1922 Los Angeles: Unprecedented Growth, Congestion And A Plan For Relief
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
CalTrans Fail? (New signage announces 5-10-60 "Fyws")
Curbed LA
Council Set To Finalize LUCE (Santa Monica Land Use and Circulation Element)
Santa Monica Daily Press
Derided No More, Suburban Life Is Turning Serious (Academia is slowly embracing suburban studies as a legitimate field of scholarly inquiry)
Associated Press
A Desire For More Streetcars: More Than Half A Century After The Streetcar's Heyday, This Transportation Mode Is Poised To Make A Comeback
Governing
Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting Suburbia (video : noted architect and Congress For New Urbanism Board Member discusses transforming "underperforming asphalt properties" into walkable, sustainable vital centers of community)
Ted: Ideas Worth Spreading
Flip Flop: Parts Of Orange County May Become L.A. County, And Vice Versa
LAist
Gas Taxes Give Us A Break At The Pump
USA Today
How Social Media Is Changing The Way Government Does Business
Mashable
In Westside Los Angeles, A Rail Line Stirs A Revival ("In addition to removing tens of thousands of cars from the road — 64,000 daily riders by 2030, according to transit authorities — the 15.6-mile Expo Line is expected to spawn a variety of mixed-use real estate projects, as some of the city’s previous rail lines have done.")
New York Times
Is This The Sustainable City Of The Future?
Guardian (London)
Keep The Traditional California Dream, Or Is It Time For A New Vision?
Fresno Bee
Potential Rail Car Cost-Saving Strategies Exist (41p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Public Works + Twitter = Cost-Cutting Info Sharing
LAist
Separation Of Vehicles: CMV-Only Lanes (108p. PDF)
National Cooperative Freight Research Program
Slideshow: 12 Worst Government Websites (The list includes two federal transportation sites, as well as the City of Los Angeles)
Information Week
Subway On The Street: The [New York] MTA Has A Simple, Not Very Expensive Ticket For Improving How The City Gets Around - Revolutionize The Bus
New York Magazine
What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options? Results From A National Survey: Research Brief (2p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Full-Text Report (65p. PDF)
What's Alan Lowenthal's HSR Game?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Will New York's Bus Rapid Transit System Cause A Bus Revolution?
Infrastructurist
7/07/2010
7/06/2010
Over The Grapevine, Shaping L.A., Dump The Pump Wrap-Up, Writing Congress About 30/10, Oldest Pullman Porter & More
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America's Veterans Need More And Better Transportation Options
Transportation For America
Are Blue Bikelanes Better Than Black?
Treehugger
Art Review: "Through The Grapevine" At The Center For Land Use Interpretation ("The stars of show are the three roadways: the Ridge Route from 1915, Highway 99 from 1933 and Interstate 5 from 1970.")
Los Angeles Times
BART Plan Exposes City's Challenges
Wall Street Journal
Bicycle Highways: Should Cities Build Specialized Roadways For Cyclists?
Slate
California Salivates As Obama Administration Offers $2.3 Billion For High-Speed Rail
San Mateo County Times
Car Ownership Or Ease Of Driving: Which Is the Real Challenge?
The City Fix
Dumping The Pump: U.S. Transit Agencies Respond (a representative round-up of creative activities during the 5th Annual Dump The Pump Day on June 17)
Passenger Transport
How The Media Gets High Speed Rail Wrong
California High Speed Rail Blog
Inland Empire Commuters Hit The Road: A Study Shows Riverside County Residents Are Trekking To LA And San Diego Because Jobs Close To Home Are Hard To Find
NBC Los Angeles
The Latest Employment Report: Construction Jobs Get Hammered
Infrastructurist
Live Tube Map Halted As TfL Hit By 50-Fold Growth In Web Calls: Temporary Halt Put On Newly Introduced API Feed As Implementations Catch The London Open Data Experiment Unprepared For Demand
Guardian (London)
Metro-FlickrLA: Pacific Electric Painted Metro Blue Line Train
MetroRider LA
Metro-FlickrLA: Wilshire-Western Station
MerroRider LA
NAVTEQ: A Growing Interest In Transit Data
GPS Business News
Oldest Living Pullman Porter Looks Back: Lee Wesley Gibson, 100, Began Working For Union Pacific In 1936
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Shaping The City Of L.A.-- With A New City Planning Director To Be Named Soon, It's Time To Streamline The Land Use Process And Make It Smarter And More Efficient -- For Los Angeles To Finally Take Charge Of Its Cityscape
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Time To Change The Map On High-Speed Rail?
