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Mayor: ‘Doom And Gloom’ Won’t Stop Transportation Funding
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asked lawmakers visiting the Southland on Wednesday for help in financing local transportation projects to boost the economy and create jobs. Villaraigosa...
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Villaraigosa Back In Washington, Promoting Transportation Plan
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be in the nation’s capitol Thursday to meet with lawmakers about his national jobs and transportation plan, America Fast Forward. Villaraigosa is set...
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Villaraigosa Back Trolling For Transportation Cash In DC
WASHINGTON (CBS) — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was back on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Wednesday in order to pitch a plan to accelerate funds for transportation projects. Villaraigosa tells KNX...
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Drivers Who Know How To Work System Make Parking Tickets Disappear
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Have a parking ticket that’s going to cost you hundreds of dollars to fix? The city Department of Transportation has a special “gold card desk” for the mayor and City Council...
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How Much Will It Cost To Raise A Child In 2011?
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The cost of raising a child continues to climb and parents starting a family this year should be prepared to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars before their kid even turns...
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Villaraigosa Lobbies For Transportation Funds On Capitol Hill
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa lobbied for transportation funds on Capitol Hill Thursday. Villaraigosa testified before a senate committee in support of a bi-partisan...
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Extend Commuter Train Lines To LAX? Public Asked To Weigh In
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The public will get its chance Tuesday evening to voice its opinion on whether Los Angeles should extend commuter train lines that go all the way to the airport. KNX 1070′s John...
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Metro Green Line Gets Green Light For LAX Expansion Project
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Metro has been given a green light to expand its green line rail service to new neighborhoods. The federal government has given its approval for construction to begin on a line...
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Sinkhole Shuts Down Street In San Pedro
SAN PEDRO (CBS) — Officials were circumventing motorists around a sinkhole in San Pedro Monday night. Crews have closed Paseo Del Mar, from 650 feet west of Weymouth to White Point Nature Preserve,...
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Concierge Fulfills The Unusual Requests Of The Rich And Famous
BEVERLY HILLS (CBS) — Think of just about any outlandish request and Beverly Hills hotel concierge James Little claims he can make it happen. From the time Little rolls to work on his motorcycle, he...
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Rapid Transit Line Breaks Ground In San Bernardino
SAN BERNARDINO (CBS) — A $192 million bus rapid transit line broke ground Thursday in San Bernardino. Officials say the line is a first of its kind in the region and will provide premium transportation...
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LAUSD To Sue Calif. Over $38M In Cuts To Its Transportation Program
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The Los Angeles Unified School District plans to file a lawsuit against the state Wednesday in hopes of blocking $38 million in cuts to its transportation program. The cuts are...
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Report: Congested Freeways Cost Drivers $100 Billion A Year In Wasted Fuel, Time
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Sitting in traffic is costing Southern Californians a lot of money. A new report from the Treasury Department says congested roads are costing drivers $100 billion a year in wasted...
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Villaraigosa Wants To Extend Half-Cent Sales Tax Indefinitely
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants an extra half cent sales tax in Los Angeles County to continue indefinitely to help speed up transit projects. The tax is scheduled to come off the...
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KNX On Your Corner: Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC)
(KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO) – As a major destination point, Anaheim is looking to become the central hub of Orange County’s transportation needs to not only make getting around easier for three million...
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New Federal Transportation Bill To Accelerate Local Subway, Freeway Projects
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Sen. Barbara Boxer announced plans Thursday to apply for $2 billion in low-interest federal loans to speed up LA County’s mass transportation plans....
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Tourism In Los Angeles Projected To Boost Economy, Jobs Sector
Buoyed by a bullish sprint to the finish line in 2012 and propitious rally into a new era of full-bodied hospitality, the local tourism industry remains one of the more preferential gig masters in...
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Company Offers Financially Friendlier Alternative To Taxi Cabs In LA
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Many Los Angeles residents are starting to notice cars, driving around the city with pink mustaches on the front of their hoods. The cars are part of a new car-sharing...
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3 Killed, Including 2 Children, In High-Speed, Head-On Crash In Pico Rivera
PICO RIVERA (CBSLA.com) — Three people, including two children, were killed in a head-on collision in Pico Rivera Thursday night, a sheriff’s sergeant says. Sgt. Rudy Ramos told City News Service two...
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36-Year-Old Woman In Grave Condition After Police Cruiser Slams Into Car
HAWTHORNE (CBSLA.com) — A woman is hospitalized in grave condition after a Hawthorne police cruiser slammed into her car Wednesday morning. The accident happened around 2 a.m. in the 3700 block of El...
