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Daily Transit Links Roundup for 7/2/08

Added on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Bike on Metro

The bike/train debate goes on. Are bike riders classist? Racsist? Worse? Read more at The Bus Bench.
Move a fourth of the freight from trucks to trains, save the world?
What would you do with $40 billion big ones? Here’s what Metro would do.
Is McCain’s disdain for mass transit the nail in his presidential coffin?
CalTrain makes room for bikes on their trains, but even that’s not enough.

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Daily Transit Links Roundup

Added on Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Freeway Sprawl

Image courtesy of Kevin.

Read this hilarious response to the MetroRider and Streetsblog letter to the editor regarding the Feuer legislation.
Feds offer $213 million to fund HOT lanes in Los Angeles.
The housing crisis stalls sprawl as consumers become acutely aware of the high price of a long commute.
Clinton is with McCain on the Gas Tax Holiday. Obama not so much.
Good news! Metro considering service cuts, Metrolink looking at fare hikes.

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Added on Friday, April 18th, 2008

Pedicab in San Diego

Image courtesy of SoulCookie.

Cal State Long Beach students love their cars, hate the idea of paying for the damage they cause.
The Big Blue Bus 10 beats Metro 439 in the Great Bus Race 2008. Gloating ensues.
Metrolink could be heading to Redlands by 2015.
Downtown Long Beach pwns Downtown L.A. again. Pedicabs being introduced this weekend.
Riverside Transit agency is adding electronic panels with real time bus arrival information to 70 bus stops.
McCain’s Gas Tax Summer Holiday not such a hot idea.
An ex-New Yorker takes a ride on the Red Line and shares his opinion.

Posted in Morning Commute | 4 Comments »

Daily Transit Links Roundup

Added on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Metro train

Image courtesy of alistairmcmillan.

Presidential candidate McCain proposes giving the gas tax a summer vacation as a way to stimulate the economy.
Tired of that Expo Line Phase I drama? Why not build Phase II first?
A new lengthy, detailed, and highly informative article has been posted over on Metro’s Imagine Blog. Read it now for shocking information about the future Westside subway.
Advocates continue to try and get the Green Line to LAX.

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