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5/22/2008

Transportation Headlines for Thursday May 22, 2008

APTA: One-third of summer travelers will use public transit
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp?id=16666
Progressive Railroading
APTA Press Release: http://www.apta.com/media/releases/080519_green_travel.cfm

Bicycle project receives Rideshare Diamond Award
http://lacityorgcd13.blogspot.com/2008/05/diamond-rideshare-award.html
CD13 – Eric Garcetti

Big Metro Board Agenda Item: Expanding Congestion Pricing
http://snipurl.com/2a11e
StreetsBlogLA

Big Oil defends profits before irate senators
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_go_co/oil_congress
Yahoo! News

Budget Deficit and High Speed Rail in California Are Totally Separate
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/05/the_budget_defi.html
California Progress Report

Confusion at the New Park & Pay Machines on Sunset
http://laist.com/2008/05/21/park_and_pay_sunset.php
LAist

Draft Environmental Report On $750 Million Port Terminal Plan Public
http://www.gazettes.com/terminal05222008.html
Grunion Gazette

Gas prices accelerating scooter sales
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/05/21/gas-prices-accelerating-scooter-sales/
Christian Science Monitor

Gas prices alter behavior - Drivers shun SUV's and travel closer to home for the holiday
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/21/consumers-getting-smart-about-fuel-efficiency-to/
Ventura County Star

Happy about high gasoline prices?
http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/05/21/happy-about-high-gasoline-prices/
Reuters

Honda to Deliver 200 Fuel-Cell Autos Through 2011
http://snipurl.com/2a0y5
Bloomberg

LA Deputies Say Prolific Graffiti Tagger Agrees To Surrender
http://www.knbc.com/news/16356846/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
KNBC 4 TV

los angeles parking lot info online (using Google maps)
http://community.livejournal.com/los_angeles/3930767.html
LiveJournal

LA workers swap cars for subway
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7413056.stm
BBC News

Metrolink (Not Metro) Tries to Censor Bloggers - A paranoid transit agency spends public money threatening critical Web sites
http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/metrolink-tries-to-censor-bloggers/18960/
LA Weekly

O’Conner on Ending the Free Ride for Hybrids
http://snipurl.com/2a116
StreetsBlogLA

Oil: Now, $134; Someday Soon, $150
http://laist.com/2008/05/21/oil_now_134_som.php
LAist

Oil Rises Above $134 on U.S. Supply Drop, Bank Price Forecasts
http://snipurl.com/2a0tn
Bloomberg

Public transit advocates make case in state Capitol
http://www.contracostatimes.com/science/ci_9327040
Contra Costa Times

Rough Road Ahead For Highway Bill
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/05/21/washington-lobbying-transportation-biz-wash-cz_atg_0521beltway.html
Forbes

Safety courses for scooter riders
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/highway1/la-hyw-scooterweb21-2008may21,0,2572116.story
Los Angeles Times

SMART GROWTH - Pasadena's Central District Plan lauded
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_9338315
Pasadena Star News

Transit officials decry proposed state budget
http://www.sacbee.com/749/story/957544.html
Sacramento Bee

Updating the traffic report - Commuting times fall, but how long will it last?
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_9327046
The Daily Breeze

Up to 24,000 deaths a year in California are linked to air pollution - Californians exposed to high levels of fine particulates had their lives cut short on average by 10 years, board staff found. New research finds rates of heart attacks, strokes and other serious disease increase exponentially after exposure to even slightly higher amounts of particulate matter
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deaths22-2008may22,0,278159.story
Los Angeles Times

Volunteer for a bike organization (Bike Activism, Part 2)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/05/volunteering-fo.html
Los Angeles Times/Emerald City

YouTube Exposing Cities' Traffic Problems
http://www.planetizen.com/node/31283
Planetizen