Today's Headlines - more at Metro

9/29/2007

Transportation Headlines for Saturday September 29, 2007

$8.5 million fund to fix Westlake roads - MTA money will help make up the total $18 million cost for repairs
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/sep/28/85-million-fund-to-fix-westlake-roads/
Ventura County Star

Arthur Winston interview on NPR
http://metrorider.elhay.net/2007/09/28/arthur-winston-interview-on-npr/
MetroRiderLA

Bus drivers plan strike - No deal so far on Omnitrans talks
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_7030221
Daily Bulletin

California High-Speed Rail Authority Announces Plans for Coming Year
http://tinyurl.com/3xkar5
Business Wire

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, the newly signed State Budget, which for the fourth consecutive year, diverts critical public transportation funds away from their local government jurisdictions
http://www.thevillagenews.com/story.asp?story_ID=25525
Village News

L.A. councilman urges easing of red tape for development - L.A. council president's plan to cut from 12 to 2 the number of agencies that review projects will be considered next summer, he says
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-develop28sep28,1,6900054.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california
Los Angeles Times

LA's Dirty Little Parking Secret
http://www.citywatchla.com/content/view/704/
CityWatchLA

MTA Picks Developer Lowe For NoHo Project
http://tinyurl.com/36k6bj
San Fernando Valley Business Journal

Opposition grows to ports' clean-air plan - Trucking companies and shippers say a ban on exhaust-spewing vehicles would choke their businesses
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ports29sep29,1,1301488.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

Orange Line - A Link to Hollywood
http://tinyurl.com/2kkt9h
Valley Star Online

Proposed O.C. tollway would violate environmental laws, report says
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollway29sep29,1,3590775.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Top deputy named as director of Riverside County Transportation Commission
http://tinyurl.com/2vdc52
Press Enterprise

Transit agency seeking comments - Riverside Transit Agency is holding community meetings
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_7034263
Daily Bulletin

Trucks plan hits roadblock - Shipping groups challenge Clean Trucks Program
http://www.presstelegram.com/business/ci_7021008
Press Telegram

Villaraigosa fires city transportation chief Gloria Jeff - Mayor says Rita Robinson will take the post previously held by Gloria Jeff, who had been on the job less than two years
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jeff29sep29,0,2846734.story?coll=la-home-local
Los Angeles Times