May 19, 2008 — May 25, 2008
Sunday May 25, 2008
- L.A. Subway Ridership Spikes in 2008
Planetizen - Teeth Gritted, Drivers Adjust to $4 Gasoline
Yahoo! Business
Saturday May 24, 2008
- BBC reporter tries out the subway
LA Observed - Gold Going
Curbed LA - Indonesia monorail scheme `implausible`: World Bank
Antara News - Metro Gold Line Almost Completed
LAist - Regional Connector: 1st & Alameda
LA Visions - SUVs plunge toward 'endangered' list
CNN - Transit Project Inches Forward - Downtown Regional Connector Down to Two Options
LA Downtown News
Friday May 23, 2008
- Expo Friends say Goodmon Got It Wrong
CityWatchLA - Forum Set to Discuss Expo Line Safety
LA Watts Times - Gas prices make for skittish holiday travelers - Informal kickoff to summer most likely to take place closer to home
Orange County Register - 'Hot fuel' study fires up anger - A survey shows that California drivers could be overpaying as much as $3.4 million a day as temperatures cause gasoline to expand
Los Angeles Times - L.A., Orange County gas prices set records again
Daily News - Metro OKs $3.4 billion budget, hoping not to lose funds - State could siphon off gas-tax revenue from Los Angeles County
Daily News - Metro Quarterly Winter/Spring 2008
Metro.net> - State's average gas price tops off at $4
Pasadena Star News
Thursday May 22, 2008
- APTA: One-third of summer travelers will use public transit
Progressive Railroading - APTA Press Release
- Big Oil defends profits before irate senators
Yahoo! News - Happy about high gasoline prices?
Reuters - LA workers swap cars for subway
BBC News - Oil: Now, $134; Someday Soon, $150
LAist - Oil Rises Above $134 on U.S. Supply Drop, Bank Price Forecasts
Bloomberg - Up to 24,000 deaths a year in California are linked to air pollution - Californians exposed to high levels of fine particulates had their lives cut short on average by 10 years, board staff found.
Los Angeles Times
Wednesday May 21, 2008
- American auto love affair sours as fuel prices soar – Feature
Earthtimes - Discuss Toll Roads and Taxes with Metro Board Chair Pam O'Connor
Metro - Get Involved with Half Cent Sales Tax Project List
StreetsBlogLA - Letters to the Editor - Metro thinking of stopping at UCLA
UCLA Daily Bruin - Stranded in Suburbia
New York Times
Tuesday May 20, 2008
- Los Angeles County 2030 Regional Transit Map
San Francisco CityScape - More U.S. spots see $4-a-gallon gasoline
Los Angeles Times - Renders Show Re-imagined 1st & Alameda (downtown connector)
BlogDowntown - So.CA.TA participates in KPFK program on regional mobility | Audio
Southern California Transit Advocates
Monday May 19, 2008
- Gas prices hit 12th straight record
CNN Money - YouTube videos give commuters a taste of other cities' traffic
Los Angeles Times