Today's Headlines - more at Metro

6/16/2010

Gold Line Foothill Extension, High Speed Rail, Subway to the Sea and more

511 on Mass Transit
Public Transportation Options in Southern California

Art Along the Gold Line Tour, A Fundraiser
Studio-Online

Auto Immune: Cities Convert Streets into Pedestrian, Cyclist and Mass Transit Thoroughfares - Automobiles are still part of the American way of life, but in many municipalities other modes of transportation are moving in on what had been car territory
Scientific American

Chinese, German and Spanish High-Speed Rail Systems to be Featured at U.S. High Speed Rail Association Conference in L.A. June 17-18
PR Newswire

Federal Transit Administration approves EIS for Oahu's $5B rail project
Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

Local Focus: Gold Line Extension
Foothill Retail Corridor

Gold Line, other Metro fares increase July 1
Pasadena Star News

Governor Schwarzenegger Hosts Summit on Advanced Transportation
Imperial Valley News

High-Speed Rivalry Picks Up Steam - As Foreign Operators and Equipment Makers Chase $8 Billion in U.S. Rail Projects, Amtrak's Role Remains Uncertain
Wall Street Journal

HSR’s Green Dividend For California
California High Speed Rail Blog

L.A. Gets Moving on Transit
Next American City

LA Harbor Commissioners to Vote to Create Thousands of Good Jobs at the Port!
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor

LAistory: Pilgrimage Bridge
LAist

Meeting set on use of abandoned railroad
OC Register

Need for Speed with High-Speed Rail
City Watch

OCTA to Encourage Private Industry Over Caltrans
Voice of OC

Real Faces, Real Voice of the Metro Gold Line
I Will Ride/Youtube Blog Link http://www.iwillride.org/?p=517

Report: High-speed rail line would pump $4.3 billion into LA economy - The system would link San Diego to Los Angeles via Riverside, and Los Angeles to Sacramento and San Francisco by about 2020
Southwest Riverside News Network

Residents Express Concern at Subway Meeting - Metro's plan to dig train tunnels under private homes faces criticism at a Westside Extension forum
Beverly Hills Patch

Sepulveda boulevard good to go!
Total Traffic LA

Subway to the Sea or Not? Looking at the Realities of the Westside Subway
LAist

Transport for London frees first tranche of data for developers' use
Guardian UK

U.S. Conference of Mayors Follow Villaraigosa's Lead: Endorses Arizona Resolution and 30/10 Transit Plan
LAist

Will Trains or Lanes Connect Santa Ana to LA County?
OC Weekly