Transportation Headlines for Tuesday February 5, 2008

Amtrak to restart Coast Starlight train service
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1293
Los Angeles Times/Travel Blog

Case for HOT lanes in L.A.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/01/a-case-for-hot.html
Los Angeles Times/Emerald City

Friends 4 Expo statement on Farmdale crossing
http://metroriderla.com/2008/02/04/friends-4-expo-statement-on-farmdale-crossing/
MetroRiderLA

FTA New Starts: Annual Report on Funding Recommendations - Proposed Allocations of Funds for Fiscal Year 2009
http://www.fta.dot.gov/regional_offices_7753.html
Federal Transit Administration

Nation's Long-Term Economic Health Depends on Success of America's Metro Regions, Say Brookings Experts
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=6463&state=52&res=1440
Smart Growth Online

Pedestrian killed by bus in downtown L.A.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bus6feb06,1,6485714.story
Los Angeles Times

Planner Says California Should Consider Land Use Policy Changes to Help Meet Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=6465&state=5
Smart Growth Online

Riders' input is sought for Metro changes - About 20 routes could be eliminated under plan
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8169728
Daily News

San Bernardino-Loma Linda express bus plans moving forward
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_B_bomni05.4051409.html
Press Enterprise

San Diego Board of Supervisors Lowers Traffic Impact Fees
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=6464&state=5
Smart Growth Online

San Fernando Valley Critical Mass
http://bikeboom.com/webcalendar/view_entry.php?id=1500&friendly=1&rssuser=__public__&date=20080205
BikeBoom

Showdown over O.C. tollway is set - The Coastal Commission is to decide Wednesday whether to approve a route through San Onofre State Beach
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tollway5feb05,1,5830471.story
Los Angeles Times

Toll lanes next to freeways: Separate transportation for the rich?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/02/toll-lanes-next.html
Los Angeles Times/Emerald City

Transit panel hears concerns by public - Commission evaluates funding for such needs as extra buses
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/05/transit-panel-hears-concerns-by-public/
Ventura County Star

U.S. Department of Transportation Fiscal Year 2009 Budget in Brief
http://www.autospectator.com/cars/car-consumer-info/0037673-us-department-transportation-fiscal-year-2009-budget-brief
Auto Spectator

'Vote No On Proposition 91' Is Not A Typo
http://cbs2.com/local/proposition.91.typo.2.646040.html
CBS 2 TV

Virgin jet to use biofuel blend in test flight
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/02/05/MN6VUQIL9.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle

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

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

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