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3/11/2008

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday March 11, 2008

10.3 Billion Trips Taken On Public Transportation Ridership In 2007 -- The Highest Level in 50 Years
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/080310_ridership.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

Access to Bus and Rail Lines Reduces Driving by 4,400 Miles per Household
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/080310_land_use.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

CalTrans to Make PCH Safe for Cyclists
http://www.westsidebikeside.com/this-just-in-caltrans-to-make-pch-safe-for-cyclists/
WestsideBikeside

Guess Who Hopes to Help Power New Hybrid Cars
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120520656671826555.html?mod=todays_us_marketplace
Wall Street Journal

How L.A. Was Almost Our Greenest City
http://www.alternet.org/environment/78504/
Alternet

Husing Report Details Pros and Cons Of Clean Truck Options
http://www.cunninghamreport.com/news_item.php?id=215
Cunningham Report

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle development still in the slow lane
http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/775415.html
Sacramento Bee

Inland transportation projects advance in Prop. 1B funding process
http://snipurl.com/21hsu
Press Enterprise

L.A. Bike Plan's Survey: Redundant or Ridiculous?
http://ubrayj02.blogspot.com/2008/03/la-bike-plans-survey-redundant-or.html
BrayjAgainstTheMachine

Linking city centers to Metrolink
All O.C. cities on board for Go Local program
http://www.ocregister.com/news/cities-grants-centers-1996021-metrolink-link
Orange County Register

MTA must keep on top of Orange Line busway expansion
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_8526330
Daily News

Oil futures soar to new high
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gas11mar11,1,3314639.story
Los Angeles Times

Projects breathe life into Wilshire corridor
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-wilshire11mar11,1,7456532.story
Los Angeles Times

Report: Nation Needs Modern Public Transit Plan
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=6515&state=52&res=1440
Smart Growth Online

Rice Avenue project closer to a reality
Interchange plan expected to get state bond funds
http://snipurl.com/21hto
Ventura County Star

Santa Monica Workshop Shows Support for Bike/Ped and Transit
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/10/santa-monica-workshop-shows-support-for-bikeped-and-transit/
StreetsBlogLA

Tolls Proposed to Pay for Otay Mesa Border Crossing
Border-Crossing Delays Prompts Ducheny Bill
http://snipurl.com/21h13
San Diego Business Journal

Waxman demands EPA documents
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/11/MN3SVHCNV.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle