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3/13/2009

Transportation Headlines for Friday March 13, 2009

AASHTO: Budget Change Could Cripple Multi-Year Transportation Contracting Leaders Warn
Transport Gooru

Community groups campaign for stimulus package funds
Daily Trojan

'Complete Streets' Bill Introduced to Help Americans Save on Transportation Costs, Cut Congestion
PRNewswire

DC Metro Tops Google
WeLoveDC

Denver passes LAX for fourth place among U.S. Airport
Aviation Blog

Expo Rail Project Moves Forward
L.A. Watts Times

Gradual rise in California gasoline prices expected
Sacramento Bee

High-speed rail lays out ambitious scenario
San Francisco Chronicle

Hopes For Airport Regionalization Grounded In Palmdale (subscription)
California Planning & Development Report

Houston METRO contracts Parsons to construct four light-rail lines
Progressive Railroading

LA County agency nixes stimulus-money swaps
Mercury News

Los Angeles is Still Not on Google Transit... Well, at Least to the Public
LAist

Is the TAP card ready for prime time? MTA says 'yes'
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

LADOT and NCs Set to Negotiate MOU
CityWatchLA

LA Weighs Public Bike Share Program
CurbedLA

Metro Names Orange County CEO As New Agency Head
Eastside Sun

Metro’s “Street Life” in Koreatown
StreetsBlogLA

MTS proposes to reduce cuts, lift pass prices
San Diego Union Tribune

Runaway Gold Line train in Boyle Heights
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

Santa Fe Depot parking project to temporarily cut 70 spaces in San Bernardino
Press Enterprise

Shippers reduce work shifts - PORTS: Citing fall-off in volume, terminals will cut some off-peak hours added in 2005 to ease congestion
Press Telegram

Shoup Shows Cities How to “Just Say No” to Parking
InTransition

So-Cal Port Charges Send Cargo Elsewhere
Journal of Commerce

Smoggy Skies May Cause Respiratory Death
NPR

State in line for $50.7 billion in federal money
Capitol Weekly

Still No Google Transit
CurbedLA

Study links smog exposure to premature death
New York Times

Support Groups Offered on 6 Month Anniversary of Metrolink Crash
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