Algae Diesel Meets US Standards
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1755/
EcoGeek
Ask Transportation Commission
http://www.sgvtribune.com/opinions/ci_9580539
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Bad traffic, 1938
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2008/06/bad-traffic-193.html
Los Angeles Times
Congestion pricing get together on Saturday
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/congestion-pric.html
Bottleneck Blog
Doran Barnes oversees Foothill Transit's extensive operations in Valley
http://www2.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_9579901
Pasadena Star News
Drive here, fly there? To alleviate passenger overload, county officials consider taking travelers from a packed JWA to other regional airports
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/06/12/politics/dpt-rail061308.txt
Daily Pilot
Free Inland bus passes available
http://tinyurl.com/57ayuv
Press Enterprise
Garbage train rail yard gets green light
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_9570183
Daily Bulletin
Gas prices bring ‘sticker shock and awe’
http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=1846
Inland News Today
High gas prices give Metro 400,000 more riders
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_9574653
Daily Breeze
Hollywood stars hyping hydrogen cars
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-greencar15-2008jun15,1,3540097.story
Los Angele Times
Infrastructure Deficit Called a 'Quiet Collapse of Prosperity'
http://www.planetizen.com/node/33481
Planetizen
Managing the roads
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_9579901
Pasadena Star New
Marina del Rey Urges Visitors To Enjoy a Car-Free Getaway While Staying At Their Hotels Near Los Angeles Airport
http://www.free-press-release-center.info/pr00000000000000016367_marina-del-rey-urges-visitors-to-enjoy-a-car-free-getaway-while-staying-at-their-hotels-near-los-angeles-airport.html
Free Press
Metro Makes the Case for Half-Cent Sales Tax Increase
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/13/metro-makes-the-case-for-half-cent-sales-tax-increase/
StreetsBlogLA
Metrolink sets one-day ridership record
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/metrolink-rider.html
Bottleneck Blog
Movement To Build High-Speed Train Network Continues
Ma Says Network 'Will Ease Congestion, Improve Air Quality, Create Jobs'
http://www.nbc11.com/news/16594291/detail.html
NBC TV
MTA Sales Tax Proposal Met With Lukewarm Response - Yaroslavsky Says Getting Tax Passed Will Be 'Exceedingly Difficult'
http://www.knbc.com/news/16605514/detail.html
KNBC 4 TV
OCTA Offers Free Ride for Dump the Pump - Residents may avoid the high price of gas and try public transit June 16 to 20
http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/pub/20387-free-oc-bus-passes-june-16-20-a.html
SoCalTrailRiders
Remembering the best bike and walking event ever
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/remembering-the.html
Bottleneck Blog
Sales Tax Increase for Public Transit to Cost $25 Annually
http://laist.com/2008/06/13/ab2321_sales_tax_for_public_transit.php
LAist
Third Annual Event Pushes Cost - Benefits of Public Transportation
http://www.stnonline.com/artman/publish/article_8133.shtml
School Transportation News
Tribal bloc about-faces on proposed O.C. toll road - One faction of Juaneño band OKs deal with transportation agency for $350,000
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-payoff14-2008jun14,0,4070065.story
Los Angeles Times
Try Omnitrans and dump the pump
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_9569158
Daily Bulletin
Using The Los Angeles MTA Trip Planner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVcSlZC7quQ
YouTube
Washington Post Should Know Better
http://fastlane.dot.gov/secretarysblog/2008/06/the-washington.html
USDOT Fastlane
wrong-way in the industrial district
http://www.angelenic.com/wrong-way-in-the-industrial-district/
Angelenic
Your View - Ask Transportation Commission (Gold Line Foothill Extension)
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_9580538
Pasadena Star News
6/13/2008
Transportation Headlines for Friday June 13, 2008
Bicycle Activists Take to the Freeways in L.A.
http://tinyurl.com/4mz5w3
NPR
Bus fleet gives commuters, planet Earth a breather
http://tinyurl.com/53ovwl
Desert Sun
Candidates Must No Longer Ignore America's Metro Areas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/candidates-can-no-longer_b_106865.html
Huffington Post
Canoga Avenue busway advances
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/transortation-i.html
Bottleneck Blog
Chicago To Privatize Airport Express Project
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/chicago-to-priv.html
Wired
Congress Funds Amtrak - While Arnold Proposes Transit Cuts
http://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6170
Calitics
Dan Walters: Angst rises as sales tax fades
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1010508.html
Sacramento Bee
DOE Announces $30 Million for PHEV Projects
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/06/doe-announces-3.html
Green Car Congress
Envisioning a Multi-Modal Sunset Junction
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/12/envisioning-a-multi-modal-sunset-junction-tonight/
StreetsBlogLA
Free bus passes (OCTA) offered to beat gas prices - Pass available on-line for next week as part of nationwide program
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ride-week-day-2066691-transportation-orange
Orange County Register
Gold Line Foothill Extension
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/the-gold-line-f.html
Bottleneck Blog
Governor Schwarzenegger Proposes Transit Cuts and Says Nothing About Gasoline Prices
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/06/governor_schwar_22.html
California Progress Report
How to Ride Your Bike to Work in L.A.
