Expo Line Moves West, Gold Line Foothill, Reactions To Obama's Plan, High Speed Rail, CEQA, Gas Prices & More

3 Resign From Gold Line Board After Conflict-Of-Interest Complaint: L.A. Councilman Ed Reyes And Two Other Elected Officials Step Down From Metro Gold Line Foothill Construction Authority

Los Angeles Times

10 Years After 9/11, Security Is Still Agencies' Top Priority

Passenger Transport

AASHTO To President Obama: "States DOTs Are Ready To Work Now"

AASHTO Press Release

AEG's Assertion Of Carbon-Neutral Downtown Stadium Questioned By Environmentalists

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

APTA Commends President Obama For Focus On Creating Jobs Through Investing In Transportation Infrastructure

APTA Press Release

Arizona Must Reinstate Transit Program, Judge Rules

AZ Central

BHUSD President Clashes With Council Over Subway Fight: Lisa Korbatov Tells City Council Members That She Objects To A Tour Of The High School And "Clandestine" Meetings With Metro And County officials

Beverly Hills Patch

Bill Would Let Governor Protect Large Projects From Lengthy Challenges: The Effort To Redefine The Landmark California Environmental Quality Act Was Unveiled With Only One Day Left In The Legislative Session. The Impetus Is The Football Stadium Proposed For Downtown L.A.

Los Angeles Times

Clipper Card Hits Headwinds: Introduced Full Of Promise, The Mass Transit Payment System Has Encountered Glitches

Bay Citizen

Construction Of Expo Line's Second Part to Begin: This Phase Will Involve A New Group Of Contractors, A Fixed Budget And A Larger Contingency Fund For Unknown Costs, Says The Head Of The Expo Line Construction Authority

Los Angeles Times

Deal Would Prevent USDOT Shut Down

Transportation Issues Daily

Focus On Infrastructure Earns Associations' Approval Of Obama's Jobs Act ("The Washington-based U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), the National League of Cities (NLC), the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Smart Growth America (SGA), and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) all released statements supporting the plan.")

American City & County

Gas Prices Edge Higher In California

Los Angeles Times

High-Speed Rail A Big Opportunity For Business

Fresno Bee

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Backs American Jobs Act

White House Press Release

Metrolink Urges Vigilance Among Passengers

Inland News Today

Mica Not Interested In Obama's Infrastructure Play

Transportation Nation

New International Terminal Creates 40K Jobs At LAX

KABC-7

Obama's Jobs Bill: Heavy On Infrastructure, But Heavy Enough?

Infrastructurist

Orange County Business Council's Lucy Dunn Receives Mobility 21's Private Sector Leader Of The Year Award

MarketWatch

President's Jobs Plan Might Spell End Of California High-Speed Rail

NBC Los Angeles

Rail Advocates: House Bill Would Kill Amtrak

StreetsBlog DC

Republican Jobs Proposal Gets Law Wrong, Transportation Department Says

Huffington Post

Second Steps: The Riverside-Maple Greenway Will Connect Parks In Glendale

StreetsBlog LA

Sheriff's Officials Plan Extra Patrols On Trains And Buses During 9/11 Anniversary

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

SM Has 3 "Structurally Deficient" Buses: A Coalition Aiming To Modernize Infrastructure In The U.S. Also Cites Cutbacks To The Big Blue Bus

Santa Monica Patch

Union Pacific CEO Sees Rail-Crash Systems As "Terrible Waste"

Bloomberg

Vycon Plans To Tap Speeding Subway Trains For Immense Amounts Of Kinetic Energy

Inhabitat

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