- Senate Democrats to Push Vote on Infrastructure Funding This Week (CBS)
- Business, Labor Once Again Come Together for Infrastructure Funding (Hill)
- More Infrastructure Projects Turning to Private Funding (WaPo)
- Making the Case for Transit Funding (Seattle Times)
- LaHood Lauds Amtrak Ridership, Calls Again for HSR (Hill)
- The Future of Amtrak Is at Stake in 2012 Election (Economist)
- Study: $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Creates 27 Million Jobs In 5 Years (Forbes)
- Pennsylvania Governor Says Transportation Not a Top Priority, Despite Bipartisan Pressure (Post-Gazette)
- When Developers Sprawl, Urbanites Get the Bill (Shoreline Patch)
- Transporting Goods by Tram – It Could Happen (Transport Politic)
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