California's Economy Will Pick Up Somewhat In 2011, Forecasts Say: The State Will Add Jobs And Unemployment Will Drop But Still Exceed The Nation's Jobless Rate
Los Angeles Times
Chinese Train Hits A Record Breaking 300 MPH ("The line is expected to reduce travel time between Beijing and Shanghai from 10 hours to 5 hours.")
Time
Conflicting Visions Of Future Of Port Of L.A. Could End In Court Fight
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Cyclists Gaining Momentum For Planning Push
Santa Monica Daily Press
D.C.'s Metro Sees Cycling As An Opportunity To Grow Ridership
StreetsBlog DC
Dem Lawmaker Wants Rep. Oberstar's Name On Fed Building ("A Democratic congressman is mounting an effort to rename the Department of Transportation headquarters after Rep. Jim Oberstar, one of serveral House committee chairmen defeated in the midterm elections.")
USA Today
Democrats And Republicans Agree On Higher Gas Taxes, Just Not In Public All The Time
AutoBlog Green
European Road-Train Tests Move Forward ("A project to link cars headed in the same direction into semi-autonomous “road trains” is moving from concept to reality...Engineers hope to increase aerodynamic efficiency and reduce congestion with no changes in infrastructure,
while giving drivers all the benefits of carpooling with the privacy of an individual car.")
Wired
Tests Within The Development Of Safe Road Train Technology Soon Ready For Takeoff (video)
via YouTube
Experts Criticize High-Speed Rail Financial Plan
San Jose Mercury News
An Extensive New Addition To Dallas' Light Rail Network Makes It America's Longest
Transport Politic
For The Want Of An Earmark ("Is it possible to shepherd a major transportation-funding bill through Congress without greasing the skids with earmarks? Or does the earmark ban simply mean members need to get more creative in seeking help for their projects? Does an earmark ban put more or less power in the hands of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which will be tasked with the minutia of the bill? Will the experience of negotiating a surface-transportation bill without earmarks convince lawmakers that maybe they're not so bad
after all?")
National Journal Transportation Blog
Guiding The Selection And Application Of Wayside Energy Storage Technologies For Rail Transit And Electric Utilities (64p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program
It's Time To Update The Definition Of "Smart Growth" (The smart growth agenda gets proposed updates for the 21st century)
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Japan To China: You've Hijacked Our High-Speed Rails
MSNBC
Main Street Roundabout Removed From Civic Center Plan
Santa Monica Mirror
Megacities On The Move: Scenarios For The Future Of Sustainable Urban Mobility
The City Fix
Metrolink Unveils Newer, Safer Passenger Cars (video)
KABC-7
Metrorail Map And Train Locator ("Data, provided by WMATA’s developer api, gives the same information found on the information boards in metro stations. After finding the approximate time distance between stations, the application simply interpolates latitudes and longitudes between those stations (with minute granularity) to determine an estimated location.")
Unofficial D.C. Visitor Guide
No Designated Bus Lanes For Beverly Hills?
Beverly Hills Courier
Our View: Measure Leads To Tougher Consequences ("Wherever the chips fall on the High Speed Rail board issue, it's a good sign that a voter initiative designed to shine light on the process of drawing state and congressional districts is spreading to other areas of governance.")
Pasadena Star-News
Pedestrians Take To The Streets, Motorists Learn To Coexist
New Urban Network
Resources To Know: California Transit Association & Its Annual Legislative Summary
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Roundabouts: An Informational Guide (407p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Truckers Say L.A.'s "Green" Port Costs Them Money: The Dispute Who Should Pay For Leasing And Maintaining "Clean" Rigs Could Go To The Supreme Court
Los Angeles Times
The View From L.A.: Hartford Can Change, Too (A USC graduate student tells Hartford, Connecticut to look to Los Angeles as a model for public financing and transit planning to break away from auto dependency)
Hartford Courant
Why Reformers Should Care How We Pay For Transportation
StreetsBlog DC
Workshop Notes From "L.A. 2050" Event At Occidental College
StreetsBlog LA
12/07/2010
12/06/2010
BRT In Condo Canyon, Pacific Electric West Santa Ana Branch Corridor, Expo Contractor Award, Cornfield Park, 21 Coolest Roads, Steepest Street & More
21 Coolest Roads In The World (photo essay)
Huffington Post
110 Freeway Work To Speed Travel, But Only After Two More Years Of Construction
Blog Downtown
Artists And New Infrastructure Part Of Boyle Heights Improvement Project Along Gold Line ("Friday, Metro’s CEO and LA City Council member Jose Huizar kicked off a $12 million project to improve the infrastructure surrounding the new rail line.")
