Amended sales tax bill clears Senate committee
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/08/metro-rail-sets.html
Bottleneck Blog
Antonovich Responds To Mayor Villaraigosa’s Letter On MTA’s ½ Cent Sales Tax
http://beaconmedianews.com/?p=1411
Foothill Weeklies
Budget standoff sidetracks update of rail bond
http://tinyurl.com/5amd22
San Francisco Chronicle
Compromise gets a proposed L.A. County sales tax hike to pay for transit projects one step closer to November ballot
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-roadsage14-2008aug14,0,6313468.story
Los Angeles Times
Compromise gets a proposed L.A. County sales tax hike to pay for transit projects one step closer to November ballot.
http://westranchbeacon.com/blog/?p=5945
West Ranch Beacon
Downtowns Across the U.S. See Streetcars in Their Future
http://tinyurl.com/6bbo3v
New York Times
Fewer Americans hit the road in June
http://tinyurl.com/5o4984
AP
Final meeting on proposed bus route changes a public no-show
http://tinyurl.com/6jyelp
Press Enterprise
Freight and commuter railroads are adding video cameras to their engines this year to help solve mysteries of accidents
http://tinyurl.com/6frm79
Press Enterprise
Full Steam Ahead
http://www.pushback.org/2008/08/13/full-steam-ahead-la/
Push Back
Green Line to get some green
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2008/08/green-line-sale.html
Los Angeles Times
L.A. measures aimed at aiding bicycle-riding commuters
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_10183179
Daily News
L.A. plans 113,000 more homes by 2014
http://westranchbeacon.com/blog/?p=5944
West Ranch Beacon
LA Port Says Legal Action Won't Stop Clean Truck Program
http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=61160
Trucking
Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning Draft General Plan Available for Public Review
http://westranchbeacon.com/blog/?p=5942
West Ranch Beacon
Metro rail sets more ridership records
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/08/metro-rail-sets.html
Bottleneck Blog
Metro Sales-Tax Shell Game - A $40 billion promise fuels suspicion of an agency that has lied large before
http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/metro-sales-tax-shell-game/19418/
LA Weekly
Metro's Ridership Numbers Break Records Again
http://laist.com/2008/08/13/another_ridership_breaking_month_fo.php
LAist
Port funds could be diverted - Cargo container fees intended to clean up local pollution could be shared with the Central Valley and other areas under a proposal by the Schwarzenegger administration
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-port14-2008aug14,0,4045843.story
Los Angeles Times
SALES TAX-City, County Officials Urge Approval of State Bill on Transit Tax
http://tinyurl.com/65anwa
San Fernando Sun
Sales tax and its planned projects
http://lavisions.blogspot.com/2008/08/sales-tax-and-its-planned-projects.html
LA Visions
Sales tax measure back on ballot
http://tinyurl.com/5t7oc9
Los Angeles Wave
Senate Committee Passes Amended Sales Tax Measure
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/13/senate-committee-passes-ammended-sales-tax-measure/
StreetsblogLA
San Francisco Leads Effort Among Cities To Get Commuters Onto Mass Transit
http://www.greenrightnow.com/2008/08/13/city-employer-commuter-programs-cut-the-carbon/
Green Right Now
Scissors dispute on Metro Red Line leaves man cut
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-scissors15-2008aug15,0,7137693.story?track=rss
Los Angeles Times
U.S. Driving Continues to Decrease
http://tinyurl.com/679jq3
Wall Street Journal
Wrong way on transit - Backroom dealing is no way to set L.A. County's long-term transportation priorities
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-oew-molina14-2008aug14,0,382994.story
Los Angeles Times