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/12/how-to-ride-your-bike-to-work-in-la/
MetBlogsLA
Important Lincoln Heights Crosswalk Threatened
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/12/important-lincoln-heights-crosswalk-threatened/
MetBlogsLA
Metro maestro
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/06/metro-maestro.html
LA Now
Metro Considering “Transit Oriented Development” for Sepulveda Orange Line Station
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/12/metro-considering-%e2%80%9ctransit-oriented-development%e2%80%9d-for-sepulveda-orange-line-station/
StreetsBlogLA
Metro Picks Locally Preferred Alternative for Orange Line Extension
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/12/metro-picks-locally-preferred-alternative-for-orange-line-extension/
StreetsBLogLA
Monorail madness
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/monorail-madnes.html
Bottleneck Blog
MTA sees Canoga Avenue busway as likely San Fernando Valley connector
Officials decide that a busway, built atop an old rail right-of-way, was the best and most affordable option. The project would include an adjacent bike lane
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-roadsage13-2008jun13,0,1590099.column
Los Angeles Times
MTA ridership surges in May
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/breaking-news-m.html#more
Bottleneck Blog
More MTA ridership numbers
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/more-mta-riders.html
Bottleneck Blog
North American Bus Industries (NABI) is to re-launch bus making in Kaposvár, Hungary to meet an order that has been recently put in by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
http://www.portfolio.hu/en/cikkek.tdp?cCheck=1&k=2&i=15037
Portfolio HU
Omnitrans to offer free rides
http://www.sbsun.com/sanbernardino/ci_9546118
San Bernardino Sun
Orange Line bus route announced
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9569970
Daily News
Q&A with Amtrak President Alex Kummant
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSSIB27628520080612
Reuters
Rosewood Community Smart Shuttle Launched
http://www.lawattstimes.com/articles/2008/06/12/community/community1.txt
LA Watts Times
Sales Tax Needed for Transit
http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=7981
Santa Monica Mirror
Saturn All-Electric Conversions Available Next Year
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1749/
EcoGeek
Schwarzenegger Allocates $9 Million for New San Diego Buses
http://tinyurl.com/5ycppg
San Diego Business Journal
Signal Sync Arrives on Wilshire
http://franklinavenue.blogspot.com/2008/06/signal-sync-arrives-on-wilshire.html
Franklin Avenue
Smart Card FAQ
http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/smart-cards-faq
Smart Car Alliance
Starting to Break Down California's Gas Tax
http://laist.com/2008/06/12/californias_gas_tax_breakdown.php
LAist
State approves funding for extra westbound lane - $32 million will help build another lane on 118 Freeway next year
http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2008/0613/front_page/003.html
Simi Valley Acorn
State budget constraints derail Green Line construction authority bill again in the Senate
http://tinyurl.com/4wwkfd
The Argonaut
Subway to the Sea Inching Closer to Reality
http://laist.com/2008/06/12/subway_to_the_sea_inching_closer_to.php
LAist
Third Annual National Dump the Pump Day to be Held June 19 -- Take Public Transportation and Beat the High Cost of Gas
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/080612_dump_the_pump.cfm
American Public Transportation Association
T.O. Transit has never looked so inviting
http://www.toacorn.com/news/2008/0612/community/027.html
Thousand Oaks Acorn
U.S. cities for the 21st century- Experts call for a new federal role in metropolitan development, one with fewer strings attached
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0613/p03s01-usgn.html
CS Monitor
Valley's Shortcut Slices Northward
http://laist.com/2008/06/12/valleys_shortcut_cuts_northward.php
LAist
Your View: Gold Line worth it (scroll down page past Scientology letter)
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_9558648
Pasadena Star News
We're Putting Money Into Mass Transit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061203878.html
Washington Post
http://tinyurl.com/4mz5w3
NPR
Bus fleet gives commuters, planet Earth a breather
http://tinyurl.com/53ovwl
Desert Sun
Candidates Must No Longer Ignore America's Metro Areas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/candidates-can-no-longer_b_106865.html
Huffington Post
Canoga Avenue busway advances
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/transortation-i.html
Bottleneck Blog
Chicago To Privatize Airport Express Project
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/chicago-to-priv.html
Wired
Congress Funds Amtrak - While Arnold Proposes Transit Cuts
http://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6170
Calitics
Dan Walters: Angst rises as sales tax fades
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1010508.html
Sacramento Bee
DOE Announces $30 Million for PHEV Projects
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/06/doe-announces-3.html
Green Car Congress
Envisioning a Multi-Modal Sunset Junction
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/12/envisioning-a-multi-modal-sunset-junction-tonight/
StreetsBlogLA
Free bus passes (OCTA) offered to beat gas prices - Pass available on-line for next week as part of nationwide program
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ride-week-day-2066691-transportation-orange
Orange County Register
Gold Line Foothill Extension
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/the-gold-line-f.html
Bottleneck Blog
Governor Schwarzenegger Proposes Transit Cuts and Says Nothing About Gasoline Prices
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/06/governor_schwar_22.html
California Progress Report
How to Ride Your Bike to Work in L.A.
