Today's Headlines - more at Metro

8/30/2006

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday August 30, 2006

Amtrak hires former rail freight exec as CEO
http://tinyurl.com/hanbe
Reuters

Assembly OKs limiting drivers' cell phone use
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/30/BAGVCKRPDP1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Californians weigh a new tax on oil companies
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0829/p01s03-uspo.html
Christian Science Monitor

Caltrans hoping drivers won't become commuter challenged: Caltrans puts commuters' interests at the top of their priority list for Devore 2 freeway rehab project
http://www.hesperiastar.com/story.php?id=1685_0_1_0_M
Hesperia Star

Commuter and Light Rail Driving Development in California
http://tinyurl.com/rl8vk
Commercial Property News Online

Coverage gaps limit commuting site's help - TRAFFIC: Parts of interstates 15 and 215 lack sensors. Officials want that to change
http://tinyurl.com/ghy72
Riverside Press Enterprise

How To Live Without A Car? Could you get through the day without your car? Before you say, "no way," NBC4's Kelly Mack shows you one man who says it can be done -- even in Los Angeles
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/9754348/detail.html
NBC 4 TV

Monorail set to grow: Expansion would link line with airport, convention centers
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Aug-29-Tue-2006/news/6841376.html
Las Vegas Review Journal

Off the tracks: Derailment reverberates through canyon. Our view: Railroad has a responsibility that goes beyond its own rail cars
http://www.sbsun.com/opinions/ci_4258161
San Bernardino Sun

NABI delivers articulated CNG buses to LAX
http://www.compositesworld.com/news/cwweekly/2006/August/cw110651
Composites World

Preserve area historic sites (Railroad hotel in San Dimas)
http://www.sgvtribune.com/opinions/ci_4257834
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Transit riders sought to test new 'smart card': Pass will allow free travel on multiple systems
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/282930_ferry29.html
Seattle Post Intelligencer