Transportation

Terminal Expansion: Not Without Curfew

In its decade-long effort to gain approval for a new terminal, the Burbank Airport Authority is examining the possibilities of a curfew.

August 22, 2000 - Los Angeles Daily News

Florida Puts Rail On The Fast Track

Ignoring official disinterest, Florida residents will vote on whether to build high-speed rail liking five cities.

August 22, 2000 - The Christian Science Monitor

Colorado's Light Rail: Success?

Critics claim Colorado's Regional Transit District officials are manipulating numbers to demonstrate success.

August 21, 2000 - The Rocky Mountain News

BART Fight Is On

Silicon Valley opposes a mandated fee while Assemblyman looks to annexation in BART extension to San Jose.

August 18, 2000 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

A Metro Aqua Line?

A Metro Aqua Line on the Westside? A civic group decided to promote transportation dialogue by posting 8 MTA-like signs showing westside stations.

August 16, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Burbank Airport Compromise

A smaller terminal may be the middle ground in an ongoing dispute over the future of Burbank airport.

August 16, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

A Chicagoan's View Of LA Subways

Chicago writer describes her experience on the LA Subway: "The honor system on a city subway? Isn't that a little like an honor system at an ATM?"

August 16, 2000 - The Chicago Tribune

Bad News for O.C. Commuters

Going to Orange County? Plan to spend a lot more time in getting there.

August 15, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Transit Success Downside

The North Hollywood subway is so successful, that there is a shortage of parking. Commuters are frustrated.

August 15, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Santa Clara's Fight For Transit

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority votes to put a 30-year extension of a half-cent sales tax on the ballot for BART and mass transit.

August 12, 2000 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Road Fee on New Development?

The Western Riverside Council of Governments has formed a committee to study imposing a road-improvement fee on new development

August 9, 2000 - Press-Enterprise

LA-Las Vegas Rail Route In Trouble

The sleek, Spanish-designed rail cars Amtrak plans to use for the route don't meet new federal crash-safety standards.

August 9, 2000 - Wall St. Journal

Traffic Flow Metering...By Instinct

When high-tech fails, a Caltrans employee controls the flow metering lights that regulate traffic across San Francisco's Bay Bridge - the busiest toll bridge in the world.

August 9, 2000 - San Jose Mercury News

Santa Clara County Rejects BART Tax for Ballot

Santa Clara County supervisors reject a BART extension tax for the November ballot.

August 9, 2000 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Who Should Pay For BART Extension?

Assemblyman Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch) wants Santa Clara County to pay for rail extensions to Livermore and Antioch.

August 8, 2000 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Ferry System Plan Faces Hurdles

Ambitious $1 billion plan for a Bay Area ferry system faces enormous hurdles.

August 8, 2000 - San Jose Mercury News

Truck-Only Lanes?

California soon may advance two separate studies on the feasibility of constructing truck-only lanes along heavily congested state roadways.

August 7, 2000 - California Corridors

El Toro Airport Won't Fly

A new FAA report concludes that air flight plans for the former Orange County Marine Base are seriously flawed.

August 6, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

A Better Transit Future in SD

San Diego Association of Governments begins process to update its 20-year Regional Transportation Plan.

August 6, 2000 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

Gridlock in Folsom

A much-needed bridge is being held hostage to politics, causing traffic atop Fulsom dam to slow to a craw.

August 4, 2000 - The Sacramento Bee

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