Today's Headlines - more at Metro

10/17/2007

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday October 17, 2007

First Of Metro's Monthly Online Chats Set For Noon
http://www.knbc.com/news/14358693/detail.html
KNBC 4 TV

Gasoline tops $3-per-gallon mark in state - Summer's vacation from pump price shock is all over
http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/436359.html
Sacramento Bee

Got a traffic grievance? Air it on Metro's first Live Chat Internet forum
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7202415
Daily News

L.A. gets $150 million to synchronize traffic lights - The state bond money will fund an effort that could cut drive times by 16% when completed in June 2011, city officials say
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-synchronize17oct17,0,5584557.story?coll=la-home-local
Los Angeles Times

New Multi-Million Dollar Plan to Get Los Angeles Traffic Moving
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5709821
KABC 7 TV
Link to news release from the California Governor's Office:
http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/press-release/7739/

Record Price of Oil Raises New Fears
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/business/worldbusiness/17oil.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
New York Times

State panel in town to discuss goods movement - $2 billion slated for projects to soften the impact on communities caused by activity at local ports and the resulting truck and train traffic
http://www.ocregister.com/news/orange-goods-along-1893591-transportation-county
Orange County Register

Step Out of the NY Subway and Know Which Way is Which
http://gothamist.com/2007/10/16/step_out_of_the.php
Gothamist

Traffic woes demonstrate vulnerability
http://tinyurl.com/2pl5l7
USC Daily Trojan

Transit agencies continue to push the fare collection technology envelope, smart-card association says
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/freightnews/article.asp?id=11557
Progressive Railroading

Transportation secretary praises Bay Area congestion-relief plan
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/17/BABMSQTKT.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle