Today's Headlines - more at Metro

11/08/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday November 8, 2007

Airbus plan for city officials won't fly
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_7399888
Daily News

Big ideas bobbing on a rising tide of red ink
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap8nov08,1,5306086.column?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

City goes on record against tunnel - Strike mention from plan, it asks
http://tinyurl.com/35zhrj
San Diego Union Tribune

Dorsey gets another look at Expo Line crossing
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=6463&IssueNum=231
L.A. City Beat

High Desert Corridor vital to logistics
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_7379476?source=most_emailed
Daily Bulletin

L.A. County car collection to move on down the road - Supervisors vote to transfer the historic autos and motorcycles from the Petersen to the Natural History Museum
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-auto8nov08,1,5602709.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

L.A.'s unwritten rules of the road are keys to survival
http://origin.dailynews.com/news/ci_7389333
Daily News

Largest California Ports Ban Polluting Trucks
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2007/2007-11-06-093.asp
Environmental News Service

MIT reinvents the wheel with foldable, stackable electric car - Its City Car project is aimed at reducing parking nightmares with collapsible rental
http://tinyurl.com/yno62y
Computer World

More bond money for SoCal - As the state's import/export hub, Southern California deserves the lion's share of transportation funds
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-ed-portbond7nov07,1,4556906.story?coll=la-news-a_section
Los Angeles Times

Rita Robinson - L.A.’s new transportation czar speaks her mind about traffic
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=6456&IssueNum=231
L.A. City Beat

Seattle-area voters reject tax plan for roads, rail
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0753479220071107
Reuters

Shipping pollution linked to deaths - Up to 8,800 premature deaths in North America each year cited in report
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_7389928
Press Telegram

Supes Push I-5/Highway 14 Tunnel Safety Improvements
http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=51578&format=html
Santa Clarita Signal

Tunnel safety recommendations made
http://www.avpress.com/n/07/1107_s22.hts
Antelope Valley Press

Zip along with shared cars, bikes - The Zipcar and Flexcar merger, and cities' interest in bike-sharing, show openness to novel transit
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1107/p08s01-comv.html
CS Monitor