Ambitious State Proposals to Improve Intercity Passenger Rail Service Compete for Federal Funding Under New DOT Grant Program
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot10808.htm
USDOT
Are NorCal Car Pools Lanes Better than SoCal's?
http://laist.com/2008/08/05/post_55.php
LAist
Board of Supervisors votes against putting transit sales tax on ballot
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/08/sales-tax-hits.html
Bottleneck Blog
California bill could result in more toll roads
http://tinyurl.com/68nwz3
LandLine
California Senate approves container fee
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2008/08/california-sena.html
GreenSpace
Coming Soon: More Traffic Trauma
http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/?p=504
Santa Monica Dispatch
Cycling is a way to break oil addiction
http://www.dailynews.com/editorial/ci_10097647
Daily News
Downtown Regional Connector: Why the FC & SGV Needs To Care
http://tinyurl.com/56h7cn
Foothill Cities Blog
Former Metro Board Chair Takes Your Questions This Weekend
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/05/former-metro-board-chair-takes-your-questions-this-weekend/
StreetsBlogLA
Google Transit coming to Twin Cities
http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/view/google-transit
Minnesota Independent
Hillary Clinton Introduces Senate Version of Transit Relief Bill
http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/04/hillary-clinton-introduces-senate-version-of-transit-relief-bill/
StreetsBlog
LADOT's Faster Traffic/Safer Streets Initiative
http://laist.com/2008/08/05/ladots_faster_trafficsafer_streets.php
LAist
L.A. County board rails at proposed MTA tax
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_10109421
Daily News
L.A. County sales tax hike for transit hits roadblock - Board of Supervisors fails to support the proposed half-cent increase, complicating the funding effort
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/los_angeles_metro/la-me-tax6-2008aug06,0,737179.story?track=rss
Los Angeles Times
LA County Board of Supervisors Passes Their Confusion on to Voters
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/05/la-county-board-of-supervisors-passes-their-confusion-on-to-voters/
StreetsBlogLA
Mayor responds to sales tax vote
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/08/the-mayor-respo.html
Bottleneck Blog
Mass Transit Mess - The Bush administration shouldn't borrow money from public transportation to pay for highways
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080401977.html
Washington Post
MTA's Toxic Towers in Van Nuys - Metro wants to cram 2,000 renters onto land that faces a Chevron oil plant
http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/mtas-toxic-towers-in-van-nuys/19348/
LA Weekly
North Hollywood Luxury Lofts Sell for $93M
http://loftsatnohocommons.blogspot.com/2008/08/north-hollywood-luxury-lofts-sell-for.html
NoHo Commons
Public transit ego trips - Political infighting is snarling efforts to get a proposed county tax hike before voters, where it belongs
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-transit6-2008aug06,0,5489154.story
Los Angeles Times
Sales-tax increase proposal stirs flap - County takes plan off ballot; MTA to sue
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_10110103
Whittier Daily News
Scramble Crossings Coming to L.A., but Not for the First Time
http://blogdowntown.com/2008/08/3517-scramble-crossings-coming-to-la-but-not-for
BlogDowntown
Selling a sales tax hike
http://www.dailybreeze.com/opinions/ci_10107480
Daily Breeze
South Pasadena votes to back 710 tunnel project
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_10109456?source=rss
Daily Bulletin
subway dreams down the tubes: sales tax motion denied
http://www.angelenic.com/2344/subway-dreams-saddled-by-a-bureaucratic-mess-sales-tax-motion-denied/
angelenic
Subway to Sea: A Timeline Of Events To Date
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/08/youll_be_dead_before_its_built_a_subway_to_sea_timeline.php
Curbed LA
Supes vote down county sales tax hike, but measure will go to voters
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_10106481?source=rss
Daily News
Tour LaBonge - Bike ride 3 on Wednesday
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/08/05/tour-labonge-bike-ride-3-on-wednesday/
MetBlogsLA
Update: Subway to Sea Still Could Go Up For November Vote
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/08/updated_subway_to_sea_still_headed_for_november_vote.php
Curbed LA
Yes, LA, Please Tax Us
http://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6580
Calitics
