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10/17/2006

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday Oct. 17, 2006

Adding a bus service is not the answer: This is in response to article of Oct. 11 regarding proposed Express Bus service along the Ventura (134) Freeway ("Bus line between valleys is looked at," Tuesday)
http://tinyurl.com/yaao5e
Glendale News Press

Backers hoping bond measures pay dividends
http://tinyurl.com/yed5cj
Ventura County Star

California Transit-Oriented Development Searchable Database
http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/articles.asp?art=2416&res=1024
Smart Growth Online

City Council Lends Support to a Maglev Stop in Santa Clarita
http://tinyurl.com/yelrt4
Santa Clarita Signal

DWP urged to sell its 74 electric cars to private buyers
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4503459
Daily News

Freeway ceremony to honor developer: Governor coming for Highway 30 renaming
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_4504005
San Bernardino Sun

L.A. Gives Green Light to Adding Red Light Cameras at 22 Locations
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-red17oct17,1,6936343.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

MAILBAG: Bus between cities isn't really necessary (scroll down page)
http://tinyurl.com/yakbh5
Burbank Leader

Measuring 'M' in O.C.: A detailed look at the half-cent sales tax's effect on road projects, street upkeep
http://tinyurl.com/ygurpt
Orange County Register

No token love affair on the Big Blue Bus
http://tinyurl.com/ykyhm3
Santa Monica Daily Press

O.C. tells state to pay: Tax collector says Caltrans should have paid taxes on some properties purchased but never used for highway projects
http://tinyurl.com/ydjzhs
Orange County Register

Port traffic hits new records over summer
http://tinyurl.com/yeobkq
The Trucker

Q&A / City And County Government: Q: How quickly could Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa dig his subway to the sea, if money ever becomes available? (scroll down page)
http://tinyurl.com/yztblg
Los Angeles Times

Secret Machines Raise Awareness From the Road: Band to Promote Public Transportation by Playing Union Station in Los Angeles on October 24
http://tinyurl.com/ykqntt
Marketwire

State agency defends Caltrans: Prepared statement from Secretary of the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, Sunne Wright McPeak.
http://tinyurl.com/yc3vju
Orange County Register

Voters face deep debt or shabby state: California infrastructure crumbling
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_4503660
Daily News

Your new ID card: What it can do now – and what it may do in the future (smart card)
http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=2174876
Federal Times