Today's Headlines - more at Metro

2/25/2008

Transportation Headlines for Monday February 25, 2008

The 'eroding' gas tax
http://tinyurl.com/2jfhqo
North County Times/Californian

Governors want federal transportation funds
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/25/BA3MV83EK.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

L.A. rail connector plans to be viewed
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_8354015
Daily News

L.A. officials do a 180 in traffic planning - In the 1950s, planners proposed freeways as a solution to congested city roads. Today, they're looking at Olympic and Pico boulevards as an alternative to the clogged Santa Monica Freeway
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hymon25feb25,1,6716830.story
Los Angeles Times

MTA offers plans to smooth rail ties through downtown - Transit agency studies creating a rail link of Blue, Gold and Expo lines in downtown L.A. to reduce transfers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-underground25feb25,1,7417268.story?track=rss
Los Angeles Times

RailPAC Co-sponsors “INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL DAY”
http://www.railpac.org/2008/02/24/railpac-co-sponsors-intercity-passenger-rail-day/
RailPAC

Runway system being tested could save lives - LAX officials would like to use technology under study to cut close calls
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-runway25feb25,1,793351.story
Los Angeles Times

Teamsters To CTC: No Money For Long Beach
http://www.cunninghamreport.com/news_item.php?id=199
Cunningham Report