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4/13/2006

Transportation Headlines for Thursday April 13, 2006

2 Councilmen Back $1.5 Billion for Road Repairs
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-roads13apr13,1,6524821.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

$300M Orange County Mixed-Use Community In Works
http://snipurl.com/p4ck
Commercial Property News

Arcadia election turnout high (Gold Line Foothill Extension, Measure A)
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_3705099
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Bond proposed to fix ailing streets
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/2626696.html
Daily Breeze

Carpooling Drops as US Expands HOV Lane Network: Despite the increased construction of HOV lanes, carpooling is on the decline
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/10/1069.asp
theNewspaper.com: A journal of the politics of driving

Council OKs anti-terror unit for Port of Los Angeles, LAX: The Los Angeles task force, including police and fire units, will work with the FBI and other agencies in guarding possible targets
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/2619246.html
Daily Breeze

Effort to reduce train delays fails
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/14327171.htm
San Luis Obispo Tribune

From Brazil: A different kind of bus system
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/266324_nsecondary12.html
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Gap in Hwy. 60 carpool lane to get filled: Caltrans is to start a project to add pavement to seven miles between I-15 and Valley Way
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_B_lanes12.13281649.html
Riverside Press Enterprise

Plan for train service to L.A. gathers steam
http://tinyurl.com/q79wz
Palm Springs Desert Sun

Rosendahl Calls for Support of Green Line
http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2006/April-2006/04_12_06_Rosendahl_Calls_for_Support.htm
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News

TVs, too, will ride bus: Transit systems plan to add video (it's the ad money)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060412-9999-1m12bustv.html
San Diego Union Tribune