Today's Headlines - more at Metro

1/15/2006

Transportation Headlines for Sat. Jan. 14 and Sun. Jan. 15, 2006

$17 Billion Dollar Parking Industry on Verge of Payment Revolution: New Smart Card Alliance White Paper Addresses Parking System Applications
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=106215
Marketwire

20 minutes?: Proposed high-speed rail could take passengers from Irvine to Palmdale in short order
http://www.avpress.com/n/15/0115_s2.hts
Antelope Valley Press

Another Metrolink Train vs. Car Accident
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=3808294
ABC 7 TV

Bond Fight's Purse Is Big: With $222 billion at stake, the governor's plan to rebuild the state's infrastructure has sparked an epic struggle for a piece of the action
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bonds15jan15,0,4745019.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

California may need new borrowing to fill transit plan pothole
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060115/news_1n15trans.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Chandler Boulevard Traffic Operation Continues
http://www.coremg.net/newspapers.php?paper=burbankweekly&i=7&storyid=2692
Burbank Weekly

Construction of the Gold Line could face delays (Foothill Extension)
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_3401854
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Doing the Hollywood Shuttle: Celebrities and other clubgoers are coming back as the area is reborn. To handle the heavier traffic, Holly Trolleys are introduced
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hollywood15jan15,0,1183198.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Freeway upgrades between LV and LA crawling
http://www.inbusinesslasvegas.com/2006/01/13/feature%202.html
In Business Las Vegas

'Holly Trolley' Bus Shuttle Service Begins
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_012210147.html
CBS 2 TV

L.A.'s Halliburton: Despite problems, Tutor-Saliba always seems to get public-works contracts
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_3402978
Los Angeles Daily News

Lawmakers may ask taxpayers for 2nd payments: Competing measures would allow voters to hinder -- but not eliminate -- raids on the state roads budget
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regstate/articles/2201652.html
Daily Breeze

Metrolink Causes City to Push for Funding
http://www.coremg.net/newspapers.php?paper=burbankweekly&i=7&storyid=2691
Burbank Weekly

More expensive oil pumping up gasoline prices
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_3404065
Long Beach Press Telegram

No Business Like L.A. Business: A child of the entertainment industry is out to sell our town (Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation-LAEDC)
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-allenchat3jan15,1,1201906.story
Los Angeles Times Magazine

NoHo Escalator Malfunction Injures Six People
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_013213155.html
CBS 2 TV

None Hurt as Metrolink Train Hits Stalled Car
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs14jan14,0,1834945.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

O.C. Shows '22 Tagger' the Exit: Freeway construction zone vandal is paying $30,000 in restitution after doing time in jail. He vows to quit. Officials hope others will too
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tagger15jan15,0,3014594.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Oropeza, gov. to improve transportation
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_3400717
Long Beach Press Telegram

Palmdale airport could use some jets
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3403911
Los Angels Daily News

Port Panel Chief Has Plenty to Unload: S. David Freeman, brash and innovative, wants to turn the facility into a clean-air showplace
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-freeman15jan15,0,4580600.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Riders are still eating up Orange Line, officials say
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3401170
Los Angeles Daily News

Scenic Airlines departure predictable (Palmdale Airport)
http://www.avpress.com/n/13/0113_s9.hts
Antelope Valley Press

Six Injured When Red Line Escalator Shifts Direction
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/6071360/detail.html
NBC 4 TV

Traffic Relief May Be Brief on 405: Transportation experts say $570-million plan to complete carpool lanes will ease congestion only for a while, but also say it's still worth doing
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-freeway15jan15,0,901403.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Woman hit by subway train in suicide attempt
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3403910
Los Angeles Daily News