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6/04/2008

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday June 4, 2008

$3.2 billion budget approved for airport
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_9459968
Press Telegram

California Court of Appeal Finds in Metrolink’s Favor (push-pull)
http://californianewswire.com/2008/06/03/CNW1522_231014.php
California Wire

Connecting Transportation Decision Making with Responsible Land Use: State and Regional Policies, Programs, and Incentives
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9107
Transportation Research Board

Drivers now riding mass transit - Gas prices mean cars left home
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9469764
Daily News

Fight over the Expo line
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/a-fight-over-th.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

Getting to Work in Goleta
http://www.independent.com/news/2008/jun/02/goleta-grapevine/
Santa Barbara Independent

Good morning -- and don't mess with unicyclists!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/last-call.html
Los Angeles Times

Group gets 90 days to buy park - HAWTHORNE: Although sale is delayed, buyer says he won't give up parcel of land without a fight (CALTRANS)
http://toplistings.dailybreeze.com/ci_9450274
Daily Breeze

Highway Funding Bill May Go to the Voters
http://www.keyt.com/news/local/19512369.html
KEYT 3 TV

Hollywood Bowl Summer Season Service Begins (Foothill Transit)
http://www.foothilltransit.org/EAlert/NewsDisplay.aspx?ID=489&type=news
Foothill Transit

Hollywood Freeway Park Envisioned: Pigeon Lady Included
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/06/hollywood_freew_1.php
Curbed LA

How's your 'Metroquette'?
http://laist.com/2008/06/03/hows_your_metro.php
LAist

How to drive people from taking mass transit, Part 2
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/how-to-drive-pe.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

'I'm not a terrorist,' says Metrolink crash defendant - Juan Manuel Alvarez, on trial in 2005 Glendale train wreck that killed 11, testifies that he's being portrayed unfairly
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-metrolink4-2008jun04,0,2985976.story
Los Angeles Times

L.A. County supervisor race heads to runoff
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-supes4-2008jun04,0,6574214.story
Los Angeles Times

LA Streetsblog Chat with Author and Cyclist Erik Knutzen
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/03/la-streetsblog-chat-with-author-and-cyclist-erik-knutzen/
StreetsBlogLA

Los Angeles Adds To CNG Bus Fleet
http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=155497
Aviation News

Lowenthal bests Uranga
http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_9472315
Press Telegram

Mass transit demand rises, costs soar - Fuel prices and smaller government subsidies are squeezing transit budgets
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0604/p01s09-usgn.html
Christian Science Monitor

Most L.A. County tax, bond issues passing - Returns show voters approving five measures to generate revenue and rejecting two
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-local4-2008jun04,0,4495429.story
Los Angeles Times

Oil Dependence Is Transport Running Out of Affordable Fuel? http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9117
Transportation Research Board

Oyster is a 'must have' for young people
http://tinyurl.com/67wo4r
Newsshopper

Pygmy goat boards TriMet bus
http://videos.oregonlive.com/oregonlive/2008/06/pygmy_goat_boards_trimet_bus.html
Oregon Live

Research Pays Off - Estimating Maintenance Costs for Mixed High-Speed Passenger and Freight Rail Corridors: A New Tool for Rail Planners http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9103
Transportation Research Board

Residents to fuel up on biodiesel
http://www.smdp.com/site/archives/060308.pdf
Santa Monica Daily Press

Sales tax bill advances
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/sales-tax-bill.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

Save money on gas: Buy a $53,000 electric car!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/save-money-on-g.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

This Train Departs Next
http://metroriderla.com/2008/06/03/this-train-departs-next/
MetroRiderLA

Towards a Global Approach to Automotive Fuel Economy
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9114
Transportation Research Board

Transit Ridership Setting Records Nationwide…So Why the Transit Cuts?
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/03/transit-ridership-setting-records-nationwideso-why-the-transit-cuts/
StreetsBlogLA

With Gas at $4 a Gallon, We Need Public Transportation, But Why We Can't Get It
http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2008/06/with-gas-at-4-gallon-we-need-public.html
RobertReich