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8/29/2011

Lessons From Irene, Green Line LAX, Bike Sharing, PPPs In High-Speed Rail, 710, Metrolink & More


Santa Monica Mirror

KCET

New York Times

Chicago Sun-Times

Can Pay-Per-Mile Driving Programs Work? ("Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood got a spanking when he suggested one, but test programs have received positive responses from drivers. Like it or not, with gas tax revenue declining it may be the only option.")
Fast Company

Wall Street Journal

Doing Right By The Public: PPPs In High-Speed Rail ("As the retrenchment continues in the American public sector, private-sector investors are likely to play an important role in paying for fast train systems.")
Transport Politic

Fresno Bee

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

Fresno Bee

CityWatch

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Urban Times

California High Speed Rail Blog

LAist

Sacramento Bee

Ventura County Star

Gothamist

New York Times

Next-Gen Data And Information Frameworks For ITS (Intelligent transportation systems)
Terranautix

CBS News

New York Times

California High Speed Rail Blog

Transportation Issues Daily

Riverside Press-Enterprise

La Canada Valley Sun

What's It Going To Take? An Earthquake? ("Can transportation break through the mayhem? Will the gas tax be subjected to scrutiny and ridicule by Republican fiscal hawks? Or will it skate through unnoticed as part of the continuing resolution? Will the job creation in transportation resonate enough to engage lawmakers in maintaining the highway trust fund? Short of another earthquake, is there any hope for retaining current surface transportation spending levels?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog

Infrastructurist

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