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)