Today's Headlines - more at Metro

3/26/2008

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday March 26, 2008

Advanced Network Planning for Bus Rapid Transit: The "Quickway" Model as a Modal Alternative to "Light Rail Lite"
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8874
Transportation Research Board

A.M. Greenlist: Metro Board Chair in a TV call-in show
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/03/am-greenlist-me.html
Los Angeles Times/Emerald City Blog

Assessing and Mitigating Future Impacts to the Federal Highway Trust Fund Such as Alternative Fuel Consumption
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8833
Transportation Research Board

Congestion Pricing Facts
http://www.edf.org/documents/7748_CP_Leg_Gaz_EDF.pdf (.pdf file)
Environmental Defense Fund

Editorial: Time for state to get tough with Union Pacific
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/803840.html
Sacramento Bee

Expo Line phase 2 workshops
http://metroriderla.com/2008/03/25/expo-line-phase-2-workshops/
MetroRiderLA

Five leaders of cultural L.A. weigh the city's past, progress and its potential - The Times brings together Deborah Borda, Plácido Domingo, Michael Govan, Michael Ritchie and James N. Wood for a look at the future (discussion includes support for subway and transportation issues)
http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/radio/cl-ca-roundtable23mar23,0,479444.story
Los Angeles Times

Greening of Our Cars is Oversold
http://grushhour.blogspot.com/2008/03/greening-of-our-cars-is-oversold.html
GrushHour Blog

Guidebook for Mitigating Fixed-Route Bus-and-Pedestrian Collisions
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8860
Transportation Research Board

LA and Long Beach to subsidize ships to switch to low sulfur fuels
http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008mar00242.html
Marine Log

L.A. unveils plan to speed approvals for building projects - Mayor's '12 to 2' approach will slash the number of city departments involved in approval process
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-permit26mar26,1,5783289.story
Los Angeles Times

Metro Imagine – Long Range Transportation Plan Comments
http://imagine-metro.blogspot.com/2008/03/tell-us-what-you-imagine_12.html
Metro Imagine Blog

Mexico plans big splash with new Baja port - Some doubt the $4-billion project will be built, but backers dream of dominating West Coast cargo traffic
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fi-mexport25mar25,1,7495581.story?track=rss
Los Angeles Times

“Miss Traffic” Contest Finalists
http://www.carectomy.com/index.php/Mass-Transit/Miss-Traffic-Contest-Finalists
Carectomy

No Car Needed: on Foot, Bicycle or Boat Once in Marina del Rey, Your Getaway Is Car-Free
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080325/aqtu118.html?.v=41
Yahoo! Finance

Ports to target diesel trucks in $400M push for cleaner air
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_8698849
Daily Breeze

Rail-Trespasser Fatalities: Developing Demographic Profiles
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8873
Transportation Research Board

Resident's Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8877
Transportation Research Board

San Francisco Planner Creates Beautiful Transit Map for LA of the Future
http://metroriderla.com/2008/03/25/san-francisco-planner-creates-beautiful-transit-map-for-la-of-the-future/
MetroRiderLA

Sky high gas prices bring new life to mature, urban oil fields
http://www.oilweek.com/news.asp?ID=15024
Oilweek

Spotlight on UCLA (Transportation Services)
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/25/spotlight-on-ucla/
StreetsBlogLA

There She Is, Miss Traffic
http://metroriderla.com/2008/03/24/there-she-is-miss-traffic/
MetroRiderLA

Westside developers aim for face-lifts without scars - Builders and retailers address concerns that expanded malls will increase traffic and density
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-malls26mar26,1,201134.story
Los Angeles Times