TN MOVING STORIES: Delhi's BRT System Panned, Anaheim Launches Bike Share

Transportation Nation | Jul 19, 2012

Top stories on TN:
Front of NYC’s MetroCard Now Prime Ad Space (link)
Port Authority Says Bayonne Bridge Will Be Raised In Time For Super Ships (link)
California Governor Signs Bullet Train Bill (link)

Roads signs in the Massachusetts Berkshires (photo by Dougtone via flickr)

California's newly signed high-speed rail bill will bring transit upgrades to the Bay Area -- but it's going to take a while. (Wall Street Journal)

The city councils of Oakland and San Leandro, California, approved a BRT route linking the two cities. (Mercury News)

New York City is mulling sweeping changes to how street food is prepared and sold. (WNYC)

Ocean County (NJ) officials have approved $600,000 to plan and build the next segment of its popular bike/pedestrian rail trail. (Asbury Park Press)

Anaheim is about to launch California's first bike share system. (KCET)

One Rockland County legislature wants New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to commit to studying a future mass transit system for the Tappan Zee Bridge. (Journal News)

Boston Herald: Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick paved some roads in the Berkshires so Michelle Obama could avoid potholes. (Link)

Is American Airlines dragging its heels on a merger with US Airways? (NPR)

New York transpo roundtable: quick conversations with Charles Fuschillo, Joe Lhota, James Vacca and Janette Sadik-Khan. (City & State)

Eight city slogans -- from the obvious to the less so -- and what they might mean. (This Big City)

Republicans want to privatize some air traffic control towers. (The Hill)

Train drivers in East Midlands, England, plan to strike for three days during the Olympics. (BBC)

A new report says Delhi's BRT system is a failure and it should be scrapped. (Times of India)

 

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