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12/18/2008

Transportation Headlines for Thursday December 18, 2008

Billboard Company Sponsors Bike Path
Soapbox LA

Brookings Report Concludes US Drop in VMT Signals a Permanent Shift Away from Cars; Implications for Transportation Policy
Green Car Congress

CTA debuts Website redesign
Metro Magazine

DC Metro Says Google Transit Could Happen if it Made Them Money
DCist

Dems' new budget plan adds $9 billion revenue
San Francisco Chronicle

Drop Everything and Become an Urban Planner!
CurbedLA

Editorial: MTA chief wanted – L.A. County's transit agency is poised to spend billions on new projects. Its next chief must be up to the challenge
Los Angeles Times

Expansion of I-710, One of Worst Highway Projects in the Country
StreetsBlogLA

Gas Fee To Balance Budget?
Calitics

Infrastructure advocates
Daily Breeze

LaHood Continues Tradition Of Stuffing 'Across The Aisle' Pick At Transportation
Huffington Post

LaHood Pick for Transportation Has Stakeholders Buzzing
Congressional Quarterly

Metro CEO Plans to Retire After 43 Years in Public Transit
LAist

Metro CEO Roger Snoble Announces Retirement
StreetsBlogLA

Metro chief exiting
Daily News

MTA boss Roger Snoble to retire
LA Now

MTA chief announces retirement
Pasadena Star News

MTA chief to retire - Roger Snoble has been with the transit agency for seven years. At 63, he says it's time for someone who can oversee the use of new funds from Measure R to take over
Los Angeles Times

MTA Chief Plans to Step Down
KTLA 5 TV

MTA chief Snoble to retire
Contra Costa Times

New Bridge for Valley Boulevard
CurbedLA

NY subways to raise fares despite service cuts
Reuters

Obama Picks Republican Illinois Congressman to Lead USDOT
StreetsBlogLA

Obama Taps LaHood for Transportation Secretary - ABC News Has Confirmed That Obama Has Picked Republican Lawmaker to Lead DOT
ABC News

OPEC's move to halt oil's slide falters - The cartel pledges to cut production a record 2.2 million barrels a day, but oil futures dip below $40 a barrel for the first time in more than four years before closing at $40.06, down $3.54
Los Angeles Times

Proposing a National Pricing System: Delivering Transportation Sustainability through ITS
National Transportation Operations Coalition

Republican LaHood Likely Obama’s Transportation Pick
Bloomberg

Ride the Metro For Free Christmas & New Year's Eve
LAist

Snoble to retire from Metro
LA Observed

State crisis halts 2,000 public works projects
San Francisco Chronicle

Toll Road Values Plunge - Macquarie Bank announces its toll road portfolio lost a quarter of its value in six months
The Newspaper

Transform CA Opens Sacramento Office
StreetsBlogLA

Transit professionals urge increase in federal gas tax
Transit Talent

Washingtonians want Google Transit!
Greater Washington

White House Urban Policy Office Chief
Urban Planning Blog