Today's Headlines - more at Metro

9/18/2007

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday September 18, 2007

Airport panel OKs landscaping, road widening - Commission approves $7.5 million in work on south side of LAX and a home-removal contract
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/9846367.html
Daily Breeze

A&M's Urban Mobility Report due out today
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/5143131.html
Houston Chronicle

Amtrak Is Safe and Efficient
http://www.huntingtonnews.net/columns/070917-hammond-columnsourpubliclife.html
Huntington News

Completion of 22 freeway crawls along - OCTA not happy with slow progress, acknowledges glitches
http://www.ocregister.com/news/project-contractor-work-1847291-octa-last
Orange County Register

County panel set to vote on plan for van pool - The program would provide farmworker transportation
http://tinyurl.com/2pymft
Ventura County Star

Crime And Misuse Has Many Calling For Removal Of Automated Toilets
http://www.planetizen.com/node/27078
Planetizen

Denver overtakes LAX as USA's 4th-busiest airport
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2007-09-17-denver-bumps-lax_N.htm
USA Today

Rail's New Competitor: Buses. Part II: BRT Slashes Subway Project
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2007/09/rails-new-com-1.html
Wired

Rose Bowl cyclists on rough road with officials - For 60 years, riders have trained in packs around the Rose Bowl. Now the city is addressing rising concerns about safety
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-peloton18sep18,1,1039457.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Traffic congestion increases in most United States metro areas
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/headlines/2007/09/18/49103/Traffic-congestion.htm
China Post

Traffic control system debuts - Technology could help untangle snarls
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_6923383
Whittier Daily News

Traffic management center works to get things moving - The system should ease congestion in the area where the San Diego and Century freeways connect
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/9846292.html
Daily Breeze