TransportGooru Headline News Agrregator Dispatch – March 26, 2009
LA Transportation Blog: Todays’s Headlines – March 26, 2009
- AM Commute Bomb Scare Shut Down Pershing Square Station – LAist
- AnsaldoBreda Plays Corporate Incentive Politics with L.A. – Transport Politic
- Behind the Orange Curtain: Massive Service Cuts at OCTA – StreetsBlogLA
- Blowback: The full story on AnsaldoBreda’s L.A. rail-car proposal – The company’s plans would bring jobs to the area and keep taxpayer dollars close to home – Los Angeles Times
- Fleming appointed to MWD – A Observed
- Google makes changes to search results – The search engine giant launches a technology to better understand what people are looking for. It also will give longer snippets after the search title, with relevant words in bold – Los Angeles Times
- How a world-class transit line works – in Los Angeles! – NRDC Switchboard
- IBM hops aboard high-speed rail – Cnet
- Inspired by Obama, Schwarzenegger Presents Recovery.ca.gov – LAist
- Locals seek to include Gold Line extension in MTA’s long-range transit plan – Pasadena Star News
- Loose Lips LaHood Turns Timid on Transportation Policy – Wired
- Map of the Day: Unemployment in California – LAist
- Measure R and Metro – CurbedLA
- Metro Board: Finally a Discussion of the LRTP – StreetsBlogLA
- No More Free DASH Transfers in Downtown, Now Monthly Passes – LAist
- NY M.T.A. Increases Fares and Cuts Services – New York Times
- Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus Using Stimulus Cash to Buy Hybrids – LAist
- Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus to Receive Nearly $13 Million in Federal Economic Stimulus Funds; Plans to Infuse Money Back into Economy with New Contracts – Business Wire
- Santa Monica rail yard idea stirs alarm at arts complex – Nearby residents suggest Bergamot Station as a site for an Expo Line maintenance yard. They don’t want the facility built, as now proposed, close to their homes – Los Angeles Times
- Southern California ports’ economic storm may calm by year’s end – An economist’s outlook is a bright spot at a shipping conference. Some warn that Los Angeles and Long Beach are at risk of losing their competitive edge to other ports in the U.S. and Canada – Los Angeles Times
- Transit Time Map: Find a Walkable Place to Live – Walkscore
Streetsblog: Today’s Headlines – March 26, 2009
- Doomsday Arrives: Worst Service Cuts Since 70s Set to Take Effect (NYT, News, Post, NY1)
- Michael Daly: Kruger, Espada, and Diaz Betrayed New York City (News)
- Albany Has About a Month to Undo the Damage (News, MTR)
- Post to Shelly: Force the Issue, Pass a One-House MTA Rescue Package
- Brodsky, Perkins Intro ‘MTA Reform’ Bill (Newsday)
- State Sen. Dilan’s Transit Funding Idea: Re-Introduce the Commuter Tax (Politicker)
- Post Reporter Takes ‘Thrilling’ Run Though Manhattan Streets in Novelty Electric Car
- …And Here’s Another Reminder That Electric Cars Can’t Cure the Ills of Automobility (NYer)
- Gehry Retracts Comment That Atlantic Yards Is Dead (Bklyn Paper)
- In Time for Tax Season: A Guide to the Bike Commuter Benefit (WashCycle via Streetsblog.net)
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