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1/26/2007

Transportation Headlines for Friday Jan. 26, 2007

Bigger buses to hit the Orange Line: Sixty-five-foot-long vehicles to allow for additional riders on crowded route
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5090479
Daily News

Boost for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research
http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage6789.html
Fuel Cell Works

Energy experts knock Bush plan for ethanol as gas substitute
http://snipurl.com/18erj
San Francisco Chronicle

Freeways' tainted air harms children's lungs, experts say: Lifelong damage is found in 13-year study of 3,600 Southland youngsters living within 500 yards of a highway
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-lungs26jan26,0,2051206.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Los Angeles Times

LAist Interview: The City's Bike Queen
http://snipurl.com/18eqn
LAist

New Metro chief vows system will be best (WMATA)
http://snipurl.com/18euv
Washington Times

Raise the bus fares: The MTA is deep in the red, making a fare hike -- not seen in more than a decade -- a reasonable decision
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-fares26jan26,0,2713416.story?coll=la-opinion-center
Los Angeles Times

Relief Ahead: At least they didn’t leave out the 405
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_5089612
Daily News

SANBAG looks at new fund policy
http://snipurl.com/18er5
Highland Community News

Shuttle to make round trips to Kaiser in Woodland Hills
http://snipurl.com/18eqb
Thousand Oaks Acorn

State expectation for Thousand Oaks affordable housing downsized
http://snipurl.com/18eqj
Thousand Oaks Acorn

Traffic relief more than just adding lanes (SANDAG)
http://snipurl.com/18ers
North County Times/Californian

Youth on scooter killed in crash with MTA train in Watts
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-blueline26jan26,1,5030257.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Yucaipa Council approves plans for a transit center
http://www.newsmirror.net/articles/2007/01/25/news/08news.txt
Yucaipa News Mirror