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By Max Jarman, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Toyota service departments around the state are working their way through the estimated 77,000 vehicles that have been recalled in Arizona to fix problems with unintended acceleration.
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By The Associated Press, The Orlando Sentinel
Florida last year taxed motorists' wallets. Now, it's taxing their patience.
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GA: Charlotte who? Mayor Kasim Reed says Atlanta still on top
By Jim Galloway, Columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Pay no attention to those footsteps. Atlanta is still the capital of the South, Mayor Kasim Reed said Wednesday at a meeting of the Hungry Club. Reed conceded that Charlotte has made gains – especially in the realm of high-speed rail. In January, North Carolina's commercial center received a $545 million slice of federal stimulus money for rail.
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GA: Ralston urges transportation action
By Jim Tharpe, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The man who oversees the Georgia House of Representatives urged lawmakers Wednesday to not get bogged down on provincial transportation issues as they work to improve the way the state funds highway projects.
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IA: Tentative compromise reached on texting
By Rod Boshart, Quad-City Times
An Iowa House-Senate conference committee reached tentative agreement today on a texting compromise that would ban most drivers from sending or reading text messages and ban cell phone use by young drivers altogether.
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IL: Midwest gets a jump on high-speed rail
By Mark Guarino, The Christian Science Monitor
CHICAGO -- Illinois is already investing to make way for a high-speed rail system expected to spread across the Midwest and hasten commutes between its major cities.
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LA: Group warns La. on oil prices
By Michelle Millhollon, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
A nonprofit environmental group ranks Louisiana drivers as among the most vulnerable in the nation to spikes in oil prices
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LA: Lawmakers question license fee hike
By Marsha Shuler, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
There's a "strong sentiment" among lawmakers to repeal a new $15 increase in the cost of a driver's license, Louisiana House Speaker Jim Tucker said Wednesday.
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MI: Ambassador Bridge owner loses appeal
By Jim Lynch, The Detroit News
DETROIT -- Sections of a welcome area in southwest Detroit built by owners of the Ambassador Bridge as part of the Gateway Project may have to be removed or altered after the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled against the bridge company on Wednesday.
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MN: Water's reach is near and far
By Chris Havens, Kevin Giles and bill McAuliffe, Minneapolis Star Tribune
River towns facing the brunt of winter's rapid meltdown scurried to prepare Wednesday as rising waters threatened weekend road closures in St. Paul and flooding in downtown Stillwater and Delano.
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MS: MDOT posting new signs on bridges
By The Associated Press, Montgomery Advertiser
New, easier to understand weight limit signs will be posted on bridges across the state, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.
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ND: Downtown EGF retailers hunker down
By Tu-Uyen Tran, Grand Forks Herald
It might be a little harder for Grand Forks residents to visit downtown East Grand Forks businesses after the Sorlie and Point bridges close today as expected, but there are some advantages, said Tim Behm, general manager of Whitey's Cafe.
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OH: ODOT has (some) answers
By James Nash, The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio's top transportation official presented 21 pages of information about a planned passenger rail route to Senate President Bill M. Harris today during a meeting that lasted more than an hour, but the answers didn't allay Harris' concerns.
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OH: Governor's office -- e-mails back us up
By Randy Ludlow, The Columbus Dispatch
Newly obtained e-mails show the top lawyer to Gov. Ted Strickland talked to the State Highway Patrol's lead investigator prior to a meeting at which the lawyers questioned the patrol's jurisdiction to investigate a criminal case.
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OH: No stimulus money for I-70/71 revisions
By Bill Bush, The Columbus Dispatch
Reconstruction of the I-70/71 interchange Downtown won't start quickly because the state failed to get federal stimulus money to begin the project, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
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WI: Walker blames dealmaking in Wis. train contract
By Dinesh Ramde, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
Republican candidate for governor Scott Walker accused Democratic leaders of stifling the Milwaukee job market by buying trains from a Spanish company rather than from a local train maker run by one of his big-dollar donors.
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WV: User fees could fund roadways
By Billy Wolfe, Charleston Daily Mail
County officials are almost always happy to receive state funds, but not in the case of legislation passed this session that would give counties more control over road construction projects.
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