Today's Headlines - more at Metro

8/26/2008

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday August 26, 2008

Amtrak California Corridor Ridership Continues to Soar in July
Webwire

Californians Facing Tough Choices: Learning to Better Weather the Fuel Shortage Storm
California Progress Report

Congestion pricing may not hurt the poor, study finds
Los Angeles Times

CSULB connection spells free bus ride - TRIAL: University I.D. lets students, staff and faculty travel anywhere in city without charge
Press Telegram

Del Mar is again chosen for hearing on 241 tollway
Los Angeles Times

Different Kind of Bike Tour - Agents Show Houses by Bike, Pointing Out Paths, Racks, 'Tuck-Under' Garage
Wall Street Journal

Downtown's Streetcars Could Arrive Sooner Than Expected
CurbedLA

Downtown Streetcar Project to go Nonprofit
LAist

Free Parking Fills Up Fast - Popular, jammed Gold Line lots have Metro weighing its expansion options
Foothill Weeklies

Freeway toll lane plan in legislative hearing today
Under the Dome

Gold Line plans in air - Dreier vows to support Inland Valley expansion
Daily Bulletin

High-speed rail statement
Bottleneck Blog

Judge rules against Bus Riders Union suit
Bottleneck Blog

LA’s Bicycle Plan – Read Between the Lies
CityWatchLA

L.A. streetcar update
Bottleneck Blog

Mass transit sales tax faces more hurdles
Bottleneck Blog

New transit partnership in Long Beach, Calif.
Metro Magazine

Old and Outdated, a Street Sign Survives... Until Now
BlogDowntown

Rio Hondo faces traffic, parking woes
Whittier Daily News

RTA commuter buses won't take Omnitrans (scroll down to second entry)
Press Enterprise

Sacramento Regional Transit board backs fare hikes
Sacramento Bee

State senate to vote on MTA sales tax
Daily Breeze

Trip to San Diego Shows the Value of Planning
BlogDowntown

TWIC plan's impact less than clear
Press Telegram

Underground Movement Forms in L.A. - Supporters See a Window
of Opportunity for Subway Extension
In Transition

Universal gridlock disaster?
Daily News