Today's Headlines - more at Metro

11/09/2007

Transportation Headlines for Friday November 9, 2007

Artists are sharply divided over project near L.A. River - Supporters see a boon to the arts district in the proposed complex of housing, shops and gallery space. Foes see an out-of-place, outsize 'wall.' (One Santa Fe, Metro Division 20)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arts9nov09,1,6127000.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Blueprint for American Prosperity: Unleashing the Potential of a Metropolitan Nation (urban planning, infrastructure)
http://www.brookings.edu/events/2007/1106blueprint.aspx
Brookings

California needs budget realism - Fixing California's budget mess will require bold, courageous leadership. Are you listening, governor?
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-budget9nov09,0,4595642.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail
Los Angeles Times

Clean Truck Plan Backs Up at the Ports - REGULATIONS: Chorus of disapproval leads to uncertainty
http://tinyurl.com/3deodm
L.A. Business Journal

Coalition seeking transit money bonanza - FIVE COUNTIES: Members want $1.7 billion in state bond funds assigned to Southern California
http://tinyurl.com/ys4g9v
Press Enterprise

County on track toward commuter - Ventura to begin 18-month Mobility Plan to solve traffic woes
http://www.vcreporter.com/article.php?id=5391&IssueNum=149
Ventura County Reporter

Expo Line Authority studying alternatives; Santa Monica Council to study changes
http://tinyurl.com/3arzuy
The Argonaut

Funds fuel bus hub in Yucaipa
http://tinyurl.com/376m2h
Press Enterprise

Gov. sues U.S. over clean-air standards
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fi-warm9nov09,1,3898770.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Help Amtrak keep on trackin' - A Senate bill gives Amtrak a cash and accountability infusion. It deserves support
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1109/p08s01-comv.html
CS Monitor

Hillary Clinton's climate and energy plan - The full text of Clinton's plan
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/11/5/93656/3939
Grist

The L.A. Times’ FALSE subway story (scroll down page to second story)
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=6462&IssueNum=231
L.A. City Beat

Metro's Stealth "Short Term" Fare Hike
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2007/11/metros-stealth-short-term-fare-hike.html
StreetHeatLA

NBC move from Burbank to Universal City faces hurdle - opposition has started to build over concerns about the project's massive scale and its potential impact on traffic
http://origin.dailynews.com/ci_7411321
Daily News

Orange County Sees Growth of "Transit-Oriented Development"
http://www.scpr.org/news/stories/2007/11/08/00_oc_transit_oriented_.html
KPCC 98.3 FM

Riverside Transit Agency approves 26 bus route changes
http://tinyurl.com/32l77h
Press Enterprise

Southland gas prices soar - Many factors contributing to growing pain at pump
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_7411479
Whittier Daily News

We can do a better job leveraging public investment for infrastructure development, coalition says
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/freightnews/article.asp?id=11700
Progressive Railroading