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5/11/2007

Transportation Headlines for Friday May 11, 2007

As Governor Prepares May Revise to the Budget, Transit Advocates Urge Full Funding
http://calpirg.org/CA.asp?id2=32769
CalPIRG

BNSF Enhances Planned So Cal Gateway
http://www.caltradereport.com/eWebPages/page-two-1178802856.html
CalTrade Report

Does The BRU Have It Backwards?
http://metrorider.elhay.net/2007/05/10/does-the-bru-have-it-backwards/
MetroRiderL.A.

Experts say county needs more money - Traffic in the Inland Empire and its effects on our lives was one of the topics of last Friday's Leonard Transportation Forum at Cal State San Bernardino
http://www.highlandnews.net/articles/2007/05/10/news/02sanbag.txt
Highland Community News

Golden transit opportunity
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_5866952
Pasadena Star News

High-stakes bidding for transit shelter job
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/11/BAG3TPP5071.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Lengthy to-do list delivered to new L.A. airports director: The well-regarded and veteran airport executive got a long list of goals: Renovate terminals. Build new gates. Get the Green Line's tracks into LAX. Get more flights into Ontario and Palmdale.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/7457951.html
Daily Breeze

Lincoln Blvd. project discussed at LAX Coastal Area Chamber meeting
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2007/05/10/news_-_features/marina_del_rey/mdr2.txt
The Argonaut

Metrolink perk getting more riders on RTA buses
http://tinyurl.com/33fu9x
Press Enterprise

Metro Offers Alternative Transportation
http://tinyurl.com/28h56m
Cal State Fullerton Daily Titan

No Expo Line speed up
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2007/05/no_expo_line_sp.html#comments
Los Angeles Times Bottleneck Blog

Orangeline Development Authority Proposes $19 Billion Privately Funded High Speed Maglev System to Orange County Transportation Authority
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070510/lath141.html?.v=3
Yahoo! Finance

Pick for airport chief calls LAX a priority: Gina Marie Lindsey says she will request input from community groups, carriers in remaking the aging facility
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lindsey11may11,1,5177403.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Setback for San Onofre tollway extension: Amendment would make project planned through park abide by potentially more stringent state environmental rules
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollroad11may11,1,7642514.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

State decision looms on diesel rules
http://snipurl.com/1k726
North County Times/Californian

War on traffic needs new strategy
http://snipurl.com/1k5u6
La Verne Campus Times

Why California High Speed Rail Will Never Happen--But Should
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/05/why_california_3.html
California Progress Report