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7/28/2010

L.A. Smog Archives, Santa Monica Ciclovia, Women In Transportation, HSR Poll & More

Advocacy How To: Road Design Review
Cyclelicious

Antonio R. Villaraigosa: A Blueprint For Reinventing City Planning In Los Angeles
Los Angeles Daily News

CHSRA Poll: 76% Support High Speed Rail
California High Speed Rail Blog

Cities Tackle Traffic Head-On With Commuter Options
USA Today

Day Of Bicycles Could Be In Works (Planning for Santa Monica's first Ciclovia, which for a day, would shut down Main Street to cars and open it up for cyclists, pedestrians, skate boarders, people in wheel chairs and any number of alternate modes of transportation. October 10, Main Street)
Santa Monica Daily Press

Denver Transit Gets $300 Million In DOT Loans
("First loan package to combine rail program with federal highway lending...will help Denver remake its Union Station passenger rail center into a light rail and bus hub.")
Journal Of Commerce

DOT Expands Internship Program To Get More Women Working In Transportation
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog

Environmentalists, Transpo Reformers Brace For Scaled-Back Energy Bill
StreetsBlog DC

Gas Pump Prices Rise Across The Country
Associated Press

If On-Time Performance Is 96%, Why Am I Always Late?
Human Transit

July 26, 1943: L.A. Gets First Big Smog
Wired
Attack Of The L.A. Smog Archives (historic photos)
Wired

LA Beyond Cars: RailLA Displays Artistic Interpretations
Westside Today

LADOT: Sharrows on Abbot Kinney
LADOT Bike Blog

Mayor Villaraigosa Announces A "Bike Summit" Following His Own Bicycle Crash
LA Weekly

National Transportation Safety Board Report On [D.C.] Metro Crash May Reach Nationwide
Washington Post

Obama Nixes Gas Hike, Fees
Bond Buyer

On The 20th Anniversary Of ADA, Too Many Streets Remain Inaccessible
StreetsBlog Network

Opinion: Give Rail A Chance (Letters in response to "Metro Rail to mark its 20th anniversary," article, July 23)
Los Angeles Times

Opinion: Our View On Gas Tax: Price Holds Key To Ending Nation's Addiction To Oil
USA Today

Park Turns To Parking Lot In Lincoln Heights
Curbed LA

Reflexive Congestion Self-Management?
Planetizen