Today's Headlines - more at Metro

12/08/2011

Expo's Neighbors, Metro & Occupy, Transit Benefit, Transpo Bill, Bike Snobs, People Mover History & More

40 Years Ago: $420 Million Transit Plan Proposed To Link Downtown And LAX
Blog Downtown

Are Urban Bicyclists Just Elite Snobs?: As Cycling's Popularity Rises, The Cyclists Are Despised. If Riders Want To Change Cities, They Need A New Attitude
Salon

As The High-Speed Rail Debate Rages On, Stanford Historian Becomes Big Critic
KQED

At $100 Billion, Californians Have 2d Thoughts About High-Cost, High-Speed Rail
Investors Business Daily

Bipartisan House Group Pushes Six-Year Transportation Bill
The Hill

Climate Change Is Adding A Premium To Infrastructure Costs
American Public Media Marketplace

Copper Thefts Around Tracks Bedevil BART Officials
San Francisco Chronicle

Expo Line Neighbors Worried About Peeping Riders
Curbed LA

Fare Hikes Probably To Cover Part Of [D.C.] Metro's $120 Million Gap
Greater Greater Washington

It's "Deja Vu All Over Again" -- Transit Benefit To Be Cut In Half At The End Of The Year
Transportation For America

LAUSD Superintendent Asks Board To File Suit Blocking Transportation Cuts
Daily Breeze

Long Beach Council Doesn't Back Anti-Railyard Resolution, Seeks More Info
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Metro And The Occupy L.A. Eviction
StreetsBlog LA

My First Ride On The Metro Gold Line To Los Angeles Union Station
Yahoo Voices

O.C.-L.A. 3rd In U.S. Job Growth In October
Orange County Register

OMB: Senate Seeking Too Much Highway Money To Fund Transportation Bill
StreetsBlog DC

Privacy Screens?: Newest Attempt To Snare Expo Gains Key Ally
StreetsBlog LA

Public-Private Partnerships Won't Solve New York's Transpo Funding Crisis
StreetsBlog

Requiem For A Train. High-Speed Rail Is Dead In America. Should We Mourn It?
Slate

Ridership Up On Mass Transit Shows More People Are Working
USA Today

Spinlister: Peer-To-Peer Bike Sharing Gets Rolling
Fast Company Exist

Transit Village Legal Issues Mount: Lawsuit, Restraining Orders Filed Against Former Executives
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Union, Transit Groups Call For Extension Of Commuter Benefits
The Hill

What City Has The Best Public Transportation?: The Community Answers
GOOD

Whatever Happened To The Downtown People Mover? (Look at proposed systems in Miami, Detroit and Jacksonville)
The Atlantic: Cities

The World's 10 Best Transit Poems
The Atlantic: Cities

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