Today's Headlines - more at Metro

3/05/2009

Transportation Headlines for Thursday March 5, 2009

Bike summit coming to L.A.
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

Bike Summit Now a Four-Day Affair
StreetsBlogLA

Brace yourself: Full closure on 405 in Westside
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

County transit expects $200 million from stimulus - Agency eyes money for 2 freeway projects, says bus cuts might still be needed
Los Angeles Times

DC Metro eyes budget boost from advertising dollars
DC Examiner

Dear Mr. Mayor: Congrats, and here's your to-do list
Los Angeles Times

Federal inquiry finds rail oversight woefully inadequate
Los Angeles Times

Hate the 91? Extended toll lanes could ease traffic - Riverside County officials begin planning to add lanes
Orange County Register

How to Fix Transit Financing
TransportPolitic

Locomotive Cameras May Follow Metrolink Crash Probe
Bloomberg

Locomotive Union: Put More Train Pros Onboard
MSNBC

Mayor's Budget Includes $1 Million for Broadway Streetscape
Blogdowntown

Metrolink crash exposes systemic problems in U.S. rail safety enforcement
Los Angeles Times

Metrolink hearing: Signal-calling rules could create safety problems
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

Metrolink union opposes video cameras inside locomotives
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

MTA's new CEO gets a public debut Thursday
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

NTSB official questions national rail safety supervision
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

People Had to Die Before a Move on Cellphones, Official Laments
New York Times

Ray LaHood: Interview Excerpts
Wall Street Journal

Residents rally against Expo maintenance facility
Santa Monica Daily Press

Union Pacific official says new train braking system may not meet federal deadline
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

Union recommends 2 workers in all train cabs
AP

Unusual high-speed rail news release of the day
Los Angeles Times/LA Now

Will O.C.'s transit chief leave for L.A.? Art Leahy of Orange County Transportation Authority has interviewed for lead Metro job and decision expected this week
Orange County Register