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8/07/2008

Transportation Headlines for Thursday August 7, 2008

Assembly Committee Won’t Stop High Speed Rail from Going to Ballot
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/06/assembly-committee-wont-stop-high-speed-rail-from-going-to-ballot/
StreetsBlogLA

Battle of Press Releases: Antonovich Strikes Back
http://tinyurl.com/6nwypf
Curbed LA

Battle over proposed MTA tax heats up
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10121828
Daily News

Board Votes Against MTA’s ½ cent Sales Tax Increase
http://tinyurl.com/5p48sw
West Ranch Beacon

Bus Riders Union - what a radical idea !
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2008/07/219065.php
LA Indy Media

Congressional subcommittee visits Port of Long Beach
http://tinyurl.com/6ly8hh
Land Line

Feinstein could rock California's political landscape - Poll numbers show she could dominate the field if she sets her sights on Sacramento in 2010.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap7-2008aug07,0,6301597.column
Los Angeles Times

Governor Threatens To Veto Bills Until Lawmakers Pass Budget
http://www.knbc.com/politics/17115597/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
KNBC

Hearing Addresses Need For Port Funding Oversight
http://www.gazettes.com/port08072008.html
Grunion Gazette

Highland Park Transit Village
http://activerain.com/blogsview/627476/Highland-Park-Transit-Village
Real Estate Blog

Judgment day for sales tax bill
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/08/judgment-day-fo.html
Bottleneck Blog

LADOT and the MUTCD
http://ubrayj02.blogspot.com/2008/08/ladot-and-mutcd.html
Brayj Against the Machine

LA to SF High Speed Rail Prop Still Full Speed Ahead
http://laist.com/2008/08/06/high_speed_rail_from_la_to_sf_still.php
LAist

Los Angeles International Airport projects on track, officials say - Despite the airline industry's slump, LAX improvements will proceed, at least for the next five years, a council panel is told
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-airports7-2008aug07,0,3348113.story
Los Angeles Times

Man Hit by Metro Red Line Train, Dies
http://laist.com/2008/08/06/man_hit_by_metro_red_line_train_die.php
LAist

Moving goods with Maglev makes sense
http://www.sbsun.com/editorial/ci_10119866
San Bernardino Sun

MTA accused of environmental racism over plans for new rail line
http://tinyurl.com/6lj5wj
Los Angeles Wave

MTA tax is having a hard time - and it's not even on ballot yet
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_10119647
Daily News

NextBus: Making Public Transit Less Miserable
http://tinyurl.com/58bnmy
Treehugger

Pedestrian Safety Prediction Methodology
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9255
Transportation Research Board

Ports are cleaning up, but need funds to finish task
http://www.dailybreeze.com/opinions/ci_10119972
Daily Breeze

Private investment in U.S. passenger rail eyed
http://tinyurl.com/63g8cp
Forbes

Quality Assurance in Design-Build Projects
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9318
Transportation Research Board

Red lining on transit - The Times' editorial board hasn't been kind local politicians who have tried to thwart MTA rail projects
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-subwaycc7-2008aug07,0,1148734.htmlstory
Los Angeles Times

Resources for Legal Issues Associated with Bus Maintenance
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9312
Transportation Research Board

Review of Predicted Impacts of Transit New Starts Projects
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9350
Transportation Research Board

Rider won't sign monthly Metrolink pass
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_10121829
Daily News

San Bernardino Associated Governments to take part in planning high-speed train route
http://tinyurl.com/5ltghe
Press Enterprise

Schwarzenegger Refuses to Sign Any More Bills; Welcome to Political Gridlock
http://laist.com/2008/08/06/schwarzenegger_refuses_to_sign_anym.php
LAist

South Pasadena says yes (sort of) to 710 Freeway extension
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/08/south-pasadena.html
LA Now

Supervisor Explains His 'No' Vote on Transit Sales Tax
http://laist.com/2008/08/06/supervisor_explains_his_no_vote_on.php
LAist

Supervisors Molina, Antonovich, and Knabe Use Taxpayer Dollars to Make a Political Statement
http://tinyurl.com/6flmgm
Foothill Cities Blog

Support builds for sweeping growth bill - State would reward use of 'smart' projects
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080807/news_1n7growth.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Tracks: Paying L.A. to Do It Yourself
http://tinyurl.com/64zo2g
LA City Beat

Villaraigosa Responds to Supervisors 'No' Vote on Transit Tax
http://laist.com/2008/08/06/villaraigosa_responds_to_supervisor.php
LAist

Villaraigosa To Unveil LA's First Diagonal Crosswalk - Crossing Implemented To reduce Gridlock, Officials Say
http://www.knbc.com/news/17117564/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
KNBC