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7/08/2006

Transportation Headlines for Saturday July 8, 2006

City's subways soon to ring with sound of cell phones
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0607070303jul07,1,999093.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
Chicago Tribune

Fact Sheet: Securing Our Nation’s Rail Systems
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=5727
Department of Homeland Security

MTA Touts Solar Panels To Save Money, Energy
http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_188151627.html
CBS 2 TV

New NABI Bus Features Composite Floor
http://www.compositesworld.com/ct/issues/2006/June/1323/1
Composites World

Next real estate boom: Dense settlements, not sprawling ranch houses, are the future of housing - and could make for a smart real-estate investment
http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/07/technology/newvillages.biz2/
CNN Money

SCAG to treat Valley as separate statistical region
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4021958
Daily News

SFO: BART ridership to airport fails to take off
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/08/BAG26JS31V1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Street Smarts: An interview with smart-growth expert and author Anthony Flint
http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/07/07/flint/
Grist