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1/15/2009

Transportation Headlines for Thursday January 15, 2009

20 Amazing Airport, Train & Bus Station Designs
Web Urbanist

Backseat to the Future: Take a ride along the Portland Transit Mall (video simulation)
Oregonian

A Bicycle Evangelist With the Wind Now at His Back
New York Times

California transportation projects delayed due to funding shortage
Sacramento Bee

Cash-strapped California may halt road projects
San Francisco Chronicle

China Shipping gets green light for summer LA expansion
Seatrade Asia Online

City to Help Fix Streets Surrounding the Grove
StreetsBlog Los Angeles

Dear President-Elect Obama, We Need Trains, Too!
California Literary Review

Department of Transportation: Ray LaHood
Politico

Does Earmark-Free Mean Pork-Free? Or Worthwhile?
National Journal

Gold line could be in line for federal funding
Pasadena Star-News

Google Maps Adds Transit Lines
The Transport Politic

LaHood Sponsored Millions in Earmarks: Transportation Pick Directed Money to Donors
Washington Post

LaHood’s Confirmation Hearing Postponed
New York Times

Los Angeles Bike Summit March 7, 2009 (Planning and Organizing Wiki)
Los Angeles Bike Summit

New Thinking on Transportation and Infrastructure
Riding My Train

New ways to get around with the Transit Layer
Google Lat Long Blog

Pricetag rises on Oberstar transportation proposal
Minnesota Public Radio

Ray LaHood and Changing our Thinking About Transportation
WorldChanging

Riverside County transportation agency to look at lowering revenue expectations
Riverside Press Enterprise

SF's Parking Experiment to Test Shoup's Theories
Planetizen

Shovel-Ready Mass Transit
The Nation

Stimulus Forces Consideration of Transportation Priorities
StreetsBlog Los Angeles

Subway Extension Heading to Full Metro Board Next Week
Curbed LA

Tougher road laws backed
Los Angeles Daily News

[Long Beach] Transit directors approve fare hike
Contra Costa Times

Urban doubt-fitter: What Obama's picks signal for urban policy
Grist