Today's Headlines - more at Metro

12/18/2006

Transportation Headlines for Monday Dec. 18, 2006

Angels Plight: Six Years After Fatal Crash, Plan Could Shift Operations of Railway to MTA
http://tinyurl.com/u2dpu
L.A. Downtown News

Beverly Hills Undeterred by Subway Hurdles
http://tinyurl.com/y6ktue
Westside Chronicle

City split over 710 Freeway tunnel proposal
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_4858801
Pasadena Star News

Future of So. Cal. Transit (Orange Line Maglev Development Authority)
http://tinyurl.com/yer2vp
Santa Clarita Signal

L.A.’s Future Lies in Coordination of Transportation & Planning
http://tinyurl.com/y4htgy
The Planning Report

Metro Plans L.A. Transit Future Aided By Bonds, Unhindered by Consent Decree: Opportunities abound at Metro in light of recent developments, though CEO Roger Snoble's greatest challenge will be balancing the budget
http://tinyurl.com/yyw33s
Metro Investment Report

MTA to Shoppers: Metro System Beats Holiday Traffic
http://tinyurl.com/y6crj3
Garment and Citizen

North American cities take to the hybrid bus
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16254191/
MSNBC

Orange County's free tow service keeps freeway traffic flowing: Working with the highway patrol, the tow trucks clear disabled vehicles from roads
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-towpatrol18dec18,1,5899539.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Orange Line monorail - Re: "Transit on the Cheap" and "Really Fix it" (Your Opinions, Dec. 14):
http://www.dailynews.com/youropinion/ci_4857920
Daily News

Road Plan Ends at County Line - RIVERSIDE: San Bernardino County doesn't intend to match the project to build toll lanes on Interstate 15
http://tinyurl.com/y7yg74
Press Enterprise

Wider berth for bicyclists sought to cut road deaths
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/94367.html
Sacramento Bee