TN MOVING STORIES: Tolls Hit Carpoolers in Bay Area, NJ Transit May Get More Bike-Friendly

Transportation Nation | May 10, 2012

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A train in NJ (photo by Bikes on Transit via flickr)

Virginia's transportation secretary: we'll spend $150 million on the Silver Line if pro-labor incentives are eliminated from the next construction contract. (Washington Post)

The recession isn't over for public transit agencies -- even though ridership is increasing. (Washington Post)

New Jersey's transportation head is floating the idea of having NJ Transit pick up passengers at Manhattan bus stops. (Asbury Park Press)

And: NJ Transit may adopt a more bike-friendly policy on trains. (NorthJersey.com)

More tolls = less carpoolers on the Bay Area’s seven state-run bridges. (San Francisco Examiner)

Some DC residents are not happy about the city's plans to erect a memorial in their neighborhood to the people who died in a 2009 Metro crash. (WAMU)

Salt Lake City broke ground on its new streetcar line. (Salt Lake Tribune)

The head of the New York State Thruway Authority says he can't rule out toll hikes to help pay for the Tappan Zee Bridge. (Journal News)

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood blogs that NYC's Moynihan Station is "sure to become one of America's great train stations." (FastLane)

Sam Schwartz: one reason NYC needs my traffic plan is because Robert Moses's legacy means "18 wheelers are plowing through the surface roads of Brooklyn, and every year, a few kids die because of it.” (Observer)

Brilliant yet overlooked feature on modern cars: a dashboard arrow indicating what side of the car the gas tank is on. (Slate)

An eight-year-old pit bull was seriously injured after saving a woman from being struck by a train in Massachusetts. (Boston Globe)

Most pedestrian accidents in Vancouver involve cars making right or left turns -- not people jaywalking. (Vancouver Sun)

A&E will air a reality series about gentrification in South Boston. (Color Lines)

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