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7/24/2008

Transportation Headlines for Thursday July 24, 2008

AASHTO Journal News Alert: House Approves $8 Billion Transfer to Highway Trust Fund
http://www.transportation.org/news/142.aspx
American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials

Ad tells lawmakers: Don't use transportation money for budget fix
http://www.politickerca.com/benvandermeer/1564/ad-tells-lawmakers-dont-use-transportation-money-budget-fix
PolitickerCA

A lot riding on proposal for L.A. County road and transit sales tax
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/07/todays-meeting.html
Bottleneck Blog

Amtrak Is Feeling the Love
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/the-people-are.html
Wired

Bay Area officials approve toll-lane network
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNBN11U37D.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

California ports' pollution plan a big haul
http://tinyurl.com/6z8hcd
Reuters

Commission approves financing plan for toll lanes on Highway 101, other Bay Area freeways
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9973142?nclick_check=1
Mercury News

County's First Ethanol Plant Approved For Lancaster
http://www.knbc.com/news/16967178/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
KNBC 4 TV

Fairfax High student, 17, arrested for alleged tagging - Authorities say the boy sprayed graffiti on MTA buses and trains across the Los Angeles region, causing at least $38,000 in damage
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tagger24-2008jul24,0,7880344.story?track=rss
Los Angeles Times

Google Maps Adds Walking Directions
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/fresh-greens/2008/7/23/google-maps-adds-walking-directions.html
U.S. News & World Report

Google Walks the Walk
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2008/07/google_walks_the_walk.html
Washington Post

House backs $8 billion for highway trust fund
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080723/highway-spending/
Huffington Post

'IMBY'-ism could sink MTA's L.A. County sales tax vote - The MTA votes today on putting a transit levy on the fall ballot. Parochial concerns could doom the effort
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-roadsage24-2008jul24,0,3163155.column
Los Angeles Times

L.A. Dodgers going green and getting organized (transit service)
http://stepstoorganization.blogspot.com/2008/07/la-dodgers-going-green-and-getting.html
Steps to Organization

L.A. fears fund raid by state
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9976788
Daily News

Mike Antonovich's Funny Definition of "Equity"
http://takethemetro.blogspot.com/2008/07/mike-antonovichs-funny-definition-of.html
Ditch the Car, Take the Metro

MTA weighs tax measure
http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_9978604?source=rss
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Questions for the MTA
http://www.sgvtribune.com/opinions/ci_9976240
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

SANBAG Quarterly Report shares local economic trends
http://www.newsmirror.net/articles/2008/07/24/news/06news.txt
News Mirror

Study urges greater mass transit role in evacuation plans
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=40532&dcn=todaysnews
Government Executive

Signal Sync System to Be Installed near LAX
http://tinyurl.com/5sljgh
FOX News

Synchronized Traffic Light System Completed in West LA
http://tinyurl.com/663apo
FOX News

Transit tax details
http://www.dailybreeze.com/opinions/ci_9975267
Daily Breeze

Vertical Mapping Resources Maps I-710/Long Beach Freeway for Transportation Study
http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/5242/2/
American Surveyor

War Over MTA's "Eternity" Tax - The "temporary" sales tax would last 30 years. It's already set Eastside against Westside
http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/war-over-mtas-eternity-tax/19294/
L.A. Weekly

Why you want this tax hike - A sales tax increase, says the mayor, puts us on the road to a better L.A.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-oe-villaraigosa24-2008jul24,0,4998090.storyLos Angeles Times