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6/28/2006

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday June 28, 2006

Chicago Transit Authority Rolls out New Pink Rail Line
http://www.masstransitmag.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=1081
Mass Transit Magazine

Commuter rail eyed for I-15 corridor
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/06/27/news/top_stories/09_02_276_26_06.txt
North County Times/Californian

Crash Energy Management Signals Paradigm Shift in American Rail Safety
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90509740
Metro Magazine

Curitiba Mayor Jaime Lerner: ‘Simple’ Strategies Can Transforms Cities, States, and Communities
http://www.planningreport.com/tpr/?module=displaystory&story_id=1177&format=html
The Planning Report

Fighting the odds (transit security)
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90509684
Metro Magazine

Greuel talks with Goldberg & Jeff
http://www.laist.com/archives/2006/06/27/greuel_talks_with_goldberg_jeff.php
LAist Blog

Hankla appointed to head harbor panel: Former L.B. city manager succeeds Doris Topsy-Elvord
http://presstelegram.com/business/ci_3983435
Press Telegram

LA's transit agency reaches tentative deals with three unions
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California2/CA_Transit_Labor_243234CA.shtml
Riverside Press Enterprise

MTA Labor Accord Averts L.A. Transit Strike: The three-year deal represents the first time in almost 10 years that the agency's labor negotiations have ended without a strike
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mta28jun28,1,2518052,full.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

MTA Reaches Tentative Agreements With Unions
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_178195938.html
CBS 2 TV

MTA, unions arrive at early agreements: Mayor hails tentative pacts affecting 7,000
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3987506
Daily News

New Highway Crunch Time
http://www.forbes.com/home/logistics/2006/06/27/highway-crunch-time-cx_rm_0627rebuild.html
Forbes

Port pollution revolution coming: L.A., Long Beach set to announce new green policies
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/28/MNGBNJLFS21.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Senate Panel Rejects Ban on Pushing Trains: Senate committee calls for independent study in the wake of a fatal 2005 Metrolink crash that raised questions about the practice
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trains28jun28,1,3353873.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Stockholm congestion charge 'is working'
http://snipurl.com/sef0
The Local

Superhighway to Everywhere: Now 50, Interstates Moved America Into Another Lane
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/27/AR2006062701830.html
Washington Post

Three days of free transit drain funds
http://www.examiner.com/a-161012~Three_days_of_free_transit_drain_funds.html
San Francisco Examiner

Villaraigosa Calls on AIA Architects To Help Transform Los Angeles
http://www.planningreport.com/tpr/?module=displaystory&story_id=1171&format=html
The Planning Report