Today's Headlines - more at Metro

9/16/2007

Transportation Headlines for Sunday September 16, 2007

Amtrak Chugs to Record Ridership - Funding still a problem for subsidized rail service
http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_D_amtrak16.6b2a19.html
Press Enterprise

Bush Administration: Biking and Walking Is Not Transit
http://laist.com/2007/09/15/bush_administra.php
LAist

Del Mar residents vow to continue fight on rail tunnel slated for 2030
http://tinyurl.com/2kcuux
North County Times/Californian

Here are airport obstacles as viewed from L.A.
http://www.avpress.com/n/16/0916_s14.hts
Antelope Valley Press

L.A. has always been dense - Apartment complexes and duplexes have been a part of the city's character for a century
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-gish16sep16,0,5089185.story?coll=la-sunday-commentary
Los Angeles Times

L.A. to SD train service is blocked Sunday
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regstate/articles/9812152.html
Daily Breeze

Pedestrians in peril on Valley streets
http://origin.dailynews.com/ci_6907095
Daily News

Second Ave. subway line to get $125M in federal funding
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/09/15/2007-09-15_second_ave_subway_line_to_get_125m_in_fe.html
New York Daily News

SoCal Train Delays Due to Train Track Construction - Buses For Displaced Passengers
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5659639
ABC 7 TV

So Last Century - American railroads lag behind faster versions in Europe and Asia
http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_D_rail16.6b2f03.html
Press Enterprise

Stepping Out - They say only the rich, poor and crazy walk in L.A. Does it have to be that way?
http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-space27sep16,1,3167908.story?coll=la-headlines-west
Los Angeles Times