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3/03/2009

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday March 3, 2009

After 8 years, Caltrans pays contractor in full
Press Enterprise

ASCE shifts focus to passage of transportation act
Smart Brief

Bay Area toll agency protects road projects by buying state bonds
Contra Costa Times

Better Transportation Needs Better Cities
Planetizen

Bleak outlook for flights at Palmdale airport
Los Angeles Times

CTA bus-tracking site to add service-delay alerts
Chicago Breaking News

Declining Traffic: How Will It Affect U.S. Transportation?
StreetsBlog

Diesel fuel goes along with energy and economy's dive
Los Angeles Times

Feds to hold hearing on deadly Calif. train crash
Associated Press

Forecasted Sales Tax Revenues Flat For Next Three Decades
Pasadena Sub Rosa

Gleam's first big test: Expo
Santa Monica Daily Press

Gold Line rider feels effects of parking meter rate hike
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

Gold Line: Pasadena’s Metro Rail
Pasadena’s Condo Blog

Google Map of NYC Crashes
GoogleMapMania

IBM: Let’s Build a Smarter Planet With Congestion Pricing!
StreetsBlogLA

LA RAIL Crenshaw Corridor Map
Wikimedia Commons

Long Beach’s State Senator Lowenthal Takes on Parking Requirements
StreetsBlogLA

Metro Eastside Gold Line Pre-Opening Meetings Focus on Safety
Eastside Sun

Metro Opening D.C. Subway to Wireless Choice
Washington Post

NTSB takes testimony in deadly Metrolink train crash
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

Obama gets behind intercity rail system
Buffalo News

Obama Nominee for DOT Under Secretary of Policy Called 'Outstanding Choice' by DOT Adviser
PRNewswire

Oil kept LB port afloat in 2008
Press Telegram

Orange County, Calif., May Be Successful Model for Interoperable Communications Systems
Government Technology

Qantas Airbus A380 too big for Los Angeles airport
Daily Telegraph

Very Astute Critique of Highways by an Editor of The Weekly Standard
StreetsBlogSF