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6/29/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday June 29, 2008

Are 'Mega-Regions' the Future of Transportation?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92008342&ft=1&f=1003
NPR

Caltrans won't back bus rule
http://www.contracostatimes.com/bayandstate/ci_9723658
Contra Costa Times

City pushes sustainability - Being ecologically friendly is high on the council’s list of goals for upcoming fiscal year, which begins on Tuesday
http://www.burbankleader.com/articles/2008/06/28/politics/blr-goals28.txt
Burbank Leader

Councilman Pushes to Make LA More Bike Friendly
http://laist.com/2008/06/27/councilman_pushes_to_make_la_more_b.php
LAist

Downtown Model Turns Planning Into Play
http://blogdowntown.com/2008/06/3425-downtown-model-turns-planning-into-play
BlogDowntown

Editorial: Don't Blow Opportunity Offered By Rising Rail Ridership
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/06/30/news/opinion/edit02.txt
LA Downtown News

Hands-free cellphone use while driving won't make the roads safer, studies show. Why? Brain overload
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-cells30-2008jun30,0,3192911.story
Los Angeles Times

How to Beat the High Cost of Gasoline? Move Closer to Work - Rising Fuel Prices Drives Homebuyers, Renters Out of County’s Suburbs
http://tinyurl.com/55t8dw
San Diego Business Journal

How to Pay for Rebuilding Infrastructure?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92008339&ft=1&f=1003
NPR

Malibu Ranks Highest in Crashes
http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/malibu/Malibu_Ranks_Highest_in_Crashes.php
Canyon News

Metro's Quotidian Service Interruption
http://laist.com/2008/06/27/metros_quotidian_service_interuptio.php
LAist

Municipal fleets cope with fuel
http://www.burbankleader.com/articles/2008/06/28/news/blr-fleet28.txt
Burbank Leader

New bus routes coming
http://www.burbankleader.com/articles/2008/06/28/news/blr-bus28.txt
Burbank Leader

Rethinking Grand Avenue - The price tag for the downtown mega-project keeps climbing. A new direction is needed
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-op-alossi29-2008jun29,0,5214298.story
Los Angeles Times

Right Use for Taxes? (Colton Crossing)
http://tinyurl.com/5k2fku
Press Enterprise

Survey: MTA Buses are Late 40% of the Time
http://tinyurl.com/5oh4vb
FOX News

This Week's Model - Planner James Rojas Takes an Interactive Look at Downtown
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/06/30/news/news05.txt
LA Downtown News

Union Pacific Moving Ahead With EIR, But Nobody Is Happy
http://www.cunninghamreport.com/news_item.php?id=354
Cunningham Report