Today's Headlines - more at Metro

4/09/2009

Transportation Headlines for Thursday April 9, 2009

3 council members want to move L.A. Marathon to a new date - They are urging that the race be returned to a Sunday in March starting next year. It is currently set for a holiday Monday, such as Memorial Day, when it will be held this year
Los Angeles Times

BART budget calls for fare hike
San Francisco Examiner

Bikes and Mass Transit are changing Los Angeles
Travelin’ Local

Celebrate National Train Day and Discover the Rail Way
PR Newswire

City Considering Congestion Parking for the Downtown
StreetsBlogLA

Cities Rely On High-Tech Method To Stop Graffiti
NPR

Don’t let buses disappear or fares increase - attend SANDAG public workshop
Ocean Beach Rag

Exposition Construction Authority Votes on Preferred Alignment for Phase 2 of the Expo Line Project
Friends4Expo

Garcetti Asks For Stimulus Input
CurbedLA

Greyhound debuts new logo, upgraded fleet
Metro Magazine

High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential
CleantechBlog

Inland officials list their federal funding priorities
Press Enterprise

Laguna Niguel wants to cover up Amtrak mooning event
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

Long Beach Transit launches new fare tech
Metro Magazine

Los Angeles Infrastructure or Bust - Metro gives second chance to a snafu-riddled Italian railcar builder (AnsaldoBreda)
LA Weekly

Metro Crenshaw Transit Corridor Meeting Held in Inglewood
Inglewood Today

Metro Transportation Planning Objectives
Transport Politic

Metro Westside Subway Extension
Facebook

More Transit Expansion?: Metro Holding Meetings in South Bay
StreetsBlogLA

New High Speed Rail Projects Around The World
The Infrastructurist

Nova Bus completes N.Y. facility
Metro Magazine

Peter Rogoff to be nominated as FTA Administrator
Transit Talent

Propane-fueled Disneyland shuttle bus explodes
Daily News

Public transit getting millions in stimulus funds
San Bernardino Sun

Should buses really compete against automobiles?
Buses, Trains and the Media

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary LaHood to Speak at ITS America's 2009 Annual Meeting & Exposition on June 1
PR Web

Where Trojans are in bloom (scroll down for info on Expo station)
Los Angeles Times