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11/17/2007

Transportation Headlines for Saturday November 17, 2007

Alliance with ports won't forestall rail-crossings lawsuit
http://tinyurl.com/yvwn5t
Press Enterprise

Despite apparent progress, completion of 23 Freeway widening is still years away - County needs transportation sales tax income to make road improvements
http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2007/1116/Front_Page/003.html
Simi Valley Acorn

Gas Prices Climb Closer to Records Set Earlier This Year - In L.A., Prices Are Less Than a Dime Away From Their All-Time Record
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5765507
ABC 7 TV

High-Speed Train Project Makes Progress on Financing Strategy and Introduces New Commuter Alternative for Altamont Pass
http://tinyurl.com/2la987
Business Wire

Holiday Transit Services
http://www.socata.net/gm/archives/00000062.shtml
Southern California Transit Advocates

Indio Transportation Center moves on
http://tinyurl.com/3xbrgx
My Desert News

Letters to the Editor: Off the Rails [Re: L.A. Sniper, Nov. 8]
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=6497&IssueNum=232
L.A. City Beat

Looking for a Connection - Some See Proposed Transit Project as Downtown's Missing Link
http://www.downtownnews.com/articles/2007/11/19/news/news04.txt
L.A. Downtown News

New era tolls for county's commuters - South Bay Expressway opens to traffic Monday
http://tinyurl.com/2q23ox
San Diego Union Tribune

Purple Line subway route options
http://lavisions.blogspot.com/2007/11/purple-line-subway-route-options.html
L.A. Visions

South Bay Expressway, San Diego’s First Toll Road, Opens - State-of-the-Art Expressway Completes Missing Link in San Diego Highway System and is Hailed as a Model for Public-Private Partnerships
http://tinyurl.com/2j8qjf
Business Wire

Toll road to open in San Diego County amid expectations - The second private tollway in the state is the latest move to ease congestion by having motorists pay
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollroad17nov17,1,5802929.story?track=rss
Los Angeles Times

World's Fastest Trains
http://tinyurl.com/2mlyzp
USA Today