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3/20/2008

Transportation Headlines for Thursday March 20, 2008

Amtrak offers free ride to Coachella festival campers
http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN1931060820080320
Reuters

Art meets the color green at Big Blue Bus
http://www.smdp.com/article/articles/4864/1/Art-meets-the-color-green-at-Big-Blue-Bus/Page1.html/print/4864
Santa Monica Daily Press

Beach Pass, Surf Bus For City Youth In Works
http://www.gazettes.com/buspasses03202008.html
Grunion Gazette

Catalina Freight Line's daily supply runs keep island afloat
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-catalina20mar20,1,2731843.story
Los Angeles Times

Driving is down, but gas prices remain up
http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_8630565
Daily Breeze

Hope in sight for 170,000 I-5 drivers - Construction on 2-mile stretch in Buena Park nearly 40% complete; detours and closures continue
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/freeway-park-angeles-2002247-county-expected
Orange County Register

L.A. City Council rejects massive Las Lomas development
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-laslomas20mar20,1,4042623.story
Los Angeles Times

LADOT Questions Metro’s Bus Cuts
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/20/ladot-question-metros-bus-cuts/
StreetsBlogLA

Port clean-up bound for courts? L.A.'s plan to address truck pollution will attract lawsuits. The port should work with Long Beach to come up with a compromise proposal
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-trucks20mar20,1,4853452.story
Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Lawyers Say that Daylight Savings Time Leads To More Accidents
http://www.losangeleschronicle.com/articles/55363
Los Angeles Chronicle

Washington, D.C.: Bush Transportation Budget Moves in Wrong Direction, Hides Problems
http://snipurl.com/2292i
U.S. PIRG