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8/31/2006

Transportation Headlines for Thursday August 31, 2006

Analysis: Build more toll lanes - TRAFFIC: A libertarian think tank's take on Inland conditions riles some area officials.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_R_traffic31.3c520b0.html
Riverside Press Enterprise
Link to Reason Foundation report: http://www.reason.org/ps346/index.shtml

Bottleneck at the border
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20060830-9999-1b30wait.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Driven to distraction (Reason Foundation)
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4264517
Daily News

EDITORIAL: New Chief for Troubled Amtrak - State-owned railway, bleeding billions, hires a mysterious new boss who can hopefully mend -- not end -- the train network
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-amtrak31aug31,0,4925587.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail
Los Angeles Times

Gas prices pinch city budgets
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1260728.php
Orange County Register

La Cañada Flintridge City Council to Hear 710 report
http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles/2006/08/31/news/lnws-councilprewrite.txt
La Cañada Valley Sun

L.A. drivers avoid staying idle while stuck in traffic
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_4264932
Pasadena Star News

Omnitrans ups fares on climbing costs
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_4264334
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Siemens Unveils Its First Diesel Multiple Unit for the U.S. Market
http://www.masstransitmag.com/article/article.jsp?id=1458&siteSection=1
Mass Transit

Sprint into the future: Transit district shows off rail car for passenger line (DMU, Diesel Multiple Unit)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20060830-9999-1mi30sprint.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Study to analyze gridlock on Vincent Thomas Bridge
The $2 million project will determine how to ease congestion at the port's landmark bridge
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/3784107.html
Daily Breeze