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2/02/2006

Transportation Headlines for Thursday February 2, 2006

Campaign Seeks Tax to Fund New Fuels: A proposed initiative to levy a surcharge on California oil could set off a big-spending battle
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-powerprop2feb02,1,5377520.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

City Remaining Vigilant with Its Transit System
http://www.the-signal.com/News/ViewStory.asp?storyID=8832
Santa Clarita Signal

Correction: LA-Subway Story
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020101759.html
Washington Post

Group pushes for Gold Line grant
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3462776
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

MasterCard and Citi Conduct Consumer Trial of Contactless Payments with MTA in Select NYC Subway Stations
http://www.masstransitmag.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=273
Mass Transit

Omnitrans says it will take action
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_3466053
San Bernardino Sun

Parks Lobbies for NFL’s Return to Coliseum; Seeks to Capitalize on Build-Out of Expo Rail Line
http://www.metroinvestmentreport.com/mir/?module=displaystory&story_id=325&format=html
Metro Investment Report

The Problem with Pork: How It Threatens Transportation Research
http://www.its.berkeley.edu/itsreview/winter2005/earmark.html
Institute of Transportation Studies Review

U.S. grant on way for LAX projects
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3466043
Los Angeles Daily News

Winogrond Prepares the Stage for Gail Goldberg at L.A. Planning Dept.
http://www.planningreport.com/tpr/?module=displaystory&story_id=1134&format=html
The Planning Report