (AP)
LaHood touts the $1.3B in transportation stimulus contracts inked by disadvantaged and minority-owned businesses, slightly higher than the 2% estimate released last month (DOT Press)

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