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4/11/2009

Transportation Headlines for Saturday April 11, 2009

A better way to memorialize the victims of train collision
Simi Valley Acorn

AC Transit To Discontinue Magnetic Transbay Ticke- a step toward AC Transit's goal of making TransLink, a smart card fare collection system, as the primary form of payment for all passengers
CBS 5

After April 11 TAP Cards won't be sold on busses!!! And it will cost two additional dollars
The Bus Bench

APTA Releases Database Information
Passenger Transport

California's high-speed rail forces seek big slice of stimulus pie
Sacramento Bee

DHS Announces $389 Million in Transit Preparedness Grants
Passenger Transport

Fill 'er up - awarded $2.1 million in grant funding to build a state-of-the-art hydrogen fueling station on the UCLA campus
UCLA

Light Rail Maintenance Yard Site Proposal Draws Fire
Santa Monica Mirror

Long Beach officials slam blogger for exposing JetBlue rift
USA Today

Los Angeles Metro Expanding Light Rail to Both East and West
Passenger Transport

Los Angeles Journal: Giving Lessons in Traffic Safety at Middle Schools
New York Times

Metro Westside Subway Extension Meetings
StreetsBlogLA

Nation's first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station unveiled in....Chicago?
Examiner

Protester arrested after attack on BART chief
San Francisco Chronicle

SANDAG eyes help for transit agencies - Board votes to consider range of funding options
San Diego Union Tribune

Streetcars: Bringing an Old Technology Up to Date
Passenger Transport

Two years after: Google Transit for Humboldt County
Trillium

Visa Introduces a Credit Card on a Phone
New York Times

Will Los Angeles Get Behind Livable Street Model Published in GOOD?
LAist