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4/13/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday April 13, 2008

Amtrak resumes Seattle-to-L.A. passenger train - The Oregon slide that shut the Coast Starlight in January still requires a bus detour
http://snipurl.com/24adv
Oregonian

Could Google Transit Become The Universal Trip Planner? As the site adds more transit systems to its database, some hope that Google's transit route planner could become as useful as its car route mapping software
http://www.planetizen.com/node/30735
Planetizen

Don't be dense - The growth policies favored by some city officials threaten L.A.'s livability
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-yaroslavsky13apr13,0,544304.story
Los Angeles Times

Earth Day Comes to Wilshire Center
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/04/14/news/news_briefs/at05.txt
L.A. Downtown News

I-15/215 Bottleneck - ‘Relief’ is on the Way
http://joinbrad.com/blog/?p=177
Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt

Keeping the Lock Box Shut Tight: Preserving Funding for Transportation
http://www.redcounty.com/sandiego/2008/04/keeping-the-lock-box-shut-tigh/
Red County

Merchants welcome Ramona reopening (Alameda Corridor East)
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_8908207
Pasadena Star News

My way or the highway? Try the bikeway
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_8905883
Daily Breeze

Rails going below - State OKs funds for San Gabriel crossing (Alameda Corridor East)
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_8882819
Pasadena Star News

Sprinter ridership counts end month down, but officials optimistic
http://snipurl.com/24ael
North County Times/Californian

Why the California High-Speed Rail plan is fundamentally flawed
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/11/why-california-high-speed-rail-plan-fundamentally-flawed
The Standard