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2/08/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday Feb. 8, 2007

City, MTA Agree on the East/West Bikeway Corridor
http://snipurl.com/19qrt
La Cañada Valley Sun

Free Flow: Bush seeks to cut spending for passenger trains and airports (Amtrak)
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/07/business/transcol08.php
International Herald Tribune

Future of Carpool Lanes In L.A.
http://www.lavoice.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2605
L.A. Voice

House Lifts L.A. Subway Tunneling Ban
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5011942
ABC 7 TV

House votes to repeal law blocking subway construction on L.A.'s Westside: Rep. Henry Waxman persuades lawmakers that a ban on federal funding for tunneling, which he pushed in 1985, should now be lifted. The move eliminates an obstacle to extending the Red Line
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-subway8feb08,1,4863484.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

LA Traffic Committee Has Formation Meeting This Saturday!
http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2007/02/la-traffic-committee-has-formation.html
L.A. Cowboy

Proposed bus reductions on MTA routes draw protests
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5181224
Daily News

Sprawl and Obesity: A Review Of Research and Arguments
http://www.planetizen.com/node/22780
Planetizen

Tagger Accused Of $70,000 In Damage Receives Prison Time
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/10956228/detail.html
NBC 4 TV

Transit agency touts new fare, route plan: Fare increases and route changes are part of a plan to boost Omnitrans' revenues
http://snipurl.com/19pms
Press Enterprise

TSA chief defends rail, mass transit security measures
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0207/020607cdpm2.htm
Government Executive

Vietnam Plans to Build $33B High Speed Railway
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/07/ap3402580.html
Forbes

Whittier Boulevard will be closed today: Work on railroad bridge scheduled
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_5181405
Whittier Daily News