Today's Headlines - more at Metro

4/30/2008

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday April 30, 2008

Analysis: Governor's deficit estimate rises to $20 billion
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/900749.html
Sacramento Bee

Announcing LA’s Bike Wiki
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/29/announcing-las-bike-wiki/
StreetsBlogLA

Candidates' plans to cut gas prices - Clinton's and McCain's plans for a summer gas-tax suspension won't solve anything
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-gastax30apr30,0,399014.story
Los Angeles Times

Ending inequality in the car-pool lane
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_9089871
Daily Breeze

Groups decry lack of input on port plan - L.A.: TraPac terminal expansion report set to be released today
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_9101106
Daily Breeze

Jeff Kenworthy To Talk About Urban Rail At Metro (Today)
http://metroriderla.com/2008/04/29/jeff-kenworthy-to-talk-about-urban-rail-tomorrow-at-metro/
MetroRiderLA

Just another tax - Readers respond to MTA plan to turn car-pool lanes into toll lanes on 210 and 10 freeways
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_9098663
Pasadena Star News

Rail clean-air plan - The best way to replace dirty diesels is to build these two projects (Furutani Bill)
http://www.dailybreeze.com/editorial/ci_9098989
Daily Breeze

Still waiting for that subway - Are we ever getting a 'subway to the sea'? Why does it seem insurmountably difficult to build a decent rail network for Los Angeles? Bart Reed and Peter Gordon debate.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-gordon-reed29apr29,0,5968767.story
Los Angeles Times

Taking the 'free' out of freeway - Congestion pricing more accurately reflects the cost of commuting
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-oew-eshleman30apr30,0,6611499.story
Los Angeles Times

Thefts of copper, brass and other metals hit Inland Empire freeways
Thieves disguise themselves as Caltrans workers. CHP asks the public for help
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-metal30apr30,1,2199437.story
Los Angeles Times

Traffic Money for N.Y. May Benefit Other Cities
http://snipurl.com/26h5a
New York Times

U.S. airlines flock to foreign repair shops
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fixplanes30apr30,0,251843.story
Los Angeles Times

Valley sitting on prime resource for job creation - Economist: Land values put area in position to cash in on SoCal's growing cargo distribution network
http://snipurl.com/26h5o
Desert Sun

Welcome to the Fast Lane
http://translib.blogspot.com/2008/04/welcome-to-fast-lane.html
U.C. Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies Library

Welcome to the Fast Lane – The Official Blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation
http://fastlane.dot.gov/
U.S. DOT