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/12/how-to-ride-your-bike-to-work-in-la/
MetBlogsLA
Important Lincoln Heights Crosswalk Threatened
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/12/important-lincoln-heights-crosswalk-threatened/
MetBlogsLA
Metro maestro
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/06/metro-maestro.html
LA Now
Metro Considering “Transit Oriented Development” for Sepulveda Orange Line Station
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/12/metro-considering-%e2%80%9ctransit-oriented-development%e2%80%9d-for-sepulveda-orange-line-station/
StreetsBlogLA
Metro Picks Locally Preferred Alternative for Orange Line Extension
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/12/metro-picks-locally-preferred-alternative-for-orange-line-extension/
StreetsBLogLA
Monorail madness
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/monorail-madnes.html
Bottleneck Blog
MTA sees Canoga Avenue busway as likely San Fernando Valley connector
Officials decide that a busway, built atop an old rail right-of-way, was the best and most affordable option. The project would include an adjacent bike lane
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-roadsage13-2008jun13,0,1590099.column
Los Angeles Times
MTA ridership surges in May
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/breaking-news-m.html#more
Bottleneck Blog
More MTA ridership numbers
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/more-mta-riders.html
Bottleneck Blog
North American Bus Industries (NABI) is to re-launch bus making in Kaposvár, Hungary to meet an order that has been recently put in by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
http://www.portfolio.hu/en/cikkek.tdp?cCheck=1&k=2&i=15037
Portfolio HU
Omnitrans to offer free rides
http://www.sbsun.com/sanbernardino/ci_9546118
San Bernardino Sun
Orange Line bus route announced
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9569970
Daily News
Q&A with Amtrak President Alex Kummant
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSSIB27628520080612
Reuters
Rosewood Community Smart Shuttle Launched
http://www.lawattstimes.com/articles/2008/06/12/community/community1.txt
LA Watts Times
Sales Tax Needed for Transit
http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=7981
Santa Monica Mirror
Saturn All-Electric Conversions Available Next Year
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1749/
EcoGeek
Schwarzenegger Allocates $9 Million for New San Diego Buses
http://tinyurl.com/5ycppg
San Diego Business Journal
Signal Sync Arrives on Wilshire
http://franklinavenue.blogspot.com/2008/06/signal-sync-arrives-on-wilshire.html
Franklin Avenue
Smart Card FAQ
http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/smart-cards-faq
Smart Car Alliance
Starting to Break Down California's Gas Tax
http://laist.com/2008/06/12/californias_gas_tax_breakdown.php
LAist
State approves funding for extra westbound lane - $32 million will help build another lane on 118 Freeway next year
http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2008/0613/front_page/003.html
Simi Valley Acorn
State budget constraints derail Green Line construction authority bill again in the Senate
http://tinyurl.com/4wwkfd
The Argonaut
Subway to the Sea Inching Closer to Reality
http://laist.com/2008/06/12/subway_to_the_sea_inching_closer_to.php
LAist
Third Annual National Dump the Pump Day to be Held June 19 -- Take Public Transportation and Beat the High Cost of Gas
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/080612_dump_the_pump.cfm
American Public Transportation Association
T.O. Transit has never looked so inviting
http://www.toacorn.com/news/2008/0612/community/027.html
Thousand Oaks Acorn
U.S. cities for the 21st century- Experts call for a new federal role in metropolitan development, one with fewer strings attached
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0613/p03s01-usgn.html
CS Monitor
Valley's Shortcut Slices Northward
http://laist.com/2008/06/12/valleys_shortcut_cuts_northward.php
LAist
Your View: Gold Line worth it (scroll down page past Scientology letter)
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_9558648
Pasadena Star News
We're Putting Money Into Mass Transit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061203878.html
Washington Post
6/12/2008
Transportation Headlines for Thursday June 12, 2008
Are your websites ready for prime time?
