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Transportation headlines, Thursday, August 7

Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison!  $11 billion later, high-speed rail is inching along (New York Times)  The top of the story: WASHINGTON — High-speed rail was supposed to be President [continue reading]

Transportation headlines, Monday, August 4

Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison!  It’s about the money: Yale on Metro’s plans and priorities (The Planning Report) Very interesting interview with David Yale, Metro’s Managing Executive Officer of Countywide Planning [continue reading]

Transportation headlines, Thursday, July 10

Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison!  Dueling highway funding plans moving ahead in Congress (Bloomberg)  Both the House and Senate plans would shore up the Highway Trust Fund through next May; [continue reading]

Transportation headlines, Wednesday, July 2

Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison!  Garcetti’s anniversary spin (on Metro) includes World Cup stop (L.A. Times)  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recognized his first anniversary in office by tooling around [continue reading]

Transportation headlines, Monday, June 23

Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison!  Los Angeles man dies week after assault at Metro Blue Line station (L.A. Times) A 65-year-old man who was assaulted by two women at the [continue reading]

Transportation headlines, Friday, June 6

Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison!  Kern County votes to sue over high-speed rail review (Bakersfield Californian)  The Kern County Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 to file a state [continue reading]

Transportation headlines, Monday, April 7

Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison!  Move LA’s Measure R 2 proposal, including their rail fantasy map (Streetsblog L.A.)  A look at the activist group’s “strawman proposal” for a half-cent sales tax [continue reading]

Transportation headlines, Friday, March 28

Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison!  Bullet train won’t meet targeted travel time, lawmakers told (L.A. Times)  The High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group told legislators in Sacramento that it’s very unlikely [continue reading]