Today's Headlines - more at Metro

6/28/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday June 28, 2007

Audit: Lax DOT control cost county $700,000
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6246562
Daily News

Bill would ban runway shift at LAX
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/8220857.html
Daily Breeze

Budget politics could slow high-speed rail
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/28/BAGQKQN9PN1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

California has worst U.S. traffic: study
http://tinyurl.com/3ybsjc
Monsters & Critics

Caltrans opens up northbound lanes of Santa Clara Bridge on 101
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/jun/27/no-headline---nxxfcbridge28/
Ventura County Star

Council Battles Waldorf School over Traffic Plan
http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=2995
Palisadian Post

Cut down HOV lane hassle
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/opinions/ci_6243849
Whittier Daily News

Four Southland cities are among the fastest-growing in the nation - Lancaster, at No. 10, is the highest California city on the list of the top 25. Others are Irvine, Fontana and Palmdale
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-census28jun28,1,6700810.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Freeways are full of problems - State's highways ranked seventh-worst in nation
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6246616
Daily News

Judge backs MTA
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2007/06/judge-backs-mta.html
Los Angeles Times Bottleneck Blog

Judge denies Injunction on Metro Fare Increases
http://www.insidesocal.com/theride/2007/06/judge_denies_injunction_on_met.html
Daily News – Along for the Ride Blog

Judge won't stop MTA bus and rail fare hikes
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mta28jun28,1,5883184.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Judge refuses to block Metro fare increases - Hikes set to begin Sunday; critics say ridership will fall
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6246536
Daily News

LA judge won't block bus and rail fare hikes
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/CA_BRF_SoCal_Fare_Hikes_294740C.shtml
Press Enterprise

Politics of Polluting - The Senate moves to greatly increase gas mileage in cars and trucks, but doesn’t go far enough for California
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=5746&IssueNum=212
L.A. City Beat

Port gets railroad's pollution solution
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regstate/articles/8220927.html
Daily Breeze

Rosendahl Mulls Motion To Spur Incline Mitigation
http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=3006
Palisadian Post

Taking a message to the streets - A planned caravan of 100 big rigs with a clean-air message falls short, and few commuters notice
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-freeway28jun28,1,7143500.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times