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Today’s Headlines

LaHood heading to Japan for face-to-face talks with Toyota execs over defective autos … (LAT) … but not before getting lobbied by mag-lev train backers on a Pittsburgh visit (Trib-Review) New York state officials and CSX hold a powwow with the feds to clear up controversy over high-speed rail’s top speed (Dem-Chronicle, Buff. News) Embattled … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:55 AM EDT on May 10, 2010

LaHood heading to Japan for face-to-face talks with Toyota execs over defective autos … (LAT)
… but not before getting lobbied by mag-lev train backers on a Pittsburgh visit (Trib-Review)
New York state officials and CSX hold a powwow with the feds to clear up controversy over high-speed rail’s top speed (Dem-Chronicle, Buff. News)
Embattled Illinois commuter rail chief throws self in front of train (AP)
New study attributes uptick in nighttime road fatalities among teens to texting behind the wheel (Time)
Oberstar visits site of Gulf Coast oil spill (Star-Trib Blogs)
After federal rejection of tolls on I-80, Pennsylvania weighs its transport financing options (Land Line)
Dallas op-ed writer mulls his own lack of enthusiasm for daily transit use (Morn News Blogs)
New grassroots lobbying push in Seattle for $30m hike in annual bike-ped spending (S. Times)

Elana Schor

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