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4/19/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday April 19, 2007

2007 AAA Gas Watcher's Guide Available - Contains Tips for Conserving Fuel and Saving Money
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=239959
Market Wire

Activist criticizes plan to increase bus fare - Author Eric Mann says the bus fare hike is an example of a bigger racial problem
http://snipurl.com/1h6aj
USC Daily Trojan

AQMD seeks stories of pollution as part of push for tougher rules
http://www.sbsun.com/ci_5699389
San Bernardino Sun

Bus Driver Charged With Imprisoning Passenger (Foothill/First Transit)
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_107225038.html
CBS 2 TV

BRT Projects Continue to Thrive – 35 projects in 25 cities
http://www.metro-magazine.com/brt_25_2007.pdf (.pdf file)
Metro Magazine

Caltrans Reaches Record $10 Billion Level of Transportation Projects
http://www.layover.com/cgi-bin/portal/printnews.pl/10822.html
Layover.com

Highway 78 could be casualty of rising costs
http://snipurl.com/1h43o
North County Times/Californian

How Transit Can Find the Green in Going Green
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90510596
Metro Magazine

Initial Examination Shows Private Sector Funding Sources Likely Available for Building California’s High-Speed Train System
http://snipurl.com/1h42t
Business Wire

L.A. officials looking at tight budget
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5699560
Daily News

New Jersey Transit Approves Fare Increase of 9.6 Percent
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/nyregion/18cnd-transit.html?hp
New York Times

PORT OF LOS ANGELES TO HOLD FREE COMMUNITY RAIL FESTIVAL - More than a Half Dozen Rail Locomotives and Cars will be on Display Celebrating Rail's Past, Present and Future at the Port of Los Angeles
http://www.portoflosangeles.org/News/news_032907rail.htm
Port of Los Angeles

Private Money Needed To Build High-Speed Rail
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_108202433.html
CBS 2 TV

Split on container fees - Pro-pollution? Far from it, but collaboration among officials would help speed port cleanup
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_5698726
Press Telegram

Time passing for transit system comments (unmet needs)
http://www.avpress.com/n/18/0418_s10.hts
Antelope Valley Press

World economy is moving -- Can America keep up?
http://www.apta.com/research/info/online/world_economy.cfm
American Public Transportation Association