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7/27/2007

Transportation Headlines for Friday July 27, 2007

Air board cracks down on diesel - State regulators adopt tough rules requiring huge cutbacks in fumes from construction industry equipment. Next up: big trucks
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-diesel27jul27,1,6251229.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Appropriations: House OKs Transportation Bill but Misses Veto-Proof Majority
http://tinyurl.com/2pq2ey
Mass Transit Magazine

Automated Parking Garages Making Inroads In U.S.
http://www.planetizen.com/node/25962
Planetizen

BRT Improving the Environment - How 1-percent changes make a big difference
http://www.masstransitmag.com/print/Mass-Transit/BRT-Improving-the-Environment/1$3959
Mass Transit Magazine

Bus Driver Dies After Being Pinned Under Bus - Police Say SUV Crashed Into Bus, Ejecting Bus Driver
http://www.knbc.com/news/13766156/detail.html
KNBC 4 TV

Counties' routes to commute fixes diverge
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lanes27jul27,0,1463639.story?coll=la-home-center
Los Angeles Times

County Celebrates Beach Project - Beach Bikepath Dedicated to Late Councilman Marvin Braude
http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=3077
Palisadian Post

Daily round-trip service to Catalina on new catamaran to start mid-August
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2007/07/26/news_-_features/marina_del_rey/mdr2.txt
The Argonaut

Deal with clerks averts costly strike at LA-Long Beach ports
http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_D_ports27.36c4213.html
Press Enterprise

Does the state really want mass transit?
http://origin.dailynews.com/theiropinion/ci_6473630
Daily News

Elected officials send letter to Villaraigosa concerning moving north runways at LAX
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2007/07/26/news_-_features/lax/l3.txt
The Argonaut

Groundbreaking Thurs., July 26th for Sepulveda Improvement Project
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2007/07/26/news_-_features/westchester/w1.txt
The Argonaut

Growing Job Market For Urban Planners
http://www.planetizen.com/node/25974
Planetizen

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety - Making railroads safer means stopping people from crossing the tracks.
http://www.masstransitmag.com/print/Mass-Transit/Highway-Rail-Grade-Crossing-Safety/1$3960
Mass Transit Magazine

Highway Toll Plans Profit From Congestion
http://www.cp-dr.com/node/1737
California Planning & Development Report

Iron Maiden? Bogus! (Gating the Red Line)
http://metrorider.elhay.net/2007/07/27/iron-maiden-bogus/
MetroRiderLA

Killing the goose that laid the Gold Line egg
http://tinyurl.com/2q7kfx
MetroRiderLA

MTA driver killed when his bus collides with car
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bus27jul27,1,7849268.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

New City Web Of Bike Trails Moves Ahead
http://www.gazettes.com/biketrail07262007.html
Grunion Gazette

Port clerks reach tentative agreement on contract - The deal could avert a potentially disruptive strike at the busy L.A. and Long Beach shipping centers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fi-ports27jul27,1,3824088.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

SANDAG says SR76 widening to be complete by 2014
http://www.thevillagenews.com/story.asp?story_ID=24262
Fallbrook Village News

Santa Monica's Big Blus Bus is offering a $2.50 day pass
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2007/07/26/news_-_features/santa_monica/sm1.txt
The Argonaut

Schedule for temporary closure of 90 Freeway connectors to northbound 405 is announced
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2007/07/26/news_-_features/area/a1.txt
The Argonaut

Streetcar a la Angelenic
http://metrorider.elhay.net/2007/07/27/streetcar-a-la-angelenic/
MetroRiderLA

Taking Transit to the Next Level
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90510844
Metro Magazine

US Transportation Secretary Names ITS Advisory Committee Members
http://www.its.dot.gov/press/advisory_comm.htm
U.S. DOT – Intelligent Transportation Systems

What Wall Street's activity could mean to transit agencies
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90510836
Metro Magazine