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6/03/2008

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday June 3, 2008

6,500 warm up to toll lanes; SR 167 HOT lanes completes opening month
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2008/06/2-hotlanes.htm
Washington State DOT

Bus Stops to Get GPS Maps
http://laist.com/2008/06/02/bus_stops_to_ge.php
LAist

Center for Environmental Excellence
http://environment.transportation.org/
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Coaster Rider Increase Means Less Parking Spaces
http://www.10news.com/news/16440955/detail.html
10 News

Community Comes Out for a Better Van Nuys
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/02/community-comes-out-for-a-better-van-nuys/
StreetsBlogLA

Court Flight - The Other Funicular
http://onbunkerhill.org/node/130
On Bunker Hill

Cycling in Beijing
http://thecityfix.com/cycling-in-beijing/
The City Fix

Downtown LA Critical Mass
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/02/downtown-la-critical-mass/
StreetsBlogLA

Dump the Pump Day looms; RTA offers free rides
http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=1595
Inland News Today

Foothill Hollywood Bowl Service for June 14-15
http://www.foothilltransit.org/EAlert/NewsDisplay.aspx?ID=488&type=news
Foothill Transit

Gas Prices Lessen Commute Times
http://laist.com/2008/06/02/gas_prices_less.php
LAist

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Wins Top Honor at 2008 APTA International Rail Rodeo
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/080602_rail_rodeo.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

Los Angeles County Expands Agreement with Pictometry for Aerial Imagery
http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/index.php?duty=Show&id=22983&trv=1
Directions Magazine

Man arrested in alleged bomb hoax (Metrolink)
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_9447315?source=rss
Pasadena Star News

Mass transit braces for fed-up drivers
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/06/02/transit_crunch
Marketplace/NPR

Nancy Pelosi Keynote Address at American Public Transportation Association Rail Conference in SF
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48748152_nancy-pelosi-keynote-address-american-public-trans
All American Patriots

Oil Prices Affecting Asphalt As Well, Creating Opening for Greener Roads
http://www.planetizen.com/node/33267&rf=rss
Planetizen

Public Transit Ridership Continues To Grow In The First Quarter Of 2008
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/080602_ridership_report.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

Remarks For James S. Simpson, Administrator Federal Transit Administration - APTA Rail Conference - San Francisco, Ca June 2, 2008
http://www.fta.dot.gov/news/speeches/news_events_8247.html
Federal Transit Administration

Report calls for national transportation policy
http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2008/06/03/Expert-urges-better-connections-in-35W-bridge-area
Finance and Commerce

Serving Unbanked Consumers in the Transit Industry
http://www.smartcardalliance.org/newsletter/may_2008/feature_0508.html
Smart Card Alliance/Smart Card Talk

Skyrocketing gasoline prices force changes
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gas3-2008jun03,1,3738823.story
Los Angeles Times

Students learn to share the road (Page 1 and Page 8)
http://www.smdp.com/site/archives/060208.pdf
Santa Monica Daily Press

Taking Transit Because Gas is too Expensive? Get in Line
http://live.asce.org/blog/1/asce/transit/?permalink=Taking-Transit-Because-Gas-is-too-Expensive-Get-in-Line.html
American Society of Civil Engineers/Our Failing Infrastructure

Traffic Congestion Costing $12 billion a Year, by Wendy Gruel
http://www.citywatchla.com/content/view/1297/
CityWatchLA

Transit use soars - budget heads the other way
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/03/MN2S111RJT.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Washington, D.C. Union Station Photo Flap
http://tinyurl.com/5twqdr
FOX News