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5/18/2006

Transportation Headlines for Thursday May 18, 2006

Advanced Public Transportation Systems: State of the Art Update 2006
http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/APTS-State_of_the_Art.pdf (pdf)
Federal Transit Administration

Blue Bus Gears Up for Rate Hikes
http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2006/May-2006/05_16_06_Blue_Bus_Gears_Up.htm
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News

Competing transportation measure draws ire from some Democrats
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/05/17/financial/f172402D75.DTL&type=politics
San Francisco Chronicle

Down the road for I-5 freeway: Now that the I-5 widening is under way, officials are looking at revitalization projects for the vicinity as well as projects for the freeway north of the county line
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/homepage/article_1144335.php
Orange County Register

MTA tap-dancing on issue of fares, Yaroslavsky says
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3834958
Daily News

New Ordinance Would Double Parking Fines
http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-shawnparkingfines,0,5491341.story?coll=ktla-news-1
KTLA 5 TV

O.C. may get $465 million for highway improvements
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/atoz/article_1144324.php
Orange Count Register

On Track: Update on the Light Rail Transit Project (Culver City)
http://www.culvercity.org/uploads/press_releases/ontrack.pdf (pdf)
Culver City Redevelopment Agency

Orange Crush connector to reopen: Ramp linking southbound 57 to westbound 22 will, at capacity, carry 43,000 cars daily
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/article_1146505.php
Orange County Register

Residents Protest Freeway Plans: Over eighty Marina del Rey and Venice residents marched to protest County plans to extend the Marina Freeway so that it connects to a widened Admiralty Way
http://www.venicepaper.net/pmt_more.php?id=246_0_1_0_M
Venice Paper

San Francisco Studies Effectiveness Of Congestion Pricing
http://www.planetizen.com/node/19801
Planetizen

Selling off public assets part of Mineta congestion plan: Transportation chief pushes for private partnerships
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/17/MNGFHIT0SO1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Special Event Transportation Service Planning and Operations Strategies for Transit
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/research-center/Completed_Proj/Summary_PTO/FDOT_BD549_09_rpt.pdf
Florida DOT

Thursday Is Bike To Work Day
http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_137082404.html
CBS 2 TV

TPR Architects Forum: “What Can Visiting AIA Architects Learn from Los Angeles–The Place?”
http://www.planningreport.com/tpr/?module=displaystory&story_id=1168&format=html
The Planning Report

Transit Signal Priority: A Planning and Implementation Handbook
http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/TSPHandbook10-20-05.pdf
Federal Transit Administration

Transportation Secretary Mineta names Kendall Executive Director of new National Highway Funding Commission
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot5806.htm
U.S. DOT

Two Freight Cars Derail In Riverside County: No Injuries Reported, No Evacuations Ordered
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/9228473/detail.html
NBC 4 TV

Western Riverside COG Contemplates Growth, Calls for I.E. to Embrace Density, Variety
http://snipurl.com/pp2a
Metro Investment Report