Today's Headlines - more at Metro

7/29/2008

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday July 29, 2008

Airport board raises landing fees at LAX, Ontario - The hike was enacted as operating expenses rise and to offset a projected drop in the number of flights because of the economic downturn
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lax29-2008jul29,0,3743423.story
Los Angeles Times

'America 2050' Sees Infrastructure as Key to Prosperity
http://live.asce.org/blog/1/president2008/Planning+for+Future+in+Civil+Engineering/?permalink=America-2050-Sees-Infrastructure-as-Key-to-Prosperity.html
American Society of Civil Engineers

Americans ditching the car - Commuters are driving less, the federal government says. Workers are leaving their cars at home and finding other ways to get to work. Highway funds at risk
http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/28/news/economy/driving/?postversion=2008072813
CNN Money

Bus fares to go up - New costs to take effect Aug. 24 in Montebello
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_10028339
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Developer's Blogs Promote Benefits of Mixed-Use, Mixed-Income Neighborhoods
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6738&state=5&res=1280
Smart Growth

Fisher Coachworks Launch Rekindles 100-Year History - New Vehicle Manufacturing Company Forms to Produce Advanced Hybrid buses Using Ultra-Lightweight Stainless Steel Unibody Construction
http://tinyurl.com/5zv9cv
MarketWatcg

Gas'onomics 2008: Drive less, pay less, ride more
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/07/gasonomics-2008.html
Bottleneck Blog

Gas prices drive push to reinvent America's suburbs
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-29-nosale_N.htm
USA Today

Gold Line's Future Tied to Sale-Tax Approval
http://claremontca.blogspot.com/2008/07/gold-lines-future-tied-to-sale-tax.html
Claremont Insider

High Gas Prices Push Homebuyers to Go Green -With the cost of fuel reaching record highs, buyers pay closer attention to location
http://tinyurl.com/5rp3o6
MarketWatch

How States Can Improve Their Transportation Systems and Relieve Traffic Congestion
http://www.heritage.org/Research/SmartGrowth/bg2165.cfm
Heritage Foundation

L.A. officials: Don't raid local funds
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10027398
Daily News

Motorists help gasoline prices slide
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gas29-2008jul29,0,4637883.story
Los Angeles Times

NY M.T.A. Reports Problems in MetroCard Machines
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/mta-reports-glitches-in-metrocard-machines/
NY Times

Online Directions for Bikes, Peds and Transit Coming Soon?
http://www.commuterpageblog.com/2008/07/google-maps-for.html
Commuter Page Blog

Report says 1 in 4 US bridges needs upgrading
http://tinyurl.com/5c57p4
AP

Slumping Gas Consumption Cuts Into Highway Funds
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93018408&ft=1&f=1003
NPR

T. Boone Pickens' 'clean' secret - Proposition 10 would put California taxpayers on the hook for his natural gas plan
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-rubenstein29-2008jul29,0,7148260.story
Los Angeles Times

Toll roads take cashless route
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-27-cashless-toll-roads_N.htm
USA Today

'Traffic' writer reads the road signals to explain drivers' behavior
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-07-28-traffic-vanderbilt_N.htm
USA Today

Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape
http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/articles.asp?art=3551
Smart Growth