Significant Rail News, June 27, 2014
Next State Senate Leader Kevin de León Wants Jerry Brown To Rethink Bullet Train
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-cap-de-leon-20140621-column.html
New Lawsuit Challenges California Cap And Trade Money For High Speed Rail
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Lawsuit-counters-high-speed-rail-air-quality-plans-5573733.php
Jerry Brown [May] Get $250 Million/Year+ In Cap And Trade Money For HSR
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_25975450/long-term-money-big-boost-high-speed-rail
Close But No Cigar Dept: Light Rail Station To Serve LAX Vicinity
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11537491/train-station-to-connect-metro-rail-lines-with-lax-approved?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASS140621002
NIMBys Rally Against Private Sector All Aboard Florida Intercity Rail Service In Palm Beach County
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11537496/negron-joins-all-aboard-florida-opposition?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASS140621002
Deja Vu All Over Again Dept: Texas Transportation Commission Approves El Paso Trolley Money
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11537492/texas-transportation-commission-approves-97m-for-trolleys-in-el-paso?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASS140621002
Minnesota: New LRT Green Line Increases Total Area Transit Ridership by 12,000/Day First Week
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11535659/green-line-averages-more-than-27000-riders-in-first-week
San Francisco Central Subway Digging Done
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11534108/sf-central-subways-big-dig-done?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASS140619002
NIMBYs Try Increasingly Desperate Tactics To Block Kansas City Streetcars
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11533383/opponents-of-kc-streetcars-file-ethics-complaint-say-engineering-study-is-electioneering?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASS140618002
From The Dark Side/Free Parking Not Worth Dying For Dept: Dead Continue To Get Free Parking
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nevius/article/They-re-dead-yet-they-still-get-free-parking-5573353.php
BART Announces Parking Fees Increase
http://news.kron4.com/news/bart-announces-parking-fees-increase/
Houston vs. Dallas Rail Transit: Center City vs. Suburban Rail Lines
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11532566/dallas-houston-follow-different-paths-on-rail-development?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASS140617002
California HSR and Amtrak Cancel Joint Bid For HSR Trains
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_26004998/california-and-amtrak-cancel-joint-bids-high-speed
Editorial: Transportation Sales Tax In Santa Clara County Goes Off Rails (sic)
http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_25996607/Milpitas-Post-editorial:-Calling-off-transportation
Senators Propose 12-Cent Federal Gasoline Tax Increase
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11528251/senators-propose-12-cent-gas-tax-increase?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASS140613003
Hey, Decades Of “Bus-titution” Would Have Told You That Dept: Memphis Ridership Plummets After Trolleys Sidelined
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11528247/downtown-ridership-drops-after-trolleys-mothballed?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASS140613003
Yes, Oil Industry Will Blame Cap And Trade For High 2015 Prices Dept: Sticker Shock Coming To CA Gas Pumps
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/06/19/6493995/viewpoints-sticker-shock-coming.html
Deja Vu All Over Again Dept: Historic St. Paul, MN Train Station Opens As “New” Transportation Hub
http://www.metro-magazine.com/article/story/2014/06/historic-st-paul-depot-revived-as-modern-multimodal-hub.aspx?utm_campaign=Rail-Transit-NEW-20140618&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Enewsletter
Jerry Brown’s FY 2014-15 Budget Keeps HSR Alive, But What Now?
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/06/17/6491122/dan-walters-budget-keeps-gov-browns.html
Friday Funnies (Not Cat Blogging!)/At Least It Wasn’t A Train Dept: New Community Column Kicks Off With Memories Of (Famed?) FART
http://www.dailyrepublic.com/featured-stories/new-community-column-kicks-off-with-memories-of-famed-fart/
Vote Means Local Property Owners Agree To Fund Pittburg eBART Station
http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_25977528/vote-gives-pittsburg-ebart-station-efforts-big-boost
Et Tu, BART/LA Metro? Dept: Overnight Subway Service Returns To Philly
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11525280/overnight-subway-services-return-toasted?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASS140610002
Oakland Airport BART Connector To Cost $6.00 Each Way
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11520381/6-rides-for-barts-oakland-airport-connector?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASS140607002
Road Program Perhaps Quite Not So Overextended Dept: Oregon DOT Postpones Road Construction Program For A Year
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11520379/odot-postpones-road-construction-projects-due-to-federal-funding-uncertainty?utm_source=MASS+NewsViews+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MASS140607002
BART “Fleet Of The Future” Final Design Based On Passenger Feedback to Prototype Trains
http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/bart-fleet-of-the-future-final-design-will-be-based-on-prototype-feedback/Content?oid=2821866