http://stevehirano.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/are-your-websites-ready-for-prime-time.html
Buses, Trains & the Media
$757 million port plan draws praise, flak
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_9558646
Press Telegram
AC Transit to pitch $48 property tax
http://www.contracostatimes.com/traffic/ci_9544694?nclick_check=1
Contra Costa Times
AC Transit urges tax hike to fund bus service
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/12/BA89117LOO.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle
Alarcon's daughter re-appointed to Transportation Commission
http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_9541716?IADID=Search-www.dailynews.com-www.dailynews.com
Daily News
Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train classes up its act
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/amtraks-coast-starli-2029/
Los Angeles Times
Businesses Back Transit Tax
http://railriders.la/2008/06/11/businesses-back-transit-tax/
Rail Riders Union
City Council rejects Greyhound bus terminal
http://tinyurl.com/4pkcrs
Press Enterprise
Delayed projects offer chance to plan for growth
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_9544509
Daily News
Editorial: High-speed rail bill is back, but answers are needed before November
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/1003976.html
Sacramento Bee
Federal funding coming to March Inland Port
http://www.dailybulletin.com/breakingnews/ci_9553074
Daily Bulletin
Fontana, transportation agency to design reconstruction of two bridges over I-10
http://tinyurl.com/3fprrj
Press Telegram
Freeway signs get smart
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/more-freeway-si.html
Bottleneck Blog
General Motors and Clean Energy Working to Expand Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure - Hydrogen Station to Open Near LAX
http://tinyurl.com/4q9k9g
Business Wire
Green guru, who led London’s gridlock-fee plan, speaks at MIT
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/automotive/view.bg?articleid=1099788
Boston Herald
Heritage Foundation gets it all wrong
http://trains4america.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/heritage-foundation-gets-it-all-wrong/
TrainsForAmerica
House overwhelmingly passes Amtrak funding bill
http://tinyurl.com/3m7dzl
AP
How Bad Is the Oil Shock of 2008?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/80344-how-bad-is-the-oil-shock-of-2008?source=yahoo
SeekingAlpha
Jampacked transit systems running on fumes - Underfunded buses, subways, trains strand some passengers by the wayside
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25010939/
MSNBC
Los Angeles business leaders interested in tax hike for roads, transit - Members of the L.A. business and labor communities say they may back a sales tax to reduce gridlock
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-roadsage12-2008jun12,0,1065999.column
Los Angeles Times
Mass transit surge: Most riders since 1957 - As gasoline prices rise above $4 a gallon, more Americans are turning to mass transportation systems
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news/mass_transit/?postversion=2008061112
CNN Money
Metro TweetWatch: Gas is Expensive!
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/11/metro-tweetwatch-gas-is-expensive/
MetBlogsLA
Model Imagines a Sustainable Downtown
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/11/model-imagines-a-sustainable-downtown/
StreetsBlogLA
New Yorkers Can Now Find the Best Bike Routes Online
http://www.planetizen.com/node/33427&rf=rss
Planetizen
No gas price relief in sight - $4-plus seen as likely to be average through 2009
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9557358
Daily News
OCTA looking for solutions to gas prices
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/06/11/business/dpt-octa061108.txt
Daily Pilot
Oil prices on the upswing again
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-oil11-2008jun12,0,7128245.story
Los Angeles Times
Omnitrans pushes bus use
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_9545812
Daily Bulletin
Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as Gas Tops $4 Average
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/business/09gas.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
New York Times
Sales Tax Increase Gains Support
http://tinyurl.com/6ch88y
San Fernando Business Journal
Senate Nixes Solar Tax Credits
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1744/
EcoGeek
The streetcars
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2008/06/the-streetcars.html
LA Times/Daily Mirror
T.O. shuttle adds third day, moves pick-up site - Goebel Center more familiar to residents, city official says
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/11/to-shuttle-adds-third-day-moves-pick-up-site/
Ventura County Star
Wanna save $2 a gallon?