San Jose Mercury News
Santa Monica Introduces "Sharrows" On 14th Street: "Sharrows," Or "Shared Lane Arrows," Are One Of The Elements Of A Larger Bike Plan That Santa Monica Is Developing
Los Angeles Times
Taiwan High-Speed Posts First Operating Profit
International Railway Journal
Technology Innovations Cut Costs, Boost Safety In Public Transportation; New Processes Add Visibility, Collision Warning, Antibacterial Support
Passenger Transport
Tube Line Sales Completed
Railway Gazette (U.K.)
US Bicycle Route System Begins Connecting America
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
USC Plans $900-Million Shopping And Residential Upgrade: Neighbors Are Divided On The Project, Which Would Replace University Village. Work Could Start In Two Years
Los Angeles Times
Washington Gets America's First Electric Highway
GOOD
What Does American Exceptionalism Mean For Livable Streets?
StreetsBlog DC
What Ever Happened To Public Transportation?
Huffington Post
Will High-Speed Rail Drive Business?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Working Families Brace For The Strain Of 20% Hike In Bus Fares
LA Beez
Writing Congress About LA's 30/10 Mass Transit And Jobs Initiative
Huffington Post
Our website explains our collections, services and research tools, contains links to numerous digital documents in our collections and provides up-to-the-minute subject bibliographies
Follow us on Twitter for the latest news from our vast network of colleagues and resources
Our Primary Resources Blog highlights new research and developments in transit and transportation, activity amongst our library and archive partners, and our historic collections related to Metro's mobility agenda
Our Flickr Photo Collection is an extensive visual history resource for Los Angeles transportation and continues to grow
Our YouTube Channel features contemporary and historic video of Los Angeles transit and transportation
Our Scribd document-sharing site promotes high-interest documents, publications, maps, historic employee newsletters and more
Join us on Facebook and MySpace to share information with friends and meet others in the transportation community!
America's Veterans Need More And Better Transportation Options
Transportation For America
Are Blue Bikelanes Better Than Black?
Treehugger
Art Review: "Through The Grapevine" At The Center For Land Use Interpretation ("The stars of show are the three roadways: the Ridge Route from 1915, Highway 99 from 1933 and Interstate 5 from 1970.")
Los Angeles Times
BART Plan Exposes City's Challenges
Wall Street Journal
Bicycle Highways: Should Cities Build Specialized Roadways For Cyclists?
Slate
California Salivates As Obama Administration Offers $2.3 Billion For High-Speed Rail
San Mateo County Times
Car Ownership Or Ease Of Driving: Which Is the Real Challenge?
The City Fix
Dumping The Pump: U.S. Transit Agencies Respond (a representative round-up of creative activities during the 5th Annual Dump The Pump Day on June 17)
Passenger Transport
How The Media Gets High Speed Rail Wrong
California High Speed Rail Blog
Inland Empire Commuters Hit The Road: A Study Shows Riverside County Residents Are Trekking To LA And San Diego Because Jobs Close To Home Are Hard To Find
NBC Los Angeles
The Latest Employment Report: Construction Jobs Get Hammered
Infrastructurist
Live Tube Map Halted As TfL Hit By 50-Fold Growth In Web Calls: Temporary Halt Put On Newly Introduced API Feed As Implementations Catch The London Open Data Experiment Unprepared For Demand
Guardian (London)
Metro-FlickrLA: Pacific Electric Painted Metro Blue Line Train
MetroRider LA
Metro-FlickrLA: Wilshire-Western Station
MerroRider LA
NAVTEQ: A Growing Interest In Transit Data
GPS Business News
Oldest Living Pullman Porter Looks Back: Lee Wesley Gibson, 100, Began Working For Union Pacific In 1936
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Shaping The City Of L.A.-- With A New City Planning Director To Be Named Soon, It's Time To Streamline The Land Use Process And Make It Smarter And More Efficient -- For Los Angeles To Finally Take Charge Of Its Cityscape
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Time To Change The Map On High-Speed Rail?
San Jose Mercury News
Santa Monica Introduces "Sharrows" On 14th Street: "Sharrows," Or "Shared Lane Arrows," Are One Of The Elements Of A Larger Bike Plan That Santa Monica Is Developing
Los Angeles Times
Taiwan High-Speed Posts First Operating Profit
International Railway Journal
Technology Innovations Cut Costs, Boost Safety In Public Transportation; New Processes Add Visibility, Collision Warning, Antibacterial Support
Passenger Transport
Tube Line Sales Completed
Railway Gazette (U.K.)
US Bicycle Route System Begins Connecting America
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
USC Plans $900-Million Shopping And Residential Upgrade: Neighbors Are Divided On The Project, Which Would Replace University Village. Work Could Start In Two Years
Los Angeles Times
Washington Gets America's First Electric Highway
GOOD
What Does American Exceptionalism Mean For Livable Streets?
StreetsBlog DC
What Ever Happened To Public Transportation?
