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8/30/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday August 30, 2007

AB 118 – Energy Efficiency, Lower Carbon Fuels, and a Critical Investment in California’s Economic and Transportation Future
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/ab_118_energy_e.html
California Progress Report

CalTrans Plans Freeway Expansion in Carpinteria
http://www.keyt.com/news/local/9433466.html
KEYT 3 TV

Development of a Preliminary Set of Human Factors Functional Design Guidelines for Remote Control Locomotive Systems
http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8064
Transportation Research Board/Federal Railroad Administration

Free Transit Day Brings No Boost To Ridership
http://www.planetizen.com/node/26635
Planetizen

Freeway work could snarl holiday travel
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_6755202
Whittier Daily News

From the Margins to the Mainstream: A Guide to Transportation Opportunities in Your Community
http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8075
Transportation Research Board/Surface Transportation Policy Partnership

Groups demand greenery along 710
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_6755074
Press Telegram

Highway 138 could reopen early
http://tinyurl.com/3dhf6o
Victorville Daily Press

L.A. mayor won't support port container fee - Villaraigosa wants the revenue from the port levy to help pay for bridges' replacement
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mayor30aug30,1,5143971.story?track=rss
Los Angeles Times

Not Coming to a Street Near You: Traffic Upgrades
http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=3163
Palisades Post

Partnership aims to take bumps out of riding the bus - Thousand Oaks brings new Google project to Ventura County
http://www.vcreporter.com/article.php?id=5122&IssueNum=139
Ventura County Reporter

Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Handbook - Revised Second Edition 2007
http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8072
Transportation Research Board/Institute of Transportation Engineers

South Orange County's Traffic gets a new way of seeing the big picture - A tour of the CHP's Transportation Management Center
http://www.ocregister.com/news/center-roads-freeways-1835467-traffic-giant
Orange County Register

Take This Car and Shove It - An Orwellian “100 percent parking reduction” rule quietly wends through City Hall
http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/take-this-car-and-shove-it/17106/
L.A. Weekly

United Transportation Union Endorses Clinton
http://tinyurl.com/2ws3lo
All American Patriots