$4B port upgrades sought
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_10099321
Press Telegram
10 Hours Later, Senate Committee Tables Sales Tax Proposal
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/04/10-hours-later-senate-committee-tables-sales-tax-proposal/
StreetsBlogLA
Angels Flight: When will it reopen?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/08/angels-flight-w.html
Bottleneck Blog
Communities Take a ‘Wait and See’ Approach to the New 710 Tunnel Debate
http://www.egpnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=browse&id=%3C%21id%21%3E&pageid=980
Eastside Sun
Congestion pricing and American driving habits
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/08/congestion-pric.html
Bottleneck Blog
Congestion Pricing
http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-08/congestion-pricing
Popular Science
Darkened path - Greenway Trail won't be lighted
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_10099043
Whittier Daily News
Dan Walters: Local officials also weigh new tax hikes
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1130045.html
Sacramento Bee
Dodging the Police and Hanging at the Pier: Santa Monica Critical Mass
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/04/dodging-the-police-and-hanging-at-the-pier-santa-monica-critical-mass/
StreetsBlogLA
Finally, a Pam Chat that doesn’t suck
http://metroriderla.com/2008/08/04/finally-a-pam-chat-that-doesnt-suck/
MetroRiderLA
Getting To and From LAX: A Former New Yorker’s Take on the Gold Line and More
http://tinyurl.com/5rekz6
Foothill Cities Blog
Highway Funding Stalled By Partisan Politics
http://www.kpbs.org/news/local?id=12384
PBS
I'm from L.A. -- Tax Me
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/joel-fox/im-la-tax-me
Fox and Hounds
Improved Land Use Planning, Public Transit Essential to Curbing U.S. Fossil Fuel Consumption
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6746&state=52&res=1440
Smart Growth
Indio planning valley transit center
http://tinyurl.com/5njvcw
Desert Sun
It's a two-way street - If Santa Monica really wants to ease traffic congestion, it's going to have to work with L.A.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-santamonica5-2008aug05,0,7349463.story
Los Angeles Times
It’s not easy being green -- or Dodger Blue
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/08/post-title-its.html
Bottleneck Blog
Many California bridges still need earthquake upgrades - Also: Angels Flight construction moves forward
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-roadsage5-2008aug05,0,4747324.column
Los Angeles Times
New Metro Map
http://www.thebusbench.com/2008/08/the-new-metro-m.html#more
The Bus Bench
New scramble crosswalk aims to protect pedestrians
http://www.today.ucla.edu/out-about/080730_crosswalk_scramble/
UCLA Today Online
New toll lanes make drivers pay to avoid congestion
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-08-04-congestion-pricing_N.htm
USA Today
New Transit Contractor Takes Over In Santa Clarita
http://tinyurl.com/5jk4y9
KHTS 1220 AM
OC’s Public Transport: Not There Yet
http://www.amid.com/werd/ocs-public-transport-not-there-yet/
RudyAmid
On our way to get MTA bus passes, I got the strong feeling my civil liberties were slipping away (TAP Cards)
http://www.thebusbench.com/2008/08/on-our-way-to-g.html#more
The Bus Bench
Pay-cut protests planned at Southern California DMV offices today - State workers have scheduled lunchtime demonstrations at two dozen DMV offices in Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, Orange County and San Diego
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-protest5-2008aug05,0,4618556.story
Los Angeles Times
SAN FRANCISCO - Streetcars collide on Embarcadero, 14 hurt
http://tinyurl.com/6jv4q4
San Francisco Chronicle
Schwarzenegger proposes temporary California sales-tax hike to close budget gap - The one-cent-on-the-dollar increase hinges on lawmakers agreeing to automatic spending restraints and new powers for governors to cut programs whenever the state falls into the red
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-budget5-2008aug05,0,7199932.story
Los Angeles Times
Time is Ripe for Change, by Secretary Peters
http://fastlane.dot.gov/secretarysblog/2008/08/the-time-is-rip.html
USDOT Fastlane
What Life Is Like Behind the Wheel (book review)
http://tinyurl.com/6qwxj7
Wall Street Journal
World's largest plan to return to LAX
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10102551
Daily News
You Think Oil’s Going Down? Think Again
http://blog.geezeo.com/2008/08/you-think-oils-going-down-think-again/
Geezeo
