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6/01/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday June 1, 2008

$32 million OK'd for Hwy. 118 widening
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/31/in-brief/
Ventura County Star

Bicycle Commuter Benefit on House Tax Extender Bill
http://commutebybike.com/2008/05/30/commuter-tax-benefit/
Commute By Bike

Bill seeks new Gold Line funds (AB 2321)
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_9442316
Pasadena Star News

Bus to Bowl is hot ticket for concerts
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_9442180
Whittier Daily News

Driven to a 'T' - Couple travel 3,000 miles in a 1926 'Flivver'
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_9442447
Whittier Daily News

Gridlock led 27 pct of drivers to abandon trips
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2945997820080530
Reuters

House Committee Approves Transit Bill
http://railfanning.org/news/archives/746
Railfanning.org

Long Beach Parking Lots Get Their Day in the Sun
http://laist.com/2008/05/31/long_beach_park.php
LAist

Masdar City Will Be World's First Zero-Carbon, Zero-Waste, Car-free City
http://green-changemakers.blogspot.com/2008/05/masdar-city-will-be-worlds-first-zero.html
The Green Changemakers

Metro TweetWatch: Exercise!
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/30/metro-tweetwatch-exercise/
MetBlogsLA

Naseeb M. Saliba, 93; construction mogul oversaw Southern California projects
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/valley/la-me-saliba1-2008jun01,0,7440174.story
Los Angeles Times

Riverside County transportation planners show value of ambitious agendas
http://tinyurl.com/4jamlo
Press Enterprise

Second Life Utilized to Design a Personal Mass Transit System
http://www.designnews.com/blog/460000246/post/610027461.html
Design News

Soaring food, gas prices taking their toll
Climbing cost of living leaves many pinching their pennies, struggling to cover basics
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9441641
Daily News

Top Schools For Urban Planners
http://www.planetizen.com/topschools
Planetizen

World's First Renewable Gasoline
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1687/
EcoGeek