May 5, 2008 — May 11, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
- Eli Broad to Fund the Subway to Sea? Curbed Asks
LAist - Every transportation dollar counts
Land Line - Report says SoCal needs $531 billion for transit
San Francisco Chronicle
Saturday, May 10, 2008
- Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit
New York Times - Metro Goes Facebook with 'Subway to the Sea'
LAist - Metro’s Narrowed Options (Westside Corridor Study)
BoiFromTroy - Oil prices breach $125 a barrel to new record high
Los Angeles Times - Portrait of an oil-addicted former superpower - How rising oil prices are obliterating America's superpower status
Grist - Regional transit projects could cost $531 billion
Press Telegram - Traffic crunch takes a toll - Fees, taxes may be needed to move transportation projects
Daily News
Friday, May 9, 2008
- County Supervisor drops opposition to Green Line
The Argonaut - Delaware Senator Dares to Utter the Word “Transit”
StreetsBlogLA - Forget selling land to balance L.A.'s budget, city is giving it away - The council is set to vote on a proposal to give a three-acre site in North Hollywood to a developer building offices and a movie theater near the Red Line station
Los Angeles Times - Getting Closer to the Westside: Subway, Bus, Aerial, Nothing?
LAist - Metro’s Plans for 2009: No Fare Hike, Completed Gold Line
StreetsBlogLA - Regional Connector Down to Two Alternatives
Blogdowntown - Rising fuel prices are a driving force for change - away from autos
Los Angeles Times - Sneak Peak at Subway to the Sea Alternatives (Updated)
StreetsBlogLA - Speed Racer Alongside the Subway
Battle On
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
- APTA Transit Vision 2050 Blog
American Public Transportation Association - Gas Prices Skyrocket, Students Ditch Cars
LA Valley Star - Introducing the Rail Riders Union
MetroRiderLA - Laura Richardson - The new member of Congress wants to be a champion for L.A. transit projects and the Subway to the Sea
LA City Beat - Mid-City Crenshaw Vision & Implementation Study
Crenshaw Vision - ReaderPoll: It's the Free Lunch Express - What should Eli Broad fund next?
LA Curbed - Think Pink, Says Metro
LA Curbed - Transit Talk: Think Pink! - Santa Monica Blvd. Line
MetroRiderLA Forum - http://snipurl.com/27txt and Westside Extension Meetings
The Transit Coalition/Discussion Board - Westsiders Slam Villaraigosa's Push for Apartments Citywide - Is slow growth back, or is this the eve of construction?
L.A. Weekly - Why Are California's Streets Only Made For Cars?
Brayj Against the Machine - Wilshire subway planning
LA Visions
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
- Private Capital Eyed For Transit, Roads
Cascadia Prospectus - Subway Is Public’s Top Priority
Rail Riders Union LA
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
- California may run out of cash by August
Sacramento Bee - Quick Path to Transit? Transit Building on Freeways
Metro Imagine - Race and Rail Infrastructure
Ditch the Car, Take the Metro - Sky may be limit for gas prices
Whittier Daily News - Sneak Peak at Subway to the Sea Alternatives
StreetsBlogLA
Monday, May 5, 2008
- San Gabriel Valley needs to speed things up
Los Angeles Times - Transportation alliance eyed - Los Angeles County funds could flow to Burbank and two of its neighbors as the City Council examines Arroyo Verdugo Transit
Burbank Leader - Westside-Eastside subway could cost $6.5 billion - Agency building support for line linking Westside
Daily News - Westside Transit Corridor Meetings
Metro - Westside Transit Corridor on Facebook
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