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7/19/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday July 19, 2007

Area Caltrans Director Says Agency Will Help Ease Impact of PCH Work - Current DOT Budget Numbers Don’t Include Funding to Address Malibu’s Proliferating Potholes
http://malibusurfsidenews.com/stories/200707/20070719001.html
Malibu Surfside News

Big Blue Bus Drops the Ball. Hard
http://metrorider.elhay.net/2007/07/18/big-blue-bus-drops-the-ball-hard/
MetroRiderLA

Eli Broad's Grand Illusion: While real L.A. goes begging, City Hall pours millions into a plastic promenade
http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/eli-broads-grand-illusion/16849/
L.A. Weekly

Giant mall planned for Woodland Hills - The Westfield Group plans to build a $750-million outdoor village between the Topanga and Promenade shopping centers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mall19jul19,1,7715933.story?coll=la-headlines-california
L.A. Times

Hasta la Vista, Not Viva Las Vegas, for Monorail
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mysak&sid=aRmzY8m1eKxc
Bloomberg

How Green Was My Gas Station
http://tinyurl.com/3bcyn8
L.A. Independent

Keep Valley on the map, leaders urge - U.S. Census Bureau gets packet of letters, petitions
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6408736
Daily News

LADOT Doubts SM Incline Traffic Projections
http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=3056
Palisadian Post

Lawmakers optimistic about budget deal as Republicans seek cuts
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/07/18/state/n184305D73.DTL&type=politics
San Francisco Chronicle

Lawn Chairs: A Proxy For Transit Activism
http://metrorider.elhay.net/2007/07/18/lawn-chairs-a-proxy-for-transit-activism/
MetroRiderLA

Metro Shorts Valley Employees, Diverts Funds to Other Areas
http://www.sfvbj.com/print.asp?aid=89519007.2993082.1498848.82953...
San Fernando Valley Business Journal

Port strike possibility fading - Contract negotiations back on; several issues on table
http://www.dailynews.com/business/ci_6408540
Daily News

Republicans call for making cuts to all programs - Democrats oppose 'meat-ax approach' to state budget
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070719/news_1n19budget.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Residents: SANDAG plan should expand Coaster hours
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/18/news/sandiego/5_01_507_17_07.txt
North County Times/Californian

Rolling buses a relief to O.C. workers - Commuters are happy to have a way back to work, but express dismay at the toll the strike took on their pocketbooks
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nannybus19jul19,1,5737402.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Shippers and carriers continue to make the transition from lean to green with bottom line improvements
http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/CA6461244.html?industry=3PL&industryid=2028
Logistics Management

SM Rejects Rosendahl's CA Incline Demands
http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=3057
Palisadian-Post

South Pasadena to host clean-air car show
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_6407478
Pasadena Star News

State budget deal in reach - OBSTACLE: WHETHER TO CUT $2 BILLION
http://www.mercurynews.com/localnewsheadlines/ci_6410701
Mercury News

Subway to the Sea – Pat Morrison KPCC, Wednesday July 18 broadcast
http://www.scpr.org/programs/pattmorrison/
KPCC 89.3 FM

(Bus Rider) Union's position all out of gas
http://www.dailynews.com/theiropinion/ci_6399237
Daily News