Air quality at hazardous levels in foothill cities
Los Angeles Times
Ask Curbed: Buying on the Purple Line
Curbed LA
Crenshaw Line Meeting: Sort of An Update
Curbed LA
DesertXpress train aiming for March construction start - Official says 10,500 construction jobs possible with $4 billion project
Las Vegas Sun
Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff: America’s Transit Systems Are On Track with Recovery Investments
USDOT Fastlane
Flying Pigeon LA peddles bike culture north of downtown - Brothers Adam and Josef Bray-Ali host monthly tours -- with dim sum or art the destination -- to introduce their shop's Chinese bicycles and also to cultivate a vision of a different Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Forget Pork. When It Comes to Transportation Spending, Think Sugar - What's wrong with U.S. transportation policy, and how to get it right.
Daily Green
Golden Moment on the Gold Line
Los Angeles Cycle Chic
Governors Highway Safety Assoc. backs texting ban
Newday
Gridlock in the U.S. Hits Bottom According to INRIX National Traffic Scorecard --Study shows increases in travel time in first half of 2009 due to stabilizing economy, stimulus-funded road construction and low fuel prices
MarketWatch
LA & Sydney: Visions Lost & Found
Soapbox LA
LADOT Wins Emmy for Powerful “Watch the Road” P.S.A.
LA Streetsblog
LB Transit proposal draws fire - Service would be added in, around CSULB
Daily 49er
Long Beach Transit seeks comments on service changes
Everything Long Beach
Militant Takes On Metro's Turn To A New Style
Militant Angeleno
NPR’s All Things Considered considers HSR in a series this week
Trains for America
One bridge set to open, one to close - Link to Hollywood Way and Alameda Avenue will open Sept. 8, while Pass Avenue bridge will close the following day
Burbank Leader
Ride Report: Santa Clarita Transit Line 757
MetroRiderLA
Sacramento Regional Transit fares increase
Business Journal
Santa Monicans React to Controversy Over Narrowed Ocean Park Blvd
LA Streetsblog
Smart Growth America Chief: High-Speed Rail Grants Are Down Payment for America's Future
Smart Growth Online
States Make Pitches For High-Speed-Rail Money
NPR
Subway To Sea (Through WeHo) Making Progress
WeHo News
Torrance transit center proposal ready to roll
Daily Breeze
Transit agency urged to keep bus service in county's core - Anaheim mayor wants to protect most-traveled routes and cut less-used service
Orange County Register
Transit TV Network Returns to L.A. Market
MediaWeek
U.S. DOT creates new bond fee reimbursement program - DOT’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to Create New Bond Fee Reimbursement Program
Hawaii 24/7
U.S. High Speed Rail Projects
NPR
Video Highlights Danger Of Texting While Driving
NPR
What Kennedy’s Loss Could Mean for Transport Policy
LA Streetsblog
8/31/2009
Transportation Headlines for Monday August 31, 2009
Architecture review: Anaheim's rail hub
Los Angeles Times
Board Chair’s Perspective: Talking with CTA’s Carole Brown
Passenger Transport
Bus Rider’s Union: Metro Bus Service Barely Passes
LA Streetsblog
Caltrans set for round two of bridge, street closures
Burbank Leader
Census profiles for Purple Line MOS-2 stations
MetroRiderLA
City, Bike Coalition, Moving on Sharrows
LA Streetsblog
Cityride Program to Use Electronic Fare Cards
Beverly Press (page 6)
Clean Energy Opens World’s Largest LNG/CNG Truck Fueling Station At Long Beach/Los Angeles Ports Complex to Support Clean Air Goals
PR Inside
Daily Dig - High Speed Rail Edition
The Infrastructurist
Dispatch from Down Under – Brisbane Bikeways
Soapbox LA
Drunk motorist blocks Gold Line tracks in South Pasadena
Los Angeles Times
Hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms
Reuters
It's Politics: Activism helps kill light-rail proposal for Greenway Trail
Whittier Daily News
Lake Forest man takes charge of OCTA's finances - Ken Phipps is named director of finance and administration
Orange County Register
Mercedes-Benz Makes a Small Bet on Hydrogen
Wired
Metrolink reverses course on running its own train crews, opens talks with Amtrak
