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8/18/2006

Transportation Headlines for Friday August 18, 2006

6.2 miles of car-pool lanes set to open on Friday (SR 14)
http://www.dailynews.com/antelopevalley/ci_4192263
Daily News/Antelope Valley Edition

Fly Away on Transit: Systems Tackle the Airport Market
http://www.masstransitmag.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=1220
Mass Transit Magazine

FRA to revise rules to allow improved rail braking technology
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_newspick.cfm?id=9064011
Metro Magazine

Huntington Beach considers transit line to Anaheim: The city is seeking a grant to study building a light rail route
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1245044.php
Orange County Register

L.A. City Council votes to revive efforts to extend Green Line to LAX
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2006/08/17/news_-_features/lax/2.txt
The Argonaut

Law Enforcement May Get Free MTA Rides
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_229141325.html
CBS 2 TV

Locals Take Advantage of Beach Bus
http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles/2006/08/17/news/lnws-beachbus810.txt
La Cañada Valley Sun

Making tracks downtown - PERRIS: Business, restaurants and dwellings center on a planned Metrolink station
http://snipurl.com/v45s
Riverside Press Enterprise

Merging onto the Hydrogen Highway: Bush and Schwarzenegger are behind this emerging new energy source, but is it the fuel of the future?
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=4209&IssueNum=167
L.A. City Beat

Newly extended carpool lanes to open Friday (SR 14)
http://www.avpress.com/n/17/0817_s2.hts
Antelope Valley Press

Opinion: Measure M, as in miscalculation - Transit-tax extension offers too little bang for our bucks (transit sales tax)
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/opinion/homepage/article_1242786.php
Orange County Register

Plan May Give a Lift to Police, MTA: Officers in uniform would ride free under a proposal that aims to increase security
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mta18aug18,1,967966.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Project on Track: First Sprinter train for Escondido-Oceanside route arrives (Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20060816-9999-1mi16sprint.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Santa Clarita Valley Might See High-speed Rail
http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=32182&format=html
Santa Clarita Signal

Santa Monica Parking Woes Prod Planning Commission Inquiry (land use)
http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=3707
Santa Monica Mirror

Sen. Boxer is critical of recent LAX troubles: Senator wants investigation by the government into failures that set back flights. The FAA says is willing to update officials in the future
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/3597981.html
Daily Breeze

Simpson sworn in as Federal Transit Administrator
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_newspick.cfm?id=9064003
Metro Magazine

South Bay's 'Unused jewel' eyed for mass transit line: Train tracks along Harbor Subdivision might eventually be used by the MTA to connect to LAX and beyond
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/3597916.html?showAll=y&c=y
Daily Breeze

Uniformed Law Enforcement Officers to Ride Metro for Free
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=4471907
ABC 7 TV

Valley has most bus complaints: Bypassed riders, reliability are sore points, MTA says
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4199504
Daily News