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3/01/2008

Transportation Headlines for Saturday March 1, 2008

Another Peek at the Plateau - bank says that supply constraints could push the price of oil to $150 a barrel by 2010
http://snipurl.com/20qf8
Wall Street Journal

Antonovich Unveils “Palmdale Flyer” Express Bus to La/Palmdale Airport
http://snipurl.com/20p9p
West Ranch Beacon

Area gasoline prices keep on climbing
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_8415507
San Bernardino Sun

Boxer Seeks to Bypass Courts on Emissions
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/02/29/boxer-seeks-to-bypass-courts-on-emissions/
StreetsblogLA

Central City East Gets DASH
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/03/03/news/news_briefs/at04.txt
L.A. Downtown News

City Hall's "Density Hawks" Are Changing L.A.'s DNA
http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/city-halls-density-hawks-are-changing-las-dna/18410/
L.A. Weekly

Congestion Pricing in London Improves Public Health, Study Finds
http://thecityfix.com/congestion-pricing-in-london-improves-public-health-study-finds/
The City Fix

Earth Day/Car Free Day – Wilshire Boulevard between Western & Harvard
http://www.wilshirecenter.com/earthday/
Wilshire Center

GAO gives highway privatization mixed review
http://fleetowner.com/management/gao_gives_privatization_mixed_review_0229/
FleetOwner

Green Weekend: Bikes and other eco-transportation fun
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/02/green-weekend-b.html
Los Angeles Times/Emerald City Blog

Hybrid Buses are Gaining Ground Across the Globe
http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=29263
Open Press

L.A. Mayor’s Traffic Reduction Plan
http://www.carectomy.com/index.php/Politics/LA-Mayors-Traffic-Reduction-Plan
CarEctomy

Los Angeles port to ban older rigs while adding cargo fee
http://snipurl.com/20qdv
The Trucker

Need A Job? Learn To Drive A Big Rig... For Free
http://cbs2.com/local/Truck.Driver.Free.2.666065.html
CBS 2 TV

ONE-WAY TRAFFIC PLANNED FOR OLYMPIC, PICO
http://www.larchmontchronicle.com/ArchiveDetail.asp?ArchiveID=824
Larchmont Chronicle

Readers Have Their Say - Web Comments on the End of Flexcar, Industrial Land Use and More
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/03/03/news/opinion/edit04.txt
L.A. Downtown News

Traffic alert: Marathon nightmare
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/02/traffic-alert-m.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

Upland in good shape for rail
http://www.sbsun.com/sanbernardino/ci_8414720
San Bernardino Sun