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3/03/2007

Transportation Headlines for Saturday March 3, 2007

Commentary: Will venues blow over Windy City's 2016 hopes? This town has a lot of advantages over its Midwestern rival, starting with the fact most of their facilities are still in the blueprint stages while ours are ready to use.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/articles/6287402.html
Daily Breeze

Customers Making The Move To Smart Cards
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90510468
Metro Magazine

CTC Switches Gears, Approves Funds for 405 Freeway
http://snipurl.com/1bxx7
Westside Chronicle

Edgeless Cities and Rail Transit
http://snipurl.com/1bxyh
Reason Foundation

Effort seeks to extend Green Line to LAX
http://www.westlaonline.com/2007/02/effort_seeks_to.html
West L.A. Online

Eight injured when train hits car: Hundreds of commuters were delayed on Metrolink train that struck a vehicle near the O.C.-Riverside County line
http://snipurl.com/1bxxl
Orange County Register

Fuming over emissions (1-800-CUT-SMOG)
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/opinions/ci_5343893
Whittier Daily News

Inland transit officials reflect on politics in Prop. 1B allotment
http://snipurl.com/1bxvv
Press Enterprise

Inside Move: 'Model' ad tossed off bus - Blue Buses ban bikini blurbs
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960191.html?categoryid=18&cs=1
Variety

Is it a floating Prius of the ports?: `Green' tugboat brings hybrid technology to the shipping industry
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_5346723
Press Telegram

L.A. hopes charm is good for third time: The backers of the 2016 Olympic bid tout the city's Games-readiness to a visiting evaluation committee
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-olytrip3mar03,1,7325156.story
Los Angeles Times

L.B. rolls out red carpet for Olympic panel: USOC visits Convention Center and Arena to evaluate 2016 bid
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_5347427
Press Telegram

Local ports help fund hybrid tug project
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hybridtugs3mar03,1,3854140.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

Long road ahead in widening Ventura Freeway
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-widen3mar03,1,1799329.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles gets Olympic visit from U.S. Olympic Committee officials
http://snipurl.com/1bxsx
USA Today

Millions Projected to Use High-Speed Trains Daily Ridership and Revenue Forecast Demonstrate
http://snipurl.com/1bxxu
Business Wire

Palmdale flight plans starting to shape up
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_5347381
Daily News

Train, ship soot to be cut 90% by 2030: The EPA proposes tougher regulations on nitrogen oxide and fine particulate matter, but the AQMD is critical of the long phase-in
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-diesel3mar03,1,6253515.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Will venues blow over Windy City's 2016 hopes?
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_5347279
Daily News