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5/23/2009

Transportation Headlines for Saturday May 23, 2009

Activist Calls For Congressional Safety Hearings on Blue Line Safety
NBC

As social media becomes a hit with agencies, GSA plans more offerings
NextGov

Bus Stops of the Future: Are They Realistic?
Fast Company

California could run out of cash in two months
Mercury News

California Leads States In Job Losses
NPR

CityWatchLA - Street Safety: Disconnect Between ‘Walk’ and ‘Talk’
SoapBoxLA

DART shelters, stops equipped with solar lighting
Metro Magazine

DCTA signs $73M contract for 11 Stadler DMUs
Metro Magazine

Dear Metro: Fund the Gold Line Foothill Extension
I Will Ride

Dept. of Demographics: Who Rides Transit?
The Infrastructurist

DOT chief LaHood says Recovery Act making dent in recession
eTrucker

DSB reaches IC4 settlement with AnsaldoBreda
Railway Gazette

Economy expected to dampen region's holiday travel
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

House passes FAA reauthorization, Senate confirms new agency administrator
Government Executive

Improved Transit Stops Draw More Passengers, as ‘Elite’ Shows
Passenger Transport

Improving the Customer Experience: An Overview
Passenger Transport

Pedestrian Is Killed, So Let’s Ticket — Pedestrians?
StreetsBlog

Public Transportation is Providing the Ultimate Customer Experience
Passenger Transport

Rail Conference to Convene in Chicago; Szabo, Welbes to Keynote
Passenger Transport

Riders, many disabled, protest bus service cuts - Bus riders concerned about 'loss of independence' if lines are cut
Orange County Register

Rural Transit Bill Keeps Systems Running
American Chronicle

Using Google Transit on Google Maps for Mobile
LA Subway Blog

U.S. needs national freight transportation program and trust fund, freight coalition says
Progressive Railroading

Watching PBS’s ‘Road To The Future’
The Infrastructurist