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9/06/2008

Transportation Headlines for Saturday September 6, 2008

Bush Ends Opposition to Highway-Fund Boost
Wall Street Journal

California governor's veto threat creates logjam of nearly 1,000 bills
Los Angeles Times

Federal Highway Trust Fund's ills bad news for region
Press Enterprise

Flexible real-time data to enhance London's public transport
Public Service

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Metrolink

Highway Trust Fund Is Nearly Broke - Fund to Fix Roads and Bridges Could Be Empty by Month's End
ABC News

Honorable Mary Peters, Secretary Of Transportation - Trust Fund Solvency Media Briefing
USDOT

I-15 Express Lanes Set To Open
NBC TV

Masking the Smells of Public Transit
Planetizen

Mayor Villaraigosa urges business leaders to support half-cent sales tax - Addressing the Los Angeles Business Council, the mayor says transit funding on the Nov. 4 ballot is essential to making the city more livable and affordable for middle-class workers
Los Angeles Times

Metro Leaders Talk Freight, Funding at Boxer Hearing on Federal Policy
StreetsBlogLA

MTA could re-write toll lane deal with Fed government
Under the Dome

MTA mulls Subway to the Sea routes (see pages 3 and 7)
Santa Monica Daily Press

MTA to Consider Proposed Subway Routes
Los Angeles Independent

Researchers showcase automated bus that uses magnets to steer through city streets
U.C. Berkeley

San Francisco Debuts Car-Free “Sunday Streets”
StreetsBlogLA

Service patrol to roam Oahu freeways, offer aid to motorists
Honolulu Advertiser

Support for Sales Tax Increase
Brentwood News

Take Metrolink to the LA County Fair
Metrolink

Trucking firms line up for ports' clean-air programs
Los Angeles Times

U.S. seeks $8 billion from Congress for highway funding
Reuters

Useful Map for the Weekend: LA Triathlon Route & Street Closures
LAist

What’s this about tolls on the 110 freeway?
San Pedro News

Why LA Won’t Get 80% Funding on the Gold Line
The Overhead Wire

Winning Designs for "Bus of the Future" to be Unveiled at Special Event on September 26 in Santa Monica -- Event to be Held Opening Day of AltCar Expo -- Big Blue Bus and Art Center College of Design Will Also Co-Host "Transforming Transit" Symposium Featuring Internationally Acclaimed Design and Transit Experts
MarketWatch

With highway money running out, President Bush pulls a U-turn
Los Angeles Times