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8/09/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday August 9, 2007

Back in the driver’s seat - Event chooses new date to ensure focus won’t be elsewhere (Alternative Energy and Transportation Expo)
http://www.smdp.com/article/articles/3956/1/Back-in-the-drivers-seat/Page1.html
Santa Monica Daily Press

`Bandit' taxi driver arrests are way up in L.A.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/9051232.html
Daily Breeze

Bike path runs into trouble
http://www.sbsun.com/opinions/ci_6560427
San Bernardino Sun

Boxer to Chair Two EPW Hearings in California – Field Hearings Will Spotlight Ports Pollution and Green Jobs
http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_62943.shtml
Yuba Net

Budget impasse must end
http://www.capitolweekly.net/opinion/article.html?article_id=1645
Capitol Weekly

Buses getting green retrofit - The airport authority approved funding for new technology that will greatly reduce emissions from its 14-bus fleet
http://www.burbankleader.com/articles/2007/08/08/news/blr-buses08.txt
Burbank Leader

Bridge Politics - Unless we change the way we fund our highways, infrastructure will continue to crumble
http://reason.com/news/show/121827.html
Reason Foundation

CBS Outdoor Lands Two LA Contracts
http://tinyurl.com/2lbt25
Media Week

Churchill's funeral train being returned by club
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_6575422
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Clinton: Bad Roads, Bridges Harm Economy
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Clinton-Infrastructure.html
New York Times

Editorial: Cut transit funds? First, get out and take a ride
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/313583.html
Sacramento Bee

Experts, residents unsure of new downtown rules' effect - Some say larger, denser projects will help ease L.A.'s housing crunch. Others say they will burden an already taxed infrastructure and displace the poor
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-downtown9aug09,1,6835395.story?coll=la-mininav-business
Los Angeles Times

Federal Grant Might Provide Avenue To Fund Wilshire Bus Lane
http://www.knbc.com/traffic/13852788/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
KNBC 4 TV

Moving to keep federal funds - Redondo Beach Council will have designs drawn up for a transit hub near the Galleria
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/9051167.html
Daily Breeze

ONT’s manager has plans
http://www.claremont-courier.com/pages/Topstory080807.3.html
Claremont Courier

River walk takes a step closer - Work on final design set for October; city's parks officials need $200,000 to cover funding gap
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2007/08/09/politics/gnp-riverwalk08.txt
Glendale News Press

Simpler bridge safety labeling sought - Senate transportation panel chairman will hold hearing on state's system
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/316403.html
Sacramento Bee