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4/23/2008

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday April 23, 2008

5th Annual Blessing of the Bicycles at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles
http://www.goodsam.org/news/blessing_bicycles.php
Good Samaritan

AC Transit to consider fare increase
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/23/BASG10A0UA.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

All-electric car set for U.S. sales in 2009 - Silicon Valley investors team up with Norway's Think carmaker
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24256198/
MSNBC

Amazing Car-Free Party at Wilshire Center
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/the-amazing-car-free-party-at-wilshire-center/
StreetsBlogLA

Angelenos are learning to go Metro
http://snipurl.com/25frt
CSUN Daily Sundial

BART switches to plastic railroad ties
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_9005144?nclick_check=1
Contra Costa Times

BART Uses Recycled Plastic For New Railroad Ties
http://cbs5.com/local/bart.recycled.track.2.705255.html
CBS 5 TV

Climate Change Briefing Will Focus on Need for Compact Development, Expanded Transportation Choices
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6582&state=52&res=1024
Smart Growth News

Earth Day: have you cultivated environmentalists as transit advocates?
http://www.permanentcampaigns.com/?p=110
Permanent Campaigns

Every Day is Earth Day When You Take Transit
http://www.commuterpageblog.com/2008/04/every-day-is-ea.html
Commuter Page

“Getting California on Track: Seven Strategies to Reduce Global Warming Pollution from Transportation” is Our Site of the Day
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/04/getting_califor_1.html
California Progress Report
Link to Full Report: http://snipurl.com/25e8t

Metrolink debuts its first 'green' locomotive - The train is one of 15 that will be integrated into the fleet; OC system to see seven of those trains
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/metrolink-new-train-2023757-locomotive-locomotives
Orange County Register

Metrolink Turns a New Shade of Green on Earth Day with MotivePower MPXpress Commuter Locomotive
http://californianewswire.com/2008/04/22/CNW1326_183513.php
California NewsWire

Railyard expansion is debated at forum - A mostly hostile crowd hears plans to expand West Long Beach facility
http://www2.presstelegram.com/news/ci_9021209
Press Telegram

S.F. Bay-Area Carbon Dioxide Emissions Program Could Be in Place This Summer
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6584&state=5
Smart Growth Online

Shutting Down The Streets (for earthday)
http://metroriderla.com/2008/04/22/shutting-down-the-streets/#comment-303959
MetroRiderLA

Transportation Industry Steps Up Efforts to Go Green
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90511388
Metro Magazine

Will Congress Finally Raise The Gas Tax?
http://www.planetizen.com/node/30869
Planetizen