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2/03/2006

Transportation Headlines for Friday February 3, 2006

Audits offer different views - OMNITRANS: One report is critical of the agency, while the other gives a positive appraisal.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/sanbernardino/stories/PE_News_Local_B_baudit02.189bd29e.html
Riverside Press Enterprise

Bush Said to Plan Aid Request for Amtrak
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020101996.html
Washington Post

Caltrans seeks legislative approval for Ten Mile Bridge replacement
http://www.advocate-news.com/Stories/0,1413,95~3977~3223899,00.html
Ft. Bragg Advocate News

Fares increase, ridership drops; transit agency queries adviser – Riverside Transit Agency: A fare increase creates a drop in riders and a rise in questions for a group's consultant
http://www.pe.com/localnews/morenovalley/stories/PE_News_Local_S_rta02.18575583.html
Riverside Press Enterprise
Riverside Transit Agency: http://www.riversidetransit.com/fares/index.htm

Feds give $56.5 million to LAX: Homes soundproofing, runway fix to be funded
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3470118
Los Angeles Daily News

Governor Schwarzenegger Highlights Public Safety Budget and Strategic Growth Plan to Protect California's Communities
http://www.bakersfieldonline.us/news/read/3/64079
Bakersfield Online

L.A. County OKs bike trail upgrade
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3470301
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

LAX Gets More Federal Funds for Runway Project
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-airport3feb03,0,7911459.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

LAX runway plan gets a promise of cash: Transportation secretary pledges $29.5 million in federal aid to create "a safer airport." Mineta also announced grants for soundproofing nearby homes.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/2251277.html
Daily Breeze

L.B. walkout bogs down L.A. Port
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_3470228
Press Telegram

Loma Linda has plan to shush train whistles: Responding to complaints, the city will apply to establish "quiet zones" at two crossings
http://www.pe.com/localnews/sanbernardino/stories/PE_News_Local_P_btrain01.13201500.html
Riverside Press Enterprise

Man taking nap on tracks killed by train
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_3470421
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

NABI buyout heralds liquidation, bourse de-listing
http://www.bbj.hu/?module=displaystory&story_id=255818&format=html
Budapest Business Journal

New ID card is seen as top port security need: Official says that while cameras and radiation-screening gear help, credential program is the "major missing piece" to securing the area
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/2251297.html
Daily Breeze

Next Phase Of Port
http://www.gazettes.com/middleharbor02022006.html
Long Beach Gazette

Port’s State Must Focus On Ecology
http://www.gazettes.com/port02022006.html
Long Beach Gazette

Railroad proposed for international trade: In a bid to strengthen San Diego's ability to compete with California's metropolitan giants for billions in bond money, transportation officials Thursday unveiled a proposal for a freight railroad that would ship Mexican products from Otay Mesa to Escondido
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/03/news/top_stories/21_48_212_2_06.txt
North County Times/Californian

RFID to Ride N.Y. Subways
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/2112/1/1/
RFID Journal

San Diegans Participate in First-Ever 'Low-Car Diet'
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/02/01/209120.html
The Auto Channel

State approves funding for Hwy. 101 widening: The widening of Highway 101 through the heart of Santa Rosa will begin this spring, following today’s approval of emergency funding by the California Transportation Commission
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060202/NEWS/60202015/1033/NEWS01
Press Democrat

Street Car Revival In L.A.
http://www.larchmontchronicle.com/ArchiveDetail.asp?ArchiveID=591
Larchmont Chronicle

Surfing to the Metro (Metro online store)
http://www.laist.com/archives/2006/01/31/surfing_to_the_metro.php
LAist Blog

Take your education for a new ride: Taking the bus can provide a more moving learning experience than inert classrooms
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=35685
UCLA Daily Bruin

Traffic-easing funds idling: Scathing audit a 'road map' to jump-start projects
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3470086
Los Angeles Daily News

Ventura County public transit spins its wheels again
http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/coleen_cason/article/0,1375,VCS_221_4438676,00.html
Ventura County Star

Welcome or not, cell phones set for NY underground
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060203/tc_nm/life_cellphones_dc
Yahoo! News

White House backs off wholesale Amtrak budget cut
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-02-01T145747Z_01_N01233391_RTRUKOC_0_US-TRANSPORT-AMTRAK.xml
Reuters