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2/01/2010

Transportation Headlines for Monday February 1, 2010

TheSource.metro.net

Airlines Must Team Up With Rail To Ease Congestion
Wired

All Aboard High-Speed Politics
Washington Post

Angels Flight Closure Hits Nine Years: As Railway Remains Grounded, City Official Calls Lack Of Progress "Pathetic"
Los Angeles Downtown News

Biden Says High-Speed Rail Money Ignored Politics: Was He Right?
LA StreetsBlog

The “Bike-Ped.” State Of The Union Has Some Interesting Information For L.A. County
L.A. StreetsBlog

Brainstorming A Better Commute
(developers meet with MassDOT officials to brainstorm apps that use real-time data, resulting in ideas ranging from smart-card frequent-commuter rewards to bus arrival times on a wristwatch)
Boston Globe

California Cellphone Rules Don’t Appear To Be Reducing Car Accidents, Study Finds
Los Angeles Times

Can High-Speed Rail Succeed In America?
Time

Car Sharing In High Demand: Demand For ZipCar Service "Bursting At The Seams"
NBC-4

Clicklist: Living Car-Free
Green LA Girl

Corona Transit Goes Solar
Riverside Press-Enterprise

Gold Line Expansion Project Coming In Summer?
MyFox LA

Gold Line Extension Looks On Track for June Ground-Breaking, Officials say
Pasadena Star-News

If Your Bus Is Late, Should The Agency Pay?
Human Transit

In The Case Of MTA Vs. Tutor-Saliba
LA Observed

Investment, Not Spending
California High Speed Rail Blog

Is Obama Spending The High-Speed Rail Money Wisely?
National Journal Transportation Blog

Las Vegas Monorail Has Few Profitable Options: Despite Bleak Financial Picture, CEO Still hopes To Expand Line To Airport
Las Vegas Sun

Many High-Speed Rail Jobs Could Go To Foreign Companies With Fast-Train Experience
Canadian Business

More From The W Hollywood: All About The Metro Station
LA Curbed

No Bullet Train Money For SD, Riverside Counties
North County Times

Not All CA HSR Advocates Are Happy With Stimulus Decisions
California High Speed Rail Blog

Riverside County Launches 511 Service
Palm Springs Desert Sun

The Runaway Subsidy Train
Wall Street Journal

State Lawmaker Looks To End Free Parking Spots
KABC-7

Talking Transport Security Trends
(engineering and integration security systems across all transportation sectors)
Airport Technology

Tardy Transit? Tweet To The Top
Wired

To Encourage Bicycle Commuting, Cyclists Get Lunch Deals In Long Beach
LAist

Visualization’s Next Frontier: The Time Has Come For This Tool To Advance From Use As A Conceptual Exhibit To Full Integration Into the Project Development Process
Public Roads

When Doomsday No Longer Feels Dramatic
(Most major transit cuts being announced by stressed agencies are more than a warning, but after years of averted service cuts, there is little public outrage now over actual reductions in operations)
Transport Politic

Who's Biking?: Choice Or Necessity
Honking In Traffic