Spring weakness in the transportation sector, for example, anticipated broader market weakness as the Dow industrials traded sideways for a month before eventually rolling over into the steep May declines.

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Council member James Vacca, the chairman of the transportation committee, upbraided Department of Transportation officials at a public hearing earlier this spring, criticizing everything from restaurant delivery bikers to a rise in the cost of city parking lots.

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On Dec. 4 the head of FEMA, Craig Fugate, told the House Transportation Committee that his agency had enough cash on hand to disburse aid until spring.

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