Huffington Post
Will High-Speed Rail Drive Business?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Working Families Brace For The Strain Of 20% Hike In Bus Fares
LA Beez
Writing Congress About LA's 30/10 Mass Transit And Jobs Initiative
Huffington Post
7/02/2010
HSR Profitability Questioned, Beverly Hills Tunneling, Avoiding Congestion Pricing, "Safety Train" & More
Beverly Hills Community Opposition Building Against Westside Subway
LAist
Bus Fares Increase As Los Angeles Metro Executives Get Huge Salaries
LA Weekly
Bus Cuts Drive Americans Back To Cars
Guardian (London)
California High-Speed Rail Ridership Forecast Not Reliable, Study Finds
UC Berkeley News
Review Of "Bay Area/California High-Speed Rail Ridership And Revenue Forecasting Study" (59p. PDF)
UC Berkeley Institute Of Transportation Studies
Drivers Try To Avoid Higher Tolls On Bay Bridge (Traffic patterns are changing as commuters try to avoid congestion pricing hours in place before 10a.m.)
San Francisco Chronicle
High-Speed Rail Project's Prospects Called Unpredictable: A UC Berkeley Report Says The Ridership Forecasts Are So Unreliable That It Can't Be Determined Whether The Train Would Be Profitable Or Run In The Red
Los Angeles Times
Kids Safer On The Subway (A recent study shows that traffic fatality rates are lower for children in areas where public transit is widely used)
The City Fix
L.A. Losing Millions In Uncollected Parking Tickets And Fines: An Audit By City Controller Wendy Greuel For Fiscal Year 2008-09 Showed That Only 53% Of Some $533 Million In City Billings Was Collected, Resulting In A Loss Of $260 Million Annually
Los Angeles Times
Let's Hear It For L.A.
CityWatch
Metro Debuts New Rapid Service Between Downtown And Santa Monica
LAist
Metro Meets Some Community Opposition: Residents Speak Out Against Tunneling Under Neighborhood Homes
Beverly Hills Patch
Metrolink Fares And 91 Express Lanes Tolls Increase
Orange County Register
Our Cities, Ourselves: Ten Architects Re-Imagine Urban Transport In 2030
The City Fix
Bicycles As Transport: From Alternative To Mainstream
Park 101 Costs And Next Steps Outlined By Study (Includes new conceptual sketches and plans. "The five phases of the project to cap the 101 freeway through Downtown with park space would cost $387 million, but would generate $408 million in private investment.")
Blog Downtown
Park Powers Forward: Green Component Of Grand Avenue Plan, Including A Dog Park, To Have Groundbreaking Ceremony July 15
Los Angeles Downtown News
Ride Report: Metro Rapid Line 733
MetroRider LA
"Safety Train" Ride Shows Danger To Pedestrians
San Francisco Chronicle
Santa Monica Announces Sharrows, New Bike Lane And More
LAist
Telling The Story Of Chicago, One Train Stop At A Time
StreetsBlog Network
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Is Charging Ahead In His Political Career ("Few expected this Republican in the Obama cabinet to cause such a stir. Yet, from his high speed rail advocacy to campaigning for road safety ("just say no to texting") to pushing livable communities, 64-year-old Ray LaHood has changed D.O.T.")
Washington Post
US House Panel Approves $67.4 Billion Transportation Bill
Dow Jones Newswires
What Does the Berkeley ITS Ridership Report Actually Say?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Who Is The Most Interesting Person You Have Met On Public Transportation?
GOOD
Youths Welcome Subway In Beverly Hills: Metro's Proposed "Direct Connection" Subway Plans Give Local Teens A Chance To Get Out Of Town
Beverly Hills Patch
LAist
Bus Fares Increase As Los Angeles Metro Executives Get Huge Salaries
LA Weekly
Bus Cuts Drive Americans Back To Cars
Guardian (London)
California High-Speed Rail Ridership Forecast Not Reliable, Study Finds
UC Berkeley News
Review Of "Bay Area/California High-Speed Rail Ridership And Revenue Forecasting Study" (59p. PDF)
UC Berkeley Institute Of Transportation Studies
Drivers Try To Avoid Higher Tolls On Bay Bridge (Traffic patterns are changing as commuters try to avoid congestion pricing hours in place before 10a.m.)
San Francisco Chronicle
High-Speed Rail Project's Prospects Called Unpredictable: A UC Berkeley Report Says The Ridership Forecasts Are So Unreliable That It Can't Be Determined Whether The Train Would Be Profitable Or Run In The Red
Los Angeles Times
Kids Safer On The Subway (A recent study shows that traffic fatality rates are lower for children in areas where public transit is widely used)
The City Fix
L.A. Losing Millions In Uncollected Parking Tickets And Fines: An Audit By City Controller Wendy Greuel For Fiscal Year 2008-09 Showed That Only 53% Of Some $533 Million In City Billings Was Collected, Resulting In A Loss Of $260 Million Annually
Los Angeles Times
Let's Hear It For L.A.
