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• “We’ve widened and widened and widened . . . over and over again,” yet the Costa Mesa Freeway remains one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the country.
• Palmdale Airport and Metrolink connected by new Palmdale Flyer Express Bus, modeled after the FlyAway.
• Parking problems at Los Angeles Coliseum are nothing new.
• Sidestepping Metro to bring Green Line to LAX? Maybe, but funding still the main problem.
• Line 256 is on the chopping block and Councilman José Huizar hopes to save it.
• Los Angeles the third densest city in the United States.

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• If car culture is unsubsidized then why does Metro spend $27 million a year giving 300,000 broke down drivers a free tow?
• In the North East, passenger rail proves competitive against airlines.
• Marina del Rey Visitors Bureau promotes the Marina as “one of the few places in Los Angeles where you won’t need a car to enjoy an array of exciting activities that are all accessible on foot, by bike, public transportation or boat.” Nice!
• $43 million in bond money to Union Pacific? Only if they allow more passenger service, the Sacramento Bee opines.
• A 60% increase in motor vehicle traffic in the next 20 years will negate any gains from “greener” cars.

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• Transit Oriented Development in North Hollywood is almost done. Ignore the 700-space parking lot plz.
• Art students in Santa Monica join forces with the Big Blue Bus to promote a greener lifestyle.
• Cabo this is not: students gather in San Francisco for spring break in support of California High Speed Rail.
• Here’s an idea: if you want to go green, don’t get a “green car”, just don’t get a car.

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• “I’m just stoked”… College students take advantage of the Sprinter.
• Metro makes history with an “unprecedented move”: Pam O’Connor to answer questions live on public access television.
• Vote for high speed rail in November or face 3,000 more miles of highway?
• Answering questions about Metro fantasy maps.

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• Amtrak teams up with Coachella to offer free rides to Indio for 500 concert goers.
• Breaking News! McDonalds Hamburger gets hit by Red Line train!
• Support for transit sales tax falls, tolls and public private partnerships looked at instead.
• Students ask 4 Gold Line to Montclair w/ a kewl website.

• LADOT is not happy with Metro’s decision to cut bus lines.
• Ticket Vending Machines broken, and Metro don’t care.
• Radiohead won’t play in Glastonbury this summer because their public transit sucks.
• Bush transfers billions for public transit to highway fund, this upsets PIRG.