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2/08/2006

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday February 8, 2008

Brand Boulevard upgrade continues
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3485328
Los Angeles Daily News

Budget would fund tests of gas tax alternatives
http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=51604
ETrucker

Caltrans Director Kempton Highlights Historic Transportation Plan for Senate Committee
http://snipurl.com/mc1d
Business Wire

Caltrans may ditch program for minority contractors
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13816261.htm
Mercury News

Commuting Time Alarming as Fire Closes Roads: With Eastern tollways partly shut, the drive from Riverside County to O.C. takes up to an hour longer. Routes could open today
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-traffic8feb08,0,4835844.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

High-speed rail project may fall off track
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/08/news/top_stories/2406101137.txt
North County Times/Californian

LAX efforts: Regionalizing air traffic requires tough, no-nonsense leadership
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_3481922
Los Angeles Daily News

Looking Down The Highway (Intelligent Transportation Systems)
http://www.forbes.com/logistics/2006/02/07/transportation-highways-roads-cx_ag_0208beltway.html?partner=rss
Forbes

N.J. Starts Bomb-Screening of Train Riders
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-bomb-screening-trains,1,332702.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines
Los Angeles Times

Rail wrong way: L.A.'s system costs more than it saves
http://dailynews.com/theiropinion/ci_3485171
Los Angeles Daily News

Southland shows strength: Economic forecast rosy for '06; Valley hot
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3485382
Los Angeles Daily News

Torlakson finds new ways to improve transit growth
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/13810539.htm
Contra Costa Times

Worst Cities For Traffic
http://www.forbes.com/home/logistics/2006/02/06/worst-traffic-nightmares-cx_rm_0207traffic.html
Forbes