Today's Headlines - more at Metro

2/19/2009

Transportation Headlines for Thursday February 19, 2009

5th District City Council Candidates Talk Bikes at BikingInLA
StreetsBlogLA

Assembly joins Senate in approving budget plan
Los Angeles Times

Boxer: Budget stalemate could hurt Calif. Stimulus
San Francisco Chronicle

California budget plan would weaken air pollution rules
Los Angeles Times

Calif. OKs GO Private Placements
Bond Buyer

California High Speed Rail Authority outlines how it could use stimulus funds
Progressive Railroading

City to get Measure R funds
La Cañada Valley Sun

Cost to California Could Grow - Senator Says State May Lose Billions in Stimulus If Budget Impasse Continues
Wall Street Journal

Don’t Drive in Pasadena
Spraybooth

Hanks as the new Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Chairman?
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

L.A. neighborhoods, you're on the map - In a city where one block is considered Hancock Park and the next Hollywood, The Times unveils an online map of the boundaries of 87 communities. If you don't like what you see, submit changes
Los Angeles Times

L.A. Recovery? Forecast Says Not Until 2010
LA Business Journal

MTA Taps Out On The Paper Pass
Grow Green

New port fee causes gridlock
Press Telegram

NYC Transit adds choices to online subway map
Newsday

Obama, Pelosi Can Talk the Talk on TEA Reauthorization
StreetsBlogLA

Panel to explore future of local transportation
The Acorn

President Obama: “I would like to see some long-term reforms in how transportation dollars flow…”
Transportation for America

SANBAG plans public meetings on Colton Crossing rail project
Press Enterprise

Transit Agencies Facing Huge Deficits
Transport Politic

Volume drops at Long Beach
Journal of Commerce

Waiting for the train -- the subway, that is
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

When it comes to transit, the feds give and the state takes away
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

White House weighs high-speed rail investment
Reuters