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8/11/2008

Transportation Headlines for Monday August 11, 2008

ANOTHER VIEW - Transportation - the planning void
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/opinions/ci_10160505
Whittier Daily News

Blogging Cyclist Calls for Truce in Car v Bike Culture Wars
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/11/blogging-cyclist-calls-for-truce-in-car-v-bike-culture-wars/
StreetsBlogLA

Electron economy, part 3 - A three-pronged approach to getting off oil for transportation
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/8/153612/9676/
Grist

Evidence to be aired on safety of Expo Line
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10165235
Daily News

Local Officials Urge State Officials on Transit Bill
http://laist.com/2008/08/11/post_57.php
LAist

MIT hacker: I tried to help MBTA
http://tinyurl.com/5kujdf
Boston Herald

Red Car ties to San Pedro
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_10161957
Daily Breeze

State budget impasse looks poised to worsen
http://tinyurl.com/555grc
San Francisco Chronicle

Tax Measure for BART OK'd for Ballot
http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=6712
Mass Transit

Transit agencies kick their environmental efforts up a notch as they strive to become green leaders
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/pr/article.asp?id=17554
Progressive Railroading

Use Google Maps to get transit instructions
http://thingsthatmakeyougogreen.com/use-google-maps-to-get-transit-instructions/2008/08/09/
Things that Make You Go Green

Want safer 'Traffic'? Take roundabout way
http://tinyurl.com/6fkmkj
Delaware Online

On this Day: ‘Watts Riots’ Erupt in Los Angeles
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day---Watts-Riots--Erupt-in-Los-Angeles.html
Finding Dulcinea
Link to the Transportation section of the 1965 McCone Commission Report, USC Library (scroll half way down page):
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/cityinstress/mccone/part8.html