Today’s Headlines

• Federal transit regulators are investigating possible safety flaws in the foundations that are to hold up a major new rail extension in the D.C. area (WashPost)
• Republicans still seeking consensus for plan to direct unspent stimulus money to transportation (WSJ)
• Sen. Feinstein supports using unspent financial bailout money to seed a National Infrastructure Bank (CQ Transcripts – see middle of page)
• Technology that disables cell phones in moving cars — as opposed to promotion of hands-free devices — is gaining traction as a strategy to combat distracted driving (NYT)
• A plea from Pennsylvania to the feds: Approve tolls on I-80 and help the state avoid a funding crisis (Inquirer)
• Maryland signs with a private company to manage Baltimore’s port (WashPost)

(ed. note. Streetsblog Capitol Hill will be on a light publishing schedule today, but resume regular updates tomorrow.)