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2/28/2008

Transportation Headlines for Thursday February 28, 2008

256 Traffic Signals Synchronized in Mid-Wilshire Area
http://snipurl.com/20lea
FOX 11 News

$4 a Gallon Gasoline Will be Tipping Point for Most Consumers
http://snipurl.com/20lg4
Earthtimes

$580M Project Coming to San Ysidro Border Crossing
http://snipurl.com/20kin
San Diego Business Journal

Bus Riders to Antonio: Time to back up your talk - The mayor should jump-start the EIR for the Wilshire bus-lane project
http://snipurl.com/20ksg
L.A. City Beat

Caltrans to start new work on I-15
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080227-9999-1m27caltrans.html
San Diego Union Tribun

Coca-Cola's Hybrid Electric Drivetrain Order Is Eaton's Largest To Date
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2008/02/27/079041.html
The Auto Channel

County urges better intersection safety
http://www.avpress.com/n/27/0227_s15.hts
Antelope Valley Press

Court rejects California limits on ship emissions - The ship engines targeted by California’s rule account for about 15% of the Los Angeles region’s total diesel emissions, according to a 2005 state air board report. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ships28feb28,1,5078432.story
Los Angeles Times

downtown’s regional connector routes illustrated
http://www.angelenic.com/downtowns-regional-connector-routes-illustrated/
angelenic

Dump TransLink firm, BART official urges
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/27/BA0UV93S3.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

FAA to install runway safety warning system at LAX
http://aviation-safety.net/news/newsitem.php?id=1984
Aviation Safety

Fee for Drivers Heading to LAX?
http://snipurl.com/20kif
FOX News

Funds sought for bike lane installations
http://snipurl.com/20kiq
Ventura County Star

Idea to toll motorists headed to LAX is called costly
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_8387900
Daily Breeze

L.A. approves two-thirds of Clean Trucks Program
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_8387904
Daily Breeze

L.A. backs cargo fee as part of port clean-air effort - The Harbor Department will charge $35 for each loaded container carried by trucks, with the proceeds going to buy vehicles that use cleaner fuels
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trucks28feb28,1,4205820.story
L.A. Times

Larry Mantle: Transit Update, Broadcast Wed. Feb. 27, 2008 with Carol Inge, Chief Planning officer for Metro (MTA), and Dennis Zane, founder of the non-profits "Subway to the Sea Coalition" and "Move LA," a group looking to find the money for a robust transit system
Webpage: http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/
Audio: http://tinyurl.com/2y4rv6
KPCC 89.3 FM

Maglev, diesel-electric trains vie for support in US desert
http://snipurl.com/20lh7
Engadget

Metro Says Welcome to the New Second Street
http://blogdowntown.com/blog/3149
BlogDowntown

Metro's $80 Million Boondoggle (turnstiles/gating)
http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/metro_s_80_million_boondoggle/6757/
L.A. City Beat

NBC Universal vs. Everyone Else (bike trail)
http://laist.com/2008/02/27/la_river_bike_path_universal_studios.php
LAist

New light system could reduce drive time (signal synchronization)
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local&id=5985102
ABC 7 TV

NY Riders May Be Alerted Of Subway Delays By SMS (mobile text messaging)
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/MTA.Technology.Upgrade.2.663737.html
CBS TV

Political levitation (maglev/high speed rail)
http://snipurl.com/20lgv
Victorville Daily Press

Riding the Subway to the Sea Via A Sales Tax
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/02/funding_on_the.php
L.A. Curbed

Street Stories
http://www.publicradio.org/columns/kpcc/streetstories/
KPCC 89.3 FM

UCI receives grant to study traffic, pollution remedies
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/02/28/education/dpt-uci022808.txt
Daily Pilot

Villaraigosa's Dead-End Pico and Olympic One-Way Plan hits the wall at Fairfax
http://snipurl.com/20lee
L.A. Weekly

Yaroslavsky slams density bonus law at Valley VOTE
http://nazinla.blogspot.com/2008/02/yaroslavsky-slams-density-bonus-law-at.html
NAZinLA