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12/15/2006

Transportation Headlines for Friday Dec. 15, 2006

710 Tunnel Future in State Hands
http://tinyurl.com/ym8pma
La Cañada Online

'Blood Alley' (Highway 138) project pushed: $15 million more sought to go on with widening
http://www.dailynews.com/antelopevalley/ci_4835737
Daily News/Antelope Valley Edition

California's fair share: Can the Democrats deliver in D.C.?
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_4842788
Daily News

Developing Effective Transit Boards
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90510252
Metro Magazine

For some, T-R-A-N-S-I-T does not spell relief from congestion
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90510268
Metro Magazine

Government agencies agree to push for cooperative planning for Ventura County
http://www.toacorn.com/news/2006/1214/Community/021.html
Thousand Oaks Acorn

L.A.'s future is on the line: Report gives county low marks in every area, but offers hope
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_4842899
Daily News

LAX: Airport study meeting draws 250 participants; officials against North Runway reconfiguration
http://tinyurl.com/ykjnwp
The Argonaut

Montebello to get bridge refund: County paying $336,000 of costs
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_4834513
Whittier Daily News

Quality of life grades are mixed for the region: Southern California gets good marks for holding down crime and poverty, but traffic jams merit an F grade and threaten its economic future, according to an annual report card released Thursday by a regional planning agency
http://tinyurl.com/yx8yxq
Daily Breeze

Regional Teams Selected For High-Speed Rail Line
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_347201700.html
CBS 2 TV

Rosendahl proposes $11 million traffic improvement plan
http://tinyurl.com/ygevga
The Argonaut

Riverside County makes big freeway plans: The $2-billion price tag for easing the traffic crunch includes new or extended toll lanes
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollroads15dec15,1,2828519.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

State of the Region Report Indicates Southern California May Be Ready to Turn around Failing Grades
http://tinyurl.com/tsfmq
Business Wire
Link to SCAG’s 2006 State of the Region: http://www.scag.ca.gov/sotr/

Traffic Negatively Affects Life In SoCal... Duh
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_348172552.html
CBS 2 TV

Traffic summit sought: 'Little problems' in Valley at issue
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4843065
Daily News

TSA's Newly Proposed Rail Security Plan Includes Transit
http://tinyurl.com/ylzyde
Mass Transit/AP