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6/14/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday June 14, 2007

A Metrolink Train Runs Through It
http://tinyurl.com/3dglef
Santa Clarita Signal

Battleground for new diesel regs goes beyond ARB
http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1529
Capitol Weekly

Billions in cargo at risk at state's ports of entry - California officials look for ways to prevent gridlock in the movement of goods. Thousands of local jobs and millions of dollars are at stake
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regstate/articles/7971152.html
Daily Breeze

Census Bureau: Most of us still drive to work – alone
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=5405
Central Valley Business Times

Census proposal may take the Valley off the map
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6135276
Daily News

Cleaning the Ports (SB 974)
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=5676&IssueNum=210 (scroll down page)
L.A. City Beat

Crash on 170 kills 1, hurts 9 - Chain-reaction accident involves a motorcycle, an MTA bus and half a dozen other vehicles
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-crash14jun14,1,3903385.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Five Minutes With: OCTA bus driver Dennis Disinger - OCTA bus driver Dennis Disinger has been accident-free since 1974.
http://tinyurl.com/2onka3
Orange County Register

Fewer riders, more revenues
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2007/06/fewer_riders_mo.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

High-speed rail shunted to slow track - Wrangling over state budget may kill project, supporters fear
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/221617.html
Sacramento Bee

LAX Expansion Betrayal? Thinking they’d won, Westsiders eyeball an even more intrusive runway plan
http://www.laweekly.com/news/z-files/lax-expansion-betrayal/16627/
L.A. Weekly

LAX expansion safety studies wanted
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6135449
Daily News

More commuters driving to work alone
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8PO3RAG0.htm
Business Week

On the road alone in L.A. - Southland drivers are the loneliest in U.S.; jobs, housing key reasons
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_6135272
Daily News

Stealth bill to boost fees flies through the Assembly - Drivers would pay more to fund research to develop cleaner fuels
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/14/MNG3DQF4TV1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Traffic costs - Reducing congestion key to strong economy
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_6134171
Daily News

Traffic fears curb Rolling Hills Estate proposed smart growth overlay - Officials abandon residential development plans during a heated meeting
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/7992107.html
Daily Breeze