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink will replace train operator Connex
Ventura County Star
Monterey Park gets Gold Line extension
Whittier Daily News
MTA gets low marks for bus service in survey - The Bus Riders Union says riders gave the agency a D in overall service, a finding that conflicts with the results of the MTA's survey in June
Los Angeles Times
On the Waterbus
LA Weekly
Pedestrian undercrossing unveiled at Orange Depot - Walkway is the first in series of improvements at historic train station
Orange County Register
Public Transit vs. Cars? Mineta Institute Examines Trends
Passenger Transport
Riverside renews request for money to offset possible increase in train traffic
Press Enterprise
Sanbag gets $10 million for green truck project
San Bernardino Sun
Soil Sampling Completed for Subway to the Sea - Officials Call for Project to be Built in 10 Years
Beverly Press (pages 1 & 20)
Speeding toward Expo Line's proposed maintenance yard
Santa Monica Daily Press
Stimulus Math: Following the Money Isn’t Easy
New American Media
Stimulus road projects slow going, but proceeding as planned
Press Enterprise
Transit and taking back the street
Pushing Buses
U.S. DOT Summit Scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in DC
Passenger Transport
World's Best-Paid Cities
Forbes
Los Angeles Times
Board Chair’s Perspective: Talking with CTA’s Carole Brown
Passenger Transport
Bus Rider’s Union: Metro Bus Service Barely Passes
LA Streetsblog
Caltrans set for round two of bridge, street closures
Burbank Leader
Census profiles for Purple Line MOS-2 stations
MetroRiderLA
City, Bike Coalition, Moving on Sharrows
LA Streetsblog
Cityride Program to Use Electronic Fare Cards
Beverly Press (page 6)
Clean Energy Opens World’s Largest LNG/CNG Truck Fueling Station At Long Beach/Los Angeles Ports Complex to Support Clean Air Goals
PR Inside
Daily Dig - High Speed Rail Edition
The Infrastructurist
Dispatch from Down Under – Brisbane Bikeways
Soapbox LA
Drunk motorist blocks Gold Line tracks in South Pasadena
Los Angeles Times
Hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms
Reuters
It's Politics: Activism helps kill light-rail proposal for Greenway Trail
Whittier Daily News
Lake Forest man takes charge of OCTA's finances - Ken Phipps is named director of finance and administration
Orange County Register
Mercedes-Benz Makes a Small Bet on Hydrogen
Wired
Metrolink reverses course on running its own train crews, opens talks with Amtrak
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink will replace train operator Connex
Ventura County Star
Monterey Park gets Gold Line extension
Whittier Daily News
MTA gets low marks for bus service in survey - The Bus Riders Union says riders gave the agency a D in overall service, a finding that conflicts with the results of the MTA's survey in June
Los Angeles Times
On the Waterbus
LA Weekly
Pedestrian undercrossing unveiled at Orange Depot - Walkway is the first in series of improvements at historic train station
Orange County Register
Public Transit vs. Cars? Mineta Institute Examines Trends
Passenger Transport
Riverside renews request for money to offset possible increase in train traffic
Press Enterprise
Sanbag gets $10 million for green truck project
San Bernardino Sun
Soil Sampling Completed for Subway to the Sea - Officials Call for Project to be Built in 10 Years
Beverly Press (pages 1 & 20)
Speeding toward Expo Line's proposed maintenance yard
Santa Monica Daily Press
Stimulus Math: Following the Money Isn’t Easy
New American Media
Stimulus road projects slow going, but proceeding as planned
Press Enterprise
Transit and taking back the street
Pushing Buses
U.S. DOT Summit Scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in DC
Passenger Transport
World's Best-Paid Cities
Forbes
8/28/2009
Transportation Headlines for Friday August 28, 2009
AASHTO Website Offers Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Center for Transportation Research UT Austin
Altered boulevard remains work in progress
Santa Monica Daily Press
Burlington Northern Wants Automatic-Brakes Rule Eased
Bloomberg
Can California use Twitter to solve its budget crisis?
