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Real Estate Interests Vie for Transportation Funding

The Center for Public Integrity

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Produced by: Erik Lincoln

tags: 2010, publici, transportation, map, flash, google, maps, google, maps, ajax, jquery

Virtually all players agree there is no coordinated vision in setting priorities for federal transportation projects. That vacuum has led to a tidal wave of earmarks by Congress. Quite naturally real estate developers and other interests make great efforts to influence which projects get funded. This map shows where more than 100 real estate interests spent roughly $5.5 million in 2009 lobbying on transportation projects. Built using Flash, jQuery and the Google Maps Flash API.

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