Today's Headlines - more at Metro

12/02/2007

Transportation Headlines for Sunday December 2, 2007

An End to the Free Ride on Trains in Los Angeles
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/us/03transit.html?hp
New York Times

Billion-dollar interchange project still a go
http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/news/ci_7614243
Redland Daily Facts

Car-pool lanes may be switched to toll lanes - MTA plan calling for solo drivers as well as car-poolers to pay a fee on some roads draws fire
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regstate/articles/11963276.html
Daily Breeze

Congress thought the unthinkable on vehicle mileage - The 35 mpg standard, part of a larger energy bill in the works, grew from $3 gasoline and global warming issues
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-fuel2dec02,1,5063871.story?coll=la-news-environment
Los Angeles Times

No fire, no free pass on toll road, firefighters told - An L.A. County crew en route to a funeral blows past a booth, is caught on camera and fined. They are flabbergasted; the Orange County transportation agency is unapologetic
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-firetruck1dec01,1,6912449.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

"Olympic-West Pico-East" Initiative Announced
http://snipurl.com/1ujh6
Canyon News

OC Authorities Address Firefighter Toll Controversy - Truck Was Headed To Funeral, Not Fire, Official Says
http://www.knbc.com/news/14752707/detail.html
KNBC 4 TV

Why America is Becoming a Second-World Nation and California is in the Crosshairs
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/12/why_america_is.html
California Progress Report