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1/08/2008

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday January 8, 2008

A Few Choice Words from a Grassroots Advocate: Dear Metro Board
http://www.citywatchla.com/content/view/939/75/
CityWatchLA

Clearing the streets – Big Blue Bus is in for a bumpy ride
http://www.smdp.com/article/articles/4568/1/Clearing-the-streets
Santa Monica Daily Press

Congestion Pricing Debuts in Milan
http://www.planetizen.com/node/29168
Planetizen

DUST-UP: Huffy vs. Hummer - Bike riders and auto drivers frequently come into conflict on L.A.’s roads. Who’s to blame? All week, cyclists Will Campbell and Randal O’Toole debate bicycle infrastructure and planning.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-dustup7jan07,0,3589631.story?coll=la-opinion-center
Los Angeles Times

Frank Gruber: What I say - And if Denny Zane is 60? Efforts of Santa Monica's former mayor to identify and tap into funding sources for building the Purple Line Subway (all the way to the Sea, we hope) and other L.A. County transportation projects
http://snipurl.com/1wurt
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News

How to Pay for L.A. Subway
http://boifromtroy.com/?p=7013
Boi from Troy

Proposition 91 - Preserving Transportation Funding
http://thefcblog.com/2008/01/07/proposition-91-preserving-transportation-funding/
Foothill Cities Blog

SoCal polution improves, yet still high risk for cancer
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/cancer_4355___article.html/pollution_high.html
Victorville Daily Press

S.F. Caltrans station offers valet parking for bicyclists
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/08/BA2UUAQM1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Sketch released of man hit and killed by train - The man was struck sometime Dec. 26 or 27 in Tustin
http://snipurl.com/1wurp
Orange County Register

SoCATA Backs Prop 91
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/01/socata-backs-prop-91.html
StreetHeatLA

Sprinter rail service won't start on Sunday
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080108-9999-1m8b2briefs.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Update for It's Not Getting Safer Out There
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/
StreetHeatLA