Today's Headlines - more at Metro

3/11/2009

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday March 11, 2009

Automated toll system changes for I-15's car pool lanes
San Diego Union Tribune

Bursting the Car Bubble - Chinatown from the DASH-eye view
Santa Monica Daily Press

Busy airports need runway safety improvements
Daily News

California likely to get at least $31.5 billion
Daily News

California projects included in omnibus bill - Spending package allocates $81.6 million for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Gold Line extension from Union Station to East Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times

California rolls out welcome mat for road investors
Reuters

CALPIRG: Don’t Waste the Stimulus on Highway Expansion
StreetsBlogLA

Cities plan to swap stimulus funds - U.S. aid can be exchanged for less restricted Measure R transit money, but projects must still meet guidelines
Los Angeles Times

Coming 405/22 Bridge Closure To Westward 7th St: OCTA Says It Met Last Year w/ LB City Mgm't
LB Report

Expo Line Transit Yard or Cultural Arts Center?
LAist

Freeway call boxes are going way of the cassette tape - Traffic officials want to rid freeways of free phone boxes
Orange County Register

From one destiny to another - Purchased more than a decade ago to become a rail yard, Bergamot Station has evolved into a premier arts destination, however, with fears of an Expo maintenance yard off Olympic Boulevard, some are wondering if Bergamot should go
Santa Monica Daily Press

Interstate 5 May Be First 'Green Freeway'
EcoGeek

LaHood Hits Back Hard Against Charges Of "Socialism"
Huffington Post

LAX may not meet deadline for federal safety standards, report says - Congress set a 2015 deadline for all U.S. airports to build or improve runway safety zones, but a report from the Department of Transportation says LAX and 10 others won't meet that deadline
Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Transportation Facts and Fiction: Driving and Delay
Freakonomics/New York Times

Mineta Transportation Institute Study Finds That People Use Transit Less Often Where Crime Rates Are High
EarthTimes

MTA cancels federal stimulus funds swap
Whittier Daily News

New Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid Buses being tested
BenzInsider

North America's First Hybrid Double Deck Bus Unveiled
VicNews

Officials: $400 million freeway project to create 12,000 jobs - County transit agency to hold meetings this month in Seal Beach, Rossmoor, Garden Grove and Westminster on project
Orange County Register

One Million Signed Up for TWIC - Milestone for high-tech identification card reached at West Coast center
Journal of Commerce

Our View: Memo to MTA Chief: Let's talk
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Runners encouraged to take Metro train to Pasadena marathon
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Southern California Business and Civic Leaders Urge Federal Legislators to Rev 'America's Recovery Engine'
PR Newswire

Stimulus money might not be enough for California - A state analysis of the federal stimulus indicates that California will get about $2 billion less than it needs to forestall the full tax hikes and budget cuts legislators approved last month
Los Angeles Times

Streetfilms: Take a Ride on the Seattle Streetcar
Streetsblog

Test drive for car sharing - The City of L.A. is working on alternatives to residents owning their own wheels
Daily Breeze

Train buffs can take advantage of Amtrak discounts
Mercury News

Welcome to Metro, Mr. Leahy
I Will Ride

What?! Small Cities are Selling Their Federal Stimulus Dollars
LAist