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10/27/2006

Transportation Headlines for Friday Oct. 27, 2006

100 millionth Metrolink rider: A Van Nuys man, who has been riding the commuter train for a week and works as a set designer at Disneyland, was named the milestone passenger today in Anaheim
http://tinyurl.com/y52see
Orange County Register

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Research and Development Program
http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/4954
Technology News Daily

Last Gasp: Measure H is meant to increase affordable housing and real estate ownership amongst the middle-class. But the gulf between haves and have-nots is widening
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=4524&IssueNum=177
L.A. City Beat

NoHo Transit Center Gets $3.6 Million Makeover
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_299183541.html
CBS 2 TV

PB To Manage California Transit Expansion Program (OCTA, Metrolink)
http://tinyurl.com/yb7ax3
Public Works

Poll Shows Two Costliest Proposed Taxpayer Debt Measures -- Prop 1B (Port/Transportation Infrastructure) & Prop 1D (Educational Facilities) -- With Bare Majority Support
http://www.lbreport.com/news/oct06/bondpoll.htm
Long Beach Report

Seven Reasons For A $1 Gas Tax Increase: Harvard Professor Gregory Mankiw lists seven reasons why he would like to see Congress incrementally increase the gas tax by $1 per gallon over the next decade
http://www.planetizen.com/node/21625
Planetizen/Wall Street Journal

Unpaid parking tickets add up: Uncollected total tops $164 million
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_4557686
Daily News