Today's Headlines - more at Metro

4/06/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday April 6, 2008

Another view: Long-planned toll road deserves OK (Foothill-South Tollroad Extension Orange County)
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/838462.html
Sacramento Bee

California Needs Rail, Not Roads
http://www.planetizen.com/node/30640
Planetizen

Central City Community Plan Moves Forward - Planning Department Kicks Off Process Of Updating Downtown's Development Guide
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/04/07/news/news07.txt
L.A. Downtown News

Chinese Americans discuss fate of unearthed remains - At an annual festival to honor the dead, people offer opinions about whether to quickly rebury or to study materials dug up during Gold Line construction
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cemetery6apr06,1,248458.story
Los Angeles Times

EPA Ups Clean Diesel Budget Sevenfold
http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/EPA-Ups-Clean-Diesel-Budget-Sevenfold/3$5753
Mass Transit Magazine

''High-speed rail could be a very important contribution to the state." Backers try again on bullet train plan - Updated ballot measure, possible private funding revive hopes
http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_8830191
The Argus

L.A.'s anti-density warrior - Zev Yaroslavsky says density is not the answer in the drive to build more affordable housing
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-haefele6apr06,0,1630441.story
Los Angeles Times

MTA looks eastward - Officials studying light-rail extension
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_8824604
Whittier Daily News

O.C. officials aren't moved by recent transit ideas - Authorities are paying cities for ideas to link population centers to Metrolink stations. But much of what they've seen is short on innovation
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-innovate6apr06,1,4241559.story
Los Angeles Times

Private firms' offer renews interest in 710 expansion
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_8824594
Whittier Daily News

State's high-speed rail hopes revived by bill - Pending Assembly legislation would reword ballot bond measure; private financing grows
http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2008-4-6-bullet-train
Palo Alto Daily News

Westside Ride – RideArc
http://militantangeleno.blogspot.com/2008/04/westside-ride.html
Militant Angeleno

World leaders to share plans for clean airports
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_8827127
Daily Breeze