May 12, 2008 — May 18, 2008
Sunday May 18, 2008
- Getting There from Here: And How! (Westside Corridor Extension)
CityWatchLA - Metro Honors MAOF Founder - Dionicio Morales was saluted for service to community with naming of Metro transit station
Eastside Sun - Orange Line Sees Rider Increase In April
San Fernando Business Journal
Saturday May 17, 2008
- Gas prices drive man to boycott
Daily Bulletin - Los Angeles Turns To Mass Transit During Gas Crunch
Citizine
Friday May 16, 2008
- California Public Transit Advocates Urge No Funding Cuts
Environmental News Service - Mainstream Media Covers Gas Crisis, Mass Transit Spike, and Changing World
Carectomy - Maya Emsden - Public Artisan
LA Weekly - May Or May Not- A Month Of Militancy, Part 2: Buck The Stereotypes - 1. "Nobody takes transit in L.A./This is L.A., everybody drives a car."
Militant Angeleno - More "Great Big Freeway" L.A. commuters bike, ride
Yahoo! News - Planning Board Reviews Transportation Strategies
Santa Monica Mirror - Regional Connector Down to Two Alternatives
Blogdowntown - WeHo’s Subway Inches Toward Reality
WeHo News - Will funds find the way? (Gold Line Foothill Extension)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Gold for highways, pennies for public transportation
ArtVoice - Governor's Transportation budget will hit public transit
San Francisco Chronicle - Live internet chat May 21: Metro Board Chair O'Connor in Imagining a More Mobile Region
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority - Metro Unveils Alternatives for Future Subway Routes
Beverly Press/Park La Brea News (See Page 1 and 22) - MTA narrows transit options
Santa Monica Daily Press (See Page 1 and 10) - New Schwarzenegger budget for California would divert gas taxes
Los Angeles Times - Video: Residents Give Ideas about MTA "Subway to the Sea" possibility
KTLA 5
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
- $4 gas seen throughout California
San Francisco Chronicle - Council supports transit-survey bill (AB 2018)
Daily News - Ditch that car, hop a train - As the price of gas soars, more and more commuters are leaving their cars in the garage and boarding the train
CNN Money - Gas Prices and the Transit Surge on the TODAY Show
MetroRiderLA - MTA budget would add 6 Rapid lines - Agency also wants to extend Gold Line to East L.A.
Daily News - Northeastern Lines: A Viable Alternative to the Foothill "Sprawl Line"
Ditch the Car, Take the Metro - Schwarzenegger's new budget proposal to give voters option of borrowing against state lottery. If that plan is rejected, a 1-cent sales tax increase would be implemented
Los Angeles Times - Video of the Day: Speed Racer in the Red Line Tunnel
LAist
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
- Investment in public transit can help save the world
Vancouver Sun - More drivers forced to cope with $4 gas
Los Angeles Times - Rail Plan Introduced In House – Bill would provide $24B over ten years
Bond Buyer - Rising Fuel Prices Leads To Road Decongestion
AHN - Surging Oil Is Hurting Public Transportation
4 Reasons Why - WeHo Subway Possible
WeHo News
Monday, May 12, 2008
- Regional Connector update
LA Visions