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6/07/2008

Transportation Headlines for Saturday June 7, 2008

As Pump Prices Soar, Passengers Rush to Amtrak’s Surfliner - $400 Million Available To Improve Rail Service
http://snipurl.com/2efo9
San Diego Business Journal

Bob Lutz Drives the Volt, Calls It 'Electrifying'
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/bob-lutz-drives.html
Wired

Breakthrough Hydrogen Car Gets 650 Miles Per Tank
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1717/
EcoGeek

Building Roads to Reduce Traffic Congestion in America's Cities: How Much and at What Cost?
http://www.reason.org/ps346/index.shtml
Reason

Congresswoman to Congestion Pricing: Slow Down!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/congresswoman-t.html
Los Angeles Times

Crude oil price rises more than $10 to another record - Hopes of a market turnaround are dashed amid predictions of $150-a-barrel oil. The price of gasoline reaches an all-time high in California
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-oil7-2008jun07,0,2670741.story
Los Angeles Times

Drillers probe mountain to find route for tunnel to ease Riverside Freeway traffic - Tests are to find the water table and determine soil types. The decision on whether to build also depends on financing
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tunnel7-2008jun07,0,2551264.story
Los Angeles Times

Foothill Dump the Pump – free rides
http://snipurl.com/2edjt
Foothill Transit

Getting the Transportation Infrastructure We Need
http://www.planetizen.com/node/33369
Planetizen

Gold Line may get funding
http://www2.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_9508970
Whittier Daily News

Latest Traffic Updates (LADOT Traffic Officers)
http://www.garmentandcitizen.com/category/news/photo-story/2008-06-06-1.php
Garment & Citizen

MagLev train to Las Vegas gets study money
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_9509344
Daily Breeze

Missing Links - Public transit ridership is up, but no one's talking about a better system
http://www.grist.org/feature/2008/06/06/avent/
Grist

National Transit Union Proposes a Smart Fuel Subsidy
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/06/national-transit-union-proposes-a-smart-fuel-subsidy/#more-755
StreetsBlogLA

Oil prices soar, stocks tumble as jobs vanish
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_9508081
Whittier Daily News

Planning for a bright future
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_9498258
Pasadena Star News

Rail Riders Coming Out for Pride
http://boifromtroy.com/?p=7288
BoiFromTroy

Republicans Stop Feuer’s Efforts to Lower Sales Tax Threshold
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/06/republicans-stop-feuer%E2%80%99s-efforts-to-lower-sales-tax-threshold/
StreetsBlogLA

San Diego - Prepare for transit fare hikes
http://snipurl.com/2efqc
San Diego Union Tribune

Southern California commuting times map -- click on 'view larger map'
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/southland-commu.html
Explaining the map and preview of traffic series
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/explaining-the.html
Bottleneck Blog

Streetsblog Wrap Up
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/06/streetsblog-wrap-up.html
StreetHeatLA

Transportation bill includes funding for studies of Disneyland-to-Vegas MagLev train
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_9504688?source=rss
Daily Breeze

What hath our initiative process wrought?
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-broverman6-2008jun06,0,1055719.story
Los Angeles Times