More on-ramp metering lights and roving tow trucks would come to Bay Area freeways under a proposal to raise vehicle-registration fees by a buck. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is expected to vote this week on whether to support a legislative effort to raise vehicle-license fees by $1 in the nine Bay Area counties to pay for the improvements, which also include installing more traffic-monitoring devices. SF Chronicle 2/26/08
The experiment sounded so grand three years ago: The Valley Transportation Authority and SamTrans would test three buses that run on hydrogen fuel cells, emit no smog-inducing pollutants and help keep Silicon Valley's air clean. Green, yes. But a new report from the VTA says the $18 million state-mandated pilot project costs too much green -- and raises troubling questions about whether the program should continue. CC Times 2/26/08
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told Bush administration officials Monday that he is tired of the Pentagon treating the California National Guard like a stepchild by using its equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan without returning or replacing it. The Republican governor, in a visit to Washington for the annual meeting of the National Governors' Association, said the California National Guard is missing about half of its equipment - from humvees to radios. That could leave California at risk in an earthquake, fire or other emergency, Schwarzenegger said.
The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners unanimously agreed Monday to spend $2.2 million to look at the effect of airport pollution on communities around LAX. LA Times 2/26/08
The chief executive of one of the nation's biggest railroads spent Monday promoting a plan to build a $300-million rail yard close to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, where cargo containers would be loaded directly onto trains instead of being trucked up the Long Beach Freeway. LA Times 2/26/08
More on-ramp metering lights and roving tow trucks would come to Bay Area freeways under a proposal to raise vehicle-registration fees by a buck. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is expected to vote this week on whether to support a legislative effort to raise vehicle-license fees by $1 in the nine Bay Area counties to pay for the improvements, which also include installing more traffic-monitoring devices. SF Chronicle 2/26/08
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