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6/01/2007

Transportation Headlines for Friday June 1, 2007

AQMD to vote on smog plan - Wide-ranging proposal for the South Coast Air Basin is to be weighed today. Critics remain skeptical
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/7781357.html
Daily Breeze

Cars and bicycles shouldn't compete
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/columns/article_1711917.php
Orange County Register

Committed to public transit - Editor's note: This column was written in response to last week's Insight page column by Assemblyman Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, which examined Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget proposals
http://www.dailybreeze.com/opinion/articles/7757317.html
Daily Breeze

Exporters making waves over ports' clean-air plan - A growers' trade group says a proposed fee would hurt the state's global competitiveness
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ports1jun01,1,6758300.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

LA Residents Spend More on Transportation than Others
http://snipurl.com/1mz01
Daily News Along for the Ride Blog

Local Transit Operator Also Feels Pain at Pump
http://snipurl.com/1mz3z
Santa Clarita Signal

Los Angeles World Airports received its 11th Rideshare Diamond Award
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2007/05/31/news_-_features/lax/l1.txt
The Argonaut

LAX: MTA official says Green Line extension to LAX is 'not even on the radar screen right now'
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2007/05/31/news_-_features/top_stories/2l.txt
The Argonaut

MTA Approves Fare Increases For July
http://www.gazettes.com/mta05312007.html
Grunion Gazette

MTS banning smoking at trolley and bus stops
http://snipurl.com/1mxr0
San Diego Union Tribune

PPIC Poll: Voters Want Term Limits Reform, More Bonds, Like Arnold
http://snipurl.com/1mxr2
California Majority Report
Public Policy Institute Website: http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=751

Rolling Whisper (Riverside Trolley Buses)
http://snipurl.com/1mxrb
Press Enterprise

Rosendahl holding town hall meeting on north runway safety and modernization
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2007/05/31/news_-_features/lax/l2.txt
The Argonaut

SunLine aims to reduce taxi glut, improve service
http://snipurl.com/1mz3s
Desert Sun

THAT'S DEBATABLE: Railways in land of freeways
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2007/06/01/politics/dpt-thatsdebatable31.txt
Daily Pilot

Transit expert: Cast out autos - Cutting traffic brings happiness, former Bogota mayor tells gathering
http://origin.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_6027239
The Argus

Truck lanes coming?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2007/05/truck_lanes_com.html
Los Angeles Times Bottleneck Blog