Today's Headlines - more at Metro

5/04/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday May 4, 2008

Booming elsewhere, high-speed rail sees delays in US
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ig-w6G5bFoiXZt3fRoUI7xuN_9Aw
AFP News

Death, taxes and traffic - All week, the Transit Coalition's Bart Reed and USC Professor Peter Gordon debate traffic, growth and transit in Los Angeles (complete series)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-dustup-apr28-may02,0,5450022.storygallery
Los Angeles Times

Levy is needed on oil profit windfalls
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus4-2008may04,0,2254623.column
Los Angeles Times

More Than a Pretty Face - Miss Traffic, Star of Metro's Beauty Pageant Spoof, Speaks
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/05/05/news/news06.txt
L.A. Downtown News

Right Track: Light Rails Ahead of Autos
http://www.carectomy.com/index.php/Train/The-Right-Track-Light-Rails-Ahead-of-Autos
Carectomy

Turning the corner at Hollywood and Vine - One of the world's most famous intersections has had its shares of ups and downs, but not even a recent fire can stop a major face-lift underway in the area (Metro Red Line)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-thenandnow4-2008may04,0,2431816.story
Los Angeles Times

Videos from the Transportation Library and Archive Collection on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/metrolibrarian

Metrolink – 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiewnq8xPMM

Metrolink-MetroThink – 1992 (Rail Safety)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbV7BPaZLNM