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10/31/2007

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday October 31, 2007

710 tunnel could lead to more pollution
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_7324538
Whittier Daily News

Caltrans' misguided U-turn on contracts - Its attempt to skirt a ban on race or gender preferences is an illegal bow to political correctness
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-connerly31oct31,0,1720187.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail
Los Angeles Times

City of Angels, then and now
http://tinyurl.com/2khpx9
Daily Trojan

City Searching For Land To Build New Parks
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_303193213.html
CBS 2 TV

Comment Deadline for Input on the Westside Extension Nov. 1
http://metrorider.elhay.net/2007/10/30/comment-deadline-for-input-on-the-westside-extension-nov-1/
MetroRiderLA

Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2 Meetings
http://metrorider.elhay.net/2007/10/30/eastside-transit-corridor-phase-2-meetings/
MetroRiderLA

Fed. Agency Opposes Truck Plan
http://tinyurl.com/2qgq8r
L.A. Business Journal

First look: Solair Wilshire (Wilshire/Western)
http://www.angelenic.com/construction/first-look-solair-wilshire/
Angelenic

GM fuel-cell prototype faces big test - 100 drivers will put vehicle through paces
http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/462871.html
Sacramento Bee

Locals want red light on Expo - Community activists cite safety concerns, but city officials say plans are set
http://tinyurl.com/22ooz3
Daily Trojan

London loves it, but will S.F.? (congestion pricing)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1015945~London_loves_it_but_will_it_work_in_S_F__.html
SF Examiner

Missing Red Line Station
http://blogging.la/archives/2007/10/the_missing_red_line_station.phtml
Metro Blogging LA

Plug-ins going for a spin - 100 Northern California households to put modified Priuses through their paces
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/31/BAUIT3FBN.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach continue to struggle with ‘green trucks’solution
http://tinyurl.com/36pff9
Logistics Managment

Reopening of Newhall Pass tunnel in sight
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_7325347
Daily News

Senate Passes Amtrak Funding for 6 Years
http://tinyurl.com/3buv8m
Associated Press

Time spent in car drives up air pollution exposure
http://www.sciencecodex.com/time_spent_in_car_drives_up_air_pollution_exposure
Science Codex

UC Davis to give plug-in hybrids a spin - 100 families to help it test consumers' reaction to the cars
http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/462874.html
Sacramento Bee

WeHo Rocks the Metro Meetings
http://boifromtroy.com/?p=6919
Boi from Troy