Today's Headlines - more at Metro

9/30/2006

Transportation Headlines for Saturday Sept. 30, 2006

Construction Officially Begins on Metro Expo Line
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=4611130
ABC 7 TV

Eager Eyes for the Expo Line: As Light Rail Breaks Ground, Officials Expect Big Things
http://tinyurl.com/p3fco
L.A. Downtown News

Rival to Panama Canal Planned: Nicaragua intends to spend $20 billion on a new Central American waterway that was initially proposed in the 19th century
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-canal30sep30,1,7948157.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

Senate Confirms New Transportation Chief: Senate confirms President Bush's nomination of Mary Peters as new secretary of transportation
http://tinyurl.com/p2389
CBS News

Widening of Highway 78 stuck in traffic
http://tinyurl.com/neowz
North County Times/Californian

Work Begins On Downtown-Culver City Rail Line: Light Rail Line Will Have 10 Stops
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/9965285/detail.html
NBC 4 TV

Work on L.A. Light-Rail Route to Begin; The 8.5-mile Expo Line, set to open in 2010, will run from downtown Los Angeles to Culver City
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-expo30sep30,1,4332609.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california
Los Angeles Times