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2/02/2010

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday February 2, 2010

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At Long Last, Clear Messages For High-Speed Rail
Wired

Better Bikeways: Turning A City Street Into A Bike Corridor
(4th Street, Los Angeles)
GOOD

Building High Speed Rail Isn't A Bolshevik Plot
Huffington Post

Carjacked: The Culture Of The Automobile And Its Effect On Our Lives (interview with author Tim Halbur)
Planetizen

Gerald Desmond Bridge May Be Replaced
Daily Breeze

Hollywood & Highland, ArcLight & Other Public Parking Lots Could Soon Be Run By Private Entities
LAist

How The New Apple iPad (And Other Mobile Tech) Changes The Commuting Equation
New Geography

LaHood Talks Budget: “Very Bright” Future For Infrastructure Fund
DC StreetsBlog

Mayor Seeks Subway To Sea Funding
Los Angeles Daily News

Obama's High-Speed Rail Plan: It Could Be Transformative, But Stations (And Architecture) Matter As Much As Speed
Chicago Tribune

Thoughts On The Guerrilla Sharrows In Northeast L.A.
LA StreetsBlog

U.S. DOT Names The Transit Projects Set For Federal Funding
DC StreetsBlog

Vote To Take Train From Culver City To Santa Monica Set For Thursday
LAist

The W Hotel & Residences - An Urban Complexity: The New Complex Is One Part Hollywood Vanity And One Part Subway Plaza
Los Angeles Times

Where Are My Bus Shelters?
CityWatch

White House Budget Includes $530M For Local Sustainability, $1B For HSR
DC StreetsBlog

White House Budget Seeks $4B For Transportation Infrastructure Bank
New York Times

White House Transportation Budget: What’s In Line For The Axe?
DC StreetsBlog

Who Will Build Our HSR Trains? The Pundits Discuss (video)
Fox Business via Infrastructurist

Zipcar-DOT College Collaboration Getting Crazy Use, Parking Tickets
LA Curbed