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Showing posts with label Gold Line. Show all posts

1/27/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday January 27, 2008

Bill offers rebates, exacts fees based on car emissions - Buyers would get money back on autos with lower emissions and be charged extra on higher polluters
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-feebate27jan27,1,6506483.story
Los Angeles Times

Councilmember LaBonge proposes greening LA's alleyways
http://www.tomlabonge.com/news/story/98
Council District 4

'Feebates' for new cars - California should enact legislation that would cut emissions without hurting taxpayers
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-feebate24jan24,0,3149233.story
Los Angeles Times

Flood channel monorails?
http://lavisions.blogspot.com/2008/01/flood-channel-monorails.html
LAVisions

Gold Line Work Upsets Merchants
http://snipurl.com/1ydin
Los Angeles Business Journal

LACMTA committee votes for subway barrier gates
http://www.subchat.com/read.asp?Id=559335
SubChat

Making skies friendlier - Congestion-pricing idea should reduce airport conges
http://www.dailybreeze.com/editorial/ci_8090493
Daily Breeze

Metro's Gold Line Expansion Will Shut Down First Street Bridge
http://laist.com/2008/01/26/metros_gold_lin.php
LAist

No Stopping (Olympic Blvd)
http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/Local_News_10/No_Stopping.php
Canyon News

Sprinter's start date postponed to March
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080126-9999-1mc26sprint.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Three objectives for regional progress (Gold Line Foothill Extension, Alameda Corridor East)
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_8088144
Pasadena Star News

Wrong way for teen drivers - California's strict law on licenses may not be making the roads safer for young people
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-males27jan27,0,1585526.story
Los Angeles Times

1/25/2008

Transportation Headlines for Friday January 25, 2008

Boxer challenges EPA over emissions
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_8070656?source=email
Daily News

Censored: Pro-Transit Section From Commission Study
http://www.planetizen.com/node/29416
Planetizen

Cheaper to fly or drive? What about the bus?
http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/24/cheaper-to-fly-or-drive-what-about-the-bus/
MetroRiderLA

EPA chief grilled over California rejection - Stephen L. Johnson tells an angry congressional panel that he wasn't pressured into denying the state's bid to curb emissions
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-epawaiver25jan25,1,3511705.story
Los Angeles Times

It's Time to Move LA! PowerPoint presentations and press are now available.
http://www.subwaytothesea.org/home.php
Subway to the Sea

LaBonge: Raise Parking Fees to Pay for Dash
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/01/labonge-raise-parking-fees-to-pay-for.html
StreetHeatLA

Lazy Option is Best When Waiting for the Bus - People frustrated by the delayed arrival of a bus should wait for it to show up rather than walk to their destination, mathematicians say
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg19726404.600-lazy-option-is-best-when-waiting-for-the-bus.html
New Scientist
Link to paper: http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0801/0801.0297v2.pdf

Metro Board Changes Course on Senior Fares
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/01/metro-board-changes-course-on-senior.html
StreetHeatLA

Metro Chief Talks HOT Lanes and Alternative Transportation
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/01/metro-chief-talks-hot-lanes-and.html
StreetHeatLA

Mexico City rolls out women-only buses
http://snipurl.com/1y86t
Yahoo!/Reuters

Montclair makeover - City leaders aim high with big plans for a downtown
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_8059724
Daily Bulletin

Mudslides disrupt Amtrak service
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_8071017
Daily News

No on Proposition 91
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_8070701
Press Telegram

Politics & the O.C. tollway
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/01/politics-the-oc.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

Resurrecting L.A.'s Subway to the Sea
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90511156
Metro Magazine

Setback for Gold Line extension - MTA board leaves project off funding list
http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_8071622?source=rss
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

This Post Brought to You By the Number 33 (Long Range Plan, Fare Recovery)
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/01/this-post-brought-to-you-by-number-33.html
StreetHeatLA

Toll lanes a HOT idea whose time has come
http://www.dailynews.com/editorial/ci_8068819
Daily News

Turnstile Plan Delayed
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/01/turnstile-plan-delayed.html
StreetHeatLA

Zero, Zilch, Zip: Number of Zipcars in Los Angeles.
http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/24/zero-zilch-zip-number-of-zipcars-in-los-angeles/
MetroRiderLA