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2/10/2006

Transportation Headlines for Friday February 10, 2006

Airport alternative: Boom in passenger traffic at Burbank shows what public wants
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_3492710
Los Angeles Daily News

Arnold touts transportation program
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/business/ci_3489123
Pasadena Star News

Bush Budget Seeks Ticket Tax Hike, Amtrak Subsidy Cut
http://snipurl.com/mei7
Business Travel News

Caltrans Should Resist Reducing DBE Goals
http://www.egpnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=browse&id=3&pageid=2413
Eastside Sun

City opens new bridge: Palmdale's latest effort part of project to widen much-traveled Avenue S
http://www.avpress.com/n/09/0209_s1.hts
Antelope Valley Press

Compton to Benefit from MTA Funding
http://www.thecomptonbulletin.com/news05_020806/index.html
Compton Bulletin

Disaster study targets SoCal
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_3493115
San Bernardino Sun

Gold Line Express Set to Open Monday
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=3892976
ABC 7 TV

Governor says cutting infrastructure plan 'unacceptable'
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/13828195.htm
Contra Costa Times

Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars Enter Service at Los Angeles Airport
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=109341
Market Wire

Inland Southern California Leads State In Growth
http://www.planetizen.com/node/18757
Planetizen

Las Vegas Included in Worst Bottlenecks
http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4478879
KLAS TV
Link to Federal Highway Administration’s list of the nation’s worst bottlenecks: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/congestion_report/chapter3.htm#3_2
Part of “Traffic Congestion and Reliability: Trends and Advanced Strategies for Congestion Mitigation” http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/congestion_report/index.htm

LAX: FAA awards airport $56.5 million in grants for runway improvements, home soundproofing
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2006/02/09/news_-_features/top_stories/2lax.txt
The Argonaut

Legislation targets airports, ports
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/09/business/news/12_15_392_8_06.txt
North County Times

Let's make a deal: State leaders aren't far apart on public works
http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/14168160p-14995770c.html
Sacramento Bee

Light Rail Finally Rolling (Exposition LRT)
http://www.smmirror.com/volume1/issue47/light_rail_finally.html
Santa Monica Mirror

Merchants Lose Parking-Traffic Improved? NOT!
http://www.boulevardsentinel.com/02-2006.htm
Eagle Rock Boulevard Sentinel

Port of Los Angeles Reports a Record 23-Percent Increase in On-Dock Rail Usage During 2005; Nation's Largest Container Port Logs More Than One Million Rail Lifts in 2005
http://snipurl.com/mei2
Business Wire

Riding The Rails of The Gold Line (Foothill Extension)
http://www.sanmarinotribune.com/tribune/read/publisher_28/2006-01-26.03
San Marino Tribune

SANDAG requests $5 million from Congress for SR 76
http://snipurl.com/mehk
Fallbrook Village News

Schwarzenegger takes $222B bond plea to Silicon Valley
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2006/02/06/daily50.html
San Jose Business Journal

State Democrats vow to work with governor to tweak plans
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3493299
Los Angeles Daily News

Tour bus stops take toll on cities
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/opinions/ci_3492904
Whittier Daily News

Two cities are reconnected: Temporary span links Pico Rivera, Montebello
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_3493700
Whittier Daily News

Untangling traffic: Left-turn lights seem like small potatoes, but can have big impact
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_3492718
Los Angeles Daily News

Villaraigosa, Officials Ride New Metro Gold Line
http://www.nbc4.tv/traffic/6882063/detail.html
NBC 4 TV