Southern California Public Radio
Augmented Reality Meets The MBTA: Introducing NextTrain T Tracker
BostInnovation
Battle Lines Drawn In Battle Over Fate Of Wilshire BRT In Condo Canyon
StreetsBlog LA
Big Blue Bus Gets A Big Green Thumbs Up: Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus Has Been Honored With The 2010 Project Of The Year Award From The Southern California Chapter Of The American Public Works Association (APWA)
Westside Today
A Bigger And Better Cornfield Park: State Parks Department To Unveil $18 Million Plan For 32-Acre Attraction
Los Angeles Downtown News
Bike Computer Study Proves Rush-Hour Cycling Is Faster Than Driving
Fast Company
California High-Speed Rail: Only 49 Little Hoovers Left
Examiner
Caltrans Repairing Angeles Crest Highways For Opening By The End Of the Year
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Cities' Fiscal Nightmares: What Next?
Citiwire
Could An "Oil Security Fee" And Increased Transportation Options Ensure Better Energy Security?
Transportation For America
Deficit Commission Pushes For Anti-Sprawl Reforms
Streetsblog LA
Does $100-A-Barrel Oil Threaten The Recovery?
The Atlantic
Drive Less, Pay Less: New Insurance Plans For California
LAist
Editorial: Our Pork-Barrel Bullet Train
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Email The Metro Board Of Directors To Express Your Support For The Wilshire Bus-Only Lane
LA Subway Blog
Expo Line Contractor Awarded $25-30 Million For Delays
LA Weekly
How Hyperlocal Media Are Taking Urban Planning To The Streets
Next American City
Is Transit Benefit Good Transportation Policy?
Washington Post
Meeting Set On Pacific Electric Right-Of-Way
Orange County Register
Pacific Electric Right-Of-Way / West Santa Ana Branch Corridor
Alternatives Analysis Project Overview (6p. PDF)
Southern California Association Of Governments
Factsheet (PDF)
Pacific Electric Corridor Study Area Map
Metro Gets OK To Nix Bus-Only Lane Around Condo Canyon
Curbed LA
Metropolis II: Chris Burden's Elaborate "Portrait Of L.A." (With Hot Wheels)
GOOD
Muni Builds Case For Subway Need
San Francisco Chronicle
Pearl Harbor Day Train Ride Gives A Taste Of 1941: Along The Route From Los Angeles To San Diego, Passengers Interact With Actors In Period Dress And Talk With World War II Veterans
Los Angeles Times
Plan B: High-Speed Track Could Be Used By Conventional Trains
Bakersfield Californian
Playful Train Provides A Spark: Holiday Toy Express Chugs Through Glendale, Lifting Spirits And Gathering Gifts
Glendale News-Press
Some Thoughts About Amtrak And HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
The Steepest Road On Earth Takes No Prisoners (It's not in Nepal or the Andes...it's in Pittsburgh!)
Wired
Supervisor Knabe To Deliver State Of The County Address On December 8
Long Beach Post
Transit Subsidy Will Drop $110/Month Unless Extended, APTA Warns
AASHTO Journal
Traveling Into The County's Future
Ventura County Star
TreePeople's Urban Forest Principles Guide Retrofit Of L.A.
Planning Report
With New Grants Federal Railroad Administration Continues Its Pursuit Of Clean Transportation Options
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Zero Emission Container Moving System May Be Built -- Some Day, By-And-By, Or Maybe Not At All
Cunningham Report
Huffington Post
110 Freeway Work To Speed Travel, But Only After Two More Years Of Construction
Blog Downtown
Artists And New Infrastructure Part Of Boyle Heights Improvement Project Along Gold Line ("Friday, Metro’s CEO and LA City Council member Jose Huizar kicked off a $12 million project to improve the infrastructure surrounding the new rail line.")
