Today's Headlines - more at Metro

6/08/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday June 8, 2008

As gas goes up, so does SCV bus ridership - About 23,000 more bus trips logged compared to last year
http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/2261/
Santa Clarita Signal

Biggest one-week gas hike in five years hits O.C.
http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2008/06/06/biggest-one-week-gas-hike-in-five-years-hits-oc/
Orange County Register

Cheap gas calculator
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9516294
Daily News

Chicago's Olympic Hopes Ride on Better Transit
http://tinyurl.com/4ykvzq
Mass Transit Magazine

Colton railroad crossing study back on track
http://snipurl.com/2eke7
Press Enterprise

Company making strides with clean running buses and growing ridership (Sun Transit)
http://snipurl.com/2ekff
Desert Sun

Happy Trails? New Rancho Palos Verdes policy for bikers, hikers and equestrians satisfies few
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_9518391
Daily Breeze

Jean Ross: Tax hikes must be part of budget fix
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/995520.html
Sacramento Bee

L.A.'s commuters can't even go nowhere fast - A look at how your neighbors, in the next lane, juggle their lives and drives
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trafficdayone8web-2008jun08,0,4033585.story
Los Angeles Times

Mountain road loses 4 call boxes
http://www.sbsun.com/sanbernardino/ci_9509006
San Bernardino Sun

Oil prices continue to climb - More commuters turn to public transportation as cost of gas keeps beating records
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2008/06/07/news/gnp-gas07.txt
Glendale News Press

Plans for Long Beach liquid natural gas terminal shelved - Facing opposition, Mitsubishi subsidiary Sound Energy Solutions withdraws its LNG proposal
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lng7-2008jun07,0,245906.story
Los Angeles Times

Proposition 13’s High-Mileage Effects - A 30th Anniversary Reflection
http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/06/proposition_13s_high-mileage_effects_-_a_30th_anniversary_reflection.html
RedFin

Pump prices make basics a struggle
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9517244
Daily News

Rising gas costs blur retirement dream
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9517159
Daily News

Screeching to a Halt - On mass transit, the nation is falling perilously behind
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060701651.html
Washington Post

See Your Gas Savings Sooner With New Batteries
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1724/
EcoGeek

Small airports struggle with dwindling air service
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/06/06/rural.airports.ap/
CNN

The Road Ahead
http://www.aaa-calif.com/corpinfo/transportation.aspx
Automobile Club of Southern California

Traffic taking a toll on psychic health, experts say
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trafficpsychone8-2008jun08,0,6960850.story
Los Angeles Times

Whittier offering new taxi vouchers - Program will take seniors, disabled on errands outside city
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_9518334
Whittier Daily News