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8/15/2006

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday August 15, 2006

12 Are Injured as Two Transit Buses Collide
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-briefs15.1aug15,1,1145414.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california
Los Angeles Times

4th Glitch in a Month Has LAX Blaming FAA
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lax15aug15,1,7788308.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Amtrak on track for another line?: Locals are asked to support new service even as the Coast Starlight runs notoriously late (Proposed Coast Daylight)
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/local/15268910.htm
San Luis Obispo Tribune

Anaheim mayor applies to join railway authority board: Curt Pringle wants to join agency for high-speed railway
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1242892.php
Orange County Register

Completion of Route 210 Freeway is scheduled for late 2007
http://www.fontanaheraldnews.com/articles/2006/08/14/news/02newsfreeway.txt
Fontana News Herald

Freeway Expansion Madness
http://latransitrider.blogspot.com/
L.A. Straphanger Blog

Los Angeles Living, Without a Car
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5649826
National Public Radio

Metrolink explores wireless Internet options for riders: Staffers will spend the next year assessing what would work best.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1242796.php
Orange County Register

Metro Orange Line ridership going strong
http://dailynews.com/news/ci_4181941
Daily News

New station short on functionality (Metrolink, Camarillo)
http://snipurl.com/uyfp
Ventura County Star

Order for Further 499 Volvo Buses for Santiago (BRT)
http://snipurl.com/uygk
Business Wire

Relaxed commute? Ha! (rail commuting)
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/health/la-he-capsule14aug14,1,4999482.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-health
Los Angeles Times

San Francisco Municipal Agency (MUNI) is embracing the hybrid diesel-electric bus as an environmentally responsible alternative to traditional diesel buses
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90509940
Metro Magazine

Time running out for hybrid perks: Federal tax incentives on some models will soon expire; carpool lane access permits also drying up
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/15/BAG88KIMF11.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Tired of traffic trouble? Writer offers tips to help commuters
http://www.fontanaheraldnews.com/articles/2006/08/14/news/03newsrizzo.txt
Fontana Herald News