Today's Headlines - more at Metro

7/06/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday July 6, 2008

A 'green' industrial belt should run through it - An idea to create jobs along the L.A. River deserves a public hearing
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-haefele6-2008jul06,0,5059144.story
Los Angeles Times

Dodger Stadium to Get Union Station Shuttle
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/07/07/news/news_briefs/at02.txt
LA Downtown News

Disney's new monorail, its transportation of the future . . . still is
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-monorail6-2008jul06,0,734936.story
Los Angeles Times

Employers look for ways to reduce commutes - Compressed workweeks, van pooling among ideas
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080705/news_1n5commute.html
San Diego Union Tribune

New commuter lifestyle: All aboard - Metrolink's passenger cars may be cramped, but the 130-mile daily round trip on the train beats paying for gas
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-oe-frandsen5-2008jul05,0,5184397.story
Los Angeles Times

No one tracks state's fuel bill - As costs climb, there's no central data on agencies' gas, diesel purchases
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1061908.html
Sacramento Bee

ROMANCE OF THE RAILS - As train popularity steams ahead, is it time to give Amtrak another look?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/04/TR1C11GC4S.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Suburbia's not dead yet
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-kotkin6-2008jul06,0,1989331.story
Los Angeles Times