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4/28/2007

Transportation Headlines for Saturday April 28, 2007

$8 NYC 'congestion fee' plan riles some
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-04-26-nyc-congestion-fee_N.htm
USA Today

Another traffic nightmare Re "One-way's the way," editorial, April 21
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-saturday28.4apr28,0,4578656.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Los Angeles Times

Billions more in Chevron profit
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/28/BUG8TPGVSD1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Car-Free and Still Loving It - Giving Up the Jeep Earns a Warm Welcome From Downtown's Life-Without-Wheels Club
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2007/04/30/news/opinion/edit02.txt
Los Angeles Downtown News

Council Approves Ocean Avenue Hotel Project (Exposition Line Phase II)
http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=5423
Santa Monica Mirror

Fare increases will punish riders Re "Unfair fares," editorial, April 21
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-saturday28.5apr28,0,4971873.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Los Angeles Times

FBI Drops Massive Westwood Headquarters Construction Plans
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/13209790/detail.html
NBC 4 TV

FBI drops plan for new complex in Westwood - The agency acts in the face of strong opposition from residents, city officials, Sen. Feinstein
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-fbi27apr27,1,7104577.story?coll=la-news-politics-california
Los Angeles Times

Gridlock, gangs top Angelenos' concerns: Warming, terrorism trail in survey of L.A.
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5770906
Daily News

Guide to downtown road closures
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-ex-closuresxxnov11,0,1097072.story?coll=la-home-local
Los Angeles Times

High-speed train line plan may be derailed: Schwarzenegger moves to slash funding for the state's $40-billion system, citing other transportation needs
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fi-rail29apr29,1,4045910.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

MTA fare hike may not be the ticket - Experts warn an increase could hurt ridership and low-income riders
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mta28apr28,0,1725681.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Los Angeles Times

MTA Sets Public Hearing on Fare Hikes for May 24
http://www.garmentandcitizen.com/category/news/2007-04-27-0_1462.php
Los Angeles Garment & Citizen

NYC MTA Fare hike on track
http://ny.metro.us/metro/local/article/Fare_hike_on_track/8222.html
Metro

Planning Board Endorses Expo Light Rail Working Group
http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=5402
Santa Monica Mirror

Pushing Out Pisano: After an interminable 31 years, a controversial czar of planning is leaving (Southern California Association of Governments)
http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/pushing-out-pisano/16235/
L.A. Weekly