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5/16/2006

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday May 16, 2006

Archaeologists Document Grave Markers Near LA Crematorium (Gold Line Eastside)
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/9219894/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
NBC 4 TV

Energy official: Don't look for gas prices to fall soon: A Bush administration energy official said Monday that gasoline prices could remain high for years, and there is not much more the government can do about it
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_3828220
Oakland Tribune

'Green Port' moving forward
http://www.presstelegram.com/business/ci_3822815
Press Telegram

High-speed delay
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_3826659
Daily News

How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan
http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/articles.asp?art=2158&res=1024
Smart Growth Resource Library

Letter to the Editor Re: " MTA won't raise fares for one year" (scroll down page)
http://www.dailynews.com/youropinion/ci_3819951
Daily News

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Villaraigosa in D.C. to Tout Historic Infrastructure Investments and Need for Federal Partnership
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060515/lam077.html?.v=50
Yahoo! Finance

MTA shows like for the bike
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_3826127
Press Telegram

No room on shared drive: Truck-involved accidents rise here as they decline elsewhere
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_H_truck15.df48f82.html
Riverside Press Enterprise

Nuñez criticizes proposals to cut public transit funding: Speaker, legislative analyst urge more rainy-day savings
http://dailynews.com/news/ci_3826962
Daily News
Link: Download the May revision of the proposed California Budget (pdf)

NYC Subway Tunnels May Soon Be Ad Space
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-nyc-subways-ads,1,2166651.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines
Los Angeles Times

Offer rejected; RTA strike planned today (ATU 1277)
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_3826833
San Bernardino Sun

Riverside transit strike likely to start Tuesday (ATU 1277)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/riverside/20060515-0425-busstrike.html
San Diego Union Tribune