Southern California Public Radio
Augmented Reality Meets The MBTA: Introducing NextTrain T Tracker
BostInnovation
Battle Lines Drawn In Battle Over Fate Of Wilshire BRT In Condo Canyon
StreetsBlog LA
Big Blue Bus Gets A Big Green Thumbs Up: Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus Has Been Honored With The 2010 Project Of The Year Award From The Southern California Chapter Of The American Public Works Association (APWA)
Westside Today
A Bigger And Better Cornfield Park: State Parks Department To Unveil $18 Million Plan For 32-Acre Attraction
Los Angeles Downtown News
Bike Computer Study Proves Rush-Hour Cycling Is Faster Than Driving
Fast Company
California High-Speed Rail: Only 49 Little Hoovers Left
Examiner
Caltrans Repairing Angeles Crest Highways For Opening By The End Of the Year
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Cities' Fiscal Nightmares: What Next?
Citiwire
Could An "Oil Security Fee" And Increased Transportation Options Ensure Better Energy Security?
Transportation For America
Deficit Commission Pushes For Anti-Sprawl Reforms
Streetsblog LA
Does $100-A-Barrel Oil Threaten The Recovery?
The Atlantic
Drive Less, Pay Less: New Insurance Plans For California
LAist
Editorial: Our Pork-Barrel Bullet Train
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Email The Metro Board Of Directors To Express Your Support For The Wilshire Bus-Only Lane
LA Subway Blog
Expo Line Contractor Awarded $25-30 Million For Delays
LA Weekly
How Hyperlocal Media Are Taking Urban Planning To The Streets
Next American City
Is Transit Benefit Good Transportation Policy?
Washington Post
Meeting Set On Pacific Electric Right-Of-Way
Orange County Register
Pacific Electric Right-Of-Way / West Santa Ana Branch Corridor
Alternatives Analysis Project Overview (6p. PDF)
Southern California Association Of Governments
Factsheet (PDF)
Pacific Electric Corridor Study Area Map
Metro Gets OK To Nix Bus-Only Lane Around Condo Canyon
Curbed LA
Metropolis II: Chris Burden's Elaborate "Portrait Of L.A." (With Hot Wheels)
GOOD
Muni Builds Case For Subway Need
San Francisco Chronicle
Pearl Harbor Day Train Ride Gives A Taste Of 1941: Along The Route From Los Angeles To San Diego, Passengers Interact With Actors In Period Dress And Talk With World War II Veterans
Los Angeles Times
Plan B: High-Speed Track Could Be Used By Conventional Trains
Bakersfield Californian
Playful Train Provides A Spark: Holiday Toy Express Chugs Through Glendale, Lifting Spirits And Gathering Gifts
Glendale News-Press
Some Thoughts About Amtrak And HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
The Steepest Road On Earth Takes No Prisoners (It's not in Nepal or the Andes...it's in Pittsburgh!)
Wired
Supervisor Knabe To Deliver State Of The County Address On December 8
Long Beach Post
Transit Subsidy Will Drop $110/Month Unless Extended, APTA Warns
AASHTO Journal
Traveling Into The County's Future
Ventura County Star
TreePeople's Urban Forest Principles Guide Retrofit Of L.A.
Planning Report
With New Grants Federal Railroad Administration Continues Its Pursuit Of Clean Transportation Options
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Zero Emission Container Moving System May Be Built -- Some Day, By-And-By, Or Maybe Not At All
Cunningham Report
12/03/2010
Revised Bus Lanes, Next CicLAvia, New Freeway Lanes, LoGrande Speaks, Oberstar Departs, Social Media Tackles Traffic, 2010 Urban Planning Books & More
1 Mile Break In Wilshire Rapid Line Won't Affect Funding
LAist
Announcing Sunday April 10! And More... ("The 4-10-2011 route will be pretty much the same as the 10-10-10 route – 7.5 miles from East Hollywood to Koreatown to MacArthur Park to Downtown to Little Tokyo to Boyle Heights. We’re also looking to set the date for two more
CicLAvias later in 2011.")
CicLAvia
Board OKs 1st Section Of CA's High Speed Rail Line: Officials Approve $4.3B Construction Proposal Of California Bullet Train's 1st Segment
Associated Press
Press Release
California High Speed Rail Authority
Clock Ticks On A Popular Way To Pay For Infrastructure
StreetsBlog DC
Cyclists Pedal Faster On Wednesdays, Reveals Smart Bike Data: The First Analysis Of Data From Shared Bicycle Networks In Europe, Reveals Some Surprising Urban Cycling Patterns ("For the first time [urban planners] have real data to show where to build cycle lanes and how well they will be used. So expect to see more of this kind of analysis as data from smart bike systems in other cities becomes available too.")
