Today's Headlines - more at Metro

3/22/2008

Transportation Headlines for Saturday March 22, 2008

Big Blue Bus ridership is up 2.3 percent from 2004 to 2007
http://snipurl.com/22d2l
Argonaut Newspaper

Expo Update - Panel Addresses Additional Station, Street Closures for Light Rail Line to Culver City
http://www.downtownnews.com/articles/2008/03/24/news/news05.txt
L.A. Downtown News

High-speed rail backers hope adding private investors to bond measure will avoid delays
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/804079.html
Sacramento Bee

How To Pay For This and Other Transit Projects
http://laist.com/2008/03/21/how_to_pay_for.php
LAist

Metro Board Chair Takes to Air Waves to Engage Public in Discussing Long-Range Traffic Solutions
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080321/0378183.html
Yahoo! Finance

More Livable Boulevards for West L.A.?
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/21/more-livable-boulevards-for-west-la/
StreetsBlogLA

Most Railway Friendly Country In The World Is…
http://ecoworldly.com/2008/03/20/the-most-railway-friendly-country-in-the-world-is/
EcoWorld

One-stop Web guide to parking - L.B.: Downtown group's site will eventually include real-time mass transit and space-availability updates
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_8657609
Press Telegram

Ports' economic power could dip - FORECAST: Fuel costs, the Olympic games and higher container fees may mean fewer imports
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_8632779
Press Telegram

Revolutionizing Urban Transport - British startup Ultra Motor is bringing its two-wheel light electric vehicle to the U.S. With cities crowded and oil prices high, the time is right
http://snipurl.com/22d1l
Business Week

Sneak Peek at DASH G
http://viewfromaloft.typepad.com/viewfromaloft/2008/03/sneak-peek-at-d.html
ViewFromALoft

Sprinter ridership nudges toward 8,000 passengers
http://snipurl.com/22c13
North County Times/Californian

Steve Lopez:
Touring L.A.'s growth in a fury
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez19mar19,1,2649021.column
Los Angeles Times