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New app to track teenager's driving habits in development - MIT Technology Review

| Josh Peterson
Autos Hybrid Electric Boom

But it could rate any driver’s abilities, and any change in those abilities, over time.

Unrealistic mileage standards threaten consumers' wallets

| Pete Sepp

The fuel efficiency standards that the administration is considering would be the equivalent of a massive tax hike.

Chamber of Commerce, House GOP in dust-up over highway bill - TheDC

| C.J. Ciaramella
Road Construction

Democrats, the AFL-CIO and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have assailed transportation plan for not spending enough

A 30% cut won't leave transportation in the ditch

| Randal O'Toole

Why the big transportation spending cut that House Republicans are pushing makes sense.

Selling slots and fixing airports

| Ike Brannon

Why the federal government should auction airport slots to airlines.

Key Dem suggests imposing higher gas tax - The Hill

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West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall looks to finance proposed transportation bill with higher taxes

Federal Transit Administration to change weight regulations - TheDC

| Caroline May

FTA looking to increase average passenger weight used in bus test regulations

Snow snarls flights to Super Bowl - AP

| admin

Winter weather cause hundreds of inbound flights to be canceled at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Snow piles up on snow-weary Northeast - AP

| admin

Commuters up and down the East Coast began the all-too-familiar task of digging out cars

Obama caught in Washington's wintry weather - AP

| admin

Even President Barack Obama can’t bypass the nuisances and delays of Wednesday’s major east coast snow storm

Federal government eyes mandatory air bags for small planes - AP

| admin

The National Transportation Safety Board is considering the traditionally car-oriented feature for planes

Hinojosa voices support for bill that curbs 'threatening' speech against lawmakers - TheDC

| Chris Moody

Rep. Rubén Hinojosa said that he is open to joining PA Rep. Robert Brady in support of a bill to curb speech that could be perceived as ‘threatening’ to public officials

TheDC Morning: FEMA forgets about half a billion in misspent money - TheDC

| Mike Riggs

Read TheDC Morning: An unvarnished e-mail summary of what’s really happening in political news

Man playing real-life 'Frogger' hit by SUV - AP

| admin

A man has been hospitalized after police in South Carolina say he was hit by an SUV while playing a real-life version of the video game ‘Frogger’

400 spend frigid night on A train in NYC nightmare - AP

| admin

Train operators kept the doors closed to keep out the cold, but the gusting winds rattled the windows

Winter storm buries much of the East Coast - AP

| admin

Thousands stranded by 2-foot blizzard in Northeast

Snow storm bears down on Mid-Atlantic, Northeast - AP

| admin

A band of frigid weather snaking its way up the East Coast on Sunday threatened to bring blizzards and a foot of snow to New York City and New England

Strikes, protests continue in Greece ahead of austerity vote - BBC

| Steven Nelson (admin)

The budget, which is designed to satisfy bail-out requirements by the EU and IMF, is expected to pass

Young wife, mother of 2 killed by a simple pothole - AP

| admin

The tragic accident happened along a stretch of South Carolina’s Interstate 20 covered with ruts, bumps and crumbling concrete

India complains after emissary gets pat down in US - AP

| admin

India’s foreign minister said Thursday it was unacceptable that the country’s ambassador to the United States was patted down by a security agent at a Mississippi airport