The Transit Wire
CityWatchLA - Great Cities Make Room for People
SoapBoxLA
CurbedWire: New Subway Canopies
Curbed LA
Don't Text and Drive!! Take public transit instead
Editor’s Note: WARNING – violent, graphic content
The Bus Bench
Man dies after being stunned with Taser at North Hollywood subway station
Los Angeles Times
Man dies after being Tasered at LA subway station
Huffington Post
More on density and rail
New York Times
New Direction and Goals Unveiled at National Transportation Forum
Cascadia Prospectus
New York MTA tests “revolutionary” bus
The Transit Wire
Oil companies should pay severance taxes
Ventura County Reporter
Passenger decline at LAX eases
Daily Breeze
Planning is Out of Sync with Reality
CityWatch
Recession prompts MARTA to spend on image
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Reduced service on bus routes proposed - Drop in state funding could force cutbacks
San Diego Union Tribune
US Department of Energy Allocates $300M for Alternative Fuel Projects
NGV Global News
What Should Be Done with the Crenshaw Corridor
LA Streetsblog
Whiney Santa Clarita Drivers Can't Handle New Bike Lanes
LAist
Center for Transportation Research UT Austin
Altered boulevard remains work in progress
Santa Monica Daily Press
Burlington Northern Wants Automatic-Brakes Rule Eased
Bloomberg
Can California use Twitter to solve its budget crisis?
The Transit Wire
CityWatchLA - Great Cities Make Room for People
SoapBoxLA
CurbedWire: New Subway Canopies
Curbed LA
Don't Text and Drive!! Take public transit instead
Editor’s Note: WARNING – violent, graphic content
The Bus Bench
Man dies after being stunned with Taser at North Hollywood subway station
Los Angeles Times
Man dies after being Tasered at LA subway station
Huffington Post
More on density and rail
New York Times
New Direction and Goals Unveiled at National Transportation Forum
Cascadia Prospectus
New York MTA tests “revolutionary” bus
The Transit Wire
Oil companies should pay severance taxes
Ventura County Reporter
Passenger decline at LAX eases
Daily Breeze
Planning is Out of Sync with Reality
CityWatch
Recession prompts MARTA to spend on image
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Reduced service on bus routes proposed - Drop in state funding could force cutbacks
San Diego Union Tribune
US Department of Energy Allocates $300M for Alternative Fuel Projects
NGV Global News
What Should Be Done with the Crenshaw Corridor
LA Streetsblog
Whiney Santa Clarita Drivers Can't Handle New Bike Lanes
LAist
8/27/2009
Transportation Headlines for Thursday August 27, 2009
California High-Speed Rail: A Visual Tour
Infrastructure USA
Can bikes and cars share the road?
CS Monitor
Go Metro and Skip the Drive to L.A.'s Supercharged Car Museums
San Fernando Valley Sun
Idiots TriMet Operators deal with
YouTube
LA County riders grade MTA bus service - MTA did not make the grade!
Bus Riders Union
L.A. Times Looks at NYC’s Car-Free Times Square
LA Streetsblog
LAX simulator gives rookies real-world tests
Daily Breeze
League of Railway Industry Women names UP's Valdez 'Woman of the Year'
Progressive Railroading
Names Mentioned to Fill LA Police Chief Spot
KNX 1070 AM
NTSB animation of Metrolink vs UP collision at Chatsworth
National Transportation Safety Board
Link to NTSB Docket: http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Railroad/DCA08MR009/
Port of L.A. is urged to stop lobbying over clean-trucks program
Los Angeles Times
Santa Fe Depot gets the green light
Redlands Daily Facts
Titan Wins Long Beach Transit
PR Newswire
Tunnel newsletter digs deeper hole
La Cañada Valley Sun
Updates Coming on Mysterious Crenshaw Line
Curbed LA
USDOT’s Traffic Volume Trends Data Shows Nation’s Vehicle Miles Traveled Increased 2% in June Year-on-Year
Transport Gooru
Infrastructure USA
Can bikes and cars share the road?