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Former Carson HS Student With Cerebral Palsy Sues LAUSD For Discrimination
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — An 18-year-old man with cerebral palsy and spastic dysplasia has filed suit against the Los Angeles Unified School District for allegedly denying him accessible transportation...
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4 Hospitalized In North Hills Hit-And-Run
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Two adults and two children were hospitalized Thursday after a hit-and-run driver ran them off the road in North Hills. Witnesses say the driver lost control after the vehicle...
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KNX 1070 Driven To Gridlock: Future Transportation
(KNX 1070) – Southern California has been struggling with traffic congestion for more than a century. Charles Feldman looks at what may possibly solve the problem in the future. play pause KNX 1070...
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LA To Receive $2.1 Billion To Extend Subway Into Beverly Hills
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal transportation officials are promising another big dose of cash to help expand Los Angeles’ growing public transit network — this time, $2.1 billion in grants and loans to...
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MTA Board Approves Fare Increases For Buses, Rails
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Metropolitan Transporation Authority board voted Thursday to increase bus and rail fares by 25 cents, to begin in September, despite emotional pleas from riders. However,...
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SoCal Officials Talk Regional Traffic Solutions At Transportation Summit
ANAHEIM (CBSLA.com) — Local and state officials – including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti – met in Anaheim Friday to focus on ways to reduce traffic congestion and improve commuting options for...
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OC Residents Consider Toll Lanes Along I-405
NEWPORT BEACH (CBSLA.com) — City leaders, Caltrans and residents gathered Wednesday to discuss the prospect of adding toll lanes along a stretch of a busy thoroughfare in Orange County. If agreed upon,...
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Proposed ‘Road User’ Fee Would Help Fund California Highway Repairs, Maintenance
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Would you pay about 50 bucks year to help cover the cost of repairing and maintaining California’s roadways? Lawmakers in Sacramento have proposed a $52 annual fee for funding...
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LA County’s Transportation Agency Gets New CEO
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles has a new transportation leader. On Thursday, the board of the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority appointed Phillip Washington as CEO of the agency known...
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City Officials Kick Off ‘Bike Week LA’
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority officially kicked off “Bike Week LA” Monday. Metro officials were joined at 10 a.m. by LADOT, Caltrans, Metrolink,...
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SpaceX Announces Design Competition For Hyperloop
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk wants to jump-start his Hyperloop high-speed transit system. Musk’s rocket-building company, SpaceX, announced Monday that it plans to build a 1-mile test track...
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DMV Reveals Details Of Self-Driving Car Accidents
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California state officials released reports Thursday detailing six accidents that involved self-driving car prototypes, reversing a policy that had shielded details of how the...
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LA’s Notorious Traffic Would Get Worse With Proposed ‘Green’ Transportation...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Los Angeles City Council is trying to get drivers to ditch their cars and take alternative modes of transportation. The “Mobility Plan 2035” would L.A.’s streets safer for...
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Caltrans Offers $25,000 Prize To ‘Find A New Way’ To Improve Transportation...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Looking to make a quick $25,000? All you have to do is solve California’s transportation woes. Officials with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) have...
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LA To Resume Installing Speed Bumps 7 Years After Program Was Cut
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — City transportation officials said Thursday they now have the funding to construct several dozen speed humps in the upcoming year, which would mark the return of a popular...
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Metro Seeks Additional Half-Cent Tax To Improve Transit
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Gridlock in LA is a never-ending reality. But LA Metro says it has a plan to rescue the city and county. “We can do something about the congestion, or on the flip side we can...
View Article‘Great Streets’ Road Diet ‘Destroyed My Life And Ruined My Family,’ Says Mar...
MAR VISTA (CBSLA) — A Mar Vista businessman says a road diet meant to improve traffic on his street ended his dream of selling food where his grandfather did the same more than 60 years ago. “It was a...
View ArticleLAX People Mover Project Advances
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The long-sought goal of being able to get in and out of Los Angeles International Airport via an automated people mover instead of by car or bus has taken a step forward with a...
View ArticleLADOT Gets $36 Million Grant For Electric Buses
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles Department of Transportation announced today a $36.1 million grant will be used to purchase 112 zero-emission electric buses. The grant from the California Transit...
View ArticleBye Bye, BIRDie: Beverly Hills Bans Electric Scooters For 6 Months, Pending...
BEVERLY HILLS (CBSLA) — The Beverly Hills City Council Tuesday night had harsh words for electric scooter companies it said brought them into the city without permission. In a 4-1 vote, the council...
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