Oberstar, the pro-walk, pro-bike chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives appeared at the Minnesota State Capitol in January and promised rebuilding, innovation and livability.

How best to spend the public's money. The List of projects:

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/federalrecovery/lists/airport-candidate.pdf

When asked to summarize what he hopes to accomplish in the new transportation law, Oberstar said, "It comes down to one word: livability, and seeking more efficiency in moving people, goods."

"The nation," he said, "needs to reconfigure its transportation and land uses in ways that provide more efficiency in moving people and goods, more opportunity to compete for global prosperity, and more chances for people to live healthy, convenient lives that are more compatible with nature."