Weekly Transportation News

Transit:

1. Star Tribune: Mass Transit Advocates Decry Proposed Cuts (TLC mentioned!)
2. MinnPost: Transit Advocates get their Chance to Lambaste GOP Budget Cuts (TLC mentioned!)
3. Human Transit: Basics: Walking Distance to Transit
4. MinnPost: Big Signing Tuesday of Fed Agreement to Pay $460 Million to Build Already Started Central Corridor Light Rail Line
5. Pioneer Press: Feds to Sign Commitment to Central Corridor Light Rail Funding
6. MPR: Federal Transit Administration Says It Will Keep Close Eye on Metro Council
7. Star Tribune: Bill Aims to Rein in Met Council
8. Mankato Free Press: Sheran Scores Vicotry for Outstate Transit
9. Pioneer Press: Tuesday is a Day to Celebrate Rail Leaders' Vision
10. Owatonna People's Press: Keep the 'Public' in Public Transportation
11. Politics in MN: $11.1M Available to Mitigate LRT Business Disruption
12. Daily Yonder: A Transportation Bill for Rural America
13. South Washington County Bulletin: Report: County could be Out of Transit Tax by 2014
14. Pioneer Press: It's Official: Federal Government Funds Half the $957 Million Central Corridor Project
15. MinnPost: Strife is O'er, Papers Signed; Feds Agree to Pay Half of Central Corridor Costs
16. Star Tribune: Expansion Planned for Apple Valley Transit Station
17. Star Tribune: Feds Put $478M Toward Light Rail
18. Transport Politic: A Step Ahead for Light Rail in the Twin Cities
19. Pioneer Press: A 5,000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
20. Economist: America's Transport Infrastructure: Life in the Slow Lane

Bike/Walk:

1. MinnPost: Danish Bicycle Expert: Minneapolis Can Triple Bike Ridership
2. DC Streets Blog: Under Pressure, AASHTO Withdraws Objection to Stronger Bike-Ped Rules
3. KAAL TV: School Bus Hits and Kills Bicyclist in Winona
4. MN Daily: Audrey Hull: A Free Spirit "Who Lived in the Moment"
5. Star Tribune: Driver Held in Fatal Hit-Run in Dinkytown
6. KSTP TV: Roseville Man and Mother Arrested in Dinkytown Hit and Run
7. InForum: Officials Urge Motorists to Share Road with Bikes
8. DC Streets Blog: Research Bolsters Case for Cycle Tracks While AASHTO Updates Guide
9. DC Streets Blog: Which Places Have the Best Complete Streets Policies?

Roads/Bridges:

1.  Star Tribune: Idea of Tunneling the St. Croix Still Has Life
2. Pioneer Press: Jim Hunt: Make a Big New Bridge Over the St. Croix Disappear
3. Rochester Post Bulletin: Time Right for Electric Cars
4. Per Square Mile: Tell Me How Much You Drive, And I'll Tell You Where You Live

Other:

1. MinnPost: Minneapolis Census Data Uncover a Bipolar City
2. The Source: U.S. Transportation Secretary Taps the Power of Social Media to Answer Your Questions
3. MN Daily: Let the Met Council Be
4. Star Tribune Editorials: Get Serious About the Met Council
5. TC Daily Planet: What to Do With a Broken Suburb?