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4/02/2008

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday April 2, 2008

16 Freight Cars Derail In City Of Industry
http://cbs2.com/local/Industry.Derailment.Train.2.690077.html
CBS 2 TV

Airport bus service to start Wednesday
http://www.avpress.com/n/01/0401_s13.hts
Antelope Valley Press

Antelope Valley gets some help - Bus service connecting the Palmdale airport to Amtrak/Metrolink stations in the Santa Clarita Valley and Van Nuys will begin Wednesday
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/04/antelope-valley.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

Bus service linking Palmdale airport-trains to begin
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_8781315?source=rss
Daily News

Carpool Lanes on I-5 Open Friday
http://laist.com/2008/04/01/carpool_lanes_o.php
LAist

DASH to Offer Monthly Passes on All Routes
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/dash-to-offer-monthly-passes-on-all-routes/
StreetsBlogLA

Fee Our Way Out of Global Warming
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/04/tax_fee_our_way.php
Curbed LA

Forgotten solution - Transit investment should and will be a part of the peak oil solution
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/3/31/12419/6777
Grist

Gold Line Passes: If Monrovia and the other cities have their way with a letter writing campaign it may happen
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/holy-transportation-tuesday-gold-line-passes/
Los Angeles MetBlog

Introducing Your New Miss Traffic!
http://metroriderla.com/2008/04/01/introducing-your-new-miss-traffic/
MetroRiderLA

Is Antonio Villaraigosa really the Anti-Rail Mayor?
http://hedarocyaldous.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/is-antonio-villaraigosa-really-the-anti-rail-mayor/
Hedarocyaldous

Hybrid-car drivers may lose parking perks
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_8776302
Daily News

LA Metro Subway System
http://sanscaradventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/metro-subway-system.html
SansCarAdventures Blog

Legislation Would Increase LA Gas Prices, Vehicle Registration
http://www.knbc.com/news/15763659/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
KNBC 4 TV

Metro Gold Line: Should we extend it now?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/01/metro-gold-line.html
Los Angeles Times/Emerald City Blog

NYC Congestion Pricing Plan Clears Another Hurdle
http://www.planetizen.com/node/30583
Planetizen

OCTA asks for 55 Freeway input
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/04/01/publicsafety/dpt-townhallmeet.txt
Daily Pilot

Oil firms aren't to blame for prices, execs tell House panel
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-oil2apr02,1,4932355.story
Los Angeles Times

Poetry in Motion: Metro gets line breaks
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/04/poetry-in-motio.html
Los Angeles Times/Emerald City Blog

Public Transportation Funding at a Driving Expense
http://laist.com/2008/04/01/public_transpor.php
LAist

Sidetrack this supertrain
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_8762689
Press Telegram

States take detours to fund road repairs
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-24188253.htm
CNN

Understanding How Individuals Make Travel and Location Decisions: Implications for Public Transportation
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8661
Transportation Research Board