Another delay pushes Expo Line opening to late 2011 - A September report projects a 50-week delay in opening the 8.6-mile light-rail system from downtown L.A. to Culver City. The project is about half finished
Los Angeles Times
California Leads Nation with Over $2 Billion in Federal Obligations for Highway Transportation Recovery Act Funding
Office of the Governor
Car sharing is seen as way to ease city traffic
Daily News
City of Duarte creates committee for Gold Line extension
Pasadena Star News
Evaluating the Highway-Transit Compromise
Transport Politic
Federal Proposal Would Spend $154 Million on Vehicle Tracking Tax - Oregon congressman wants to spend taxpayer money to develop nationwide vehicle tracking and taxing technologies
TheNewspaper
Gasoline prices keep rising in California while falling nationwide
Los Angeles Times
Green transit advocates seek advantage
Politico
Hollywood & Western - "No-Man's Land"
SoapBoxLA
How Can We Improve Transportation Security?
National Journal
LAWA director seeks to reverse decades of LAX underinvestment
Jane’s
McCain Includes Wilshire Bus Lanes, Gold Line Extension in Amendments to Curb 'Wasteful Spending' by Fed
LAist
McCain’s List of Wasteful Transit Includes Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes and Gold Line Extension
LA Streetsblog
Mineta Transportation Institute Publishes Study on Recruiting Candidates into Transportation Careers
Reuters
Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Options Exist to Enhance Transportation Planning Capacity and Federal Oversight. GAO-09-868, September 9
US GAO
Survey Supplement
Muni checks security cameras in wake of attack
San Francisco Chronicle
NPR Looks At High Speed Rail
The Infrastructurist
NY City Council To MTA CEO: “(MTA) Operational Data Should Be Wholly In The Public Domain”
Station Stops
Oberstar Stands Firm on Transportation Bill, Gets Industry Backup
LA Streetsblog
Punching Holes
Riding in Riverside
REGION: North County riders sing early Compass Card blues - Software upgrades start to fix some problems
North County Times
South Coast Air Quality Management District Approves Funding for 483 Natural-Gas-Fueled Trucks To Replace Diesel Trucks for Drayage at Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles
Reuters
Three on maglev
Transit Wire
Transit TV Programming Returning to Metro Buses - Sun Valley Firm Buys Assets After Bankruptcy Filing
San Fernando Valley Business Journal
Walking on glass: New eco-friendly pavement
Transit Wire
Who Controls Data About Public Transportation?
Electronic Frontiers Foundation
Zipcar Partners with City Officials, UCLA & USC to Expand Car Sharing in Los Angeles
Reuters