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9/28/2006

Transportation Headlines for Thursday Sept. 28, 2006

Decades-Old Shop To Be Part Of Redevelopment Plan: Bernard Luggage Building Will Be Incorporated Into Project At Hollywood And Vine (Transit Oriented Development)
http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_270153834.html
CBS 2 TV

Drivers of tomorrow won't get mad at traffic, they'll get around it
http://tinyurl.com/z2xbg
USA Today

Free bus rides would benefit non-riders, too
http://tinyurl.com/p2tcb
Statesman Journal

Grant to build mass transit center in downtown San Pedro expires: Time has run out on the $2.4 million MTA award after no site for the project could ever be finalized
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/4253341.html
Daily Breeze

Higher train ridership maybe not due to gas prices (Metrolink)
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_4405479
Daily Bulletin

Inland Empire Officials Seek Greater Say in L.A. Port Issues: Increase in cargo traveling by truck and train greatly affects the area, they say
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ports28sep28,1,7035354.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

King County bus routes trip up Google
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/286592_google27.html
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Prop. 1A would end loophole
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/opinions/ci_4407318
Whittier Daily News

San Francisco Mall May Supply Concept for L.A.: A tall mall must draw shoppers in and up. It could serve as a model for other cities
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mall28sep28,1,489764.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

Santa Monica Makes the Grade for Sustainable Effort
http://tinyurl.com/g33z7
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News

State infrastructure gets C-minus as engineers issue report card
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4407870
Daily News

Supporting Proposition 1A will bring revenue to transportation projects: Measure would require lawmakers to pay back raided funds
http://tinyurl.com/r4cy3
Desert Sun

Toll Road Drives Too Hard a Bargain, L.A. Couple Say: Facing fees and penalties in O.C. totaling $379,000, they sue, saying their business got in trouble and they had no chance to contest
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-toll28sep28,1,5609597.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Transit center in city to have bilingual signs: Oxnard to be 1st in county to alter postings
http://tinyurl.com/jhvzq
Ventura County Star

Zoning laws threatened
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_4401371
Pasadena Star News