Today's Headlines - more at Metro

2/02/2007

Transportation Headlines for Friday Feb. 2, 2007

As Plans For Europe-Africa Rail Link Develop, U.S. Lags
http://www.planetizen.com/node/22753
Planetizen

Beeline's Route 3 to Remain
http://tinyurl.com/24gr5q
La Cañada Online

Carpool stickers for hybrid cars almost gone
http://snipurl.com/192qp
San Francisco Chronicle

Costly L.A. River plan contains a raft of new ideas: Proposed $2-billion makeover of the ugly concrete waterway calls for a string of parks, housing and offices
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-riverplan2feb02,1,7301071.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

EPA Scientists Urge Tighter Smog Limits: Federal scientists to recommend tighter smog standards, other options for healthier air
http://tinyurl.com/26k4xg
CBS News

For LV visitors, monorail is a train to nowhere: Strip route has been losing riders since peaking in mid-2005
http://snipurl.com/191f4
Las Vegas Sun

Free up the car-pool lanes: OCTA pushing smart rule changes to increase lane use and to ease entering and exiting
http://snipurl.com/191fc
Orange County Register

Gold Line Timing System Approved
http://tinyurl.com/2l8nwq
Pasadena Independent

House Joint Resolution Sets Funding at SAFETEA-LU Level: $8.975 Billion - A New Record for Transit!
http://www.apta.com/government_affairs/washrep/2007february01.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

Public Transportation: Benefits for the 21st Century
http://www.apta.com/research/info/online/twenty_first_century.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

Secretary Peters Advances Plans to Reduce Congestion on the Nation’s Busiest Highways, Announces Semi-Finalists in Corridors of the Future Program
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot1207.htm
U.S. Department of Transportation

Traffic at airport goes up slightly: The convenience of the Bob Hope facility is cited as a factor in a 3.2% increase in the number of passengers in 2006
http://tinyurl.com/2gznmv
Burbank Leader