Transportation Headlines for Saturday January 21, 2006

De Anza Trail ran through the Valley
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_3424031
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Gov. Calls for Big Investment in L.A. Rail System: The bond proposal gets a warm reception from officials worried about growing freight traffic
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rail21jan21,0,2846716.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Governor On The Road To Discuss Freeway Plans
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_020175502.html
CBS 2 TV

Governor signs state bill to construct HOV lane on I-405 north of Santa Monica
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2006/01/18/news_-_features/area/2a.txt
Argonaut News

L.A. mayor backs governor's plan for state infrastructure: Antonio Villaraigosa calls Schwarzenegger's $222 billion package "a great step" that needs "some tinkering."
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/2212841.html
Daily Breeze

Mayor, Arnold talk up transit: Villaraigosa puts in plug for L.A. while helping push governor's plan
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3422695
Los Angeles Daily News

Mixed Use Plan Polarizing WeHo: City Hall: Residents fear it could lead to a dark, Wilshire-like corridor in the city
http://snipurl.com/lt7h
Los Angeles Independent

Rev on the Red Line: As L.A. traffic worsens, Rep. Waxman now favors a long-blocked Wilshire subway to the sea, and political will is building
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=3187&IssueNum=137
Los Angeles City Beat

South Whittier Shuttle Opens, Provides Connections
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_021144407.html
CBS 2 TV

Tunnel vision: Rosendahl's subway plan leaves most of L.A. County behind
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_3418670
Los Angeles Daily News

What should future hold for Torrance Boulevard? Most agree a face-lift is needed, but public resists rezoning. Panel takes its time weighing ideas
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/2212916.htmlDaily Breeze

Transportation Headlines for Friday January 20, 2006

Byzantine U.S. transportation bill has money - and strings
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14094450p-14924417c.html
Sacramento Bee

Fixes promised for S.D. traffic delays
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060120-9999-7m20gov.html
San Diego Union-Tribune

Gold Line to Offer Express Service
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs20.3jan20,0,2831766.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Gov. Says Road Bond Won't Shortchange San Diego
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-diego20jan20,0,2062622.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Governor touts plans for local highway improvements
http://snipurl.com/lrol
North County Times (San Diego)

Hybrid HOV lane may end by summer
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_3419039
Long Beach Press Telegram

O.C. Tollway Agency Delays Foothill Decision
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollway20jan20,0,4037946.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Ridership up 6.1% at San Diego airport
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060120-9999-7m20airport.html
San Diego Union-Tribune

Scary Bus Stops
http://www.planetizen.com/node/18548
Planetizen

Yellow light for hybrids
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3419037
Los Angeles Daily News

Transportation Headlines for Thursday January 19, 2006

Accord increases airport plan cost
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/2222892.html
Torrance Daily Breeze

Caltrans Addresses VIA at Luncheon
http://www.the-signal.com/News/ViewStory.asp?storyID=8742
The Signal (Santa Clarita Valley)

City Grounds Plan for LAX
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lax19jan19,0,21738.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

City should seek federal money
http://www.burbankleader.com/opinion/story/35612p-52702c.html
Burbank Leader

Council eyes Chandler changes
http://www.burbankleader.com/front/story/35669p-52714c.html
Burbank Leader

Deal clears path to LAX project
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3415375
Los Angeles Daily News

Funding for train safety pushed
http://snipurl.com/lq1r
Ventura County Star

Growing Remote Areas See Fringe Benefits in Gov.'s Plan
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-growth19jan19,0,3000832.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Los Angeles Times

Knatz Approved as Head of L.A. Port
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs19.3jan19,0,7419302.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Metrolink crash anniversary: Ban on push-pull trains advised
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3415874
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Panel Seeks Ban on 'Push' Trains
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-metrolink19jan19,0,2236371.story?coll=la-home-local
Los Angeles Times

Port's new boss has 5-year plan
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/2222907.html
Torrance Daily Breeze

Train report urges changes
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_3415974
Whittier Daily News

Train safety pushed year after crash
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3415763
Los Angeles Daily News

Transit woes prompt call for higher sales tax
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3415412
Los Angeles Daily News

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday January 18, 2006

APTA: More people riding subway, buses
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1155AP_Transit_Ridership.html
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Bike trails, rest areas under construction
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_3411926
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Gasoline Prices Up in State, Off Nationwide
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gas18jan18,1,4756438.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

GOP puts strings on support for bonds: Lawmakers want environmental review eased, ended
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/18/BAG5CGP0AG1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Lanes on 91 to close overnight for work
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_3412123
Long Beach Press Telegram

