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1/05/2007

Transportation Headlines for Friday Jan. 5, 2007

Checking ID of port truckers could stall freight across U.S.
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/162926
Arizona Star

Editorial: Put private sector in public works
http://tinyurl.com/yhq6nb
San Francisco Examiner

First U.S. Transportation Workers Will Get Smart Card ID In March
http://www.cardtechnology.com/article.html?id=20070104ZCE5RHM1
Card Technology

Green and Pleasant Land of... Los Angeles?: A new parks project promises open, green space in downtown L.A.
http://tinyurl.com/yfltxz
Business Week

New Metro Rail Map
http://www.angelenic.com/2006/12/24/new-metro-rail-map-up/
Angelenic

Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
http://tinyurl.com/ygjwrl
Woman Motorist

Port of L.A. approves trial run for electric tow tractor: Zero-pollution vehicles would move containers from the docks to local warehouses. The first one is expected to arrive by May
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/5096776.html
Daily Breeze

Public transportation ridership climbs
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_newspick.cfm?id=9064979
Metro Magazine
APTA Press Release:
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/070104_ridership_increases.cfm