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1/25/2007

Transportation Headines for Thursday Jan. 25, 2007

Caltrans auditing state's OnTrac reimbursements: It's revisiting $36 million it paid for property needed for the Placentia rail project, a venture that nearly bankrupted the city
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ontrac25jan25,1,868070.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Driver hit, killed by train was hard of hearing, family says
http://snipurl.com/18akv
Ventura County Star

Eric Owen Moss: The leading architect on why L.A. is poised to be the city of the future
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=4934&IssueNum=190
L.A. City Beat

Executive Order: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070124-2.html
President Bush, The White House

Get L.A. Moving: I Think We Can, I Think We Can
http://www.lavoice.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2570
L.A. Voice

More trains but less pollution? Experts debate BNSF planned rail hub’s environmental impact on High Desert air quality
http://snipurl.com/18bpo
Victorville Daily Press

Redesigning Los Angeles: As L.A.’s mishmash of styles and thoroughfares clutters our lives, architects, planners, and activists are demanding a new future
http://snipurl.com/18aky
L.A. City Beat

Remarks For The Honorable Mary Peters, Secretary Of Transportation: Transportation Research Board, Washington, Dc January 24, 2007
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/peters012407.htm
U.S. DOT

Revised L.A. Port plan derided at meeting: Scaled-down version unites camps in vocal opposition
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_5082009
Press Telegram

Rail lines to expand intermodal service between L.A., Southeast
http://snipurl.com/18bpt
The Trucker

S.F. Valley gains clout in L.A.
Business leaders in area moving into citywide roles
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_5081305
Daily News

Spill points to cracked MTA
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/opinions/ci_5079860
Whittier Daily News

Statement Regarding The U.S. President's State Of The Union: Statement by American Public Transportation Association (APTA) President William W. Millar
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/070124_state_of_the_union.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

Train needs makeover before next Hollywood close-up
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/18914
Scripps News

U.S. motorists cutting back a bit: Americans cut miles driven for the first time since 1980. High prices are behind the change in transportation habits
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-gas25jan25,0,7912888.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Los Angeles Times

Who should steer the port? (Long Beach)
http://www.presstelegram.com/business/ci_5065378
Press Telegram

Wrong direction on carpool lanes - Re "Kids aren't carpoolers," editorial, Jan. 23
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-thursay25.3jan25,0,2604499.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Los Angeles Times