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4/01/2008

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday April 1, 2008

Dodgers at the Coliseum: The Transit Aftermath
http://metroriderla.com/2008/03/31/dodgers-at-the-coliseum-the-transit-aftermath/
MetroRiderLA

Driver fee would help fight warming - L.A. County motorists would pay at pump or on vehicle registration
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/los_angeles_metro/la-me-taxes1apr01,1,5422622.story?track=rss
Los Angeles Times

Feuer’s Funding Bills Head to Hearings Next Week
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/31/feuers-funding-bills-head-to-hearings-next-week/
StreetsBlogLA

High-speed rail bond has strong Bay Area support
http://www.examiner.com/a-1313275~High_speed_rail_bond_has_strong_Bay_Area_support.html
SF Examiner

LAPD Ticketing Pedestrians Near Metro Center
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/31/lapd-ticketing-pedestrians-near-metro-center/
StreetsBlogLA

Mass Transit, Road Repair Vie for Federal Dollars
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=weeklyreport-000002691709
Congressional Quarterly

Now is The Best and Worst of Times
http://www.railpac.org/2008/04/01/now-is-the-best-and-worse-of-times/
Rail Passenger Association of California & Nevada

Oil prices put business travelers over a barrel
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/grossman/2008-03-28-oil-prices-rising_N.htm
USA Today

Reaching LAX via private & public transport
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1592
Los Angeles Times

Rialto to consider funding recreational trail (Pacific Electric Right-of-Way)
http://snipurl.com/235qt
Press Enterprise

Seeking Full Funding for Transportation Programs
http://www.nlc.org/articles/articleItems/NCW33108/TransPriority.aspx
National League of Cities

Tackling the hydra - Its politicians are determined to turn Los Angeles into a normal city
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10924156
The Economist

Tired Of Traffic? A New DOT Report Urges Drivers: 'Honk'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxgkHQp8Pds
or
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/tired_of_traffic_a_new_dot_report
The Onion

Of Note:
Today the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority observes 15 years since the merger between the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. The year 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of public governance and public ownership of the transit system in Los Angeles County, and also the 135th year since the first public transit franchise was granted by the City of Los Angeles. Happy anniversary.