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3/25/2009

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday March 25, 2009

3 dead in MTS shootings - Police gun down man who shot co-workers
San Diego Union Tribune

Art Leahy, So Long and Thanks For All the Fish
Orange County Progressive

BART plans to introduce TransLink in June
San Francisco Chronicle

Blueprint America – Stimulus Roadblock?
PBS

California's Wipeout Economy
Washington Post

Call List Gives a View of Potential Downtown Transportation Projects
BlogDowntown

Cyclists Strike Back at LAPD Commission Meeting
LAist

e-Traction Develops Diesel Electric Hybrid Bus
Ubergizmo

Gov. Talks Transportation Financing and Expansion on Meet the Press
StreetsBlogLA

Hollywood Pitch: Bring the Junkets Back (Hollywood & Vine)
New York Times

Is an Italian rail company taking L.A. for a ride? AnsaldoBreda Inc. is promising much in order to keep building light-rail cars for the MTA, but is it all going anywhere?
Los Angeles Times

Japan: Blurring the line between bullets and trains
Los Angeles Times

Lawsuit against L.A., Long Beach port truck plan is reversed
Land Line

Los Angeles and Mass Transit? Designers Can Dream
Fast Company

Mass Transit? Meet Your Possible Future
NBC

New Plan For An Old Freeway
CalTrans Inside Seven

New York City - Do Not Want: Possible New York Subway Fare Hike
Jaunted

NY Commuters brace for MTA fare hike vote Wednesday
Newsday

NY Mayor: Get 'Mad As Hell' Over Transit Fare Hikes - Takes Line From 'Network' To Inspire Commuters
New York Post

OCTA Makes Worst of Choices - Votes to Slash Bus Service, Eliminate Jobs
Orange County Progressive

Open source and open data make for transit innovation
Trillium

Pasadena invited to join Foothill Transit
Pasadena Star News

Pasadena may join Foothill Transit
Pasadena Star News

Proposed Victorville to Vegas train would likely bypass Barstow
Desert Dispatch

San Diego's Smart Growth Fund Dissolved
Smart Growth Online

San Francisco Rail: A Living History
Planetizen

Supervisors to consider resolution calling for freeway funding
Desert Sun

Sustaining the New Urbanism
Planetizen

UCLA Anderson Forecast: dark days
Los Angeles Times

U.S. Ports Plan Clean-Truck Programs
Journal of Commerce

What the Cahuenga Pass Looked Like Before the 101 Freeway
LAist