Today's Headlines - more at Metro

5/29/2008

Transportation Headlines for Thursday May 29, 2008

ABC7 On Your Side: Mass transit
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/consumer&id=6171266
KABC 7 TV

Airports fast-track rail projects
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/2008-05-28-airport-transit_N.htm
USA Today

Agoura Hills council to discuss Dial-a-Ride
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/28/agoura-hills-dial-aride-service-might-expand-to/?partner=yahoo_headlines
Ventura County Star

Average gasoline price surges past $4-per-gallon mark
http://snipurl.com/2b9l2
Los Angeles Wave

Best of Public Safety and Emergency Transportation Operations CD
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9080
Transportation Research Board

Cato Study Calls for End to Long-Range Transportation Planning
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/cato-study-calls-for-end-to-long-range-transportation-planning,409073.shtml
Earth Times
Link to Cato Institute Study: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9420

CITY HALL - Locating the next Big Blue Bus arrival will soon only require the touch of a send button
http://www.smdp.com/site/archives/052808.pdf
Santa Monica Daily Press (Page 1 & 11 See “Putting in Work”)

Derailment Dreams - Foes of Expo Line drive up the costs of a crucial project
http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/derailment_dreams/7082/
LA City Beat

Dividing up port money
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_9386189
Press Telegram

East Hollywood Marks its Turf
http://laist.com/2008/05/28/east_hollywood_2.php
LAist

Editorial: Lindbergh's 'Flyaway' idea worth study - Our View: Proposed shuttle from area sounds affordable
http://snipurl.com/2b6ag
North County Times

Environmental Racism: The Law
http://fixexpo.blogspot.com/2008/05/environmental-racism-law.html
Citizen’s Campaign to Fix the Expo Rail Line

Fix Expo Campaign Demands an Investigation
http://fixexpo.blogspot.com/2008/05/fix-expo-campaign-demands-investigation_23.html
Citizen’s Campaign to Fix the Expo Rail Line

Feuer’s Greenhouse Gas Tax Bill Passes Assembly
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/28/feuer%e2%80%99s-greenhouse-gas-tax-bill-passes-assembly/
StreetsBlogLA

gas prices drive commuters to metro rail
http://www.angelenic.com/gas-prices-drive-commuters-to-metro-rail/
angelenic

Gas Prices Good for the Gold
http://laist.com/2008/05/28/gas_prices_good.php
LAist

Grand jury report chides SANDAG over slowness of highway infrastructure
http://snipurl.com/2b69m
Yahoo! News

Heavy lifting begins in California fight against greenhouse gas emissions
http://snipurl.com/2b9rn
Capitol Weekly

Highway 118 widening project advances - Environmental report and property acquisitions needed before work starts
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/29/highway-118-widening-project-advances/
Ventura County Star

Hit by soaring fuel prices, Americans turn to bus, metro
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jelbXpVEigoZEx57ymTUH24vDpzA
AFP

Los Angeles' carbon footprint is a light one -- sort of
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-footprint29-2008may29,0,5165990.story
Los Angeles Times
Link to Full Report “The Residential Energy and Carbon Footprints of the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas” http://www.spp.gatech.edu/faculty/workingpapers/wp39.pdf

Metro, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition to Conduct Community Meetings on Bike and Pedestrian Access to Transit Hubs
http://www.metro.net/news_info/press/Metro_090.htm
Metro.net

More going for Gold - Ridership on rail line rises nearly 19%
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_9398885?source=rss
Pasadena Star News

MTA Board -- Without Opposition From Boardmember Bonnie Lowenthal -- Moving Toward Vote After June Primary On Asking Bd. of Supes For Nov. Ballot Measure To Boost L.A. County Sales Tax
http://www.lbreport.com/news/may08/halftax1.htm
Long Beach Report

MTA says Eastside Extension may open ahead of schedule
http://snipurl.com/2b9nu
Los Angeles Wave

National Academies' Summit on America's Energy Future: Podcast Now Available
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9089
Transportation Research Board

Ontario buys land to alleviate parking problem
http://www.sbsun.com/ci_9400352?source=rss
San Bernardino Sun

Record gas prices: 21 straight days - Average at the pump tops $3.94 a gallon, with 11 states and D.C. above $4.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/28/news/economy/gas_prices/
CNN Money

Report ranks metro areas on pollution (Los Angeles, second lowest carbon footprint)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/2008-05-28-carbon_N.htm
USA Today

Ridership up almost 20 percent on the Gold Line
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/05/ridership-up-al.html
Los Angeles Times

Rising fuel thefts coming with high gas prices
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9409171
Daily News

Suit targets air quality along freeways - Environmental groups want to force the EPA to do more comprehensive monitoring
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-air29-2008may29,0,2660686.story
Los Angeles Times

Sundance Talks Sustainable Transit
http://laist.com/2008/05/27/sundance_talks.php
LAist

Traffic Volume Trends: February 2008
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9079
Transportation Research Board

Urban Areas on West Coast Produce Least Emissions Per Capita, Researchers Find
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/us/29pollute.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin
New York Times