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3/08/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday March 8, 2007

$300 tickets at train tracks: Countywide crackdown Wednesday morning targeted drivers who race crossing gates or stop on rails
http://snipurl.com/1cem1
Orange County Register

Big Blue Bus intro’s Mini Blue
http://greenlagirl.com/category/de-car-ing/
Green L.A. Girl

Glendale OKs cameras for two intersections
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_5381037
Daily News

Hwy. 138 funding is sought: Leaders aim to find money to widen notorious route
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_5381066
Daily News

Jump-start to freeway stall: La Conchita link might have helped boost 101 project
http://snipurl.com/1cels
Ventura County Star

Keep an eye on SANDAG, watchdogs
http://snipurl.com/1cel4
North County Times/Californian

Los Angeles might have edge over Chicago for Olympic bid: However, it's a game of mind reading as USOC officials say all the right things
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-elliott7mar07,1,5892552.column?coll=la-utilities-sports
Los Angeles Times

New Advances In Hydrogen Fuel Cell Manufacturing
http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=13703
Industry Week

New NREL Publication: AC Transit-Fuel Cell Buses: Preliminary Evaluation Results
http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage7011.html
Fuel Cell Works

OC Police Crack Down on Railroad Crossing Violations
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5100872
ABC 7 TV

Oil's not well: Cost of getting around is accelerating again: Gas prices have drivers bellyaching
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_5380654
Daily News

Olympic Committee praises Chicago for 2016 bid
http://snipurl.com/1cemc
Reuters

Other cities have found free-fare transit a bumpy road
http://snipurl.com/1cfpq
San Francisco Chronicle

Plan gives LAX more air-traffic controllers: FAA says it will work in coming years to boost staffing levels, which are now on the low side
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/6372217.html
Daily Breeze

Private firms gear up for larger transportation role (SB56, AB 1337)
http://capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1319
Capitol Weekly

Santa Monica’s Little Blue Bus
http://snipurl.com/1cekx
MetroRider

Signal snafu infuriates Malibu motorists
http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2007/03/07/news/news1.txt
Malibu Times

Westside Leaders Search for Traffic Solutions: Yaroslavsky, Rosendahl and Feuer say 'courage' needed in face of political obstacles that could block transportation projects
http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=2690
Palisadian Post