"We're not giving up on highways," LaHood told state DOT officials this week, while reiterating the Obama administration's interest in rail expansion (see video above, from DOT Press)
Rendell, Schwarzenegger, and Bloomberg urge the Senate to match the House's infrastructure spending in future jobs bills (BAF Press)
Obama administration plans to release a broad wish list for the next federal transportation bill within 90 days (Bond Buyer)
Feds are developing an alternative measurement of poverty that incorporates transport costs -- and reveals that the many more are living below the poverty line than previously known (AP, NYT, CSM)
