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Texting while driving is a primary offense for Missouri teens, but very few tickets are getting written (STLToday) More evidence that transportation stimulus spending is viewed through the prism of job creation — not sustainability or connectivity (CNN Money) Dispute over hiring of local workers for the stimulus law’s largest Amtrak project sparks controversy in … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:50 AM EST on January 26, 2010

Texting while driving is a primary offense for Missouri teens, but very few tickets are getting written (STLToday)
More evidence that transportation stimulus spending is viewed through the prism of job creation — not sustainability or connectivity (CNN Money)
Dispute over hiring of local workers for the stimulus law’s largest Amtrak project sparks controversy in Connecticut (The Day)
The Twin Cities’ Central Corridor rail line is set to get three new stops (Finance & Comm.)
Denver planners are looking anew at HOT lanes and toll roads amid a state budget crunch, but still holding out hope for federal stimulus money (Post)
Trucking groups gin up grassroots opposition to tolling on Pennsylvania’s I-80 (Land Line)
Electric car-charging company Better Place draws a massive $350m investment (GreenBeat)

Elana Schor

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