CS Monitor
Go Metro and Skip the Drive to L.A.'s Supercharged Car Museums
San Fernando Valley Sun
Idiots TriMet Operators deal with
YouTube
LA County riders grade MTA bus service - MTA did not make the grade!
Bus Riders Union
L.A. Times Looks at NYC’s Car-Free Times Square
LA Streetsblog
LAX simulator gives rookies real-world tests
Daily Breeze
League of Railway Industry Women names UP's Valdez 'Woman of the Year'
Progressive Railroading
Names Mentioned to Fill LA Police Chief Spot
KNX 1070 AM
NTSB animation of Metrolink vs UP collision at Chatsworth
National Transportation Safety Board
Link to NTSB Docket: http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Railroad/DCA08MR009/
Port of L.A. is urged to stop lobbying over clean-trucks program
Los Angeles Times
Santa Fe Depot gets the green light
Redlands Daily Facts
Titan Wins Long Beach Transit
PR Newswire
Tunnel newsletter digs deeper hole
La Cañada Valley Sun
Updates Coming on Mysterious Crenshaw Line
Curbed LA
USDOT’s Traffic Volume Trends Data Shows Nation’s Vehicle Miles Traveled Increased 2% in June Year-on-Year
Transport Gooru
8/26/2009
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday August 26, 2009
Bus riders can speak out on line changes
Press Telegram
California applies for $1.1 billion in HSR stimulus funds
California High Speed Rail Blog
Cell phone alerts: A digital divide?
The Transit Wire
Firms Racing to End Texting and Driving
Wall Street Journal
Going On in Government
Riding in Riverside
Gold Line authorities to host seminar on potential opportunities for local businesses
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Gold Line bridge designer hopes to link San Gabriel Valley traditions with modern design
Pasadena Star News
Google maps makes inroads into live traffic data market; Adds live traffic conditions data for arterial roads
Transport Gooru
Grim forecast for L.A. and Long Beach ports - The busiest U.S. seaport complex won't fully recover from the economic downturn until 2013, a report says. Imports at both facilities fell in July from a year earlier
Los Angeles Times
Guest blogger: Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez introduces readers to the FHWA
USDOT Fastlane
Highway stimulus: Just a 'down payment' - The Recovery Act's funding for highway projects won't make enough of an impact on jobs and necessary infrastructure projects. Much more is still needed
CNN
LA County untangles traffic snarls with M2M
Telephony Online
L.A., SoCal street traffic now visible on Google Maps
Los Angeles Times
LA to Vegas high-seepd rail is good for travel -- and the economy
Daily News
Momentum Builds for CA High Speed Rail
LA Streetsblog
Mount Wilson Toll Road Officially Reopens
LAist
Santa Ana planning $600 million in transportation projects - The city envisions streetcars zipping from a new train station toward an entirely new road -- all of it up and running within 10 years
Orange County Register
Sao Paulo Tries New Station Seats… for the Obese
Transport Politic
SCV moves toward high-tech transit - City officials aim to make system simple and easy to use for local residents, commuters
Santa Clarita Signal
Siemens and Deutsche Plan US High-Speed Rail Offensive - German engineering giant Siemens and national railway operator Deutsche Bahn are making plans to penetrate the US rail market. They hope to benefit from President Obama's promised $8 billion in investments in the country's high-speed railway infrastructure
Spiegel
Press Telegram
California applies for $1.1 billion in HSR stimulus funds
California High Speed Rail Blog
Cell phone alerts: A digital divide?
