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7/23/2008

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday July 23, 2008

101-405 bridge planned
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9964421
Daily News

800 miles of toll lanes on Highway 101, other Bay Area freeways proposed
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9962735?source=most_viewed
Mercury News

Absolut Vodka Provides Tonic For Walk Of Fame
http://www.knbc.com/entertainment/16957981/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
KNBC 4 TV

Antonovich to Los Angeles: Give Us Our Fair Share
http://thefcblog.com/2008/07/22/antonovich-to-los-angeles-give-us-our-fair-share/
Foothill Cities Blog

Beverly Hills Getting Two Stops on "Subway to the Sea"
http://tinyurl.com/62cc9y
CurbedLA

Bush rejected EPA advice on California air-quality waiver, whistle-blower says
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1102194.html
Sacramento Bee

California: Freeway Toll Proposal Advances Despite Opposition
Proposal to convert HOV lanes to HOT lanes in Southern California will result in charging carpoolers to drive
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/24/2479.asp
The Newspaper – a journal of the politics of driving

City has no objections to the Subway to the Sea
http://www.thebeverlyhillscourier.com/editions/files/07-18%20F%20issue.pdf
Beverly Hills Courier

Congressional Reps Oppose Toll Lane Conversions
http://thefcblog.com/2008/07/21/congressional-reps-oppose-toll-lane-conversions/
Foothill Cities Blog

Councilman Tom LaBonge Talks Bikes and His Recent Trip to Europe
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/22/councilman-tom-labonge-talks-bikes-and-his-recent-trip-to-europe/
StreetsBlogLA

Cyclists and motorists -- maybe we can get along
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2008/07/cyclists-and-mo.html
Los Angeles Times

East Hollywood Council Helps Fund Bicycle Sharrows
http://laist.com/2008/07/22/east_hollywood_residents_help_fund.php
LAist

Google Maps Incorporates MARTA
http://decaturmetro.com/2008/07/22/google-maps-incorporates-marta/
Decatur Metro


Last Of The Famous Los Angeles Streetcars
http://tinyurl.com/663vry
Curbed LA

Month of tragedy on Inland railroad tracks represents sharp rise in deaths
http://tinyurl.com/6sy9wu
Press Enterprise

New bike racks at NoHo subway station!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/07/new-bike-racks.html
Bottleneck Blog

New bus lines, longer hours, among transportation proposals submitted to Riverside County agency
http://tinyurl.com/5ruv67
Press Enterprise

New Plan Just a New Part of L.A.'s Interesting Taxi History
http://blogdowntown.com/2008/07/3482-new-plan-just-a-new-part-of-las-interesting
Blogdowntown

O.C. transit officials to open carpool lanes on 55 Freeway - Drivers on a six-mile stretch from the 91 Freeway to 17th Street in Santa Ana will be able to go in and out of the lanes at any time
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-carpool23-2008jul23,0,763407.story
Orange County Register

ONT faces new blow - JetBlue decides to exit airport
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_9964793
Daily Bulletin

Plug-In 2008: Electric Cars Are Inevitable ... and Essential
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/electric-cars-a.html
Wired

Plug In, Drive On: The Promise of Next-Gen Hybrids
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92792068&ft=1&f=1003
NPR

Real-Time Text Alerts Highlight of NY M.T.A. Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/nyregion/23text.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
New York Times

Sales-tax hike to get vote tonight - Council will decide without lone foe
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_9954576
Whittier Daily News

Should City Provide Dedicated Parking for Car Sharing?
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/21/should-city-provide-dedicated-parking-for-car-sharing/
StreetsblogLA

Study praises L.A. Port traffic program - Proponents say it has diverted 9 million trucks from the area's freeways
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_9966178
Daily Breeze

Traffic deaths dip as gas tab rises
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9965263
Daily News

What's Wrong With Amtrak?
http://tinyurl.com/6z7nqq
NPR

Without money it's only Caltrans dreaming - The agency offers its ideas to improve the troublesome 405-101 interchange, but admits it has no money allocated for the project
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-roadsage23-2008jul23,0,2114387.column
Los Angeles Times