MIT Technology Review
Downtown Adds 54 Percent Of County's Apartments In 2010
Los Angeles Downtown News
Eagle Rock Residents Pushing For A Slimmer Colorado Boulevard
StreetsBlog LA
Expo Line Mess Offers Cautionary Tale For Subway Lovers
LA Observed
The Future Of Los Angeles As "Multiple Cities In One": Los Angeles City Planner Michael LoGrande And Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic Christopher Hawthorne Discuss City Planning
Eagle Rock Patch
High Speed Rail Authority Approves What Critics Call "Train To Nowhere": First Segment Would Run From Tiny Borden To Corcoran, An Area Hit So Hard By The Recession And Agriculture Declines That It Has Been Dubbed The New Appalachia
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Engineers Say Economic Health And Public Well-Being Will Benefit From Gas Tax Increase
PR Newswire
The Money That Won't Go Away ("There is money available "to do something" about the mess that is Glendale Boulevard where it cuts through the west side of Echo Park. The sum is $12 million, and exactly how best to spend it has left the MTA, Caltrans and neighborhood residents at odds for over a year.")
LA Observed
MTA Says Changes To Proposed Rapid Bus Lane Won't Jeopardize Funding
Los Angeles Times
New And Notable: Smart Growth Manual, "Unplanning," & Asphalt And Politics
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
New Eastbound Lane Opens On 91 Freeway
Southern California Public Radio
New I-10 Lane Means Four Through S.B. County
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Oberstar Gets Standing Ovation In Final Transportation Hearing
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Planning Director LoGrande Working On NFL Stadium, Partnering With Metro
Curbed LA
Rancho Palos Verdes Withdraws From MAX Commuter Bus Service
Daily Breeze
Rep. Oberstar Chairs Final Transpo Hearing After 46 Years Of With Committee
Transportation Nation
Exit Interview: Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) (audio)
The Takeaway
Santa Monica: City Council Authorizes Three-Way Land Swap With Metro, Santa Monica College For Light Rail Maintenance Yard
The Argonaut
Santa Monica Prepares For Bicycle Master Plan
Santa Monica Lookout
Social Media Tackles Traffic ("One traffic-related social network service already up and running is called Roadify. With Roadify, commuters send and receive updates that help them find available parking, catch the next bus or train, or avoid traffic snarls before it’s too late.")
Wired
Street Sign Squabble Is MUTCD Ado About Nothing
Wired
Top 10 Urban Planning Books Of The Year For 2011 (Ninth annual list of the ten best books in urban planning, design and development published in 2010)
Planetizen
Toy Express To Make Stops In Region ("Metrolink's 14th Annual Holiday Toy Express will begin its 2010 tour Saturday in Burbank and Glendale.")
Pasadena Star-News
Why A Gas Tax Is About Deficit Reduction
The New Republic
Wrecking Ball About To Hit Transbay Terminal
San Francisco Chronicle
LAist
Announcing Sunday April 10! And More... ("The 4-10-2011 route will be pretty much the same as the 10-10-10 route – 7.5 miles from East Hollywood to Koreatown to MacArthur Park to Downtown to Little Tokyo to Boyle Heights. We’re also looking to set the date for two more
CicLAvias later in 2011.")
CicLAvia
Board OKs 1st Section Of CA's High Speed Rail Line: Officials Approve $4.3B Construction Proposal Of California Bullet Train's 1st Segment
Associated Press
Press Release
California High Speed Rail Authority
Clock Ticks On A Popular Way To Pay For Infrastructure
StreetsBlog DC
Cyclists Pedal Faster On Wednesdays, Reveals Smart Bike Data: The First Analysis Of Data From Shared Bicycle Networks In Europe, Reveals Some Surprising Urban Cycling Patterns ("For the first time [urban planners] have real data to show where to build cycle lanes and how well they will be used. So expect to see more of this kind of analysis as data from smart bike systems in other cities becomes available too.")
