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4/28/2009

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday April 28, 2009

All aboard high-speed rail expansion
TDN

Building Community through Transportation
Smart Growth

CityWatchLA - Bike Path to Blight Path … and No One to Blame
SoapBoxLA

CityWatchLA - Break for Taxi Parkers Stirs a Hornet’s Nest
SoapBoxLA

Commutes Speed Up as Fewer Drive - In a Mixed Blessing, Rising Unemployment Helps to Ease Congestion
Wall Street Journal

Contactless fare collection systems moving forward
ContactlessNews

EHNC Declares East Hollywood a "Pedestrian Oriented Community"
SoapBoxLA

Expansion of 118 freeway leads to many more speeders
Daily News

Feds, Mayors Group Announce Plans for Clean Cities
Reuters

First commercial NFC service launched in Malaysia - The new Maxis FastTap service lets customers use Nokia NFC phones to make Visa PayWave contactless transactions and pay for tolls, transit, parking and theme park charges
NearFieldCommunications

Fitch Places Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (California) on Watch Negative
EarthTimes

Gas Company to Award Metropolitan Transportation Authority More Than $600,000 for Adoption of Solar Power, Energy Efficiency
MarketWire

Google Transit and L.A. Metro
NotSoObligatoryJournal

Government Study Puts DesertXpress, California-Nevada High Speed Train, on the Fast Track - Public Hearings Scheduled for First-Ever Privately Funded Environmental Impact Statement for High Speed Rail in the United States
Marketwatch

Judge kills parts of ports' clean-truck program
Press Telegram

Long Beach Airport expansion debated in appeals court
Press Telegram

Metrolink Board Holds Fare Increases
LA StreetsBlog

Metro Unveils 1.2 Megawatt Solar Installation
BlogDowntown

Palmdale Facility Rides Super Fast Air Transit Wave - Work Reinforces Cutting-Edge Focus of Region
San Fernando Valley Business Journal

Port of LA solar power project finally gets moving
Press Telegram

Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council Update: Contactless Fare Collection Systems Moving Ahead, New Council Officers Elected
MarketWire

Stimulus Funding for Biking and Walking
Smart Growth

Students May Pay for Campus Shuttles
UC San Diego Guardian

Subway Meetings Offer WeHo Line Hope
WeHo News

What’s Wrong With SAFETEA-LU — and Why the Next Bill Must Be Better
StreetsBlog