Today's Headlines - more at Metro

5/18/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday May 18, 2008

Boyle Heights goes upscale - A new wine bar, train station, high school -- can gentrification be far behind?
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-culture17-2008may17,0,7150443.story
Los Angeles Times

Congressman Says U.S. Needs To Get Onboard High Speed Rail
http://www.planetizen.com/node/31247
Planetizen

Coming Boom in Boomer-Friendly Transport - The baby boomers are aging. To ensure their safety and everyone else's, cars, highways, and public transportation need to adapt fast
http://snipurl.com/29gok
Business Week

Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recover in the Transit Industry
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9048
Transportation Research Board

Getting There from Here: And How! (Westside Corridor Extension)
http://www.citywatchla.com/content/view/1254/75/
CityWatchLA

Keep on truckin'? Long haulers yield to diesel prices
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-garage17-2008may17,0,2829423.story
Los Angeles Times

L.A.'s Subway Planners Thinking Bigger Is Better
http://www.planetizen.com/node/31245
Planetizen

Orange Line Sees Rider Increase In April
http://snipurl.com/29eiq
San Fernando Business Journal

Taken for a ride - Using L.A.'s transit system can be a jostling, humiliating and dangerous experience
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-waldie18-2008may18,0,939544.story
Los Angeles Times