Today's Headlines - more at Metro

3/19/2009

Transportation Headlines for Thursday March 19, 2009

Back on the Hill, pressing for livable communities
USDOT Fastlane

Caltrans sets April kickoff for I-10 work in San Gorgonio Pass
Press Enterprise

Coalition: stimulus funds to expand U.S. intercity rail
Metro Magazine

Cubic to Expand Bank Card Acceptance in Public Transit Through Exclusive Licensing Agreement With ViVOtech - All-in-One Contactless Reader Will Give Transit Riders More Convenience, Choice
MSNBC

Discover the Rail Way(SM) on National Train Day - Amtrak Celebrates the past, present and future of rail travel with nationwide festivities in May
PR NewsWire

Is public transit working for you? VCTC wants to know
Ventura County Star

Is Your City's Public Transit Suffering?
U.S. News & World Report

LaHood: DOT moving quickly to use transportation funding
Metro Magazine

LaHood Talks Up Cities and Transit
StreetsBlogLA

Long Beach and Los Angeles port traffic slows in February - The Port of Los Angeles, where the number of containers carrying imported goods fell 35.3% in February compared with a year earlier
Los Angeles Times

NABI delivers to California
Metro Magazine

Redevelopment Agency CEO Calls for More Strategic Transit Investment
BlogDowntown

Ridley-Thomas Names Rosenfeld As Alternate On Exposition Metro Light Rail Construction Authority
Mayor Sam

State unfreezes $500 million in construction bonds - Infrastructure projects put on hold during the budget crisis should get moving as California starts disbursing funds. State is also slating $625 million of federal stimulus money for highway projects
Los Angeles Times

TOD Stalled, Not Forgotten
Globe St.

Vision, Planning, Leadership Needed to Build New U.S. Infrastructure - Experts Agree on Need for Cooperation, Priority-Setting and End to Politics as Usual
MarketWire

Wiki Wednesday: Funding Green Transportation With CLEAN TEA
StreetsBlogLA