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_9544774
Press Telegram
Welcome to the Livable Streets Network
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/11/welcome-to-the-livable-streets-network/
StreetsBlogLA
We will have our bonds, and therefore speak no more
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2008/06/we-will-have-ou.html
Los Angeles Times
Video from the Library & Archive
Metropolitan Coach Lines (1953-1958) Television Commercial 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF24IFcSUM8
Metropolitan Coach Lines (1953-1958) Television Commercial 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duZYGBHe4d8
http://stevehirano.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/are-your-websites-ready-for-prime-time.html
Buses, Trains & the Media
$757 million port plan draws praise, flak
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_9558646
Press Telegram
AC Transit to pitch $48 property tax
http://www.contracostatimes.com/traffic/ci_9544694?nclick_check=1
Contra Costa Times
AC Transit urges tax hike to fund bus service
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/12/BA89117LOO.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle
Alarcon's daughter re-appointed to Transportation Commission
http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_9541716?IADID=Search-www.dailynews.com-www.dailynews.com
Daily News
Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train classes up its act
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/amtraks-coast-starli-2029/
Los Angeles Times
Businesses Back Transit Tax
http://railriders.la/2008/06/11/businesses-back-transit-tax/
Rail Riders Union
City Council rejects Greyhound bus terminal
http://tinyurl.com/4pkcrs
Press Enterprise
Delayed projects offer chance to plan for growth
http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_9544509
Daily News
Editorial: High-speed rail bill is back, but answers are needed before November
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/1003976.html
Sacramento Bee
Federal funding coming to March Inland Port
http://www.dailybulletin.com/breakingnews/ci_9553074
Daily Bulletin
Fontana, transportation agency to design reconstruction of two bridges over I-10
http://tinyurl.com/3fprrj
Press Telegram
Freeway signs get smart
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/more-freeway-si.html
Bottleneck Blog
General Motors and Clean Energy Working to Expand Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure - Hydrogen Station to Open Near LAX
http://tinyurl.com/4q9k9g
Business Wire
Green guru, who led London’s gridlock-fee plan, speaks at MIT
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/automotive/view.bg?articleid=1099788
Boston Herald
Heritage Foundation gets it all wrong
http://trains4america.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/heritage-foundation-gets-it-all-wrong/
TrainsForAmerica
House overwhelmingly passes Amtrak funding bill
http://tinyurl.com/3m7dzl
AP
How Bad Is the Oil Shock of 2008?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/80344-how-bad-is-the-oil-shock-of-2008?source=yahoo
SeekingAlpha
Jampacked transit systems running on fumes - Underfunded buses, subways, trains strand some passengers by the wayside
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25010939/
MSNBC
Los Angeles business leaders interested in tax hike for roads, transit - Members of the L.A. business and labor communities say they may back a sales tax to reduce gridlock
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-roadsage12-2008jun12,0,1065999.column
Los Angeles Times
Mass transit surge: Most riders since 1957 - As gasoline prices rise above $4 a gallon, more Americans are turning to mass transportation systems
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news/mass_transit/?postversion=2008061112
CNN Money
Metro TweetWatch: Gas is Expensive!
http://la.metblogs.com/2008/06/11/metro-tweetwatch-gas-is-expensive/
MetBlogsLA
Model Imagines a Sustainable Downtown
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/11/model-imagines-a-sustainable-downtown/
StreetsBlogLA
New Yorkers Can Now Find the Best Bike Routes Online
http://www.planetizen.com/node/33427&rf=rss
Planetizen
No gas price relief in sight - $4-plus seen as likely to be average through 2009
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_9557358
Daily News
OCTA looking for solutions to gas prices
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/06/11/business/dpt-octa061108.txt
Daily Pilot
Oil prices on the upswing again
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-oil11-2008jun12,0,7128245.story
Los Angeles Times
Omnitrans pushes bus use
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_9545812
Daily Bulletin
Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as Gas Tops $4 Average
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/business/09gas.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
New York Times
Sales Tax Increase Gains Support
http://tinyurl.com/6ch88y
San Fernando Business Journal
Senate Nixes Solar Tax Credits
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1744/
EcoGeek
The streetcars
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2008/06/the-streetcars.html
LA Times/Daily Mirror
T.O. shuttle adds third day, moves pick-up site - Goebel Center more familiar to residents, city official says
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/11/to-shuttle-adds-third-day-moves-pick-up-site/
Ventura County Star
Wanna save $2 a gallon?
