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5/27/2009

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday May 27, 2009

710 Extension: Must Tunnel
CurbedLA

Blue Line Train & Car Collide Near Downtown
LAist

Burbank Plans Intermodal Transit Center
Aviation News Today

California gas prices rise 11.3 cents
Los Angeles Times

California Senate weighs in on bandit taxis, 710 extension - Senators approve a $1,250 penalty for unlicensed taxis -- a particular problem in Los Angeles -- and a bill stipulating that any 710 Freeway extension consist of a tunnel
Los Angeles Times

CARB To Release $90 Million For Freight Emissions Projects
Cunningham Report

Caught on tape: Wheelchair woes on MTA
ABC

Do New Demographics Require New Approaches?
National Journal Transportation Blog

Equity issues in Transportation Financing and Transportation Libraries in the Digital Age: Essential Resources
TR News, March/April Issue

Goldberg: Highest Priority; Game Changers
CityWatchLA

iMove: A real-time Google Maps implementation for Vancouver traffic
GPS Obsessed

Inland goods movement issue at a crossroads
Press Enterprise

Lawmakers: 710 Freeway extension must be underground
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

Long Beach Port Will Furlough Workers
Journal of Commerce

Lose the Traffic. Keep That Times Square Grit
New York Times

Metro Blue Line train hits car
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

Metro Gold Line Rail Safety (Video)
Metro Library YouTube Channel

Museum Express Bus starts June 2
Seal Beach Daily

NYC Transit App for BlackBerry - see schedules offline
Blackberry Cool

Obama’s Transportation Secretary Says He Wants to ‘Coerce People Out of Their Cars’
CNS News

Orange line was a missed opportunity for light rail
Daily News

Poll: Economists Say Recession Likely To End In '09
NPR

Proven Business Strategy that will Save LA from Bankruptcy: Partnership with the Customers
CityWatchLA

Schwarzenegger says drastic budget cuts are 'the message of the people' - 'The voters sent a very clear message to Sacramento: Live within your means, cut spending, slash the size of government, get rid of the waste and the inefficiency and don't raise taxes,'
Los Angeles Times

Stimulus Money: Little spent so far
American Public Works Association

Transportation Districts Charting New Course to Stretch Shrinking Budgets
Public CEO

Washington friendliest state for bikes
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Wheelchairs on buses not always secured
ABC News