Today’s Headlines

  • Transportation Secretary LaHood and Vice President Biden promote the economic stimulus' infrastructure spending -- on bridge repairs and massive highway expansions (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Pitch)
  • Congress slips $1 billion for a weak "cash for clunkers" plan into its $105 billion war spending bill (Detroit News)
  • With the timeline for a federal transpo bill slipping, advocates are focusing instead on Congress' climate change measure (Greenwire)
  • Trucking industry lobbies against highway user fees to pay for transportation improvements (Logistics Management)