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Daily Transit Links Roundup for 6/3/08

Contributed by Fred Camino on June 3rd, 2008 at 9:42 am

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Metro wins at the Rail Rodeo, a competition to see which agency is the best at rail maintenance, for the second year in a row. America’s Best!
Wendy Greuel talks about the staggering costs of traffic congestion in Los Angeles.
The United States gets a D+ in transit infrastructure which generally means people are stuck in their pricey gas-guzzling cars or on over-crowded buses. Land of the free!
Marketplace takes a look at the ridership/infrastructure gap. It seems the idea that transit is just for poor people doesn’t bode well in a era where everyone is poor because of pricey gasoline.
Congestion pricing works! For the wealthy, L.A.’s freeways are suddenly fun to drive on again.
Los Angeles used to be a two funicular town. How the mighty have fallen.
Santa Clarita Transit to add GPS tracking information at 35 busy bus stops.

funicular • gas prices • gps • rail rodeo • traffic congestion • transit infrastructure

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Actually, three funiculars:
http://www.erha.org/washington.htm (Mt. Washington Railway)

Comment by cph on June 3rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm »Reply«
More funiculars (in LA County, not LA city) here:

http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/cclafun.html

Comment by Robb on June 3rd, 2008 at 1:10 pm »Reply«

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