Today's Headlines - more at Metro

5/21/2008

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday May 21, 2008

AASHTO supports closing gap in highway funding
http://snipurl.com/29vpe
The Trucker

American auto love affair sours as fuel prices soar – Feature
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/206794,american-auto-love-affair-sours-as-fuel-prices-soar--feature.html
Earthtimes

Amtrak shares on-time performance data on the web. Every agency should do the same
http://www.permanentcampaigns.com/?p=116
Permanent Campaigns

AVL Systems for Bus Transit: Update
http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9051
Transportation Research Board

Bike Instead of Work Day Recap
http://soapboxla.blogspot.com/2008/05/bike-instead-of-work-day-recap.html
SoapBoxLA

California High-Speed Trains: Visual Tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nx8rNysZSI
YouTube/ NC3D Channel

Despite low ridership, Westwood FlyAway to go on
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_9320942
Daily Breeze

Discuss Toll Roads and Taxes with Metro Board Chair Pam O'Connor
http://www.metro.net/news_info/press/metro_083.htm
Metro

Expo Line Community Forums
http://fixexpo.blogspot.com/2008/05/expo-line-forums.html
FixExpo

Gas prices driving commuters to transit - Riders flock to Coaster, Metrolink, Escondido-to-San Diego express bus
http://snipurl.com/29vpy
North County Times/California

Get Involved with Half Cent Sales Tax Project List
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/20/get-involved-with-half-cent-sales-tax-project-list/
StreetsBlogLA

Informational Report on Lighting Design for Midblock Crosswalks
http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9066
Transportation Research Board

Letters to the Editor - Metro thinking of stopping at UCLA
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2008/may/20/letters-editor/
UCLA Daily Bruin

Los Angeles Streetcar Workshop Arrives May 22nd
http://metroriderla.com/2008/05/20/the-los-angeles-streetcar-workshop-arrives-may-22nd/
MetroRiderLA

Metro Tweets Again!
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/20/metro-tweets-again/
MetBlogsLA

Pam Is Back. And So Is The Anti-Pam Chat
http://metroriderla.com/2008/05/20/pam-is-back-and-so-is-the-anti-pam-chat/
MetroRiderLA

Paris' Metro Gets Bigger, Faster and Better
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/paris-transit-s.html
Wired

Passenger volume at LAX, Ontario and Palmdale expected to be level with last year - An increase in foreign flights is expected to counterbalance a decrease in domestic air travel
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-airport21-2008may21,0,3252852.story
Los Angeles Times

State legislators in overdrive on motor vehicle laws
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cars21-2008may21,0,586216.story
Los Angeles Times

Stranded in Suburbia
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/opinion/19krugman.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
New York Times

There's something about a bus that's tragic
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2008/01/theres-somethin.html
Los Angeles Times

'Tiger Team' Tows Cars in Hollywood
http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-tigerteam,0,6757883.story
KTLA 5 TV

Traffic Fighting Initiative Qualifies for Fall Ballot (Pages 1 and 7)
http://www.smdp.com/site/archives/052008.pdf
Santa Monica Daily Press

Travelers give LAX its best rating ever: merely `average'
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9328133
Daily News

TRIS Database Growth Continues
http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9068
Transportation Research Board