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1/30/2008

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday January 30, 2008

Air travel is up at LAX
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_8115112
Daily Breeze

Anaheim mayor proposes monorail funding - Pringle envisions asking for private money to pay for a futuristic transportation system in his sixth State of the City address
http://www.ocregister.com/article/monorail-city-pringle-1969248-system-anaheim
Orange County Register

Burbank Council aims to curb traffic - Meeting brings members of several transportation departments together to discuss ways to ease congestion in the city
http://www.burbankleader.com/articles/2008/01/30/politics/blr-transportation30.txt
Burbank Leader

Hiding the 101 Freeway Beneath a Park (Part II)
http://laist.com/2008/01/29/hiding_the_101.php
LAist

Making over L.A.'s Broadway - Restoring the glitter to Broadway will take more than City Hall hocus-pocus.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-broadway30jan30,0,5474100.story
Los Angeles Times

Mayor unveils his plan to get traffic moving - Steps include mass transit, parking crackdown
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_8113739
Daily News

Mayor Unveils Short-Term Plans To Reduce Traffic Congestion
http://www.knbc.com/traffic/15166940/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
KNBC 4 TV

Mayor Unveils Plan To Fight Traffic Congestion - 'Tiger Team' Ready To Reduce Gridlock
http://cbs2.com/local/Tiger.Team.Traffic.2.640715.html
CBS 2 TV

New Report Looks At SCRAA's Future
http://snipurl.com/1ylhf
Aviation Week

new traffic plan could help unclog downtown streets
http://www.angelenic.com/new-traffic-plan-could-help-unclog-downtown-streets/
Angelenic

Proposition 91 - Transportation funds. Initiative constitutional amendment - Times recommendation: No
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-prop91-21jan21,0,3338891.story
Los Angeles Times

Toll road meeting relocated due to expected high turnout
http://beach.freedomblogging.com/2008/01/25/toll-road-meeting-moved/
Orange County Register/Beach Blog

Traffic Congestion Relief Plan: You Gotta Ride Da Bus
http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/29/traffic-congestion-relief-plan-you-gotta-ride-da-bus/
MetroRiderLA

Transportation Plan Update III: We'll Take A Maglev, Too
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/01/transportation_3.php
CurbedLA

Tougher environmental rules will apply to O.C. tollway
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollroad30jan30,1,5217670.story
Los Angeles Times

1/29/2008

Transportation Headlines for Tuesday January 29, 2008

ARC report cites the need for a new approach for sustainable supply chains
http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/CA6526420.html
Logistics Management

BART tests selling tickets by cell phone
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/29/BAGM8UO3PB.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

“broadway is going to be all you dreamed it could be” – villaraigosa (downtown streetcar)
http://snipurl.com/1yijo
Angelenic

Bus Lines Back at Dodger Stadium for 2008?
http://www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2008/01/bus-lines-back-at-dodger-stadium-for.html
Sons of Steve Garvey

Funding panel to push tolls over gas tax
http://snipurl.com/1yil2
The Bond Buyer

LOS ANGELES PORTS #3 IN NATIONAL EXPORTS
http://www.socalindustrialrealestateblog.com/?p=210
So Cal Industrial Real Estate Blog

Planetizen Top 10 Books List, 2008 Edition
http://www.planetizen.com/books/2008
Planetizen

Two Suggestions for City Hall's All Day Transportation Meeting
http://ubrayj02.blogspot.com/2008/01/two-suggestions-for-city-halls-all-day.html
BrayjAgainstTheMachine

Will Trolley Bring a New Day for Broadway?
http://snipurl.com/1yije
L.A. Garment & Citizen

1/19/2008

Transportation Headlines for Saturday January 19, 2007

Airport Plan Fails to Get Off the Ground - With no progress, panel faces crash landing
http://tinyurl.com/2mhqmq
L.A. Business Journal

Amtrak puts brakes on strike with accord favoring unions - The tentative contract includes back pay and wage increases
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-amtrak19jan19,1,2094820.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

Buses, trains and the transit-oriented lifestyle
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/01/buses-trains-an.html
Los Angeles Times

