Today's Headlines - more at Metro

5/06/2007

Transportation Headlines for Sunday May 6, 2007

Bus 2.0 - From Boston to Brazil, city planners and transportation gurus are reimagining the possibilities of the humble motorbus, using high-tech 'smart mobility' to challenge the preeminence of the car -- and revive the urban commons
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/05/06/bus_20/
Boston Globe

Calling Out the Planners - Commission's Tough-Talking Guidelines Are on Target
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2007/05/07/news/opinion/edit03.txt
L.A. Downtown News

Fuel prices keep rising - No end in sight to costlier gas
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5829591
Daily News

Gold Line extension moves ahead with ridership formula
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_5830129
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Inclusive Pedestrian Environments: Resources and Recommendations
http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/articles.asp?art=2738&res=1440
Smart Growth Online
Index of Resources: http://www.adaptiveenvironments.org/pedestrian/files/title_index_very.html

Mexico, Los Angeles Sign Port Cooperation Agreement
http://snipurl.com/1jk9q
NASDAQ

MyGo Pasadena-MyGo provides cash incentives for commuters to use electric bikes, rather than cars, to get to Gold Line stations
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006635.html
World Changing

One-Way Could Be Wrong Way - TRAFFIC: Plan to revamp Pico, Olympic boulevards draws fire
http://snipurl.com/1jk5j
L.A. Business Journal

Roads are full of trucks hauling hazardous loads
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/06/MNGUBPM2RS1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Rush toward ethanol ignores better options
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/168094.html
Sacramento Bee

Task Force Takes Olympic-Pico Proposal To Task
http://snipurl.com/1jk4g
Westside Chronicle

Using the Bus to Burbank Airport Is Easy
http://snipurl.com/1jk3t
LAist