The Transit Wire
Firms Racing to End Texting and Driving
Wall Street Journal
Going On in Government
Riding in Riverside
Gold Line authorities to host seminar on potential opportunities for local businesses
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Gold Line bridge designer hopes to link San Gabriel Valley traditions with modern design
Pasadena Star News
Google maps makes inroads into live traffic data market; Adds live traffic conditions data for arterial roads
Transport Gooru
Grim forecast for L.A. and Long Beach ports - The busiest U.S. seaport complex won't fully recover from the economic downturn until 2013, a report says. Imports at both facilities fell in July from a year earlier
Los Angeles Times
Guest blogger: Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez introduces readers to the FHWA
USDOT Fastlane
Highway stimulus: Just a 'down payment' - The Recovery Act's funding for highway projects won't make enough of an impact on jobs and necessary infrastructure projects. Much more is still needed
CNN
LA County untangles traffic snarls with M2M
Telephony Online
L.A., SoCal street traffic now visible on Google Maps
Los Angeles Times
LA to Vegas high-seepd rail is good for travel -- and the economy
Daily News
Momentum Builds for CA High Speed Rail
LA Streetsblog
Mount Wilson Toll Road Officially Reopens
LAist
Santa Ana planning $600 million in transportation projects - The city envisions streetcars zipping from a new train station toward an entirely new road -- all of it up and running within 10 years
Orange County Register
Sao Paulo Tries New Station Seats… for the Obese
Transport Politic
SCV moves toward high-tech transit - City officials aim to make system simple and easy to use for local residents, commuters
Santa Clarita Signal
Siemens and Deutsche Plan US High-Speed Rail Offensive - German engineering giant Siemens and national railway operator Deutsche Bahn are making plans to penetrate the US rail market. They hope to benefit from President Obama's promised $8 billion in investments in the country's high-speed railway infrastructure
Spiegel
8/25/2009
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday August 25, 2009
California seeks $1.1B rail stimulus
Business Journal
Case For Ending the Freeway
Caltics
Drivers Of All Incomes Using Washington State’s Toll Lanes
Liberty Republican Forum
Ernesto Chavez, Mineta Transportation Institute Graduate Student, Wins American Public Transportation Foundation Award - The Anaheim resident is a planning manager with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Mineta Transportation Institute
Final Applications Submitted for Phase I of High-Speed Rail Stimulus Dollars
Transport Politic
Graffiti is Bad but Vulgar Words Makes Us MONEY
The Bus Bench
Los Angeles International Airport Among Nation's Best for On-Time Flight Arrival and Departure Performance
MarketWire
New TCRP report on transit call centers and 511
The Transit Wire
No Federal Bailout: States, Regions Confront Transpo Funding Woes
Cascadia Prospectus
PCH Closed After Tree Falls on Bus in Pacific Palisades
LAist
Second Life: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Library Headquarters Open To The Public
Designing Digitally
Setbacks bedevil Compass card
San Diego Union Tribune
Social Costs of Car-free Living in Small Cities
LA Streetsblog
Thumbs Up for Transit's Text-Messaging Ban
Journal of Commerce
Transit Wire posts links to transit social networking sites
Transit Wire
Ventura County Transportation Buses to take Labor Day off
Ventura County Star
Who owns transit data?
Cnet
Business Journal
Case For Ending the Freeway
Caltics
Drivers Of All Incomes Using Washington State’s Toll Lanes
Liberty Republican Forum
Ernesto Chavez, Mineta Transportation Institute Graduate Student, Wins American Public Transportation Foundation Award - The Anaheim resident is a planning manager with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Mineta Transportation Institute
Final Applications Submitted for Phase I of High-Speed Rail Stimulus Dollars
Transport Politic
Graffiti is Bad but Vulgar Words Makes Us MONEY
The Bus Bench
Los Angeles International Airport Among Nation's Best for On-Time Flight Arrival and Departure Performance
MarketWire
New TCRP report on transit call centers and 511
The Transit Wire
No Federal Bailout: States, Regions Confront Transpo Funding Woes
Cascadia Prospectus
PCH Closed After Tree Falls on Bus in Pacific Palisades
LAist
Second Life: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Library Headquarters Open To The Public
Designing Digitally
Setbacks bedevil Compass card
San Diego Union Tribune
Social Costs of Car-free Living in Small Cities
LA Streetsblog
Thumbs Up for Transit's Text-Messaging Ban
Journal of Commerce
Transit Wire posts links to transit social networking sites
Transit Wire
Ventura County Transportation Buses to take Labor Day off
Ventura County Star
Who owns transit data?
