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By Betsy Z. Russell, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane)
Fired Idaho Transportation Director Pam Lowe says she was forced out after refusing to send unnecessary state work and money to politically connected companies.
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By Staff Reports, Quad-City Times
A teenage driver safety program run by the Illinois Department of Transportation has been recognized for using peer programming to try to reduce the number of teen driving-related deaths.
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CO: Grand plans for rail in Denver hit a wall of fiscal realities
By Kirk Johnson, The New York Times
DENVER -- One of the most ambitious one-time mass-transit projects in the nation's history, called FasTracks — $4.7 billion, 122 miles of passenger rail and a hectic construction schedule of only 12 years — was approved by voters here in 2004 along with a regionwide sales tax to pay for it.
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DE: Lower digits fetch lower prices
By J.L. Miller, The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)
When the nation's financial bubble burst, a uniquely Delaware asset quietly deflated. Prices paid for low-digit Delaware license plates have fallen, in some cases by half, since the glory days of 2006 and 2007.
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IL: Unsafe school buses still on road
By Ellen Gabler, Chicago Tribune
As many as 2,000 school buses with potentially serious safety problems are still transporting students even though a bus manufacturer and government safety regulators have known about some of the recalled parts for as many as eight years, the Tribune has found.
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IL: Video gambling no sure bet
By Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune
Almost four months after Gov. Pat Quinn signed the Video Gaming Act into law to help fund a large, long-awaited capital bill, local governments are grappling with whether to ban video gambling and risk jeopardizing the extra funding for crumbling roads, to defer a decision until state rules regulating video gambling are made official, or to allow it.
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MD: Plan for I-270 light rail gains steam
By Katherine Shaver, The Washington Post
Routing a transit line closer to the Kentlands and through two developments planned for west Gaithersburg would draw as many as 42,000 daily boardings, enough to make either a light rail line or busway in the Interstate 270 corridor eligible for federal money, according to a state study released Thursday.
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MI: MDOT to double bridge toll to $3
By Stephen Tait, The Times Herald (Port Huron)
The plan, which is scheduled to take effect Jan. 5, would increase the cost from $1.50 to $3 for passenger vehicles and from $1.75 to $3.25 an axle for commercial vehicles.
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MO: Stimulus to fund some road work
By Staff Reports, Columbia Daily Tribune
Federal stimulus cash will pay for 13 additional road-resurfacing projects in Central Missouri for the five-year Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.
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NE: Lincoln senator recommends furloughs, not layoffs for workers
By JoAnne Young, Lincoln Journal Star
Senators introduced five bills in special session Thursday, aimed at saving money for the state or saving money for a particular program. Lincoln Sen. Bill Avery introduced a resolution (LR4) that would have agencies use furloughs rather than layoffs of state workers if needed to meet across-the-board budget cuts.
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NY: Senate Democrats rebuff governor on special session
By Tom Precious, The Buffalo News
Reducing the state's soaring deficit, legalizing gay marriage, slowing property tax growth and toughening drunk driving laws are among the items on the agenda for a special session of the Legislature that Gov. David A. Paterson has scheduled for Tuesday.
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PA: Progress seen in SEPTA strike talks
By Paul Nussbaum, The Philadelphia Inquirer
SEPTA and its striking workers seemed to edge closer to a settlement yesterday, as Gov. Rendell and U.S. Rep. Bob Brady worked to broker a deal that would get buses, subways, and trolleys running again.
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SD: Historic railway yanked away
By Bret Hayworth, Sioux City Journal
SIOUX CITY, S.D. -- It's been decades since select ground just east of Floyd Boulevard was exposed to sun and other elements.
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VA: Two panels approve VRE deal with French company
By Kelly Hannon, The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg)
WOODBRIDGE, Va. --Two transportation commissions have approved a Virginia Railway Express recommendation to award commuter train maintenance and operations work to Keolis Rail Services America.
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WI: Judge dismisses lawsuit against state DOT officials
By Staff Reports, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against two state Department of Transportation officials which claimed that the department illegally sold drivers' personal information to firms that made it available on the Internet.
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WI: Wis. Assembly delays action on drunken driving
By Scott Bauer, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
The Democratic-controlled state Assembly refused to vote Thursday on a comprehensive toughening of Wisconsin's notoriously weak drunken driving laws after the measure unanimously passed the Senate.
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