Today's Headlines - more at Metro

9/04/2007

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday September 4, 2007

Auto Shops Tout Use of Alternative Fuels
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h66HgLpff6MDnFb1MPbyihaGDMKQ
Associated Press

Barstow business owner lets passengers ride the rails
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/car_1366___article.html/orfall_train.html
Desert Dispatch

Clean-air complexities - Here's a simple formula: Fix diesels and bridges as well
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_6793457
Press Telegram

Crafting a wider 215
http://www.sbsun.com/ci_6795155
San Bernardino Sun

Divided agency guides L.A. growth
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cra4sep04,1,3339989.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Footloose on the Greenway - Trail already attracting a corps of fanciers
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_6794955
Whittier Daily News

Hollywood’s favourite airport gets down to business
http://tinyurl.com/2g854b
Flight Global

The great car-tax swindle - How it is that an ever larger chunk of California's general fund will go to pay off the bond debt we incurred to raise transit cash to replace the gas tax money that was diverted to balance the budget because we had to pay off the debt financing bond that was so large because we cut the car tax
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-greene3sep03,0,174869.story?coll=la-opinion-center
Los Angeles Times

In Rail Link, Angelenos See a Door to Prosperity (Metro Gold Line Eastside)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/us/04boyle.html
New York Times

U.S. should have decent roads, bridges, ports - Wealthiest nation needs to regain its edge with an investment in safe infrastructure
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/356092.html
Sacramento Bee