Today's Headlines - more at Metro

6/21/2008

Transportation Headlines for Saturday June 21, 2008

Bike Boulevards Coming to Long Beach
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/20/bike-boulevards-coming-to-long-beach/
StreetsBlogLA

Bill aims for wireless parity on Washington subways
http://tinyurl.com/5s36ek
RCR Wireless News

Bus agencies give riders free chance to Dump the Pump (Omnitrans)
http://tinyurl.com/6h6vpn
Press Enterprise

Cutting back on bikes onboard - Officials cite safety in limiting number to 4 per car on train
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080620-9999-1mc20bikes.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Feds to look at LAX staffing - Air traffic control a concern
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9653703
Daily News

Gas Prices And Your Commute?
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/21/gas-prices-and-your-commute/
MetBlogsLA

It's A Gas! Metrolink At All-Time Ridership High
http://cbs2.com/local/Gas.prices.Metrolink.2.753156.html
CBS 2 TV

Mayor talks green
http://www.sbsun.com/sanbernardino/ci_9641347
San Bernardino Sun

Metro Imagines More Buses Running on Time
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/19/metro-imagines-more-buses-running-on-time/
StreetsblogLA

Metrolink Ridership Increases 15.6% in 2 Days
http://laist.com/2008/06/20/metrolink_ridership_increases_156_i.php
LAist

Metro Tax Hike
http://www.egpnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=browse&pageid=541&id=21147
Eastside Sun

Metro to Implement Six New Metro Rapid Bus Lines, Create a New Line Between Sun Vally and Hollywood and Implement Other Service Modification Effective Sunday, June 29
http://www.metro.net/news_info/press/metro_107.htm
Metro

MTA Readying County Sales Tax Hike Prop
http://www.lbreport.com/editorial/jun08/taxprop1.htm
Long Beach Report

New Calls for Red Line Extension to Burbank
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/20/new-calls-for-red-line-extension-to-burbank/
MetblogsLA

New Group Calls for Greenway Along Proposed Expo Line
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/20/new-group-calls-for-greenway-along-proposed-expo-line/
StreetsblogLA

NEWSFLASH! Metro Rail Subway Arrival Displays Now Operational! (Albeit Kinda Buggy...)
http://militantangeleno.blogspot.com/2008/06/newsflash-metro-rail-subway-arrival.html
Militant Angeleno

Poor ridership drives Megabus to shut down in L.A.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-megabus21-2008jun21,0,304612.story?track=rss
Los Angeles Times

Putting the Mass In Mass Transit - High Gas Prices Send More Downtown Commuters to Area Trains
http://www.downtownnews.com/articles/2008/06/23/news/news02.txt
LA Downtown News

Travelers Shift to Rail as Cost of Fuel Rises
http://tinyurl.com/3zb2bv
New York Times

Valley Power Outage Means More Traffic Tickets
http://laist.com/2008/06/20/valley_power_outage_means_more_traf.php
LAist

Wi-Fi Service to Continue on Cincinnati Area Bus Route - Pilot showed service was well used, especially during commuting times
http://tinyurl.com/5ku4yg
The Community Press

Will LA's 'Central Park' be a Downtown Freeway Park?
http://laist.com/2008/06/20/will_las_central_park_be_a_downtown.php
LAist