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5/08/2009

Transportation Headlines for Friday May 8, 2009

$67 Million for Metro Gold Line
CurbedLA

BART dials in to phone-pay system
San Francisco Examiner

California could be broke by July, state official warns - Despite the budget fix enacted in February, the state is on track to come up $23 billion short of what it needs to get through the year, the Legislature's chief budget analyst says
Los Angeles Times

Carpool freeway project could snarl East Long Beach traffic for 3 years
Press Telegram

DC Metro: Food Sales At Trains? Metro Just Might Bite. Revenue-Hungry Board to Discuss Retail Kiosks
Washington Post

Electric City Bus: Will It Be Your First Electric Ride?
Huffington Post

Federal transportation secretary delivers $67 million to LA County
KPCC 89.3 FM

Five of six propositions losing
San Diego Union Tribune

Former Pullman porters are all aboard for Train Day tribute
USA Today

Gold Line Gets A Boost
LA Metblogs

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High-Speed Train Board Approves Federal Stimulus Proposal
EarthTimes

Hydrogen car R.I.P. Secretary Chu agrees with Climate Progress and slashes hydrogen budget
Climate Progress

Is train wreck ahead in high-speed transportation battle?
Las Vegas Sun

More mass transit users, less funding
Marketplace

More Megas and High-Speed Rail
The Atlantic

More Than $8,600 Saved Annually by Individuals Who Seek to “Ride Out” the Rough Economy by Riding Public Transportation
American Public Transportation Association

Orange Line Bike Path Gets Overdue Cleaning
LAist

Report: Reinvesting Transit
Environmental Defense Fund

'Safe Streets Bill' Heads to Committee Hearing
LAist

Santa Monica Resident on the Coming Pedestrian Tsunami
CurbedLA

Sharrows are coming to Los Angeles! or are they?
LA StreetsBlog

Speed Trap Showdown
CityWatchLA

U.S. Halts Pilot Program in New York to Detect Biological Attacks
Washington Post

U.S. may short-change transit again: MTA head
Reuters

Why Won’t the Feds Encourage People to Go Car-Free?
LA StreetsBlog