California Corridor stats for December (Amtrak Ridership in California)
http://www.railpac.org/2008/01/18/california-corridor-stats-for-december/
RailPAC

Caltrans agrees to limit freeway runoff flowing to waterways
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_8013287
Daily News

First Street Bridge closed -- for a month!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/01/first-street-br.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

FTA awards $6.3 million to maglev developer
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/transitnews/article.asp?id=14777
Progressive Railroading

Grand Avenue Groundbreaking Delayed - Developer Says $3 Billion Project Still on Schedule, With First Phase to Open in 2011
http://tinyurl.com/2j7kdm
L.A. Downtown News

Here’s an Idea: PRT to the Sea
http://www.citywatchla.com/content/view/963/75/
CityWatchLA

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee holds hearing on National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission report
http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/CA6523888.html
Logistics Management

New bus service connects with Metrolink in Riverside
http://www.recordgazette.net/articles/2008/01/18/news/07news.txt
Record Gazette

Placentia fights state claim for millions - Mayor says city needn't refund more than $36 million for OnTrac program unless payments were in error
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ontrac19jan19,1,2113260.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Road Pricing and Public Transit: The “Virtuous Cycle”
http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/17/road-pricing-and-public-transit-the-virtuous-cycle/
Streets Blog

San Diego Panel: Panel: Build 'Early Action' projects on time (transportation sales tax projects)
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/01/19/news/sandiego/4_01_991_18_08.txt
North County Times/Californian

State transportation officials nominate Colton project for bond funds
http://snipurl.com/1xs6c
Press Enteprise

Transportation Agencies Install New Bike Facilities
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/01/transportation-agencies-install-new.html
StreetHeatLA

1/18/2008

Transportation Headlines for Friday January 18, 2007

2 Injured In Metro Train/Auto Collision
http://cbs2.com/local/metro.gold.line.2.631630.html
CBS 2 TV

40 cents a gallon -- more!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/01/40-cents-a-gall.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

Airport commission approves environmental study
http://snipurl.com/1xp0d
The Argonaut

BULLET TRAIN TO NOWHERE
http://thedistrictweekly.com/daily/staff-infection/2008/01/17/bullet-train-to-nowhere/
Long Beach District Weekly

California Transportation Commission Meets in Sacramento
http://www.railpac.org/2008/01/17/california-transportation-commission-meets-in-sacramento/
RailPAC

Committee recommends gates for L.A. subways
http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/committee_recom.html
Press Enterprise

Could MTA install gates at light rail stations?
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_7996916?source=rss
Daily News

Council Resolution: Bikers Deserve Tax Break
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/01/council-resolution-bikers-deserve-tax.html
StreetHeatLA

Escondido will showcase 'rapid bus' concept
http://snipurl.com/1xpyp
North County Times/Californian

Export surge helps keep L.A.-Long Beach on top - Overall traffic in '07 is down at the nation's busiest port complex
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ports17jan17,1,3403220.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Los Angeles Times

Inland counties submit transit proposals
http://snipurl.com/1xpz8
Press Enterprise

LA's City Hall Just Got Friendlier! (for cyclists)
http://laist.com/2008/01/17/las_city_hall_j.php
LAist

Lockyer asks coastal agency to reject San Onofre tollway - He criticizes Schwarzenegger's backing of the project, which he says would seriously harm the state beach in Orange County
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollway18jan18,1,6151261.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles remains top US port despite fall in throughput
http://www.cargonewsasia.com/secured/article.aspx?id=3&article=15346
Cargo News Asia

Metro Considers Raising "Senior Discount" Age to 65
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/01/metro-considers-raising-senior-discount.html
StreetHeatLA

Metrolink Train Strikes Big Rig In Irwindale
http://cbs2.com/local/metrolink.irwindale.crash.2.631872.html
CBS 2 TV

MTA Closer To Installing Subway Gates
http://www.knbc.com/news/15077655/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
KNBC 4 TV

New ULI Published Book Shows how the Parking Garage is Both a Part of our Urban Culture and Has the Potential to Solve Mixed-Use Issues
http://snipurl.com/1xov1
Urban Land Institute

PECG´s Reasons for Dismissing Performance-Based Infrastructure Just Don´t Stand Up
http://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachrichten/nachricht/2236038.html
WallStreet Online

