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5/15/2007

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday May 15, 2007

Antelope Valley gas prices streak on past $3.50 a gallon
http://www.avpress.com/n/14/0514_s2.hts
Antelope Valley Press

$1.2 million set for south O.C. traffic study - Transit agency approves funding to find ways to ease Santa Ana Freeway congestion
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-octa15may15,1,5880914.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has launched a website designed to chronicle and facilitate the establishment of a new multi-decade vision for United States transportation
http://www.transportationvision.org/
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

Bike to Work a friendly competition
http://www.dailynews.com/santaclarita/ci_5896769
Daily News/Santa Clarita Edition

Bike week: the wheel deal
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_5896074
Whittier Daily News

Buses vie for place in mass transit - Express lanes beat rail, advocates say
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2007/05/14/0513sbizbus.html
Atlanta Journal Constitution

Bush moves to regulate auto emissions - Critics, questioning the president's timing and sincerity, say legal and political pressures forced his hand
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-energy15may15,1,5614402.story?coll=la-headlines-politics
Los Angeles Times

Commuters Swapping Horsepower for Pedal Power
http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=48343&format=html
Santa Clarita Signal

Fuel prices rise to record high in U.S. - The average jumps 4.9 cents to $3.103 a gallon, a survey says, but it falls slightly in California
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gas15may15,1,6525918.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

Going for gold - We've reached the half-way point in the MTA's Eastside Gold Line extension project, and the agency says it's on time and under budget
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2007/05/going_for_gold.html
Los Angeles Times Bottleneck Blog

Governor asks for cuts as state deficit looms - His revised budget plan would slash programs for the poor, elderly and transit. GOP lawmakers approve. Democrats say the reductions go too far
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget15may15,1,6382296.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Governor’s Budget – May Revision
http://gov.ca.gov/may-revise/
Transportation Programs
http://gov.ca.gov/may-revise/in-depth/transportation.html
State of California

It's Bike to Work Week - Annual event is meant to get people out of cars and on to bicycles
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1693871.php
Orange County Register

Man Arrested For Having Toy Gun On MTA Bus
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_134153932.html
CBS 2 TV

Many L.A. trucks opt for off-peak trips
http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=59898
eTrucker

Moving More People, Making Less Impact - The greening of the world's mass transit systems calls for innovative thinking, public regulation—and private funding
http://snipurl.com/1kmqv
Business Week

Road Rage Survey Reveals Best, Worst Cities
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/affinion/27862/
PRNewswire

Schwarzenegger budget upsets Democrats
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5897612
Daily News

Villaraigosa to offer green plan for L.A. His blueprint, vague on such details as funding, aims to cut emissions by cars and the DWP
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-green15may15,1,2920341.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times