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5/17/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday May 17, 2007

Biking Day: 28 Pit Stops, Free Swag, Free Public Transit, Ride to City Hall
http://www.laist.com/2007/05/16/tomorrow_is_a_b.php
LAist

Biking to Work? You Could Get a Free Ride
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5312759
ABC 7 TV

Bike To Work Day Offers Free Rides To Cyclists
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_137054208.html
CBS 2 TV

Building backward - Downtown Pasadena residents say too much construction and traffic congestion are tearing apart their neighborhood
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/article.php?id=4652&IssueNum=72
Pasadena Weekly

Commute Helper gets you into carpool lane for $10
http://snipurl.com/1kw5h
Auto Blog

Council, Planning Commission approves Metrolink EIR - Dominguez says OCTA money could come in June
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/placentia/article_1695568.php
Orange County Register

Daniel Weintraub: The governor's fiscal policy is running out of time
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/182759.html
Sacramento Bee

Democrats Will Have to Save California Public Transportation From Schwarzenegger's Budget
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/05/democrats_will.html
California Progress Report

Focus on 22 freeway turns to landscaping: A $12-million landscape project will add thousands of trees, shrubs to the freeway expansion
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1694500.php
Orange County Register

Holding the Bag: Transit cops lose a bag of detonation cord while training in Union Station while training in Union Station
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=5509&IssueNum=206
L.A. City Beat

L.A. lobbies in Capitol for fair share
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5905415
Daily News

Memorial Day travel forecast to rise slightly despite higher fuel, hotel prices
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_5917097
Daily News

Public agencies also feel the sting of soaring fuel prices
http://snipurl.com/1l01h
Ventura County Star

Transit groups mull lawsuit (State Budget)
http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1475
Capitol Weekly

Wesson says he won't seek Burke's seat: The L.A. councilman's decision not to run for supervisor if his former boss retires in 2008 boosts prospects for Parks, Ridley-Thomas
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-burkeseat17may17,1,3685105.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times