Today's Headlines - more at Metro

4/12/2007

Transportation Headlines for Thursday April 12, 2007

Battle of the Billboards - L.A.’s plan to spiff up sidewalks leads to more street-level ads than it bargained for
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=5327&IssueNum=201
L.A. City Beat

Beijing invests heavily for a spectacular Olympics 2008
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=160691
Financial Express

Bringing light rail to Santa Monica
http://greenlagirl.com/2007/04/11/bringing-light-rail-to-santa-monica/
Green L.A. Girl

Commuter Cars Uses SolidWorks to Create Green Car 'Tango'
http://www.tenlinks.com/NEWS/PR/solidworks/041107_tango.htm
TenLinks

Driving the Future: Biogas rises but hydrogen sinks as big automakers muscle into alternative car technologies in Anaheim
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=5330&IssueNum=201
L.A. City Beat

Governor makes night surprise ride on light rail
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/153564.html
Sacramento Bee

Hybrid tech goes commercial (heavy duty transportation uses)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2007-04-11-hybrids-usat_N.htm
USA Today

Key facts: Chicago and L.A. (Olympic Bids)
http://snipurl.com/1g5xg
Chicago Sun Times

Light-Rail Service In Palms - Where will the trains run? (Exposition Line)
http://www.palmsvillagesun.info/OpinionE.Current.html#top
Palms Village Sun

MTA Bus Crashes Into 2 Cars On Pico Boulevard
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_102063728.html
CBS 2 TV

O.C. to L.A. in 20 minutes: Backers hope voters will agree to finance 700-mile high-speed train system estimated to cost $40 billion
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1650022.php
Orange County Register

Palms Assembly Seeks Study Of Light-Rail Station In Northeast Palms - placing a train station "behind the Price Self Storage facility on National Blvd. between Palms and Motor" (Exposition Line)
http://www.palmsvillagesun.info/FrontCurrent.html (scroll down to second story)
Palms Village Sun

Riding on the Metro…(Metro ART)
http://tuesdaycreative.vox.com/library/post/riding-on-the-metro.html
Tuesday Creative

Riverside County approves additional funding for rail crossings
http://snipurl.com/1g5xb
Press Enterprise

Rough Ride for Council (Santa Monica Big Blue Bus Fare Increase)
http://www.smdp.com/site/archives/041207.pdf (.pdf file, see page 1 and page 14)
Santa Monica Daily Press

Shuttle service for Dodger Stadium Re "Let me out of the ballgame, let me be free of crowds," April 11
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-thursday12.7apr12,0,1035107.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Los Angeles Times