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5/05/2008

Transportation Headlines for Monday May 5, 2008

Airport agency chief to face questions over LAX pacts
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-airport5-2008may05,0,2661672.story
Los Angeles Times

Bus deal gets OK from City Council - Two members vote against three-year, $5.26-million BurbankBus plan, citing higher price tag than the previous one
http://www.burbankleader.com/articles/2008/05/03/politics/blr-contract30.txt
Burbank Leader

Dan Walters: California faces huge upheaval
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/911400.html
Sacramento Bee

Exhibit tracks routes that created L.A. - Banning Museum will show how dirt trails evolved into hub that links modern city, port.
http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_9154543?source=rss
Press Telegram

Gas-tax holiday risks causing a hangover - Treated by politicians like a party favor, plan doesn't even guarantee lower pump prices
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/04/BUD010F9JK.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Man completes 25,000-mile bike ride
http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_9147431
Daily Review

New London Mayor Talks Up Buses and Bikes
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/05/new-london-mayor-talks-up-buses-and-bikes/
StreetsBlogLA

Next speaker's agenda is short but ambitious
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap5-2008may05,0,6956963.column
Los Angeles Times

San Gabriel Valley needs to speed things up
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-roadsage5-2008may05,0,6975558.column
Los Angeles Times

Tollway is meeting officials' expectations - Weekday vehicles averaging 30,000
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080505/news_1m5tollway.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Transportation alliance eyed - Los Angeles County funds could flow to Burbank and two of its neighbors as the City Council examines Arroyo Verdugo Transit
http://www.burbankleader.com/articles/2008/05/03/politics/blr-alliance03.txt
Burbank Leader

Westside-Eastside subway could cost $6.5 billion - Agency building support for line linking Westside
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9153926
Daily News

Westside Transit Corridor Meetings
http://www.metro.net/projects_programs/westside/meetings.htm
Metro

Westside Transit Corridor on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10040701921
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