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Oberstar presses for use of a natural, Minnesota-made peat-based substance in oil spill cleanup (Star Trib Blogs) Next stop on LaHood’s transportation listening tour: Bismarck, North Dakota … (GF Herald) … while Jesse Jackson takes his campaign for more urban transit aid to Cleveland (Plain Dealer) Northeastern states call for in-depth federal study of rail … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:56 AM EDT on May 24, 2010

Oberstar presses for use of a natural, Minnesota-made peat-based substance in oil spill cleanup (Star Trib Blogs)
Next stop on LaHood’s transportation listening tour: Bismarck, North Dakota … (GF Herald)
… while Jesse Jackson takes his campaign for more urban transit aid to Cleveland (Plain Dealer)
Northeastern states call for in-depth federal study of rail improvements in their region (AP)
AASHTO president coins a new word to describe the value of infrastructure: “transeconomy” (N. Democrat)
Auto dealers working to keep their carve-out from consumer rules alive in the final version of the financial reform bill (Globe)
Dallas mulls an expansion of its local bike plan to encourage more cycling (Morn News)
New data shows Olympics gave a lasting boost to Vancouver’s transit system (Province)

Elana Schor

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