Today's Headlines - more at Metro

9/14/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday September 14, 2008

America's broken infrastructure - U.S. highways and bridges are crumbling, and it will take billions of dollars to fix them. How do we raise the money?
Los Angeles Times

Battle goes on over fate of Gold Line extension
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Blood donations sought after Friday's train crash
Press Telegram

Cause Of Los Angeles Train Crash Debated
NPR

Control devices could have prevented Metrolink crash, experts say - The NTSB for decades has recommended collision-avoidance devices for corridors where passenger and freight trains use the same track. Railroads say the technology costs too much and isn't reliable
Los Angeles Times

Democrats back off on demand for new taxes to balance California budget - State Senate leader tells Schwarzenegger that he is trying to work out a deal with Republican lawmakers
Los Angeles Times

Donna Lynn Remata, 49, of Simi Valley - One of the first people pulled from the Metrolink train wreckage, the mother of two was the 'backbone' of her family
Los Angeles Times
(Editor’s Note: I will miss you Donna, always professional and friendly, nothing left your storeroom without the proper work order)

Expo features green technology
Daily Breeze

Federal inquiry could delay clean-trucks program at ports of L.A. and Long Beach - The Federal Maritime Commission releases a nine-page request for information that could push back the program's planned Oct. 1 start date
Los Angeles Times

Flashback to 1956: L.A.'s worst train disaster
Los Angeles Times

Hemet Unified School District looks to compressed natural gas to save money
Press Enterprise

Latinos now outnumber blacks 2 to 1 in South Los Angeles - A UCLA report finds sweeping demographic changes since the 1992 riots. But one constant remains: poverty
Los Angeles Times

Metrolink crash: How trains navigate the tracks
Bottleneck Blog

Metrolink Death Toll at 24 and Expected to Rise
LAist

Metrolink engineer blamed as train crash death toll rises to 25
Daily News

Metrolink officials say trains crashed after their engineer drove through red light
Los Angeles Times

MTA buses to bridge service between Metrolink stations - Starting Monday, they will provide transportation between Moorpark and Chatsworth
Los Angeles Times

Party time for I-15 lanes
San Diego Union Tribune

State rail agency: Engineer's error caused wreck
Whittier Daily News

Streetcars Pasadena desires
Pasadena Star News