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_9544774
Press Telegram
Welcome to the Livable Streets Network
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/11/welcome-to-the-livable-streets-network/
StreetsBlogLA
We will have our bonds, and therefore speak no more
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2008/06/we-will-have-ou.html
Los Angeles Times
Video from the Library & Archive
Metropolitan Coach Lines (1953-1958) Television Commercial 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF24IFcSUM8
Metropolitan Coach Lines (1953-1958) Television Commercial 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duZYGBHe4d8
6/11/2008
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday June 11, 2008
As gas prices increase, more Inland commuters use public transit
http://tinyurl.com/3f8lt8
Press Enterprise
Business leaders to support sales tax for mass transit?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/business-leader.html
Bottleneck Blog
Calvert wants Orange County to get federal funds for carrying the nation's freight - The Corona Republican believes congestion on local roads is due to freight moving from Long Beach and Los Angeles ports
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/calvert-bill-transportation-2064625-ports-money
Orange County Register
Compilation of Public Opinion Data on Tolls and Road Pricing
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_377.pdf
Transportation Research Board
Deriding the mayor's aide and his Hummer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez11-2008jun11,0,3959657.column
Los Angeles Times
Environmental Benefits of Congestion Reduction
http://fastlane.dot.gov/secretarysblog/2008/06/environmental-b.html
USDOT FastLane
Experts Urge User Fees, P3’s over Gas Tax
http://www.bondbuyer.com/$nocookies$/article.html?id=20080610DVC0NW6J
The Bond Buyer
Fight on the Expo Line, part IV
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/a-fight-on-th-1.html
Los Angeles Times
Gas taxes in Europe
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/gas-taxes-in-eu.html
Los Angeles Times
Governor hands S.D. $9 million for new buses
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080611/news_1m11gov.html
San Diego Union Tribune
Guest Blogger: Michael Replogle, Transportation Director, Environmental Defense Fund
http://fastlane.dot.gov/secretarysblog/2008/06/guest-blogger-m.html
USDOT FastLane
Gushing over oil - Rising oil prices increase profits from area wells
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_9546485
Whittier Daily News
Harbor budget reaches $1B
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_9535767
Press Telegram
Help on the way for congested 55 freeway? Newly signed bill kills requirement to maintain buffer between car-pool and other lanes, which could lead to extra lane for traffic
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/lanes-car-pool-2064638-lane-freeway
Orange County Register
High-speed train to victory?
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/9/203322/2001
Grist
House Speaker Pelosi Says Smart Growth Can Magnify Fuel Savings from Increased Transit Use
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6657&state=52
SmartGrowthOnline
How you, a Southland driver, can make my commute better
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trafficdayfour11-2008jun11,0,7456335.story
Los Angeles Times
Katz Blasts Back at Congestion Pricing Foes in Valley
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/10/katz-blasts-back-at-congestion-pricing-foes-in-valley/
StreetsBlogLA
Legislators Seek Solution to Funding Gap for Highway Infrastructure Repairs
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6656&state=52
SmartGrowthOnline
Maintaining Our Nation's Highway and Transit Infrastructure
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9134
Transportation Research Board
More L.A. Homebuyers Looking for Public Transportation Amenities
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6658&state=5
SmartGrowthOnline
Neighborhood Council Dispatch: Cheviot Hills Fights The Expo Line
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/06/neighborhood_co_2.php#reader_comments
Curbed LA
OCTA encourages commuters to Dump the Pump
http://www.hbindependent.com/articles/2008/06/10/business/hbi-pump061208.txt
Huntington Beach Independent
Orange County wants to state the obvious
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/06/orange-county-w.html
Los Angeles Times
Pedestrian Safety Guide for Transit Agencies
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/PED_BIKE/ped/ped_transguide/transit_guide.pdf
Transportation Research Board
Pricey parking could ease traffic
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trafficparkfour-2008jun11,0,1888146.story
Los Angeles Times
Riverside County will receive more than $10 million in state transit funding
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/inland/la-me-murr-inland,0,753357.story
Los Angeles Times
Top Rail Projects in the US
http://www.metro-magazine.com/us_canada_top_rail_2008.pdf
Metro Magazine
Traffic Congestion: is there Any Relief in Store?
and
Stuck in Traffic, Is There Any Way Out?
