Today's Headlines - more at Metro

6/18/2010

Better Air, Beach Buses, Bike funding, Highways, High Speed Rail and More

7th Street Bridge Construction To Begin Around October
Long Beach Post

Air Quality Less Sooty at Port of Long Beach
Curbed LA

Agencies look at railroad options
Downey Patriot

Azusa examining Gold Line parking structure options
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

CHP launches traffic app
Monterey Herald
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http://m.chp.ca.gov/ on your smart phone

Chronicling California's Early Traffic Signs
Franklin Avenue

Context Sensitive design can reflect community interests
WSDOT/Federal Transportation Issues

Councilman Tom LaBonge proposes lunch truck parking rules
Examiner

Dump BP, Dump the Pump (But Enable The Alternatives)
TMCnet

Economic Consequences of Positive Train Control
Rail Planning

Evidence of witness tampering found in Red Line subway court battle - An L.A. judge writes that witness statements taken during a contempt hearing raised the possibility that officials reasssigned a subcontractor's employee to prevent him from testifying
Los Angeles Times

Federal Bike-Ped Funding Sets New High, With Much More Room to Grow
Streetsblog LA

Foothill Transit fare increase implemented June 27
Claremont Now

Highway Funds On The Horizon?
American Iron and Steel Institute

L.A.-San Francisco Bullet-Train Bidding May Begin Next Year
Bloomberg

Los Angeles Is Taking Over America
LA Weekly

Los Angeles Film Festival parking, shuttles and public transportation
Los Angeles Times

Metro fare increase effective July 1
WeHo News

Moorpark offers beach bus service
Ventura County Star

New draft of 2010 LA Bike Plan to be released tomorrow, June 18
LADOT Bike Blog

Obama stimulus to pay for 15,000 home electric-car charging units
USA Today

OCTA teaches jobs creation 101
OCMetro

Other Side of Measure R, Highway Projects Getting Ready to Roll
Streetsblog LA

Riding Public Transit Saves Individuals $9,330 Annually
American Public Transportation Association

Sacramento Regional Transit announces deep service cuts
ABC News10

San Francisco Transit to Scrap Paper Passes, Replace With Smart Cards
Government Technology

Taxi cab overhaul plan heads to council
Santa Monica Daily Press

Transit Saturday: Plan with the BRU or Explore Torrance Transit with SO.CA.TA
Streetsblog LA

U-Pass is also cut for winter session
Daily 49er