Today's Headlines - more at Metro

6/15/2007

Transportation Headlines for Friday June 15, 2007

Acid leak at chemical plant disrupts Metrolink
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-ex-hazmat14jun15,0,248320.story?coll=la-home-local
Los Angeles Times

Americans Still Love Their Cars
http://tinyurl.com/ypwv9g
U.S. News & World Report

BART snubs state, plans to run trains more often
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/15/BAG61QFVCT1.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

Builders create suburbs with downtown appeal
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-10-transit-village_N.htm
USA Today

City leaders urge state to supply transportation funds
http://tinyurl.com/2ynkme
Fontana Herald News

Congestion Pricing Federal Funds May Not Exist
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_165172311.html
WCBS TV

FlyAway Bus Network Adds Westwood as New Location to Serve Travelers Non-Stop to Los Angeles International Airport - Bus Departs Every 30 Minutes to Airport Terminals for $4 Fare; Passengers Ride Free From June 14 Through June 30
http://new.marketwire.com/2.0/rel.jsp?id=742570&sourceType=1
Market Wire

Gasoline prices not expected to slacken - Fuel inventories should remain tight this summer, forecast says
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gas15jun15,1,623083.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

Largest cause of traffic is bad driving behavior
http://valleynews.com/Sylmar/Stories/News/About-Town/Story~321579.aspx
Valley News

Los Angeles Times Praises GotoBus.com: 'Jaw-Dropping Price' and 'A Genuine Deal'
http://tinyurl.com/3xl7lu
Yahoo! Finance

Oceans Were the First Form Of Rapid Transit (LCR, Local Coastal Routes)
http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=5698
Santa Monica Mirror

Over 300 attend town hall on moving north runways
http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2007/06/14/news_-_features/lax/l1.txt
The Argonaut

Penny Lilburn named Vice Chair of Omnitrans
http://www.highlandnews.net/articles/2007/06/14/news/04omnitrans.txt
Highland Community News

Price at some toll road onramps to increase
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ocbriefs15.1jun15,1,7305608.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Redesign more mobile public transportation fleet
http://tinyurl.com/2r77of
Valley News

Sound of silence coming - Crews begin routing Jeffrey Road under railroad tracks
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/irvine/article_1728958.php
Orange County Register

Special Dogs Beef Up Security on Metrolink Trains
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5396265
ABC 7 TV

Tijuana site to produce Chinese cars
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070615/news_1b15mexcars.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Topanga beach bus starts soon
http://www.theacorn.com/news/2007/0614/Community/033.html
The Acorn