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DOT Adviser Praises Congressional Commission Proposal to Reform Transportation Financing

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DOT Adviser Praises Congressional Commission Proposal to Reform Transportation Financing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Contact:
Dan Cronin, 202-572-3354-w or 202-251-9549-c, dcronin@edf.org

(Washington, DC – February 26, 2009)  Environmental Defense Fund praised a new report that identifies under-investment in transportation and dependence on the federal gas tax as key causes of poor transportation system performance that cost drivers $78 billion a year in congestion-related costs. 
 
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