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5/13/2009

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday May 13, 2009

CTA Bus Tracker: E-mail alerts coming for all bus routes - Riders can get notices telling estimated arrival times of next 4 buses
Chicago Tribune

Dallas Area Rapid Transit board approves increasing bus, rail fares
Dallas Morning News

Evacuating Populations with Special Needs - Routes to Effective Evacuation Planning Primer Series
Transportation Research Board

Evaluation of Project Delivery Methods
Transportation Research Board

Federal Transportation Bill Is Coming… But When?
LA StreetsBlog

Formula for Success: My Thoughts (Transportation Reauthorization)
Freakonomics

Good Sam’s Blesses the Bikes
LA StreetsBlog

Guidebook for the Evaluation of Project Delivery Methods
Transportation Research Board

How Better Funding For Transit Could Create 2 Million Additional Jobs
Infrastructurist

Income-Based Equity Impacts of Congestion Pricing--A Primer
Transportation Research Board

Making their voices heard - Residents weigh in on future of Civic Center (Expo Light Rail)
Santa Monica Daily Press

Meet the Green: LA Getting Its First Hybrid Cabs
CurbedLA

More study, changes in store for Metrolink project (Perris Extension)
Press Enterprise

New tide is forming (Santa Monica Big Blue Bus)
Santa Monica Daily Press

New Transportation Agenda
Next American City

Port project would add jobs and reduce pollution
Press Telegram

Post Measure R Forum Update and Funding Clarification from Habib Balian
I Will Ride

Residents Plot Future of Civic Center, Downtown (Expo Light Rail)
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News

Rough Roads Ahead: Fix Them Now or Pay for It Later
Transportation Research Board

San Francisco MTA's Central Subway gains favorable FTA rating
Progressive Railroading

SCAG Plan Gets Part-Way To Needed Emissions Reductions
California Planning and Development Report

Senator Gil Cedillo's 710 Bill Passes CA Senate Appropriations on Unanimous, Bipartisan Vote
OBS News

Suit against Metrolink advances - Defense attorneys had argued that a class-action lawsuit would set a bad precedent
Glendale News Press

Technologies That Enable Congestion Pricing--A Primer
Transportation Research Board

TransLink passes BART tests, ready for summertime launch
Contactless News

Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter - April 2009
Federal Highway Administration

Transportation Reauthorizaton Ping Pong
Reason

Villaraigosa calls on City Council to declare a fiscal emergency
Los Angeles Times

Virtual Desktops cuts costs at Denver Transportation Agency
Network World

Volumes at ports of Long Beach, L.A. to fall 13.5% this year, forecast says
Press Telegram

Why the 'Safe Streets Bill' was Stalled
LAist