Today's Headlines - more at Metro

1/17/2008

Transportation Headlines for Thursday January 17, 2008

Amtrak back on the rails
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/16/amtrak_back_on_the_rails
Marketplace

Antonio Villaraigosa Grade: B-, The mayor does the vision thing, but lacks new material (transit funding conference)
http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/antonio_villaraigosa_grade_b_/6596/
L.A. City Beat

California's high-speed rail plan could be delayed indefinitely
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_7991861
Daily News

Case For Rail: Guest Posting at L.A. Times Emerald City
http://metrorider.elhay.net/2008/01/16/the-case-for-rail-guest-posting-at-la-times-emerald-city/
MetroRiderLA

Coalition: Bikes Are a Rail Good Choice
http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=52776&format=html
Santa Clarita Signal

Death of Intermodalism is Greatly Exaggerated
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90511148
Metro Magazine

Denny Zane Grade: B+, The transit visionary threw a great party, but needed a better ending (transit funding conference)
http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/denny_zane_grade_b/6595/
L.A. City Beat

EPA's global failure on greenhouse gas emissions means dirtier cars - for now
http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/ballyhoo_in_bali/6587/
L.A. City Beat

Export surge helps keep L.A.-Long Beach on top - Overall traffic in '07 is down at the nation's busiest port complex
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ports17jan17,1,3403220.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

Frank Gruber: What I say- Move it, LA!
http://snipurl.com/1xm3q
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News

Gasoline tax hike urged to bolster tapped Highway Trust Fund
http://snipurl.com/1xm31
Press Enterprise

Little train that can't? (Gold Line)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/01/little-train--1.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

Mary Peters Says….(electric transit)
http://theoverheadwire.blogspot.com/2008/01/mary-peters-says.html
The Overhead Wire

Mega-fun on the Megabus
http://www2.dailybulletin.com/ci_7989906
Daily Bulletin

New Container Fee Helps Infrastructure
http://www.gazettes.com/containerfee1172008.html
Grunion Gazette

Officials warn of freight traffic crush on freeways - OCTA holds meetings on freight traffic
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1960631.php
Orange County Register

One way: No way!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/01/one-way-no-way.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

RAND Study Provides Framework to Protect Rail Riders from Terrorist Attacks
http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/12/11/index.html
RAND
Link to “Securing America’s Passenger Rail Systems” report:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG705/

Residents rail over train yard
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_7992433
Whittier Daily News

Schwarzenegger wants guarantees of support for high-speed rail
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/01/16/state/n182024S60.DTL&type=politics
San Francisco Chronicle

Scream if you hate traffic - If elected leaders won't accelerate, let's put our own measure on the ballot (transit funding conference)
http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/scream_if_you_hate_traffic/6591/
L.A. City Beat

Shipping slows on the ports - Slow down expected to last through '08 fiscal year
http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_7992958
Press Telegram

Study bolsters Inland lawmaker's proposed fee on port traffic
http://snipurl.com/1xmyx
Press Enterprise

Subdivision in Watts attracts attention (near Metro Blue Line)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-watts17jan17,1,6319035.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Yucaipa Transit Center getting close to construction
http://www.newsmirror.net/articles/2008/01/17/news/09news.txt
Yucaipa News Mirror

Zev Yaroslavsky Grade: C-, The man with the history needs to think and talk big (transit funding conference)
http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/zev_yaroslavsky_grade_c_/6594/
L.A. City Beat