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2/23/2006

Transportation Headlines for Thursday February 23, 2006

Big Blue Bus Faces Day in Court
http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2006/February-2006/02_22_06_Big_Blue_Bus_Faces_Day_in_Court.htm
Santa Monica Surf

Burbank Airport Airport raises lot rates
http://www.burbankleader.com/politics/story/38686p-57528c.html
Burbank Leader

Burbank makes list of sootiest cities
http://www.dailynews.com/glendale/ci_3537136
Los Angeles Daily News/Glendale Edition

City gets land for trail link: Public rest areas, with benches and parking spaces, wanted to accompany loop
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/politics/story/38798p-57711c.html
Glendale News Press

Cost for proposed I-5 widening project climbs: July estimate of $251 million grows to $314 million
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1012019.php
Orange County Register

Costs may drive solo commuters elsewhere: 91 Express Lane toll increase could spell business for buses, trains and vanpooling services
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_P_otherways23.182e2336.html
Riverside Press Enterprise

Gold Line is on the right path
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-lew-goldline23feb23,0,4285498.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Los Angeles Times

Improving train traffic a priority, says expert: Alameda Corridor East official urges action on crossings
http://www.sgvtribune.com/business/ci_3536583
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

L.A. labor group to name leader: Durazo will step in after Ludlow quit amid probe, official says
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14221282p-15047065c.html
Sacramento Bee

Mayors look for housing money: S.F., San Jose and L.A. top officials visit the Capitol
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/23/BAGE0HD18C1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Mayors Push for Housing in Rebuilding Plan: Villaraigosa and other big-city leaders call on Schwarzenegger to expand his proposal to repair the state's infrastructure
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-transit23feb23,1,4648507.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

MTC grants will help poor get around: Residents’ needs will be basis of local programs
http://www.sfexaminer.com/articles/2006/02/22/peninsula/20060222_pe05_mtc.txt
San Francisco Examiner

Plan is a sign of the times: The Bay Area is on the verge of a transit information blitz, with up-to-the-minute bus and train arrival times available on cell phones, BlackBerrys, Web sites and more -- all in an effort to make mass transit as seamless as hopping into a car, the preferred mode of travel in the Bay Area
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/13941503.htm
Contra Costa Times

Region hot as job spot: Higher wages also cited as part of employment spurt
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_3537130
San Bernardino Sun

Relieving congestion in Fontana - The only traffic jam that race fans want to see is on the track at California Speedway. (Metrolink)
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_3536671
San Bernardino Sun