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1/22/2009

Transportation Headlines for Thursday January 22, 2009

Average gasoline price in California exceeds $2 a gallon
Los Angeles Times

Did Team Obama Gut Transit Funds From the Stimulus Package?
StreetsBlog

DC Metro Ridership Tops 1 Million, Shattering Record
Washington Post

Do Los Angeles’ Sidewalk Policies Put It Out of Compliance with the ADA?
StreetsBlogLA

Environmental Groups Slam Stimulus - Green Advocates Question Funding Disparity for Mass Transit
Washington Independent

Go Metro! But Don’t Step in Anything!
Gary Slossberg For LA City Council District 13

High-Speed Rail Needs Private Investment
Planetizen

Investment in Public Transit will Lead to Job Creation
California Progress Report

LA Creek Freak River Tour: Urban Expeditions gets Wet and Wild
C.I.C.L.E

LaHood: Spending stimulus wisely a top priority
Associated Press

Long Beach Port to Begin Collecting Fee
Los Angeles Business Journal

Metrolink elects new chairman, vice chairman
Progressive Railroading

More on the “LightLane” Concept
Bike Commuters

Nominee for Transportation Dept. Urges Role for Private Sector
Wall Street Journal

Old Disneyland Pictures Released by MTA
MiceChat Forum

Old-Timey Subway Renderings from the '80s
CurbedLA

Regional Connector Set to Go to Metro Board
BlogDowntown

Should Obama break South Pasadena?
LA Observed

Some tips to improve the Chandler Bikeway
Burbank Leader

Southern California Test of Obama Promises
Fox and Hounds

Statement By William W. Millar, President American Public Transportation Association
American Public Transportation Association

Transit Authority: Stimulus miss - Bills for highways, no change for transit
Grist

UCLA group to present Metro with petition - Bruins for Traffic Relief urges board to approve funding of transportation projects
UCLA Daily Bruin

US stimulus should include private investment-group
Reuters