CityWatch
Metro Debuts New Rapid Service Between Downtown And Santa Monica
LAist
Metro Meets Some Community Opposition: Residents Speak Out Against Tunneling Under Neighborhood Homes
Beverly Hills Patch
Metrolink Fares And 91 Express Lanes Tolls Increase
Orange County Register
Our Cities, Ourselves: Ten Architects Re-Imagine Urban Transport In 2030
The City Fix
Bicycles As Transport: From Alternative To Mainstream
Park 101 Costs And Next Steps Outlined By Study (Includes new conceptual sketches and plans. "The five phases of the project to cap the 101 freeway through Downtown with park space would cost $387 million, but would generate $408 million in private investment.")
Blog Downtown
Park Powers Forward: Green Component Of Grand Avenue Plan, Including A Dog Park, To Have Groundbreaking Ceremony July 15
Los Angeles Downtown News
Ride Report: Metro Rapid Line 733
MetroRider LA
"Safety Train" Ride Shows Danger To Pedestrians
San Francisco Chronicle
Santa Monica Announces Sharrows, New Bike Lane And More
LAist
Telling The Story Of Chicago, One Train Stop At A Time
StreetsBlog Network
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Is Charging Ahead In His Political Career ("Few expected this Republican in the Obama cabinet to cause such a stir. Yet, from his high speed rail advocacy to campaigning for road safety ("just say no to texting") to pushing livable communities, 64-year-old Ray LaHood has changed D.O.T.")
Washington Post
US House Panel Approves $67.4 Billion Transportation Bill
Dow Jones Newswires
What Does the Berkeley ITS Ridership Report Actually Say?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Who Is The Most Interesting Person You Have Met On Public Transportation?
GOOD
Youths Welcome Subway In Beverly Hills: Metro's Proposed "Direct Connection" Subway Plans Give Local Teens A Chance To Get Out Of Town
Beverly Hills Patch
7/01/2010
Subway Wraps, Orange Line Light Rail?, Park 101, World's Worst Commutes, Weight Loss Via Transit & More
Cities With The World's Worst Commutes (Los Angeles? Worst in the nation, with 43% saying they believe traffic has gotten worse in the last three years, but doesn't fare too poorly when compared internationally. Moscow? Don't ask.)
Huffington Post
IBM Global Commuter Pain Study Reveals Traffic Crisis In Key International Cities
High Speed Rail Supporters State Their Case At Union Station And Beyond
StreetsBlog LA
HUD Chief Preaches Livable Communities At Conference On Cities
StreetsBlog Network
Irvine Co. Gives 20,000 Acres Of Open Space To Orange County (The parcel is five times the size of Griffith Park and doubles O.C. parklands overnight)
Los Angeles Times
Judge Throws Out Challenge To Metrolink Cameras That Monitor Engineers
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Council Approves Truck-Driving Academy Atop Old Lopez Canyon Landfill
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Planning Director Goldberg Announces Retirement
California Planning & Development Report
L.A. School District Purchase CNG Buses
Fleet Owner
Meet Alhambra Gateway, San Gabriel Valley's Arc De Triomphe
Curbed LA
MTA To Raise Fares 6%: A One-Way Ticket Will Rise To $1.50 And A Daily Pass Will Increase To $6. Fares Will Remain The Same For Students, The Disabled, Medicare Recipients And People 62 Or Over
Los Angeles Times
Next Steps... (StreetsBlog LA to cease publication July 23)
StreetsBlog LA
Now, Anyone Can Monitor Reliability
Human Transit
Officials To Mull Rail Station In Valley: California's Planned 800-Mile High-Speed Rail System Will Include One Station In The Valley Along The Statewide Route
Glendale News Press
Park 101 Pseudo-Update: Latest Rendering Reveal
Curbed LA
Riders Who Take Mass Transit Regularly May Lose Weight
National Public Radio
The Effect Of Light Rail Transit On Body Mass Index And Physical Activity (8p. PDF)
American Journal Of Preventive Medicine
SoCal Seeks High Line West: Port City Of Wilmington [Is] Completing Its Own Elevated Park, A Buffer Between Loading Docks And Domiciles
Architect's Newspaper
Subway Wraps: Innovative Transit Revenue Streams (Not Sandwiches)...
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Terrafugia Transition "Flying Car" Gets Go-Ahead From US Air Authorities (light aircraft can convert into a road-legal automobile and will go into production after being given a special weight exemption by the FAA)
Telegraph (London)
What About Upgrading The Orange Line To Light Rail?
Ride The Pink Line
Wonktime: The Great Los Angeles Parking Debate
LA Weekly
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