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1/13/2006

Transportation Headlines for Friday January 13, 2006

405 lane to win OK
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3397884
Los Angeles Daily News

Amtrak Remains Relevant Transport Link
http://www.forbes.com/home/economy/2006/01/11/us-transport-amtrak_cx_0112oxford.html
Forbes

Anti-abortion ad on BART angers activists: Many placards have been defaced or destroyed
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/13/BAGT9GMTU81.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

A SoCal Solution To Huge Truck and Port Problems
http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=57854&type_news=latest
dbusiness news

Gasoline prices shoot upward: Dramatic rise seen since start of year
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_3398672
Whittier Daily News

Glendale crosswalks now blink to alert drivers to pedestrians
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3397268
Los Angeles Daily News

Gold Line faces delay: Funding requires ridership model (Foothill Extension)
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_3398206
Pasadena Star News

Governor seeks anti-terror cash
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14068321p-14899086c.html
Sacramento Bee

L.A.'s trapped in a monster traffic jam, and there's no exit in sight: Infatuation with the automobile means no one is wiling to make the effort to make region's transit system work
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/columnists/bogert/articles/2187557.html
Daily Breeze

LAist Rides the Holly Trolley, Part I
http://www.laist.com/archives/2006/01/12/laist_rides_the_holly_trolley_part_i.php
LAist Blog

Latest Southern California Report Card A Mixed Bag: Traffic Congestion – F, Housing Costs - D, Education – D, Air Quality – C, Employment – B, Safety – B
http://www.coremg.net/newspapers.php?paper=pasadenaindependent&i=7&storyid=2674
Pasadena Independent

Project OK'd to add a traffic lane to Rosecrans: County will contribute $300,000 for widening congested street in Manhattan Beach
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/2187957.html
Daily Breeze

Schwarzenegger to sign bill to ease freeway construction
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regstate/articles/2195427.html
Daily Breeze

Supervisors 'sign off' on tentative agreement to drop suit against LAX plan
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2006/01/12/news_-_features/lax/1lax.txt
The Argonaut

Venice: Grass Roots Venice committee doesn't support new MTA bus yard redevelopment plan
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2006/01/12/news_-_features/top_stories/2v.txt
The Argonaut

With a State Park at Stake, Opponents of O.C. Tollway Extension Offer Directions
Environmental groups back a beltway and I-5 widening to avoid building the Foothill South turnpike through San Onofre State Beach
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollroad13jan13,0,290924.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times