Today's Headlines - more at Metro

7/11/2008

Transportation Headlines for Friday June 11, 2008

Americans use less gas, hurt highway trust fund: CBO
http://tinyurl.com/5baday
Reuters

Amtrak expands random security sweeps
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2008-07-10-amtrak_N.htm
USA Today

Black cloud over estimates of tugboat, cargo ship soot
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2008/07/deadly-plumes-t.html
GreenSpace

Building a Long Beach bond plan - Mayor Bob Foster makes a case for $571 million to fund Long Beach infrastructure
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_9846462
Press Telegram

California Must Change the Way Land Use and Transportation Decisions are Made to Reduce Greenhouse Gases that Cause Global Warming and Implement AB 32
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/07/california_must_7.html
California Progress Report

City Will Explore Broad Bike-Sharing Plan
http://tinyurl.com/6a3mbu
New York Times

Do We Want Less Parking?
http://parkingla.blogspot.com/2008/07/do-we-want-less-parking.html
Parking LA

EPA's Greenhouse Gas Plan-Or Is It?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2008/07/epas-greenhou-1.html
GreenSpace

EPA raises stink by lowering value of a life
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9846325
Daily News

Expo Line, Phase 2: the looming battle
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/07/expo-line-phase.html
Bottleneck Blog

Freeway information available via cellphone
http://www.moorparkacorn.com/news/2008/0711/community/015.html
Moorpark Acorn

Getting a green light on a bike
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/07/getting-a-gre-1.html
Bottleneck Blog

Gov. Schwarzenegger Throws Support Behind High-Speed Rail
http://www.nbc11.com/news/16837498/detail.html
NBC

LA Fire Department all 'aTwitter' over Web 2.0
http://www.pcworld.com/article/135518/la_fire_department_all_atwitter_over_web_20.html
PC World

L.A./ONT takes big hit - ExpressJet loss means 20% less airport traffic
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_9846376
Daily Bulletin

Long ride home - Public transit needs to become more efficient in the age of dwindling travel choices
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/the_long_ride_home/6160/
Pasadena Weekly

Move L.A.’s Denny Zane Enlists Broad Support for Local Half-Cent Sales Tax for Congestion Relief
http://tinyurl.com/6zbr5f
The Planning Report

Museum to open in old Santa Fe train depot
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_9846011
Daily Bulletin

Orange Line Breaks Record Ridership
http://laist.com/2008/07/10/orange_line_breaks_record_ridership.php
LAist

Parked in the red zone - Time may be up for Inter-Con Security’s lucrative city parking enforcement contract as criticisms pile up
http://tinyurl.com/6rwmfc
Pasadena Weekly

Public Utilities Commission Hears Residents Concerns Regarding Expo Rail Safety
http://www.lawattstimes.com/articles/2008/07/10/news/front%20page2.txt
L.A. Watts Times

Rail food daily: Dining gems along L.A.'s subway and light rail stops
http://www.latimes.com/la-gd-cover10-2008jul10,0,841168.story
Los Angeles Times

Redesigning Urban Transport
http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=7114
The Globalist

Sales tax sought for transit
http://tinyurl.com/6rymdd
La Cañada Valley Sun

Show Amtrak What You’re Made Of
http://oc.metblogs.com/2008/07/10/show-amtrak-what-youre-made-of/
MetBlogs OC

Speier seeks national speed limit to save gas
http://tinyurl.com/5svb6y
San Francisco Chronicle

The joy of $8 gas - Why life would be better if the cost of fuel here were as high here as in Europe
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-stein11-2008jul11,0,258677.column
Los Angeles Times

There's no reason to go hungry near Metrolink's stops
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/wheel/la-gd-coverside10-2008jul10,0,2520410.story
Los Angeles Times

Transit dead-end - Political squabbling over funds from a proposed sales tax hike is getting us nowhere
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-transit11-2008jul11,0,774987.story
Los Angeles Times

Transportation news: Trucking and rail concerns differ on raising truck weights from 80,000 to 97,000 pounds
http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/CA6577420.html
Logistics Management

Victorville is the second fastest growing large city in the U.S.
http://tinyurl.com/6lswut
Victorville Daily Press

What environmentalism could learn from LA
http://tinyurl.com/5uv88x
What PC

Why is the Orange Line BRT called a success?
http://theoverheadwire.blogspot.com/2008/07/why-is-orange-line-brt-called-success.html
The Overhead Wire