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5/19/2009

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday May 19, 2009

Budget Conference Committee to Convene
California’s Capitol

Commuter Abuse By MTA Guards Investigated By Sheriff's Department
LAist

Congress Reluctant to Shine Light on Transportation Earmarks
StreetsBlog

Gas prices creeping up as summer approaches
Pasadena Star News

GE to build cleaner train locomotive
Forbes

Hard Data Sought to Support More Funding for ''Active Transportation''
Smart Growth

High hopes for high speed
CS Monitor

How Can We Help Freight Move?
National Journal

L.A. City Council OKs job cuts and unpaid leave
Los Angeles Times

LADOT Proposes to Cut Full Funding from Bikeways Office
LAist

LADOT Proposes Eliminating Its Bikeways Department
LA StreetsBlog

LA Speed Limits: Business as Usual
CityWatch

Legislation Calls for National Plan
America 2050

More About the Worst Airport In America
CurbedLA

Obama wants tougher tailpipe emissions law
San Francisco Chronicle

Parking ease: a CSULBer's dream
Daily 49’r

Parking Madness Continues
LA Metblogs

Parking Signs Still Contradicting Meter Inserts
LAist

Railway Keeps Its Furloughed at Hand
Wall Street Journal

The skinny on freeway diamond lanes
Whittier Daily News

Sprawl stall
Press Enterprise

Stop This Train! Are trains slower now than they were in the 1920s?
Slate

Supervisors expected to oppose restrictive transportation bill
Desert Sun

Villaraigosa Tries to Corner Council on Privatized Parking
LA StreetsBlog

World's Largest and Only Zeppelin Coming to LA for Flightseeing Tours Memorial Day Weekend!
Westside Today