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5/15/2009

Transportation Headlines for Friday May 15, 2009

5th District Candidates Tell Why They Deserve Your Vote
Jewish Journal

Alameda Corridor feels effects of trade slowdown - Revenue and traffic fall along with activity at the ports of L.A. and Long Beach. About $2 billion in the rail route's bonds are placed on 'rating watch negative
Los Angeles Times

California could lose a congressional seat
Orange County Register

Congress Takes a First Step Towards Reshaping Transportation Policy
StreetsBlog

Dan Walters: Scare tactics or the day of reckoning?
Sacramento Bee

DC Metro Board's Finance Committee Approves Use of Bank Cards at Fare Gates
Washington Post

Drill, Baby, Drill in Hancock Park
CurbedLA

Government Retrofit: Federal Coordination
Citiwire

Highway 118, Rice interchange projects get state funding
Ventura County Star

Homes built for a new American Dream
Marketplace

Learning from Los Angeles
Urban Land Institute

Los Angeles makes hailing a cab easier and the three-point seatbelt turns 50
Marketplace NW

Metrolink won't help pay for Simi Valley crash memorial
Ventura County Star

New report says tough times in international trade are hurting LA port outlook
89.3 KPCC

Officials urge MTA to move ahead with South Bay transit link
Daily Breeze

Public meetings to discuss Bradley terminal project EIR set for June 3rd and 6th
The Argonaut

Repaving to shut down LB Freeway sections
Press Telegram

Restored Pacific Electric Railway ‘Red Car’ would be centerpiece of proposed Venice Heritage Museum
The Argonaut

Schwarzenegger outlines drastic budget cuts
Los Angeles Times

Venice sees Red Car as center of history museum
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

Walkable Communities: East Holly NC Leads Way
CityWatch

Welcome to the Blogroll: I Will Ride
LA StreetsBlog

Why Arnold's May 19 Bailout Is Failing
LA Weekly