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6/13/2008

Transportation Headlines for Friday June 13, 2008

Bicycle Activists Take to the Freeways in L.A.
http://tinyurl.com/4mz5w3
NPR

Bus fleet gives commuters, planet Earth a breather
http://tinyurl.com/53ovwl
Desert Sun

Candidates Must No Longer Ignore America's Metro Areas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/candidates-can-no-longer_b_106865.html
Huffington Post

Canoga Avenue busway advances
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/transortation-i.html
Bottleneck Blog

Chicago To Privatize Airport Express Project
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/chicago-to-priv.html
Wired

Congress Funds Amtrak - While Arnold Proposes Transit Cuts
http://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6170
Calitics

Dan Walters: Angst rises as sales tax fades
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1010508.html
Sacramento Bee

DOE Announces $30 Million for PHEV Projects
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/06/doe-announces-3.html
Green Car Congress

Envisioning a Multi-Modal Sunset Junction
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/12/envisioning-a-multi-modal-sunset-junction-tonight/
StreetsBlogLA

Free bus passes (OCTA) offered to beat gas prices - Pass available on-line for next week as part of nationwide program
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ride-week-day-2066691-transportation-orange
Orange County Register

Gold Line Foothill Extension
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/the-gold-line-f.html
Bottleneck Blog

Governor Schwarzenegger Proposes Transit Cuts and Says Nothing About Gasoline Prices
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/06/governor_schwar_22.html
California Progress Report

How to Ride Your Bike to Work in L.A.
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/12/how-to-ride-your-bike-to-work-in-la/
MetBlogsLA

Important Lincoln Heights Crosswalk Threatened
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/12/important-lincoln-heights-crosswalk-threatened/
MetBlogsLA

Metro maestro
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/06/metro-maestro.html
LA Now

Metro Considering “Transit Oriented Development” for Sepulveda Orange Line Station
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/12/metro-considering-%e2%80%9ctransit-oriented-development%e2%80%9d-for-sepulveda-orange-line-station/
StreetsBlogLA

Metro Picks Locally Preferred Alternative for Orange Line Extension
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/12/metro-picks-locally-preferred-alternative-for-orange-line-extension/
StreetsBLogLA

Monorail madness
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/monorail-madnes.html
Bottleneck Blog

MTA sees Canoga Avenue busway as likely San Fernando Valley connector
Officials decide that a busway, built atop an old rail right-of-way, was the best and most affordable option. The project would include an adjacent bike lane
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-roadsage13-2008jun13,0,1590099.column
Los Angeles Times

MTA ridership surges in May
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/breaking-news-m.html#more
Bottleneck Blog

More MTA ridership numbers
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/more-mta-riders.html
Bottleneck Blog

North American Bus Industries (NABI) is to re-launch bus making in Kaposvár, Hungary to meet an order that has been recently put in by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
http://www.portfolio.hu/en/cikkek.tdp?cCheck=1&k=2&i=15037
Portfolio HU

Omnitrans to offer free rides
http://www.sbsun.com/sanbernardino/ci_9546118
San Bernardino Sun

Orange Line bus route announced
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9569970
Daily News

Q&A with Amtrak President Alex Kummant
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSSIB27628520080612
Reuters

Rosewood Community Smart Shuttle Launched
http://www.lawattstimes.com/articles/2008/06/12/community/community1.txt
LA Watts Times

Sales Tax Needed for Transit
http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=7981
Santa Monica Mirror

Saturn All-Electric Conversions Available Next Year
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1749/
EcoGeek

Schwarzenegger Allocates $9 Million for New San Diego Buses
http://tinyurl.com/5ycppg
San Diego Business Journal

Signal Sync Arrives on Wilshire
http://franklinavenue.blogspot.com/2008/06/signal-sync-arrives-on-wilshire.html
Franklin Avenue

Smart Card FAQ
http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/smart-cards-faq
Smart Car Alliance

Starting to Break Down California's Gas Tax
http://laist.com/2008/06/12/californias_gas_tax_breakdown.php
LAist

State approves funding for extra westbound lane - $32 million will help build another lane on 118 Freeway next year
http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2008/0613/front_page/003.html
Simi Valley Acorn

State budget constraints derail Green Line construction authority bill again in the Senate
http://tinyurl.com/4wwkfd
The Argonaut

Subway to the Sea Inching Closer to Reality
http://laist.com/2008/06/12/subway_to_the_sea_inching_closer_to.php
LAist

Third Annual National Dump the Pump Day to be Held June 19 -- Take Public Transportation and Beat the High Cost of Gas
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/080612_dump_the_pump.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

T.O. Transit has never looked so inviting
http://www.toacorn.com/news/2008/0612/community/027.html
Thousand Oaks Acorn

U.S. cities for the 21st century- Experts call for a new federal role in metropolitan development, one with fewer strings attached
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0613/p03s01-usgn.html
CS Monitor

Valley's Shortcut Slices Northward
http://laist.com/2008/06/12/valleys_shortcut_cuts_northward.php
LAist

Your View: Gold Line worth it (scroll down page past Scientology letter)
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_9558648
Pasadena Star News

We're Putting Money Into Mass Transit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061203878.html
Washington Post