Today's Headlines - more at Metro

10/06/2007

Transportation Headlines for Saturday October 6, 2007

A vision of new rapid bus line - Service could go from El Monte to Cal Poly
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_7102851
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Boxer to hold hearing in SB on air pollution - Testimony is sought on truck, train effects
http://www.sbsun.com/ci_7100870
San Bernardino Sun

Container traffic down at local ports - Experts say retailers are importing less, reflecting weak consumer spending, housing decline
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/10284267.html
Daily Breeze

Drivers to test new way to fund roads; Instead of paying a gas tax, you pay for miles traveled
http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/news/59801.html
Government Innovators Network

Major Arts District Project Faces City Test - The $140 Million One Santa Fe Goes to the Planning Commission This Week (Metro Red Line Yards)
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2007/10/08/news/news05.txt
L.A. Downtown News

Making a case for quiet - San Clemente joins other cities and OCTA in a coordinated rail safety effort that could result in a 'quiet zone.'
http://www.ocregister.com/news/crossings-san-clemente-1879230-octa-quiet
Orange County Register

Neighbors wary of Santa Monica construction - An already traffic-challenged area searches for solutions ahead of projects to shore up bluffs over PCH and rebuild the California Incline
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-incline6oct06,1,989994.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Ports plan workshop on Clean Truck Program
http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=63763
eTrucker

Public Transportation Ridership Continues To Climb In 2007
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/070104_ridership_increases.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

Rail problem throws wrench in Sprinter testing
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/10/05/news/coastal/22_01_5310_3_07.txt
North County Times/Californian

SANDAG to write regional bike plan
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/10/05/news/sandiego/21_19_2610_4_07.txt
North County Time/Californian

Traffic Solutions: One Idea for La Brea
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2007/10/traffic_solutions_one_idea_for_la_brea.php
Curbed L.A.

Why Did The Press TOTALLY Fail Us On The Gloria Jeff Disaster?
http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2007/10/why-did-press-totally-fail-us-on-gloria.html
L.A. Cowboy

You're Fired! - With Villaraigosa in the Center, Job Loss Is All the Rage
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2007/10/08/news/news03.txt
L.A. Downtown News