Today’s Headlines

  • 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)