- Parsing the status-quo message of state DOTs' federal arm (Streetsblog NYC)
- House Republicans insist they are abiding by a promised earmark moratorium after Oberstar raises questions (CPI Blog)
- LaHood announces new rule aimed at preventing distracted driving by railroad operators (FRA Press)
- Transport construction union launches new campaign to build support for long-term federal legislation (The Hill)
- House oversight chairman queries LaHood on transportation stimulus contracts received by women- and minority-owned firms (Towns Press)
- Bike advocates in Kansas City feeling snubbed by their lack of money from the U.S. DOT's TIGER program (KC Free Press)
- Ron Sims, No. 2 at HUD, talks up the Obama administration's sustainable communities effort in Rhode Island (Prov Journal)
- Conservative think tank questions White House press secretary's Twitter plug for his local bike shop (Heritage Blog)
- D.C.'s much-touted NextBus transit tracking program is proving unreliable (WaPo Blogs)
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