http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/ww/ww080610traffic_congestion_i
KCRW/Which Way LA?/Warren Olney – Tuesday June 10 Broadcast
UPS has found ways to work in traffic - A computer system cuts the time drivers spend on the road
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-trafficupsfour11-2008jun11,1,3833430.story
Los Angeles Times
Washington And Oil: First Do No Harm
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/06/09/oil-congress-gasoline-biz-beltway-cx_bw_0609gas.html
Forbes
Westsiders Vent at Last Night’s Expo Meeting
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/10/westsiders-vent-at-last-nights-expo-meeting/#comment-1093
StreetsBlogLA
http://tinyurl.com/3f8lt8
Press Enterprise
Business leaders to support sales tax for mass transit?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/business-leader.html
Bottleneck Blog
Calvert wants Orange County to get federal funds for carrying the nation's freight - The Corona Republican believes congestion on local roads is due to freight moving from Long Beach and Los Angeles ports
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/calvert-bill-transportation-2064625-ports-money
Orange County Register
Compilation of Public Opinion Data on Tolls and Road Pricing
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_377.pdf
Transportation Research Board
Deriding the mayor's aide and his Hummer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez11-2008jun11,0,3959657.column
Los Angeles Times
Environmental Benefits of Congestion Reduction
http://fastlane.dot.gov/secretarysblog/2008/06/environmental-b.html
USDOT FastLane
Experts Urge User Fees, P3’s over Gas Tax
http://www.bondbuyer.com/$nocookies$/article.html?id=20080610DVC0NW6J
The Bond Buyer
Fight on the Expo Line, part IV
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/a-fight-on-th-1.html
Los Angeles Times
Gas taxes in Europe
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/06/gas-taxes-in-eu.html
Los Angeles Times
Governor hands S.D. $9 million for new buses
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080611/news_1m11gov.html
San Diego Union Tribune
Guest Blogger: Michael Replogle, Transportation Director, Environmental Defense Fund
http://fastlane.dot.gov/secretarysblog/2008/06/guest-blogger-m.html
USDOT FastLane
Gushing over oil - Rising oil prices increase profits from area wells
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_9546485
Whittier Daily News
Harbor budget reaches $1B
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_9535767
Press Telegram
Help on the way for congested 55 freeway? Newly signed bill kills requirement to maintain buffer between car-pool and other lanes, which could lead to extra lane for traffic
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/lanes-car-pool-2064638-lane-freeway
Orange County Register
High-speed train to victory?
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/9/203322/2001
Grist
House Speaker Pelosi Says Smart Growth Can Magnify Fuel Savings from Increased Transit Use
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6657&state=52
SmartGrowthOnline
How you, a Southland driver, can make my commute better
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trafficdayfour11-2008jun11,0,7456335.story
Los Angeles Times
Katz Blasts Back at Congestion Pricing Foes in Valley
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/10/katz-blasts-back-at-congestion-pricing-foes-in-valley/
StreetsBlogLA
Legislators Seek Solution to Funding Gap for Highway Infrastructure Repairs
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6656&state=52
SmartGrowthOnline
Maintaining Our Nation's Highway and Transit Infrastructure
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9134
Transportation Research Board
More L.A. Homebuyers Looking for Public Transportation Amenities
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6658&state=5
SmartGrowthOnline
Neighborhood Council Dispatch: Cheviot Hills Fights The Expo Line
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/06/neighborhood_co_2.php#reader_comments
Curbed LA
OCTA encourages commuters to Dump the Pump
http://www.hbindependent.com/articles/2008/06/10/business/hbi-pump061208.txt
Huntington Beach Independent
Orange County wants to state the obvious
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/06/orange-county-w.html
Los Angeles Times
Pedestrian Safety Guide for Transit Agencies
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/PED_BIKE/ped/ped_transguide/transit_guide.pdf
Transportation Research Board
Pricey parking could ease traffic
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trafficparkfour-2008jun11,0,1888146.story
Los Angeles Times
Riverside County will receive more than $10 million in state transit funding
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/inland/la-me-murr-inland,0,753357.story
Los Angeles Times
Top Rail Projects in the US
http://www.metro-magazine.com/us_canada_top_rail_2008.pdf
Metro Magazine
Traffic Congestion: is there Any Relief in Store?
and
Stuck in Traffic, Is There Any Way Out?
http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/ww/ww080610traffic_congestion_i
KCRW/Which Way LA?/Warren Olney – Tuesday June 10 Broadcast
UPS has found ways to work in traffic - A computer system cuts the time drivers spend on the road
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-trafficupsfour11-2008jun11,1,3833430.story
Los Angeles Times
Washington And Oil: First Do No Harm
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/06/09/oil-congress-gasoline-biz-beltway-cx_bw_0609gas.html
Forbes
Westsiders Vent at Last Night’s Expo Meeting
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/10/westsiders-vent-at-last-nights-expo-meeting/#comment-1093
StreetsBlogLA
6/08/2008
Transportation Headlines for Sunday June 8, 2008
As gas goes up, so does SCV bus ridership - About 23,000 more bus trips logged compared to last year
http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/2261/
Santa Clarita Signal
Biggest one-week gas hike in five years hits O.C.
