Today's Headlines - more at Metro

2/18/2009

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday February 18, 2009

Bridge design sparks clash in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times

California budget negotiations hit a new snag
Los Angeles Times

Jobs terminated as California goes bankrupt
Independent UK

Driving Up the Cost For Public Works - Party Tabs, Car Leases, Golf Shirts Piled On To Bills for Highway Projects, Audit Shows
Washington Post

Expo Line: Santa Monicans Like Colorado, Worry About Apartments
CurbedLA

Hearings on Expo Phase II DEIR Begin
StreetsBlogLA

L.A. 5th District City Council candidates tackle traffic congestion
Los Angeles Times

LB Transit to increase fares - State budget reductions motivate higher bus fees
LBCC Viking

Los Angeles Transportation Facts and Fiction: Smog
Freakanomics/New York Times

Major rail expansion on track with stimulus plan
USA Today

Measure R Latest: Bus Improvements, But Terrible News, Too
CurbedLA

MTA: Get Ready for TAP Cards
MSNBC

Oscars are on Sunday & the Street Closures are Now
LAist

Ports end container fee delay
Daily Breeze

Public Transit Replaces Passes With New TAP Cards
CBS 2 News

Seattle Metro may cut bus service 20 percent
NWCN

Southland economy may bottom out by summer, forecast says - But economic news this year will be mostly bad, and when growth resumes it will be moderate at best, the Kyser Center for Economic Research predicts
Los Angeles Times

TAP Cards will Replace Metro Day Passes in March
LAist

Turning the Tide on Shuttle Proposal
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News

U.S. Transportation Department now in Science.gov
Oakridger

What Metro and Its Riders Will Lose in State Budget “Deal”
StreetsBlogLA