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Today’s Headlines

8:39 AM EST on December 9, 2011

    • LaHood Promises Investigation Into Chevy Volt Fires, Assures Safety, Denies Cover-Up (Bloomberg)
    • Members of Congress Form Transportation Security Caucus (The Hill)
    • Retailers --Even Wholesale Clubs -- Find Transit Access Is "Absolutely a Requirement" (Globest)
    • VA Gov. Promises Robust Transpo Investment (The Better to Widen Highways With, My Dear) (WaPo)
    • All GOP Ideas For the Missing $12 Billion Would Damage the Environment (Politico)
    • Michigan Congressman: Detroit Must Build Transit to Bring Economic Growth (Freep)
    • Is DC Trying to Keep Motorcoaches Out of the City (Washington City Paper)
    • Brookings Suggests Ways to Facilitate Public-Private Partnerships

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