Today's Headlines - more at Metro

4/15/2008

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday April 15, 2008

Army engineers criticize toll agency - Part of toll road agency's Foothill South appeal is inaccurate, Army Corps of Engineers says. TCA officials may seek a retraction
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollroad15apr15,1,101277.story
Los Angeles Times

Big Blue Bus' 80th anniversary celebration
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/04/big-blue-bus-80.html
Los Angeles Times

Columnist Questions Logic Behind Think Tank Support of Highway Projects
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6570&state=52&res=1024
Smart Growth Online

Congestion Pricing Considered Again
http://boifromtroy.com/?p=7178
Boi From Troy

Containers Down at Port of L.A.
http://snipurl.com/24hqn
Los Angeles Business Journal

Creating A New Vision For The Nation's Transportation System
http://www.planetizen.com/node/30759
Planetizen

Feuer’s Sales Tax and Climate Change Bills Pass Committee
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/14/feuer’s-global-warming-and-sales-tax-bills-pass-committee/
StreetsBlogLA

Happy 80th Birthday Big Blue Bus
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/14/happy-80th-birthday-big-blue-bus-2/
StreetsBlogLA

High Desert Corridor Garners International Interest
http://mavcoland.com/readarticle.asp?ID=981
Mavcoland

Mayor Gives 'State Of The City' Address – “I'll ask the MTA board to seek proposals to privately fund, build and operate an expanded transit system in Los Angeles."
http://cbs2.com/local/mayor.villaraigosa.state.2.699723.html
CBS 2 TV

Metro Meetings to Focus on SGV Routes - Montebello might have the most at stake, but Commerce and Monterey Park could also be impacted, says Metro
http://www.egpnews.com/index.cfm?id=497878&fuseaction=browse&pageid=7223
Eastside Sun

Nuñez takes a shot at Snoble - The Assembly speaker unjustly made the MTA head the fall guy when the region came up short on bond money
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-snoble15apr15,0,3806887.story
Los Angeles Times

PPIC: Inland Empire in 2015
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/011843.html
Sacramento Bee
Link to Full Report: http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_408HJR.pdf

Sales tax increases again in the works - Three measures being considered to fund cities' services, county's roads
http://snipurl.com/24hvx
Ventura County Star

Support for MTA chief Re "Nuñez wants MTA chief ousted," April 11
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-tuesday15apr15,0,3635904,full.story
Los Angeles Times

Thai New Years’ Festival Exposes the Success and Failure of Metro
http://metroriderla.com/2008/04/14/thai-new-years-festival-exposes-the-success-and-failure-of-metro/
MetroRiderLA

We Want Our Google Transit!
http://metroriderla.com/2008/04/14/we-want-our-google-transit/
MetroRiderLA