Andrea Bernstein, Takeaway political correspondent, joins the show to help suss out the Obama administration's motives. She's following this story at Transportation Nation.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood intends to levy a $16.4 million fine, the largest allowed by law, against Toyota Motor Company. LaHood says Toyota knew about their cars' accelerator problems for months before informing the U.S. government.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the winners of a stimulus grant called TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery). Communities around the country competed for federal money to revamp their public transit systems.
President Obama is touting $8 billion in stimulus dollars for high speed rail projects around the country.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says that Toyota's troubles may be 'the most serious safety issue that we have faced' at his department. We find out more from Paul Eisenstein, publisher of TheDetroitBureau.com.
Yesterday Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood said that the public has a right to know about bird strikes. Bruce Holmes worked on air transportation systems at NASA Langley Research Center. He joins us now.
President-elect Barack Obama will announce his selection of Republican Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood as his transportation secretary today. Tanya Koonce, News Director of WCBU in Peoria, gives The Takeaway a briefing on her hometown congressman.