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7/08/2009

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday July 8, 2009

2009 Annual Urban Mobility Report
Texas Transportation Insitute

710 Freeway bill progressing in state legislature
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Cash Incentives for Carpooling to Get a Trial Run in D.C. Area
Washington Post

Claremont planners to consider giving go-ahead to affordable housing
Daily Bulletin

Court Rejects State Raids on Transit Funding
California Transit Assocation

Expo Line Transit Service Interface Proposal — Part 2: Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus
MetroRiderLA

Hankla: Many Goals Met, More Still To Do, Port in Good Hands
Cunningham Report

Integrating the Priorities of Transportation Agencies and Utility Companies
Transportation Research Board

Is the State Legislature going to screw up HSR?
California High Speed Rail Blog

LA Metro (quietly) tests Google Transit
The Transit Wire

L.A. traffic improving, but still bad
Press Telegram

Long Beach Preparing To Integrate With Google Transit
Long Beach Post

Pedestrian Forum - Summer 2009
Transportation Research Board

Report: Infrastructure Spending to Fall in 2009
Journal of Commerce

Riverside Transit Agency offers two new bus routes
Press Enterprise

Roundabouts 20% More Effective At Moving Traffic
Planetizen

South Pas Tunnel Clears Another Hurdle
LA Curbed

Stuck in traffic less? Study says thank economy
CNN

The Imminent Irrelevance of Randal O’Toole
Streetsblog

Track Measure R Projects Online
County Supervisor Mark Ridely-Thomas

Traffic congestion dipping as economy falters
AP

Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 28
Transportation Research Board

Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2008
Transportation Research Board

USDOT Secretary LaHood: Gold Line Eastside a Model Project
LA Streetsblog

Value Capture for Transportation Finance
Transportation Research Board

Why California “Leaders” Can’t Make a Deal
CityWatch

World’s First Cargo Ship Propelled by Solar Panels
Inhabitat