MIT Technology Review
Downtown Adds 54 Percent Of County's Apartments In 2010
Los Angeles Downtown News
Eagle Rock Residents Pushing For A Slimmer Colorado Boulevard
StreetsBlog LA
Expo Line Mess Offers Cautionary Tale For Subway Lovers
LA Observed
The Future Of Los Angeles As "Multiple Cities In One": Los Angeles City Planner Michael LoGrande And Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic Christopher Hawthorne Discuss City Planning
Eagle Rock Patch
High Speed Rail Authority Approves What Critics Call "Train To Nowhere": First Segment Would Run From Tiny Borden To Corcoran, An Area Hit So Hard By The Recession And Agriculture Declines That It Has Been Dubbed The New Appalachia
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Engineers Say Economic Health And Public Well-Being Will Benefit From Gas Tax Increase
PR Newswire
The Money That Won't Go Away ("There is money available "to do something" about the mess that is Glendale Boulevard where it cuts through the west side of Echo Park. The sum is $12 million, and exactly how best to spend it has left the MTA, Caltrans and neighborhood residents at odds for over a year.")
LA Observed
MTA Says Changes To Proposed Rapid Bus Lane Won't Jeopardize Funding
Los Angeles Times
New And Notable: Smart Growth Manual, "Unplanning," & Asphalt And Politics
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
New Eastbound Lane Opens On 91 Freeway
Southern California Public Radio
New I-10 Lane Means Four Through S.B. County
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Oberstar Gets Standing Ovation In Final Transportation Hearing
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Planning Director LoGrande Working On NFL Stadium, Partnering With Metro
Curbed LA
Rancho Palos Verdes Withdraws From MAX Commuter Bus Service
Daily Breeze
Rep. Oberstar Chairs Final Transpo Hearing After 46 Years Of With Committee
Transportation Nation
Exit Interview: Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) (audio)
The Takeaway
Santa Monica: City Council Authorizes Three-Way Land Swap With Metro, Santa Monica College For Light Rail Maintenance Yard
The Argonaut
Santa Monica Prepares For Bicycle Master Plan
Santa Monica Lookout
Social Media Tackles Traffic ("One traffic-related social network service already up and running is called Roadify. With Roadify, commuters send and receive updates that help them find available parking, catch the next bus or train, or avoid traffic snarls before it’s too late.")
Wired
Street Sign Squabble Is MUTCD Ado About Nothing
Wired
Top 10 Urban Planning Books Of The Year For 2011 (Ninth annual list of the ten best books in urban planning, design and development published in 2010)
Planetizen
Toy Express To Make Stops In Region ("Metrolink's 14th Annual Holiday Toy Express will begin its 2010 tour Saturday in Burbank and Glendale.")
Pasadena Star-News
Why A Gas Tax Is About Deficit Reduction
The New Republic
Wrecking Ball About To Hit Transbay Terminal
San Francisco Chronicle
12/02/2010
Gas Tax Proposal, MUTCD Explained, Expo Expose, L.A. Live Controversy, Rosa Parks Anniversary, Zipcar's Green Factor & More
55 Years After Rosa Parks Stayed In Her Seat, FTA Pursues Equal Transit Access For All
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Attorney General Says Local Transit Officials Cannot Serve On State Bullet Train Board
Los Angeles Times
Breaking Down The Cost Benefit Of High-Speed Rail
GreenTech Media
City To Sue Itself Over Two Hour Parking
Beverly Hills Courier
Controversy Over High-Speed Rail's Starting Point, Big Decision Tomorrow
Curbed LA
Deficit Commission: Raise The Gas Tax, And Soon
Transportation Nation
ExpressPark Aims To Give Smarts To Downtown's Parking Spots
Blog Downtown
Free Workshop For Disabled Transit Riders Dec. 16
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
GOP Demands A Stop To Stim Spending. What Will It Mean For Rail Projects?
StreetsBlog DC
Growing Conservative Strength Puts Transit Improvements In Doubt
Transport Politic
Head To Head: Is High-Speed Rail A Valuable Addition To Infrastructure, Or A Boondoggle?
Sacramento Bee
L.A. Live: Pinnacle Of Modern Design, Or Bad Urbanism? ("While accessibility via transit is one of the components that made L.A. Live a banner project for the ULI, it doesn’t mean the development itself is an accessible one.")
