30 billion fewer miles driven, and counting - According to AAA, the average two-car family now would spend about $6,200 a year to gas up its vehicles
http://tinyurl.com/6pokcb
Seattle Times
Apple Valley gets more bicycle-friendly
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/valley_7304___article.html/apple_bicycle.html
Victorville Daily Press
CurbedWire: Mariachi Players Get Street Back
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/07/curbedwire_mari_1.php
Curbed LA
Drive a mile in MTA's shoes Re "MTA is trying to shed some wait," June 27
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-thursday3-2008jul03,0,722240.story?page=3
Los Angeles Times
High-Speed Transit Comes to Second Life - UC Irvine student Cristi Lopes is writing software for "SkyTran", a virtual high-speed train based in Second Life. The virtual world will actually serve as a useful simulator for the real thing
http://www.planetizen.com/node/33851&rf=rss
Planetizen
Little-used Riverside bus routes tagged for elimination
http://tinyurl.com/593wop
Press Enterprise
Mayor announces expansion record-breaking Rapid Bus service
http://tinyurl.com/69u4qn
Sherman Oaks Sun
Metrolink growth strains station parking capacity - A ridership surge has already jammed lots, and the Orange County line's planned expansion will soon make it even harder to find a spot
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-stations5-2008jul05,0,4588707.story
Los Angeles Times
Oil field's neighbors aren't gushing over expansion plan - Residents in Windsor Hills and nearby communities -- with a 1,000-acre oil field at their center -- are concerned about decreased property values, noise and fumes
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-outthere4-2008jul04,0,3409052.story
Los Angeles Times
New Infrastructure Woes: Gas Tax Bringing In Less Money
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/new-infrastructure-woes.php
Tree Hugger
Rail 2 Rail riders decry transit cuts - NCTD board members say they will look at restoring service mid-year
http://tinyurl.com/6rq3y3
North County Times
Sprinter revises its earlier limit on bicycles - Transit district will now allow as many as fit in marked area
http://tinyurl.com/6hok9m
San Diego Union Tribune
Subway sketchers create an online community
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-subwaysketcher4-2008jul04,0,3609362.story
Los Angeles Times
Transit Fare-Beating Fines To Rise Steeply
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=83411
NY1
Van Nuys bristles over bid for Burbank flight ban
http://tinyurl.com/6x3stx
Studio City Sun
