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9/24/2008

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday September 24, 2008

60 Worst Intersections in Los Angeles (Mapped with Google)
Nacholoversanonymous

An Online Tool Meant to Simplify the Transit System
New York Times

Arnold Schwarzenegger signs $145-billion California budget
Los Angeles Times

Chrysler charges into electric car race
Los Angeles Times

Congressional negotiators reach compromise on rail safety measure
Los Angeles Times

Crime statistics for Metro rail lines
Bottleneck Blog

Equipping Inland rails with anti-crash sensors will be costly
Press Enterprise

Google Maps adds New York City Transit
USA Today

Google Helps Users Navigate New York Public Transit System - The nation's largest transit system could be a bit easier to navigate with Google's new tools, including translation into 23 languages
Information Week

Google Transit Expands to New York
New York Times

Google Transit Mapping Comes to New York
StreetsBlog

Google Says Its New Program May Boost Transit Ridership
New York Sun

High Gas Prices: The Tipping Point?
Long Beach Post

Hop-on hop-off buses to cruise downtown
Daily News

House and Senate agree on rail safety bill
Boxer's opening statement
Federal Railroad Administration's testimony
Bottleneck Blog

House and Senate Reach Deal on Rail Safety Bill
LAist

I-215 widening project moving forward with new lanes, drains and ramps
Press Enterprise

LADOT Offers Less than Exciting Plan for Working with Neighborhood Councils
CityWatchLA

L.A. drops in "sustainability" rankings
LA Land

LA to be Clean Technology Capital?
LAist

Metrolink considers adding 2nd engineer for safety
San Francisco Chronicle

OCTA backs new train technology - Officials say an automatic stopping mechanism could have prevented the Chatsworth collision
Orange County Register

Prop 1a as Economic Stimulus
California High Speed Rail Blog

Random checks of trains, bags made in Oxnard - Searches were not result of a threat
Ventura County Star

Red Line Hours Extension on Thursday Metro Board Agenda
BlogDowntown

Regionalization of air traffic suffers big blow
Daily News

Roadway tune has chance for new venue
Daily News

Seven Better Uses For $700 Billion
Forbes

UCLA economists issue gloomy California forecast - The state's housing sector will rebound next year, but its broader economy will struggle for months after that, the UCLA Anderson Forecast says
Los Angeles Times

Video of the Day: A Day in the Life of a Metrolink Engineer
LAist