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5/13/2008

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday May 13, 2008

$531 billion...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/05/531-billion.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

Amtrak's Choice: Wi-Fi Or Die
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/05/amtraks_choice_1.html
Information Week

BNSF asked to lower rail pollution
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_9220732
San Bernardino Sun

City Council Celebrates "Bike Week" by Reorganizing Bicycle Advisory Committee
http://laist.com/2008/05/13/city_council_ce.php#more
LAist

'In a city ruled by cars, why is it that you can get places faster on bikes?'
http://laist.com/2008/05/12/in_a_city_ruled.php
LAist

In Celebration of “Bike To Work” Week
http://www.losanjealous.com/2008/05/12/in-celebration-of-bike-to-work-week/
LosAnjealous

Investment in public transit can help save the world
http://snipurl.com/28lax
Vancouver Sun

Megabus.com may end service from Los Angeles - The bus company, which touted $1 fares, will stop taking bookings on several routes and expects to decide by Friday whether to pull out of the city
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-megabus13-2008may13,0,6862809.story
Los Angeles Times

Midnight Movie: Bike on a Bus Rack
http://laist.com/2008/05/13/midnight_movie_37.php
LAist

Mobility Management -- A New Role for Public Transportation
http://www.apta.com/research/info/online/mobility_management.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

More drivers forced to cope with $4 gas
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gas13-2008may13,0,5297826.story
Los Angeles Times

O.C. agency approves $12 million to study transit ideas- A monorail in Anaheim and trolley system in Santa Ana are being considered to lighten traffic load
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-octa13-2008may13,0,2290152.story
Los Angeles Times

Quentin Kopp on High Speed Rail
http://cahsr.blogspot.com/2008/05/quentin-kopp-drinks-your-milkshake.html
California HighSpeedRail Blog

Rail Plan Introduced In House – Bill would provide $24B over ten years
http://www.bondbuyer.com/article.html?id=20080509879NJJ7K
Bond Buyer

Report on Los Angeles National Train Day
http://snipurl.com/28nly
NARP

Rising Fuel Prices Leads To Road Decongestion
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010925553
AHN

Second Life for corporate America
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-secondlife10-2008may10,0,2472150.story
Los Angeles Times

State air board takes aim at diesel pollution
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_diesel13.4369431.html
Press Enterprise

Surging Oil Is Hurting Public Transportation
http://fourreasonswhy.com/2008/05/12/surging-oil-is-hurting-public-transportation/
4 Reasons Why

That infrastructure thing
Congestion pricing might come in handy
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/5/9/14417/68908
GristMill

Thomas J. Umberg Appointed By Speaker Fabian Nunez to the California High-Speed Rail Authority
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080512/lam016.html?.v=101
Yahoo! Business

WeHo Subway Possible
http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/archive/page.php?articleID=2289
WeHo News

Working in Wiki - How to assemble real ideas in a virtual world
http://www.governing.com/articles/0805wiki.htm
Governing