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    May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Lawsuit aims to protect migrating swallows from deadly netting draped over bridges used as nesting sites

     
      A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing transportation agencies of violating migratory bird laws by installing protective netting across two bridges in the Petaluma, Calif., area that has injured and killed...

    Tags: Travel, Environmental Issues, Transportation, Highway Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation

    2. May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Ice Age bison remains found in northern San Diego County

    SAN DIEGO -- Start digging into Southern California and you never know what you'll find.
    SAN DIEGO -- Start digging into Southern California and you never know what you'll find. The fossilized remains of an Ice Age bison were found by a Caltrans construction crew near Pala Mesa in northern San Diego County. The crew was working on a...

    Tags: Science and Technology

    3. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Delays, costs build up for 405 Freeway project in L.A.

    Linda Rose was commuting home from UCLA through the Sepulveda Pass in December 2011 when she noticed that several panels of a tall retaining wall just west of the 405 Freeway had crumpled.
    Linda Rose was commuting home from UCLA through the Sepulveda Pass in December 2011 when she noticed that several panels of a tall retaining wall just west of the 405 Freeway had crumpled. "It was like it was there the day before, and it wasn't there...

    Tags: Highway Transportation, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, The Getty, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

    4. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Bay Bridge retrofit plan addresses failed bolts

    OAKLAND — State and regional transportation officials announced plans Wednesday for a retrofit to the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that will cost up to $10 million and effectively do the job of nearly 100 massive bolts that failed earlier this year.
    OAKLAND — State and regional transportation officials announced plans Wednesday for a retrofit to the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that will cost up to $10 million and effectively do the job of nearly 100 massive bolts...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Labor Day, Holidays, Chesapeake Bay Bridge

    5. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Officials plan $10-million fix for broken bolts on new Bay Bridge

    OAKLAND — State and regional transportation officials Wednesday announced plans for a retrofit to the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that will cost up to $10 million and effectively do the job of three dozen massive bolts that snapped unexpectedly earlier this year.
    OAKLAND — State and regional transportation officials Wednesday announced plans for a retrofit to the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that will cost up to $10 million and effectively do the job of three dozen massive bolts...

    Tags: Engineering, Technology, Science and Technology, Labor Day, Chesapeake Bay Bridge

    6. Apr 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Letters: The 405 blues

    <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-405-problems-20130425%2C0%2C1726788.story">Re "405 stuck in slow lane," April 25</a>
    Re "405 stuck in slow lane," April 25 The Times was kind enough to print a letter I wrote nearly six years ago, on June 23, 2007, on the 405 Freeway widening project. I will take the opportunity to say "I told you so." To recap, I wrote: "Everybody...

    Tags: Travel, Transportation, Highway Transportation, Road Transportation

    7. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 405 project stuck in the slow lane

    Elon Musk quips that it's easier getting rockets into orbit than navigating his commute between home in Bel-Air and his Space Exploration Technologies factory in Hawthorne.
    Elon Musk quips that it's easier getting rockets into orbit than navigating his commute between home in Bel-Air and his Space Exploration Technologies factory in Hawthorne. "The 405 … varies from bad to horrendous," said Musk, who also co-founded...

    Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, The Getty, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Career and Workplace, Road Transportation

    8. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Solo drivers could use carpool lanes on off-hours under proposal

    A bill by Assemblyman <a id="PEPLT00008575" class="taxInlineTagLink" title="Mike Gatto" href="http://www.glendalenewspress.com/topic/politics/government/mike-gatto-PEPLT00008575.topic">Mike Gatto</a> (D-Sliver Lake) that would allow solo drivers to use carpool lanes during non-peak hours on the 134 Freeway in Glendale and Burbank has been amended to possibly include other local freeways.
    A bill by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Sliver Lake) that would allow solo drivers to use carpool lanes during non-peak hours on the 134 Freeway in Glendale and Burbank has been amended to possibly include other local freeways. Gatto’s bill, AB 405,...

    Tags: Mike Gatto

    9. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Living near traffic linked to increased cancer risk in children

    Researchers have already uncovered worrying signs that exposure to traffic &ndash; and the vehicle emissions that come with it &ndash; can increase a child&rsquo;s risk of developing <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-traffic-pollution-asthma-children-20130321,0,3190067.story">asthma</a> and <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/26/news/la-heb-autism-traffic-pollution-20121126">autism</a>. Now comes <a href="http://www.abstractsonline.com/Plan/ViewAbstract.aspx?mID=3086&amp;sKey=a1df536b-8234-4c05-98f9-9be22714c415&amp;cKey=4351c249-d9ad-4ac0-a102-3a9889c15553&amp;mKey={9B2D28E7-24A0-466F-A3C9-07C21F6E9BC9}">evidence</a> that it may make children more susceptible to certain kinds of cancers.
    Researchers have already uncovered worrying signs that exposure to traffic – and the vehicle emissions that come with it – can increase a child’s risk of developing asthma and autism. Now comes evidence that it may make children more...

    Tags: Leukemia, Asthma, Science and Technology, Medical Research, University of California, Los Angeles

    10. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Toll lanes bring more delays for drivers who don't pay

    Last year, carpool lanes on a portion of the 110 Freeway were converted to toll lanes. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-toll-lane-analysis-20130410,0,5727021.story">Preliminary data show average</a> travel speeds have increased in the lanes formerly reserved for carpoolers, but traffic has slowed on the rest of the freeway.
    Last year, carpool lanes on a portion of the 110 Freeway were converted to toll lanes. Preliminary data show average travel speeds have increased in the lanes formerly reserved for carpoolers, but traffic has slowed on the rest of the freeway. So for...

    Tags: Travel, Transportation, Science and Technology, Politics, Kevin James

    11. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Traffic zips in toll lanes, but slows in free lanes

    When Los Angeles County's inaugural toll lanes opened on the 110 Freeway late last year, Scott Sternad decided he could do without.
    When Los Angeles County's inaugural toll lanes opened on the 110 Freeway late last year, Scott Sternad decided he could do without. "Nearly $1,000 a year?" said the 24-year-old engineering student, who commutes from Hermosa Beach to USC three times a...

    Tags: Travel, Transportation, Science and Technology, Highway Transportation, Personal Income

    12. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. California 38 may shut down at least a week after tanker spill

    California 38 near Angelus Oaks will shut down for at least a week and perhaps several weeks after a tanker truck flipped over Friday, spilling 4,000 gallons of fuel onto the roadway and into a nearby creek that feeds into the Santa Ana River, authorities said.
    California 38 near Angelus Oaks will shut down for at least a week and perhaps several weeks after a tanker truck flipped over Friday, spilling 4,000 gallons of fuel onto the roadway and into a nearby creek that feeds into the Santa Ana River, authorities...
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