TransportGooru Headline News Aggregator Dispatch – March 30, 2009
LA Transportation Blog – Transportation Headlines for Monday March 30, 2009
- Amtrak To Improve CRM, Passenger Information, Employee Information Management With Stimulus Money- TMCnet
- Brookings to Congress: Integrate Housing and Transportation Planning – Planetizen
- Chicago transit: Ideas to reach 1 billion rides a year – CTA rider wins $5,000 first-place prize with his proposal – Chicago Tribune
- City plans meetings on Olympic-Pico traffic plan – Los Angeles Times/LA Now
- Economic Outlook: Distribution – Hard road ahead – Truckers slog through recession, face tough air rules – San Bernardino Sun
- Envisioning a New Los Angeles – LA Observed
- Goods movement key to SB County – Daily Bulletin
- Hearings set for Blue and Gold light rail link plans –Daily News
- High Desert logistics hub pushes on – San Bernardino Sun
- Hodge-podge in a ‘World Class City’ – Santa Monica Daily Press
- Homeless in Lancaster get free bus tickets to go away – Los Angeles Times
- Hooray for Victorville – California High Speed Rail Blog
- LA/ONT cargo preparing for takeoff – San Bernardino Sun
- New Hybrid Rotary engine from Mazda – Alternative Transit
- New Round of Regional Connector Meetings – LA Downtown News
- On the FAST Track – With Downtown Skyscrapers on His Resume, Developer Jim Thomas Sets His Sights on Alleviating L.A.’s Gridlock – LA Downtown News
- Police agencies ride the rails for safety – Press Enterprise
- San Francisco’s hybrid taxis prove their worth – Los Angeles Times
- SEPTA budget proposal: No fare increases or service cuts – Philly.com
- Stretches of 110 Freeway will be closed in coming week – Daily News
- T’s budget pain felt in cities across U.S. – Riders could soon be paying more money for less service on the MBTA, but commuters across the country are not immune from the same plight – Metro
- U.S. Infrastructure Report Card: D – AllGov
Streetsblog – Transportation Headlines for Monday March 30, 2009
- Albany Hashing Out MTA Rescue Plan Behind Closed Doors — Tolls Off the Table? (News, CBS, NY1)
- Van Driver Jumps Curb, Kills Pregnant Woman in Midtown (NYT, News)
- News Begins Series on Albany Dysfunction (Here’s Part 2)
- Post: Bloomberg, Not State Senators, Likely to Get Hit With Fallout From MTA Crisis
- Obama Initiates Next Phase of Carmaker Bailout (NYT, WNYC)
- Are Road Builders Underbidding for Stimulus Projects? (NYT)
- Some 8th Ave Biz Owners Don’t Want Their Street to Be Safer for Cyclists and Peds (Chelsea Now)
- The State of Traffic Justice in NYC (Gotham Gazette)
- China’s Subway Boom Not Keeping Pace With Car Sales and Sprawl (NYT)
- Bike Corral Spotted in Baltimore (Rebuilding Place via Streetsblog.net)
Transportation for America – Transportation Headlines for Monday March 30 2009
- Chicago Transit Authority solicits advice from its users on how to improve the quality of its system. (Chicago Tribune)
- Arizona looks at the exorbitant — and often unnoticed — overall costs of transportation for its residents. (Arizona Republic)
- A New York City transit user looks at the some of the more hidden costs of bus service cuts. (New York Times)
- China struggles to match its automobile growth with ambitious new transit construction. (New York Times)
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