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8/28/2009

Transportation Headlines for Friday August 28, 2009

AASHTO Website Offers Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Center for Transportation Research UT Austin

Altered boulevard remains work in progress
Santa Monica Daily Press

Burlington Northern Wants Automatic-Brakes Rule Eased
Bloomberg

Can California use Twitter to solve its budget crisis?
The Transit Wire

CityWatchLA - Great Cities Make Room for People
SoapBoxLA

CurbedWire: New Subway Canopies
Curbed LA

Don't Text and Drive!! Take public transit instead
Editor’s Note: WARNING – violent, graphic content
The Bus Bench

Man dies after being stunned with Taser at North Hollywood subway station
Los Angeles Times

Man dies after being Tasered at LA subway station
Huffington Post

More on density and rail
New York Times

New Direction and Goals Unveiled at National Transportation Forum
Cascadia Prospectus

New York MTA tests “revolutionary” bus
The Transit Wire

Oil companies should pay severance taxes
Ventura County Reporter

Passenger decline at LAX eases
Daily Breeze

Planning is Out of Sync with Reality
CityWatch

Recession prompts MARTA to spend on image
Atlanta Journal Constitution

Reduced service on bus routes proposed - Drop in state funding could force cutbacks
San Diego Union Tribune

US Department of Energy Allocates $300M for Alternative Fuel Projects
NGV Global News

What Should Be Done with the Crenshaw Corridor
LA Streetsblog

Whiney Santa Clarita Drivers Can't Handle New Bike Lanes
LAist