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12/08/2006

Transportation Headlines for Friday Dec. 8, 2006

30 buses that use alternative fuel to be bought for airport
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2006/12/07/news_-_features/lax/01lax.txt
The Argonaut

BART board overturns decision to allow liquor ads on trains: Community groups raised concerns about underage drinking
http://tinyurl.com/vut3r
San Francisco Chronicle

Census Bureau offers first-ever snapshot of San Fernando Valley: Demographic study of the region's 1.74million residents is expected to help secure funds for anti-poverty, housing and transit efforts
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-valley8dec08,0,5644181.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Los Angeles Times

Census Bureau’s Report on the San Fernando Valley
http://www.dailynews.com/census
Daily News
Editors Note: Click on the Economic Characteristics tab for Commuting to Work data

Councilman hopes to ease Westside traffic: Bill Rosendahl's wish list includes left-turn signals and synchronized lights at busy intersections
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-traffic8dec08,0,4377091.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Deputies keep riding Metrolink: Contract OK'd despite shortage
http://www.dailynews.com/santaclarita/ci_4792422
Daily News

Highway gap irks desert official
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_4793756
San Bernardino Sun

Metro to Offer Free Holiday Rides
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=4831510
ABC 7 TV

MTA questions Caltrans' budgeting: Price tags keep rising on freeway projects
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4800883
Daily News

MTA To Give Free Rides On Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve
http://www.nbc4.tv/holidays/10484953/detail.html
NBC 4 TV

Rosendahl intervenes to expedite Centinela Ave. street widening project
http://tinyurl.com/ylpgg9
The Argonaut

Transportation funds divvied up for Valley
http://www.avpress.com/n/07/1207_s10.hts
Antelope Valley Press

Transportation Proposals Called Into Question - S.B. County: Agency officials are upset with how Prop. 1B fund requests were submitted
http://tinyurl.com/y2veeq
Press Enterprise

Trouble down the line: The MTA may be the best transit system in America, but is that good enough?
http://tinyurl.com/y5t2wj
Pasadena Weekly

Universal appeal: Massive redevelopment offers great promise for San Fernando Valley (transit oriented development, metro red line)
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_4799637
Daily News

Universal unveils expansion plan
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_4800022
Pasadena Star News