Today's Headlines - more at Metro

2/01/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday Feb. 1, 2006

Cleaner trains rolling out from Commerce
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_5129448
Whittier Daily News

Freeway is hot topic at forum (I-710 tunnel)
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_5129616
Pasadena Star News

Gridlock on the Highways Above, Streets Below
http://tinyurl.com/2g5jqc
KCRW Radio 89.9 FM (webcast audio)

High-speed train's near standstill
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/116758.html
Sacramento Bee

Mini towns could dot MTA lines: Development along Orange route spurs vision of new lifestyle
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5131108
Daily News

New route for 395 - SANBAG proposed realignments of highway could cut through existing residential and commercial areas: High Desert officials see obstacles
http://snipurl.com/18xwz
Victorville Daily Press

New Ultra-Low Emission Locomotive Goes to Work in Union Pacific’s Los Angeles Basin Rail Yards: Sixty of the Environmentally Friendly Locomotives to be on the Job by July
http://snipurl.com/18xy9
Business Wire

Opinion Letters: More ideas on transportation
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-thursday1.1feb01,0,886786.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Los Angeles Times

Rail projects high on priority, low on money - GOODS MOVEMENT: Construction to ease rail congestion in the region may take 10-plus years
http://snipurl.com/18xy2
Press Enterprise

Redevelopment agency to vote on the Grand Avenue project
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-grand1feb01,1,5216369.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Take valuables with you: You'll need them to afford the skyrocketing parking rates around L.A.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fi-parking1feb01,0,3197440.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Los Angeles Times

The Mark - a fast-paced training video depicting a fictionalized version of an all-too-real threat against a metropolitan transit system. It demonstrates to transit employees how asking the right questions and following their instincts when faced with suspicious and unusual circumstances could ultimately mean the difference between life and death
http://tinyurl.com/27wn5b
Federal Transit Administration

Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment: 2006 Second Edition
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7026
Transportation Research Board/Federal Transit Administration

TV marketing ploy in Boston backfires: At least nine electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston
http://snipurl.com/18xww
Los Angeles Times