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(Photo: AP/HuffPost) A photo gallery of 9 world-class subways, including Tokyo’s, pictured above (HuffPost) An inside look at transit tunnel security in the Big Apple (AP) Toyota could face a second fine from U.S. DOT for its response to defective gas pedals (The Hill Blog) The hidden crisis of America’s decaying “soft infrastructure,” and what … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:53 AM EDT on April 13, 2010

(Photo: AP/HuffPost)

A photo gallery of 9 world-class subways, including Tokyo’s, pictured above (HuffPost)
An inside look at transit tunnel security in the Big Apple (AP)
Toyota could face a second fine from U.S. DOT for its response to defective gas pedals (The Hill Blog)
The hidden crisis of America’s decaying “soft infrastructure,” and what can be done (Architect’s Paper)
Trucking industry protests Obama administration’s coming hike in fuel-efficiency standards for heavy-duty vehicles (Today’s Trucking)
New poll finds greater share of Washington area drivers would support congestion pricing than a gas tax increase to pay for transportation improvements (WashPost)
U.S. economic recovery law proving a big boon to Spanish infrastructure companies (Poder 360)
Ford touts new study showing its SYNC in-car electronics system — criticized by LaHood — is less of a distracted driving risk than using separate phones or music-playing devices (Ford Press)
Yonah Freemark: Pennsylvania’s ill-fated bid to toll I-80 marks a death knell for the “user-fee” transportation system (Transport Politic)