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7:56 AM EDT on April 28, 2010

LaHood joins auto insurer to kick off new campaign educating teenagers about distracted driving (DOT Blog, Allstate Press)
Who's to blame for the now-undetermined delay in the Senate climate change bill: Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) or Lindsey Graham (R-SC)? (MoJones, TNR, NPR)
Digging deeper into the recent reports of a significant uptick in New York City cycling (Streetsblog NYC)
Ed Glaeser on the economic efficiency of cities (NYT Blogs)
Why Roosevelt Island makes the case for even more U.S. DOT-HUD collaboration (Transport Politic)
New Jersey rushing to shore up its aging bridges ... (GlobeSt.com)
... as its new GOP governor takes local heat for backing big transit fare hikes (Trenton Times)
Iowa to make $150m in new infrastructure investments (Q-C Times)
Short of funding, Michigan scales back plans for a new commuter rail line (Free Press)

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