Regional air flights supported: LAWA asked to explore alternatives to using LAX
http://www.dailynews.com/antelopevalley/ci_3411492
Los Angeles Daily News/Antelope Valley Edition

Supervisors back perks to lure airlines away from LAX
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/2216822.html
Daily Breeze

Top California City and State Officials Speak About the Importance of Cleaning Up the Goods Movement Industry at Faster Freight - Cleaner Air 2006 (FFCA)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-17-2006/0004262351&EDATE=
PR Newswire
Conference Web Site: http://www.ffca2006.com/

Turning a transit sanctuary into a traveling ad space
http://www.dailynews.com/marielgarza/ci_3411615
Los Angeles Daily News

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday January 17, 2006

511 Driving Times(SM) Doubles Coverage Area: Latest Additions Blanket Most of Bay Area Freeway Network
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-17-2006/0004261973&EDATE=
PR Newswire

A new level in garaging ideas: More residents are considering hydraulic lifts to stack vehicles as a way to ease the parking crunch
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/article_950344.php
Orange County Register

Battles brew over bond proposals
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_3406530
Whittier Daily News

Bill to widen freeway signed
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=35452
UCLA Daily Bruin

Budget revives debate on 710: Supporters target governor's plan
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_3409344
Pasadena Star News

Civic groups bring collective voice to city's new general plan
http://www.avpress.com/n/17/0117_s3.hts
Antelope Valley Press

Elderly resident pushes for buses in 'horse country'
http://www.avpress.com/n/17/0117_s6.hts
Antelope Valley Press

Fast track 405?: Re "Governor accelerates 405 car-pool project" (Jan. 14):
http://www.dailynews.com/youropinion/ci_3408361
Los Angeles Daily News

Forum to discuss land use in Valley
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/business/ci_3408616
Pasadena Star News

Long Beach Legislators Like Governor’s Ideas For Infrastructure
http://www.gazettes.com/state01122206.html
Long Beach Gazette

Mayor nudges state on crossing: Mayor Jef Vander Borght wants state to quicken pace of underpass project at San Fernando Boulevard and Buena Vista Street crossing
http://www.burbankleader.com/front/story/35434p-52318c.html
Burbank Leader

Paving Reelection Plans With Vows to Ease Traffic: Motorists are fed up, so some governors risk the 'big spender' label in promising to find fixes
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-spend17jan17,0,7147216.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Los Angeles Times

'Soothsayer' retires from public service: longtime city manager and roads expert had uncanny foresight (Norm King)
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_P_norm16.8f1d3fb.html
Riverside Press Enterprise

Tree Branches Shut Down Metro Gold Line
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/6124715/detail.htmlNBC 4 TV

Transportation Headlines for Monday January 16, 2006

Bond plan heads for Legislature: Competing interests vie for funds
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_3406677
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Built for speed, not for savings: The governor has a plan to hurry road construction -- one that cost Riverside County plenty
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_design16.8f1d428.html
Riverside Press Enterprise

Bus riders face new threat: Pair of robberies have Montclair cops on heightened alert
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3406401
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Economic Group Expands Website (Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation LAEDC)
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2006/01/16/news/news_briefs/at02.txt
Los Angeles Downtown News

Freeway pass: Governor did the right thing
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_3405439
Los Angeles Daily News

L.A. revives transit idea: Proposal for a 'subway to the sea' might alleviate congestion
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.lasubway15jan15,1,6521762.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines
Baltimore Sun

DC Metro Chief Surpasses Peers in Severance: Other Large Systems In U.S. Less Generous
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/14/AR2006011400952.html
Washington Post

NABI still not in for good times in U.S.: Hungarian bus maker NABI has delivered 148 buses for its U.S. customers in the seasonally strong fourth quarter of 2005
http://www.portfolio.hu/en/cikkek.tdp?cCheck=1&k=1&i=6908
Portfolio

Port Truckers Like the Idea, but ...: Footing the bill for Long Beach Freeway upgrades is something they say they can ill afford
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trucks16jan16,1,5821192.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

Renovate -- but Innovate: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is on a Pat Brown kick, trying to emulate the great builder with a $222-billion plan to fix California's infrastructure. But the emulating may be misplaced
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap16jan16,0,4552901.column?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Start the Planning Focus in Downtown: Gail Goldberg, the new head of the Los Angeles Planning Department, should begin her job by focusing on Downtown Los Angeles
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2006/01/16/news/opinion/edit01.txt
Los Angeles Downtown News

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