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5/16/2007

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday May 16. 2007

AAA wants gas-price inquiry - Auto club asks Senate to investigate why oil profits are soaring
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/16/BUGVAPRFRQ1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

AirTalk with Larry Mantle – Governor’s May Budget Revision
http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/index.shtml
KPCC 89.3 AM

An Evaluation of Los Angeles’s Orange Line Busway
http://www.nctr.usf.edu/jpt/pdf/JPT%2010-1%20Stanger.pdf (.pdf)
Journal of Public Transportation

Bigger buses in June; bicyclists know the wheel deal
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5905638
Daily News

Dan Walters: California needs help on budget
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/181445.html
Sacramento Bee

Gov.'s budget plan may deepen deficit - Analyst Elizabeth Hill cautions lawmakers, saying the revised proposal's short-term fixes could worsen the state's fiscal future
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget16may16,1,6841050.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Governor's budget plan diverts millions from public transit
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/16/BAG1DPRR4G1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Governor's harsh transit cut subverts emissions effort
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_5907122
Mercury News

Health Officials: Poor Urban Planning Drives Disease
http://www.santabarbaranewsroom.com/content/view/251/1/
Santa Barbara Newsroom

Judge deals a blow to LAX fee increases - Assailing the airport agency's accounting, a federal jurist calls the hikes unreasonable. U.S. officials are to issue a final ruling in June
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lax16may16,1,2475303.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

LA ranks high in rude driver survey
http://snipurl.com/1ks7x
Press Enteprise

Lining Up - Mid City/Expo Light Rail Line gets underway
http://california.construction.com/features/archive/0705_Feature4.asp
California Construction

RT fare hike is possible - Officials: State budget plan may create deficit
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/181522.html
Sacramento Bee

Train jumps tracks in Colton - 10 homes, 40 people evacuated after freight car strikes power pole
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_5897189
Daily Bulletin