- Bipartisan Twitter Fest This Week Turns Up Heat for Transportation Bill (WaPo)
- As House Readies for Bill, Foxx Set to Testify Wednesday (Transport Topics)
- How Rep. Delaney Won Support for an "Out-of-the Box" Funding Idea (WaPo)
- Chicago Gets $120M From Feds for O'Hare Line (Sun Times)
- House Amtrak Bill Would Give More Autonomy to NE Corridor (Philly Inquirer)
- Poll: Nearly 70 Percent of Americans Oppose a Federal Gas Tax Hike (The Hill)
- Is It a Problem That America's "Train Czar" Doesn't Have Much Rail Experience? (Pop Mechanics)
- Twin Cities Light Rail Faces More Delay as Feds Get Involved (Minn/St. Paul Biz Journal)
- Two Dallas Sites Considered for High-Speed Rail Station (Dallas Biz Journal)
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