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8/17/2009

Transportation Headlines for Monday August 17, 2009

Bay Area rail, union reach tentative agreement to avoid strike
Los Angeles Times

Big Trouble in Little Tokyo? Transportation Connector Fight Looms
LA Weekly

Case for a Wilshire/Crenshaw station
MetroRiderLA

City Council changes speed limits
Santa Monica Daily Press

Clean Air to Help LA, Long Beach Build Infrastructure
Journal of Commerce

Could Electric-Car Tax Credits Become the Next “Cash for Clunkers”?
LA Streetsblog

Does LADOT Headquarters Know What’s Happening in District Offices?
LA Streetsblog

Don't Run that Light! 14 Red Light Enforcement Cameras to be Installed along the Eastside Gold Line
LAist

Federal Funding for the Long Beach Airport will create up to 120 local jobs
EverythingLongBeach

FRA's proposed PTC rule would 'impose a financial burden beyond what Congress intended,' AAR says
Progressive Railroading

Getting on the Train of Environmental Justice – Light Rail, Another Take
CityWatch

Grim forecast for L.A. and Long Beach ports - The busiest U.S. seaport complex won't fully recover from the economic downturn until 2013, a report says. Imports at both facilities fell in July from a year earlier
Los Angeles Times

Investment Guru Says Oil Will Soon Be Cheap, Cheap, Cheap–Should We Ignore Him?
Infrastructurist

Is the Gateway Coach Express our ticket to SB375?
Sierra Madre Tattler

Letter to LADOT GM Rita Robinson regarding Reseda Bike Lane issues
Green LA Transportation Working Group

Metrolink gets $21.3M for rail safety system
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

MTA adding turnstiles to thwart subway fare cheaters - The L.A. County transit agency has used a gate-free honor system for decades. Cheaters cost the system at least $5 million a year in lost revenue
Los Angeles Times

Putting Urban Planning In the Hands of the People
Good

Regional Connector Debate Hits Little Tokyo
BlogDowntown

Send Us Your Photos!
Passenger Transport – America Public Transportation Association

Should Existing Interstate Highways Be Tolled?
National Journal

The Train Took Us
Highland Park

Things we do to live near transit
LA Subway Blog

TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program Releases Publications
Passenger Transport