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9/27/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday September 27, 2007

40,000 Parking Meters To Be Replaced With Digital
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_269235029.html
CBS 2 TV

All Aboard City Council - Who says L.A. City Councilmembers are too good to take public transportation?
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=6245&IssueNum=225
L.A. City Beat

Apartment complex shares site with stop on MTA's Gold Line
http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_6998054?source=most_emailed
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Back to 1984 (Olympics traffic)
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=6246&IssueNum=225
L.A. City Beat

Dozing in the Slow Lane - Who are the leaders who can get Los Angeles moving again?
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=6244&IssueNum=225
L.A. City Beat

Man throws himself in front of Orange Line bus
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_7005026
L.A. Daily News

Metrolink Service In Orange Restored After Gas Line Repair
http://www.knbc.com/news/14211111/detail.html
KNBC 4 TV

National Rail Freight Infrastructure Capacity and Investment Study
http://www.aar.org/PubCommon/Documents/natl_freight_capacity_study.pdf
American Association of Railroads

New York City Transit to Send Old Subway Cars to Become Reefs
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYV1kQhW.r8M&refer=us
Bloomberg

OCTA helps Placentia with train plans - $200,000 will help the city finish plans to eliminate railroad crossings
http://www.ocregister.com/news/project-placentia-city-1852010-crossings-eliminate
Orange County Register

Pedestrian and Bicyclist Intersection Safety Indices: User Guide
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8180
U.S. Federal Highway Administration

Pedestrian Signal Safety for Older Persons
http://www.aaafoundation.org/pdf/PEDsigtiming.pdf
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

Port Users Call for Federal Review of Anti-Competitive Impacts of Southern California Ports' Trucking Plan
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070926/20070926006347.html?.v=1
Yahoo! Finance

Proposed rules will help clean air
http://www.dailybulletin.com/opinions/ci_6998863
Daily Bulletin

Public Transportation's Contribution to Greenhouse Gas Reduction
http://apta.com/research/info/online/climate_change.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

Research Pays Off - Smart Parking Management to Boost Transit, Ease Congestion: Oakland, California Field Test Shows Promise
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/trnews/trnews251rpo.pdf
Transportation Research Board

Road Rage - Seven who delayed L.A.’s transit future
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=6247&IssueNum=225
L.A. City Beat

Ships are top port polluters
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070927/news_1m27port.html
San Diego Union-Tribune

Time's running out for L.A.'s irksome meters - Officials outline a modernization plan, with the first phase being the replacement of about 10% of the machines in the near future
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-parking27sep27,0,5095721.story?coll=la-home-center
Los Angeles Times

Will 76 widening take 76 years?
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/09/26/opinion/editorials/22_10_239_25_07.txt
North County Times/Californian