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3/02/2007

Transportation Headlines for Friday March 2, 2007

Another container fee: Don't send the money to the politicians unless, of course, there's no good alternative
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_5335399
Press Telegram

Assembly bill would create Construction Authority to extend Metro Green Line rail service to LAX
http://snipurl.com/1bt7s
The Argonaut

Bond Measure 1B Funds To Expand U.S. Highway 101
http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=13461
Daily Nexus

Carpool won't solve West Side traffic issues
http://snipurl.com/1bt7d
Pepperdine Graphic

Cities afraid of death by congestion
http://snipurl.com/1bt7m
USA Today

Dan Walters: Big bonds just a drop in bucket
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/131323.html
Sacramento Bee

Elimination of bridge funds a bad move
http://www.dailybulletin.com/opinions/ci_5336067
Daily Bulletin

First-Ever Visual Simulation of California’s Planned High-Speed Train System to Be Unveiled
http://snipurl.com/1bt7c
Business Wire

L.A.-Based Bikestation Leads Nationwide Effort to Encourage Cities to Embrace Bike-Friendly Plans
http://snipurl.com/1btzn
The Planning Report

L.A. gets Olympic visit from USOC
http://snipurl.com/1bt79
Yahoo! News

L.A. pours on the glitz in bid to lure 2016 Olympics
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_5336881
Daily News

LAX needs new gates: It's about time the city started thinking about sensible solutions to airport overcrowding and poor maintenance
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-airport02mar02,0,5817857.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail
Los Angeles Times

Let the games for the Games begin: Starting this week, L.A. and Chicago pull out all the stops to sell themselves
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0703010273mar01,0,1567025.story
Chicago Tribune

New Research Helps Define Transit Walking Shed: University of Oregon study, which was awarded Outstanding Paper at annual TRB conference, shows that people value speed and distance over security, and will walk up to 1/2 mile to transit
http://www.planetizen.com/node/23080
Planetizen

Real ID Act postponed two years: The 2005 law requiring new driver's licenses now won't take effect until 2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-realid2mar02,1,30194.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Los Angeles Times

Short End of a Stick (CTC funding and San Bernardino County)
http://snipurl.com/1btx7
Press Enterprise

The bill for public transit Re "Give L.A. a free ride," Current, Feb. 25
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-thursday1.5mar01,0,6850585.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Los Angeles Times

There’s no such thing as a free lunch (or fare)
http://snipurl.com/1bt7a
MetroRider

Transportation panel OKs 101 widening funds
http://snipurl.com/1bt7h
Ventura County Star