News bites: Perimeter security

Your morning transportation speed-read:

Former Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta thinks the security of airport perimeters needs to be boosted.

Small regional airports are worried they will bear the brunt of sequestration’s impact on commercial aviation

Los Angeles port officials have approved construction of a rail yard near its dock to boost intermodal shipping.

Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail subway system is holding open houses to explain its new Silver Line, which will eventually reach Dulles International Airport, to potential riders.

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