Cnet
8/24/2009
Transportation Headlines for Monday August 24, 2009
Bicycle Film Festival Rolls Into Town Next Week
LA Metblogs
Bike Lanes Appear on Myra Avenue
LA Streetsblog
Cityride card coming to seniors, disabled
Daily News
Cleaning up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach - The friendly rivals are attracting, testing and funding cutting-edge technology to reduce emissions and fuel consumption
Los Angeles Times
Dan Walters: Freeway gap symbolizes California's political inertia (710)
Sacramento Bee
Design in Motion - Reducing Stockholm’s Traffic with Congestion Pricing
Neil Peterson
Enviro Benefits of High Speed Rail
Curbed LA
Food trucks just keep rolling
Los Angeles Times
Gold Line Extension Targets Mid-October Opening
LA Downtown News
How to Go, Part 2: Public Transit Apps
CBS news
Hydrogen-powered vehicles on horizon - Carmakers, Obama clash over fuel cells vs. batteries
Washington Times
Inland officials say now is the time to fix up roads
Press Enterprise
L.A. authority collects soil samples for proposed subway extension
Progressive Railroading
LAX makes birds unwelcome
Los Angeles Times
More public workers retiring early
Sacramento Bee
Orange County Transit Meltdown: Did people really not see this coming?
Sustainable Cities and Transport
Plans For Historic East LA Golden Gate Complex Growing
Eastside Sun
Rail Documents for Comment
American Public Transportation Association- Standards Development Program
Rail Safety Event Aug. 27 Serves Up Free Fun
Mile by Mile
Santa Monica and Caltrans Form A Partnership
Santa Monica Mirror
Time for America to Get on Fast Track? Europe and Asia Have Advanced High Speed Rail Systems. Can America Catch Up?
CBS News
Toronto proposes 10-minute bus service
Metro Magazine
Transit Oriented Development: A Vehicle for Great Streets and Great Sidewalks
New Urban City
Villaraigosa Not Even Treating South L.A. Like We're 3/5ths a "Man"
Citizens’ Campaign To Fix Expo
What Are The Best Strategies For Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Transportation?
National Journal
What’s driving our planners - The SCV’s habits and modes of transportation take the wheel for urban planners
Santa Clarita Signal
LA Metblogs
Bike Lanes Appear on Myra Avenue
LA Streetsblog
Cityride card coming to seniors, disabled
Daily News
Cleaning up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach - The friendly rivals are attracting, testing and funding cutting-edge technology to reduce emissions and fuel consumption
Los Angeles Times
Dan Walters: Freeway gap symbolizes California's political inertia (710)
Sacramento Bee
Design in Motion - Reducing Stockholm’s Traffic with Congestion Pricing
Neil Peterson
Enviro Benefits of High Speed Rail
Curbed LA
Food trucks just keep rolling
Los Angeles Times
Gold Line Extension Targets Mid-October Opening
LA Downtown News
How to Go, Part 2: Public Transit Apps
CBS news
Hydrogen-powered vehicles on horizon - Carmakers, Obama clash over fuel cells vs. batteries
Washington Times
Inland officials say now is the time to fix up roads
Press Enterprise
L.A. authority collects soil samples for proposed subway extension
Progressive Railroading
LAX makes birds unwelcome
Los Angeles Times
More public workers retiring early
Sacramento Bee
Orange County Transit Meltdown: Did people really not see this coming?
Sustainable Cities and Transport
Plans For Historic East LA Golden Gate Complex Growing
Eastside Sun
Rail Documents for Comment
American Public Transportation Association- Standards Development Program
Rail Safety Event Aug. 27 Serves Up Free Fun
Mile by Mile
Santa Monica and Caltrans Form A Partnership
Santa Monica Mirror
Time for America to Get on Fast Track? Europe and Asia Have Advanced High Speed Rail Systems. Can America Catch Up?
CBS News
Toronto proposes 10-minute bus service
Metro Magazine
Transit Oriented Development: A Vehicle for Great Streets and Great Sidewalks
New Urban City
Villaraigosa Not Even Treating South L.A. Like We're 3/5ths a "Man"
Citizens’ Campaign To Fix Expo
What Are The Best Strategies For Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Transportation?
National Journal
What’s driving our planners - The SCV’s habits and modes of transportation take the wheel for urban planners
Santa Clarita Signal
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