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4/27/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday April 27, 2008

County Budget Avoids Deep Cuts, So Far
Finals revisions will be made once state budget in place
http://snipurl.com/261iq
Eastside Sun

Examining the Wheels of History - How Two Auto Club Employees Push the Past Into the Future
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/04/28/news/news05.txt
L.A. Downtown News

Fighting federal fuel standards - Bush's Earth Day gift to California? A draft regulation that would limit the states' ability to set tailpipe emissions rules
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-autos25apr25,0,5718905.story
Los Angeles Times

Freeways have failed us -- Part One: Valley Girls
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/04/freeways-have-f.html
Los Angeles Times/Emerald City

Furutani sets up battle over railyards (AB 2332)
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_9061566
Press Telegram

The High Desert Corridor - a new regional highway beginning at US 395 in Adelanto and ending at SR-18 one-half mile east of the Town of Apple Valley, a distance of about twenty miles.
- See Project Fact Sheet
- San Bernardino County HDC Page
- See Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report

L.A. drives away with N.Y.C. cash
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/04/26/2008-04-26_la_drives_away_with_nyc_cash.html
NY Daily News

Local gas prices set another record
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_9052851
Daily Breeze

Metrolink riders seek upgrades at Santa Ana station - While increased service is being planned, a passengers coalition asks for more shade and water. It's unclear when such relief might arrive
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-depot27apr27,1,7573410.story
Los Angeles Times

Plan transit with careful eye to future- By Ruth Galanter
http://www.dailynews.com/editorial/ci_9063710
Daily News

Politicians Seek Legal Opinion On Photo-Enforced Stop Signs
http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=3864
Palisadian Post

San Diego Transit agencies struggle financially - Gas prices, state woes main factors
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080427-9999-1m27transit.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Streetcar Mission
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/04/28/news/news_briefs/at02.txt
L.A. Downtown News

Transit Videos from the Library’s Archive:

The New Mobility – 1991
A look at the future of Los Angeles Transportation from some imaginary point further into the future. The original “Imagine” video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RblwKfTRjxg
Metro Library & Archive

New Video – Freeway Ride on Bikes - 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NLmiuyLa98
IBikeUWiki
More: http://www.ibikeu.com/wiki/index.php/The_Freeway_Traffic_Jam_Ride