- European ash cloud prompting push for better rail systems (Reuters)
- Villaraigosa uses airport tarmac encounter to lobby Obama on federal funding for "30/10" transit plan (LAist)
- $48B in transport funding now available to states, about a month after Congress officially extended the 2005 transportation law until next year (DOT Press)
- Conservatives blast Oberstar's new proposal to strengthen oversight of public drinking water supply (ATR Press, Daily Caller)
- General Motors repays $4.7B in outstanding bailout loans to the Treasury five years ahead of schedule (Reuters)
- Kansas City's transit-centric Green Impact Zone project gets $20m stimulus grant (Star Blogs)
- Recovery schmecovery: many urban areas still shedding jobs (MSNBC)
- Illinois transit officials join project planning for future toll roads (Sun-Times)
- San Francisco explores street paving technology that aids in water conservation (Streetsblog SF)
- Salt Lake City unveils new "complete streets" redesign plan (SL Tribune)
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