Presidential Views (or not) on Public Transportation
http://blog.tstc.org/2008/01/17/presidential-views-or-not-on-public-transportation/
Mobilizing the Region

Public forum on airport jet impact January 22nd
http://snipurl.com/1xp0g
The Argonaut

Placentia may owe millions, audit finds - Caltrans says the city improperly spent as much as $36 million on the OnTrac project. City officials say they will contest the findings
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ontrac17jan17,1,2004370.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california
Los Angeles Times

Runway status lights get OK
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_8004665
Daily Breeze

Science training, transit could give S.D. the edge
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20080117-9999-1b17edc.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Shipper says it has met Long Beach truck standard
http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2008/Jan08/011408/011708-05.htm
Land Line Magazine

Street fight (Pico/Olympic)
http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=18784
Jewish Journal

Take the Train to the South Park Flea Market
http://metrorider.elhay.net/2008/01/18/take-the-train-to-south-park-flea-market/
MetroRiderLA

Tiny Tata Nano, big threat - The $2,500 Nano will put millions more Indians on the road. Is there a silver lining in that pollution cloud?
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-nano18jan18,0,557587.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail
Los Angeles Times

Train vs. produce truck - Metrolink slams into trailer of big-rig at crossing
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_8004425
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

1/16/2008

Transportation Headlines for Wednesday January 16, 2008

Angelenos unhappy with project - One-way traffic flow plan faces opposition
http://snipurl.com/1xj8q
Santa Monica Daily Press

APTA Supports Majority Report of Commission and Rejects Minority View that Fails to Continue Federal Investment in Public Transportation
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/080115_commission_report.cfm
American Public Transportation Association

Blythe City seeks Prop 1B funding to keep rail line open
http://snipurl.com/1xk1x
Quartzite News

Catalina Express halts L.B. service - Temporary move to San Pedro will allow for dredging of silt-blocked waterway
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_7982119
Press Telegram

Drivers see all manner of bad manners
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/highway1/la-hy-wheels16jan16,0,859178.story?coll=la-news-highway_1
Los Angeles Times

Metrolink pushes to extend into Perris, Moreno Valley
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/01/little-train-th.html
Los Angeles Times/Bottleneck Blog

Montclair Planning Commission approves townhome project for downtown (Gold Line Foothill Extension, Metrolink)
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_7981869
Daily Bulletin

New Report Validates Need for Increased Transportation Funding
http://snipurl.com/1xj63
Yahoo! News

Nissan exec: Car culture is fading - Worldwide, people are losing interest in automobiles
http://snipurl.com/1xj6b
Fortune

Rotary uproar - Residents demand airport change flight pattern of copters
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_7982801
Pasadena Star News

San Jacinto Valley commuters will get new service to Riverside, Escondido
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_H_bus16.3380eee.html
Press Enterprise

Schwarzenegger backs O.C. tollway - Formerly neutral, he now urges the Coastal Commission to approve the Foothill South, which would run through San Onofre State Beach
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollway16jan16,1,5233753.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Secretary Peters Rejects Call for Massive Gas Tax Increase and New Federal Transportation Bureaucracy
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot0608.htm
U.S Department of Transportation

State rail safety role questioned - Metrolink tells judges that California doesn't have the authority to determine if the transit service was partly to blame for crash deaths
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-metrolink16jan16,1,4073719.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Los Angeles Times

Surface Transportation Commission Releases Report
http://live.asce.org/blog/1/asce/?permalink=Surface-Transportation-Commission-Releases-Report.html
American Society of Civil Engineers/Our Failing Infrastructure Blog

Top AASHTO Officials Respond to the Release of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission Report
http://www.transportation.org/news/91.aspx
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Transportation infrastructure: National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission releases findings to fix U.S. surface transportation systems
http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/CA6522887.html?industryid=48468
Logistics Management

U.S. Train Commuters Brace For Nationwide Amtrak Strike
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009727718
All Headline News

Westsiders Get Riled at Pico/Olympic Meeting
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/01/westsiders-get-riled-at-picoolympic.html
StreetHeatLA