http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2008/06/06/biggest-one-week-gas-hike-in-five-years-hits-oc/
Orange County Register
Cheap gas calculator
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9516294
Daily News
Chicago's Olympic Hopes Ride on Better Transit
http://tinyurl.com/4ykvzq
Mass Transit Magazine
Colton railroad crossing study back on track
http://snipurl.com/2eke7
Press Enterprise
Company making strides with clean running buses and growing ridership (Sun Transit)
http://snipurl.com/2ekff
Desert Sun
Happy Trails? New Rancho Palos Verdes policy for bikers, hikers and equestrians satisfies few
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_9518391
Daily Breeze
Jean Ross: Tax hikes must be part of budget fix
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/995520.html
Sacramento Bee
L.A.'s commuters can't even go nowhere fast - A look at how your neighbors, in the next lane, juggle their lives and drives
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trafficdayone8web-2008jun08,0,4033585.story
Los Angeles Times
Mountain road loses 4 call boxes
http://www.sbsun.com/sanbernardino/ci_9509006
San Bernardino Sun
Oil prices continue to climb - More commuters turn to public transportation as cost of gas keeps beating records
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2008/06/07/news/gnp-gas07.txt
Glendale News Press
Plans for Long Beach liquid natural gas terminal shelved - Facing opposition, Mitsubishi subsidiary Sound Energy Solutions withdraws its LNG proposal
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lng7-2008jun07,0,245906.story
Los Angeles Times
Proposition 13’s High-Mileage Effects - A 30th Anniversary Reflection
http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/06/proposition_13s_high-mileage_effects_-_a_30th_anniversary_reflection.html
RedFin
Pump prices make basics a struggle
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9517244
Daily News
Rising gas costs blur retirement dream
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9517159
Daily News
Screeching to a Halt - On mass transit, the nation is falling perilously behind
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060701651.html
Washington Post
See Your Gas Savings Sooner With New Batteries
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1724/
EcoGeek
Small airports struggle with dwindling air service
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/06/06/rural.airports.ap/
CNN
The Road Ahead
http://www.aaa-calif.com/corpinfo/transportation.aspx
Automobile Club of Southern California
Traffic taking a toll on psychic health, experts say
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trafficpsychone8-2008jun08,0,6960850.story
Los Angeles Times
Whittier offering new taxi vouchers - Program will take seniors, disabled on errands outside city
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_9518334
Whittier Daily News
http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/2261/
Santa Clarita Signal
Biggest one-week gas hike in five years hits O.C.
http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2008/06/06/biggest-one-week-gas-hike-in-five-years-hits-oc/
Orange County Register
Cheap gas calculator
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9516294
Daily News
Chicago's Olympic Hopes Ride on Better Transit
http://tinyurl.com/4ykvzq
Mass Transit Magazine
Colton railroad crossing study back on track
http://snipurl.com/2eke7
Press Enterprise
Company making strides with clean running buses and growing ridership (Sun Transit)
http://snipurl.com/2ekff
Desert Sun
Happy Trails? New Rancho Palos Verdes policy for bikers, hikers and equestrians satisfies few
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_9518391
Daily Breeze
Jean Ross: Tax hikes must be part of budget fix
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/995520.html
Sacramento Bee
L.A.'s commuters can't even go nowhere fast - A look at how your neighbors, in the next lane, juggle their lives and drives
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trafficdayone8web-2008jun08,0,4033585.story
Los Angeles Times
Mountain road loses 4 call boxes
http://www.sbsun.com/sanbernardino/ci_9509006
San Bernardino Sun
Oil prices continue to climb - More commuters turn to public transportation as cost of gas keeps beating records
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2008/06/07/news/gnp-gas07.txt
Glendale News Press
Plans for Long Beach liquid natural gas terminal shelved - Facing opposition, Mitsubishi subsidiary Sound Energy Solutions withdraws its LNG proposal
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lng7-2008jun07,0,245906.story
Los Angeles Times
Proposition 13’s High-Mileage Effects - A 30th Anniversary Reflection
http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/06/proposition_13s_high-mileage_effects_-_a_30th_anniversary_reflection.html
RedFin
Pump prices make basics a struggle
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9517244
Daily News
Rising gas costs blur retirement dream
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9517159
Daily News
Screeching to a Halt - On mass transit, the nation is falling perilously behind
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060701651.html
Washington Post
See Your Gas Savings Sooner With New Batteries
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1724/
EcoGeek
Small airports struggle with dwindling air service
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/06/06/rural.airports.ap/
CNN
The Road Ahead
http://www.aaa-calif.com/corpinfo/transportation.aspx
Automobile Club of Southern California
Traffic taking a toll on psychic health, experts say
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trafficpsychone8-2008jun08,0,6960850.story
Los Angeles Times
Whittier offering new taxi vouchers - Program will take seniors, disabled on errands outside city
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_9518334
Whittier Daily News
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