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10/16/2006

Transportation Headlines for Sunday Oct. 15, 2006

BART begins experiment with plastic `smart cards'
http://tinyurl.com/uhvxz
Mercury News

Double-stack highways: Re "The idea guy," Opinion, Oct. 11
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-sunday15.5oct15,0,6144567.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Los Angeles Times

Highway Robbery (Caltrans Properties)
http://tinyurl.com/ycb76r
Orange County Register

Jet Age Takes Off: Workers upgrading a runway at LAX uncover a layer of airstrip that planners say was linked to a turning point in aviation history
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/4404406.html
Daily Breeze

MTA may drive up fares: Transportation: $1.8B deficit possible in next decade
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_4498340
Press Telegram

Public Works Package Leads the Way
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-guidepropsintro15oct15,1,2767824.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Report: Caltrans bought many properties, then let them decay
http://tinyurl.com/st7kc
Mercury News