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4/07/2009

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday April 7, 2009

2nd Annual Transportation Awards Competition to Recognize Outstanding Transportation Projects
PR NewsWire

37 Mile Trans-Catalina Trail Opens to Public
LAist

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Oversight Challenges Facing the Department of Transportation
Transportation Research Board

Bill Would Encourage States to Link Transportation, Land-Use Decisions
Smart Growth Onlne

Budget Preview: Furloughs, Private Partnerships
CityWatch

Calif. bullet train project gets $29 million
Ventura County Star

Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price Report
Transportation Research Board

Design approved for Simi Metrolink crash memorial
Ventura County Star

First a Better Zoo, Now Better Transit
CurbedLA

Gasoline prices rise in California, fall in U.S.
Los Angeles Times

Help Spend Stimulus Cash for Los Angeles
MetBlogsLA

H.R. 1835: Legislation for Natural Gas Transportation
Seeking Alpha

Infrastructure projects stall despite bond sale
San Francisco Chronicle

Los Angeles begins survey of historic buildings
Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Wants Google Transit!
Facebook

Metro's Gold Line Plans to Head Further Eastward to More Cities
LAist

Metrolink Proposing Fare Increase and Change in Transfer Policy
MetroLinkTrains

More Metro Meetings Coming Up: Gold Line Eastside Extension Phase II
StreetsBlogLA

MTA schedules meetings on South Bay transit corridor
Daily Breeze

NBC in Transit launches in N.Y., N.J. - News and entertainment will air on trains, at stations
Hollywood Reporter

Next Train Arrives: Maybe Year 2020
NBC

OCTA Cuts Leave Riders Stranded
New University

On the Waterfront: Port officials may delay container fee once again
Press Telegram

Port of LA to Start Solar Power Project
SNAMe

Recommended Best Practices for States Conducting Three-Year Safety Reviews
Transportation Research Board

Review of the City’s First Transit Race, from a Last-Place Finisher
StreetsBlogLA

Review of High-Speed Passenger Rail
Transportation Research Board

Rising Fear of a Future Oil Shock
New York Times

Streetcars that Time Forgot
TheFunctionality

Students Organize Protest
New American Media

Traffic Disruptions Leave Buses in the Cold
BlogDowntown

Transit Agencies in Bind Due to SILO Deals and AIG Collapse
Intellicafe

Transit-oriented adventure to Thai Town
LASubwayBlog

Two routes for subway to be studied
Daily News

U.S. traffic deaths lowest since 1961
UPI

Valley on Speed
CityWatch

Villaraigosa tells unions concessions needed to avoid layoffs - L.A.'s mayor says every city department must participate in 'sacrifice' to solve the budget crisis or 2,800 workers will have to be laid off
Los Angeles Times

Waxman-Markey: Putting America on the Road to a Clean Energy Transportation Future
NRDC

What does “immediate” mean to you? Maybe it means something different to our new man Art. We’ll be looking for those barriers in May of 2009.
The Bus Bench

What Role Should Public-Private Partnerships Play?
National Journal

Wireless Passenger Communication System
Transportation Research Board