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9/10/2010

Metro Transit App, Expo Pics, Building BRT, Business Of LEED, Nevada's 90 MPH Proposal, Metrolink 2 Years Later, Shoup Vs. Cato & More

Broad LA Coalition Pushes Congress For Transportation Funds
Southern California Public Radio

Build HSR In Central Valley First?
California High Speed Rail Blog

Building The Open City Stack ("By coordinating and leveraging the collective efforts of cities around the country, the organization would ultimately foster the creation of a “civic stack” of software and data standards that could allow cities [to] adopt open city technology – such as constituent relationship software or transit tracking – while avoiding the time and expense of reinventing the wheel.")
Next American City
Introducing Civic Commons ("Civic Commons’ mission is to help governments share technology more effectively...Civic Commons will support the sharing of actual technology as well as the many related resources such as policy language, contract language, case studies, etc., needed to make this possible.")
OpenPlans

Can LA Afford To Go Green In Today's Economy? Is It The Wrong Time Or The Only Time?
(September 17 panel discussion : "The Westside Urban Forum brings together the worlds of economics, politics and the environment for a frank and urgent conversation. With the May of Los Angeles recalibrating his goals, big-oil supporting a rollback of clean air regulation on this November's ballot, and a bad economy continuing to ravage Los Angeles, is it now or never? What are the real costs of going green? What are the financial benefits? Who will end up footing the bill?")
Westside Urban Forum

CleanTech Manufacturing Center RFP
CleanTech Los Angeles

Cutting Through The Fog Of LA Planning: Seven Developments To Watch
CityWatch

Daimler To Launch The Twitter Of Ride Sharing
Giga Om

Does Our Transportation Funding Violate The Civil Rights Act?
Great City

FTA: Houston's Metro Broke Federal Laws
("FTA officials say METRO violated both federal purchasing laws and Buy America requirements when it handed over two light rail contracts to a Spanish rail car vendor. FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff called METRO’s purchasing process “alarming and disturbing” in letter he delivered in person to Houston Mayor Annise Parker and METRO officials.")
Transportation Nation

Gov 2.0 Summit 2010 (68 thought-provoking video highlights of conference held September 7-8 in Washington, D.C. : "Leaders inside and outside government are turning to the Web 2.0 principles of participation, collaboration, transparency, and efficiency to address the challenges facing our country and the world. This is the agenda of the Gov 2.0 Summit.")
Gov 2.0 Summit via YouTube

Green Building: A Real Estate Revolution?
(LEED Certification : Part 1 of 2)
NPR
Critics Say LEED Program Doesn't Fulfill Promises (Part 2 of 2)
NPR

How Mobile Devices Could Lead To More City Living
The Atlantic

The Infrastructure Bank Is A Triple Win
New Republic

LA Civic Leaders Break Ground On Olvera Street Mural Visitor Center
Southern California Public Radio

Look Out? Building A BRT Line In California Is No Simple Matter (Part 1 of a 3-part series)
Next American City

MBTA Releases Real-Time Data For All Bus Routes
Transit Wire

Metro's First Offering Isn't Great, But There Are Transit Apps For L.A.
Blog Downtown

Mid-Corridor Construction Photo Gallery (Expo Line)
Friends 4 Expo

Perspectives: A Tale Of Two Gold Line Extensions; 60 Freeway Route Will Best Serve SG Valley
Pasadena Star-News

Shoup: Cato HQ The Perfect Lab For Reforming Commuter Parking Subsidies
StreetsBlog

Stop Or I'll Sue: California High Speed Rail Opponents And Their Bag Of Tricks
AltTransport

Time To Accelerate Freeway Teardowns?
Citiwire

Two Years After Chatsworth Crash, Metrolink Tries To Move Forward
Southern California Public Radio

Want To Drive 90 In Nevada? Buy A Pass
New York Times

Warmth Of Human Bodies Waiting Below Ground For Paris Metro Will Heat New Apartment Complex
Popular Science

Westside Subway Study Is Defective: The Manhattanization Of LA
CityWatch

Westside Subway Won't Relieve Much Traffic, According To MTA's Draft Environmental Impact Report
Los Angeles Times

What Are The Primary Infrastructure Projects Obama Should Fund?
Infrastructurist