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2/23/2007

Transportation Headlines for Friday Feb. 23, 2007

511 arrives in San Diego County
http://snipurl.com/1b162
North County Times/Californian

City Appeals Housing Numbers
http://snipurl.com/1b15v
La Cañada Valley Sun

Coordinating Transit for Downtown Culture
http://blogdowntown.com/blog/2529
BlogDowntown

Cramped and old, LAX is losing international flights to newer airports: Cramped facilities push Pacific Rim carriers to newer airports
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lax23feb23,0,3237581.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Los Angeles Times

Dialing 511 Could Save You Lots Of Drive Time
http://www.kfmb.com/stories/story.81482.html
KFMB 8 TV San Diego

Don't cheat us on highway funds: Call the California Transportation Commission and ask the panel to approve all of L.A. County's submissions for badly need road projects.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/opinion/articles/6008931.html
Daily Breeze

Inland officials want second chance at road funds
http://snipurl.com/1b153
Press Enterprise

KNBC, KVEA, KWHY To Stream Programming For Metro Riders Via TransiTV
http://www.nbc4.tv/station/11073603/detail.html
NBC 4 TV

L.A. lobbies to widen 405 Freeway
http://snipurl.com/1b3gu
UCLA Daily Bruin

Listen to the boss: CTC should heed Arnold on 405 relief
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_5285877
Daily News

EDITORIAL: Los Angeles Caught Napping on Transportation Funding
http://snipurl.com/1b3d5
Eastside Sun

MTA moves toward riding a Wi-Fi wave: Feasibility study ordered
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5286234
Daily News

NY Subway cell phone service hung up
http://snipurl.com/1b16o
Newsday

Officials count on horrible traffic to make case for freeway funding: They'll gather today at the I-10 and I-605 interchange in an effort to sway state spending priorities
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-interchange23feb23,1,3564406.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Ortega Highway commuters wonder if pain will outweigh gain: Drivers are in for delays whether they stick it out during the 3-year widening that will close lanes or take alternate routes
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ortega23feb23,1,2445514.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Railroad underpass project on hold again
http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_5284621
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Roads More Traveled
http://snipurl.com/1b15t
Santa Barbara Independent

Schwarzenegger's Raid of $1.1 Billion from Public Transit
http://snipurl.com/1b3mm
California Progress Report

Transit Authority To Study “Missing Link” Bus Proposal
http://snipurl.com/1b15n
Arcadia Weekly

ULI And WRCOG To Host "Developing Around Transit in Western Riverside County"
http://www.planetizen.com/announce/item.php?id=1352
Planetizen

WiFi Feasibility Study for MTA Proposed
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5060167
ABC 7 TV

Wireless Internet Provides Competitive Edge to Rail Operators
http://snipurl.com/1b167
Government Technology