Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday morning called on House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to quickly move a Senate transportation authorization bill that the Senate is expected to approve later in the day.

"I now call upon my friend, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to move this bill over there as quickly as possible," Reid said on the Senate floor. "He's indicated that he likely would take up the Senate bill; I hope that in fact is the case."

Your morning transportation speed-read:

Lawyers for a man who drove onto the runway at Philadelphia International Airport say he was "irrational" at the time of the incident.

A new international terminal at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport is scheduled to open in May.

Orlando, Fla.'s Sanford International Airport is planning to reapply to opt out of Transportation Security Administration airport security screening.

Bus drivers in Phoenix have been on strike since Monday.

The Senate on Wednesday is expected to finish work on S. 1813, the transportation authorization bill, which would finally give the House something to chew on when it returns next week.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) predicted on Tuesday evening that the Senate would finish the bill by mid-Wednesday. Authorization for federal transportation spending expires at the end of this month, so the House has a few weeks to figure out whether and how to amend the Senate bill.

President Obama has seen his poll numbers fall despite an improving national economy and the long GOP primary.

“I no longer share that view,” Chu said during a Senate hearing, adding that he wants to lower gas prices.

An amendment proposed by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) on Tuesday to give states flexibility to allow commercialization of rest stops along the federal highway system was beat back by the Senate on Tuesday, 12-86.

The Senate roundly rejected another amendment, 30-68, on Tuesday that would have allowed states to opt out of the federal transportation program by allowing them to keep money collected for the gas tax.  

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) pushed back the tail end of the vote-O-rama on amendments proposed to the pending highway bill until Wednesday in order to accommodate an event commemorating the engagement of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).

The Senate on Tuesday afternoon passed the following amendments to the pending transportation bill by unanimous consent: