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8/02/2008

Transportation Headlines for Saturday August 2, 2008

Congress to address L.B., L.A. port needs
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_10074404
Press Telegram

Councilman Asks City Attorney About Bikes at Holiday Festival
http://laist.com/2008/07/31/councilman_asks_city_attorney_about.php
LAist

Dodger Stadium Trolley Works
http://tinyurl.com/5hpqb6
LA Downtown News

Feds Concede Transportation System Needs A Lot of Help
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/08/department-of-t.html
Wired

Reasons Why You Should Vote for Metro’s Sales Tax
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/01/reasons-why-you-should-vote-for-metros-sales-tax/
Streetsblog LA

Risking Life and Limb, Riding a Bike to Work in L.A. - Cyclists, Banned on Freeways and Reviled By Drivers, Save a Buck and Make a Point
http://tinyurl.com/6xc5s7
Wall Street Journal

Sales tax bill stumbling to the finish line
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/08/sales-tax-bill.html
Los Angeles Times

Traffic at ports decreases in June
CARGO: L.A. container traffic drops 11.7 percent; Long Beach falls 12.5 percent
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_10060053
Daily Breeze

Urgency has buckled since Minneapolis bridge collapse - The sagging economy has weakened national resolve for repairs -- and has depleted the gas-tax fund that would pay for them
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-bridge1-2008aug01,0,5656968.story
Los Angeles Times

You May Now Hail a Cab
http://tinyurl.com/5kmwrg
LA Downtown News