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2/22/2008

Transportation Headlines for Friday February 22, 2008

Clean and Easy HTML Schedules, A Must For Transit
http://metroriderla.com/2008/02/21/clean-and-easy-html-schedules-a-must-for-transit/
MetroRiderLA

Crenshaw light-rail route picked
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_8330592
Daily Breeze

High Speed Rail Advances Everywhere Except in the United States
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/02/united-states-i.html
Wired

How To Beat Traffic...Ride Your Bike To Amgen
http://www.hometownstation.com/take-your-bike-2008-02-21-01-37.html
KHTS 1220 AM

I-10 carpool lanes proposed
http://www.highlandnews.net/articles/2008/02/21/news/09carpool.txt
Highland Community News

June ballot initiative may be more about land use than traffic
http://www.toacorn.com/news/2008/0221/Front_Page/001.html
Thousand Oaks Acorn

LA County Traffic Management Center completes interface with the City of Los Angeles’ Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control Center
http://snipurl.com/205yj
West Ranch Beacon

L.A. gears up for smaller, smarter road option
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_8329526
Daily News

Long Beach port’s truck restriction perplexes Los Angeles
http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2008/Feb08/021808/022108-01.htm
Land Line

Mad as Hell and not Going to Take It Anymore – Pico/Olympic War
http://www.citywatchla.com/content/view/1037/
CityWatchLA

MTA is on the wrong track - The agency's plan to install turnstiles at subway and light-rail stations is a betrayal of their design
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-subway5dec05,0,6940232.story
Los Angeles Times

New credit card payment option may speed lines exiting parking structures
http://tinyurl.com/2oa869
The Argonaut

New International Routes to LAX Generate Billions for Southern California Economy
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080221/0365251.html
Yahoo! Finance

No West Hollywood Subway
http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/archive/page.php?articleID=2073
WeHo News

Panel looks for ways to improve L.A. taxi system - Commissioners discuss ways to make catching cabs easier and ask for a detailed report on improving the system
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/los_angeles_metro/la-me-taxi22feb22,1,6030771.story?track=rss
Los Angeles Times

Port of Long Beach Approves Plan to Replace No Less Than 50 Percent of Aging Diesel Trucks with Alternative-Fueled Models
http://tinyurl.com/34kywv
Business Wire

Public Transportation Meets Public Library
http://laist.com/2008/02/20/library_vending_machine.php
LAist

Regional Connector Debate Ready for Round 2
http://blogdowntown.com/blog/3135
BlogDowntown

Regional Connector Meetings: Come View Potential Alternatives
http://metro.net/projects_programs/connector/default.htm
Metro

So I Went to a Bike Master Plan Meeting...and a Pico/Olympic meeting broke out
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/02/so-i-went-to-bike-master-plan-meeting.html
StreetHeatLA

Some answers about the state's spending plan and fiscal mess - Budget deficit Q&A
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/727788.html
Sacramento Bee

Subway to the Sea Is Discussed at Forum
http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=7276
Santa Monica Mirror