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8/17/2006

Transportation Headlines for Thursday August 17, 2006

405/101 Interchange Undergoing Changes, Closures
http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_228175456.html
CBS 2 News

For asthmatics, traffic takes their breath away: Those living near freeways – often poor – wind up in hospitals more often.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1245631.php
Orange County Register

MTA Trains Workers to Be Vigilant for Terrorism
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mta17aug17,1,509212.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

New LAX Recruitment and Training Center opens
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/3589361.html
Daily Breeze

NY MTA Riders Encouraged to Plug In for Transit Service Messages
http://snipurl.com/v2ac
New York Times

Schwarzenegger, Núñez square off over transportation commission
http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=915
Capitol Weekly

U.S. Travel Behavior Reaching Tipping Point? Reports suggests that U.S. has reached a point whereby mobility trends, socio-demographic conditions and travel behavior will result in changes to annual "vehicle miles of travel" (VMT) growth
http://www.planetizen.com/node/20894
Planetizen