Today's Headlines - more at Metro

4/21/2007

Transportation Headlines for Saturday April 21, 2007

California needs private engineers (Bond funds, Prop 35/State Supreme Court)
http://www.capitolweekly.net/opinion/article.html?article_id=1404
Capital Weekly

Caltrans' challenge: act responsibly
http://www.capitolweekly.net/opinion/article.html?article_id=1402
Capitol Weekly

Change in direction urged - Re "One-way called right way to go for boulevards," April 16
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-saturday21.6apr21,0,1236308.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Los Angeles Times

Gas-sipping vehicle gets 1,900 mpg
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-garagebriefs21apr21,1,5317797.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

Hit the road: Bringing a congestion charge to California
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9058956
The Economist

GPS technology a driving force now
http://www.dailynews.com/theiropinion/ci_5682753
Daily News

Inland mayors commit to making cities greener
http://snipurl.com/1hhxs
Press Enteprise

MTA's unfair fares: Hopefully, the transit agency isn't serious about its proposed increases
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-fares21apr21,0,2189128.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail
Los Angeles Times

Nissan to test Intelligent Transport System using cell phones to reduce pedestrian accidents
http://www.easier.com/view/News/Motoring/Nissan/article-109768.html
Easier Motoring

Núñez, Perata play pork patrol on bond funds
http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1410
Capitol Weekly

One-way's the way: Making Pico and Olympic one-way streets may cause some problems, but it will ease many more
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-oneway21apr21,0,1705144.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail
Los Angeles Times

Raise the gas tax: Forget gimmicks. So long as transportation is funded with excise taxes, they should be indexed to inflation
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-spillover21apr21,0,4971727.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail
Los Angeles Times

Santa Barbara's anemic economy may affect commuters
http://snipurl.com/1hhy0
Ventura County Star

Show me the win win (Dodger Stadium Parking)
http://www.laobserved.com/echopark/2007/04/show_me_the_win_win_1.php
L.A. Observed

Skilled-labor shortage could delay transportation-bonds projects
http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1409
Capitol Weekly

Students get up for aviation jobs
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5719198
Daily News

Voters are watching. Will we keep faith with them? (Prop 1B Bond Funds)
http://www.capitolweekly.net/opinion/article.html?article_id=1403
Capital Weekly

Way to improve transportation: change lifestyles
http://www.capitolweekly.net/opinion/article.html?article_id=1405Capitol Weekly