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2/04/2006

Transportation Headlines for Saturday February 4, 2006

710 Freeway extension dealt setback
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_3474909
Whittier Daily News

Air Board Targets Rail Yards' Idling Threats: Southland officials move to limit the time trains can sit running unattended, spewing diesel fumes into nearby neighborhoods
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trains4feb04,0,7937938.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Bill to clear the air at diesel hubs advances: Oropeza-Horton measure to deal with smog at facilities that draw trucks, locomotives and ships heads for state Senate on narrow vote
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regstate/articles/2257632.html
Daily Breeze

Burbank revives plan to install downtown parking meters
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3474356
Los Angeles Daily News

Collision Course On Clean Air Standards: AQMD Adopts Tougher Locomotive Anti-Idling Rules Than CARB-RR MOU Accepted Statewide; Next Step Up To RRs
http://www.lbreport.com/news/feb06/aqmdmou.htm
Long Beach Report

Damaging lawsuit: Sierra Club lost its challenge to the Measure I half-cent sales tax on a technicality last month
http://www.pe.com/columns/cassiemacduff/stories/PE_News_Local_B_bcass03.1d7f5312.html
Riverside Press Enterprise

Frommer Introduces $500 Million for Rail Safety
http://www.coremg.net/newspapers.php?paper=burbankweekly&storyid=2898
Burbank Weekly

Rail line from border is proposed (Freight)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20060203-9999-1m3sandag.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Las Vegas plans monorail expansion from airport to Strip
http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=VEGAS-MONORAIL-02-03-06
Las Vegas Sun

Lawmakers, planners to discuss freight line
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20060204-9999-1mi4rail.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Idling diesel trains targeted
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_3474364
Long Beach Press Telegram

MTA breaks ground on new transit building
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_3475168
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

North America Ports Report Record Traffic: Some observers worry about tie-ups like those that plagued L.A. and Long Beach in 2004
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trains4feb04,0,7937938.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

OCTA to hold forums for public on Measure M
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/article_982961.php
Orange County Register

Suit's dismissal good news for area commuters
http://www.dailybulletin.com/opinions/ci_3469751
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Take an aspirin - your commute just got worse - RIVERSIDE TO LA: Rail improvements force Metrolink customers to improvise rides
http://www.pe.com/localnews/morenovalley/stories/PE_News_Local_H_metrolink03.1d38ee28.html
Riverside Press Enterprise