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8/09/2008

Transportation Headlines for Saturday August 9, 2008

Airport sputters, but will grow again
http://www2.dailybulletin.com/opinions/ci_10132778
Daily Bulletin

Angry judge delays MTA tax hearing
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10146105
Daily News

Angular approach - L.A. adopts Pasadena's diagonal crosswalks
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_10134808
Pasadena Star News

Bikes, Copenhagen and Disneyland: what we have in common
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/08/how-copenhagen.html
Bottleneck Blog

Building Up Beverly Hills
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/08/building_up_beverly_hills.php
Curbed LA

Bullet train bill backed by governor could derail his veto vow
http://www.sacbee.com/391/story/1141288.html
Sacramento Bee

Cargo traffic expected to hit slump
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_10146427
Press Telegram

City Looks at Extending Downtown DASH Hours
http://tinyurl.com/6g7v73
LA Downtown News

Diagonal Crosswalks Coming Downtown
http://tinyurl.com/63oqhq
LA Downtown News

Economy weighs on California sales tax debates
http://tinyurl.com/5at3pu
Forbes

Environmental Defense Fund: Transportation by the Numbers
http://tinyurl.com/69jl3c
Sustainablog

Google Transit coming to Twin Cities
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/08/05/google-transit-coming-twin-cities.html#
Twin Cities Daily Planet

Knabe: Let Voters Decide
http://railriders.la/2008/08/08/knabe-let-voters-decide/
Rail Riders Union

Lawsuit challenges high-speed rail project
http://tinyurl.com/6p2wfm
San Francisco Bay Guardian

More Politicians Weighing on the Toll Road
http://tinyurl.com/6onlaz
San Clemente Times

No Reading Streetsblog on the Bus: LADOT Rejects Wi-Fi for Buses
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/no-reading-streetsblog-on-the-bus-ladot-rejects-wi-fi-for-buses/
StreetsBlogLA

Oropeza says she's prepared to try to kill sales tax bill if not amended
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/08/oropeza-says-sh.html
Bottleneck Blog

Panel OKs San Pedro roadway revamp
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_10148538
Daily Breeze

Paying our Way out of Traffic? MTA's Transit Plan Has Trouble Staying on Track
http://tinyurl.com/6j9jd4
KPCC/Pat Morrison

State Senator vows to kill tax bill if it doesn't include LAX extension - L.A. County has waited decades for a Green Line that reaches the airport terminals. Now Sen. Jenny Oropeza says she'll wait no longer, even if it means killing the half-cent transportation tax bill
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-roadsage9-2008aug09,0,7893060.column
Los Angeles Times

Telepathic Trip Planners Don't Exist
http://www.thebusbench.com/2008/08/telepathic-trip.html
The Bus Bench

This Just In: The Media Business Is Auto-Dependent Too
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/this-just-in-the-media-business-is-auto-dependent-too/
StreetsBlogLA

Traffic lights getting in sync - Five cities are already on board; more on the way
http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/sanbernardinocounty/ci_10132462
Redlands Daily Facts

Transportation issues will be critical to the health of 21st century U.S. economy
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/07/transportation-likely-to-loom-large-in-21st-century-u-s-economy/print/
Blogging Stocks

WE DID IT! PUC Evidentiary Hearing Moved to Los Angeles - An Important Battle Victory in a Our Struggle
http://tinyurl.com/5dc5t6
FixExpo

What the Hail? New Taxi Program May Be in Effect, But Grabbing a Cab Is Not so Easy
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/08/11/news/news05.txt
LA Downtown News