StreetsBlog LA
L.A.'s Light-Rail Fiasco: How Rail Service To The Westside Jumped The Track ("Just as L.A. transit planners are lobbying Washington for money to build a dozen projects over the next decade, the Expo Line has become an embarrassing public failure.")
LA Weekly
MTA To Cut Nine L.A. Bus Lines By Dec. 12
LA Weekly
Private Hiring, Construction Show Some Strength
NPR
Ray LaHood: Street Signs Plan "Makes No Sense"
CBS News
Republicans Cut House Climate Panel
The Hill
Resources To Know: The MUTCD -- A Book In The News This Week You May Never Have Heard Of That Impacts You Every Day
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Sports Arena On Its Way Out, But Does LA Need Another MLS Stadium?
Curbed LA
Wheels When You Don't Need Them: As Zipcar Moves Into The Black, Is It Less Green?
Next American City
Why The U.S. Will Not Get China's High Speed Rail
The Atlantic
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Attorney General Says Local Transit Officials Cannot Serve On State Bullet Train Board
Los Angeles Times
Breaking Down The Cost Benefit Of High-Speed Rail
GreenTech Media
City To Sue Itself Over Two Hour Parking
Beverly Hills Courier
Controversy Over High-Speed Rail's Starting Point, Big Decision Tomorrow
Curbed LA
Deficit Commission: Raise The Gas Tax, And Soon
Transportation Nation
ExpressPark Aims To Give Smarts To Downtown's Parking Spots
Blog Downtown
Free Workshop For Disabled Transit Riders Dec. 16
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
GOP Demands A Stop To Stim Spending. What Will It Mean For Rail Projects?
StreetsBlog DC
Growing Conservative Strength Puts Transit Improvements In Doubt
Transport Politic
Head To Head: Is High-Speed Rail A Valuable Addition To Infrastructure, Or A Boondoggle?
Sacramento Bee
L.A. Live: Pinnacle Of Modern Design, Or Bad Urbanism? ("While accessibility via transit is one of the components that made L.A. Live a banner project for the ULI, it doesn’t mean the development itself is an accessible one.")
StreetsBlog LA
L.A.'s Light-Rail Fiasco: How Rail Service To The Westside Jumped The Track ("Just as L.A. transit planners are lobbying Washington for money to build a dozen projects over the next decade, the Expo Line has become an embarrassing public failure.")
LA Weekly
MTA To Cut Nine L.A. Bus Lines By Dec. 12
LA Weekly
Private Hiring, Construction Show Some Strength
NPR
Ray LaHood: Street Signs Plan "Makes No Sense"
CBS News
Republicans Cut House Climate Panel
The Hill
Resources To Know: The MUTCD -- A Book In The News This Week You May Never Have Heard Of That Impacts You Every Day
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Sports Arena On Its Way Out, But Does LA Need Another MLS Stadium?
Curbed LA
Wheels When You Don't Need Them: As Zipcar Moves Into The Black, Is It Less Green?
Next American City
Why The U.S. Will Not Get China's High Speed Rail
The Atlantic
12/01/2010
L.A.'s Bridges, First Stretch Of CAHSR, More On L.A. Jaywalking, LA Marathon Route, Tighter Transit Security?, Freight Rail Creating Green jobs & More
Amtrak To Let Passengers Bring Guns On Most Trains
Sacramento Bee
Borrowing From Matt Yglesias, California's High-Speed Train May Be Positive
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
C-Minus For Safety, But LA Bridges "In Good Shape"
CBS Los Angeles
California's Confusing Choice For Its First Stretch Of High-Speed Rail ("If you're going to do the Central Valley first, why not at least try to link Fresno to the larger city of Bakersfield? Here's why...")
GOOD
California Would Feel Federal Transit Spending Cuts ("In California’s urban regions – which is where our transportation policy is made – the focus is increasingly on modes other than private automobiles. California is an urban state and grows more so by the year. There’s a recognition that we cannot build out way out of urban congestion with highways and roads, which is precisely what many land use planners have been saying for decades.")
California Planning & Development Report
Cash-strapped MTA To Eliminate 9 Bus Lines
Daily Breeze
Concerns About Safety? Muggings? LAPD Announces "Zero Tolerance" On Downtown Jaywalkers
StreetsBlog LA
Destination 2035: Moving Toward A Greener Tomorrow (OCTA Draft Long Range Plan : 174p. PDF)
OCTA
Draft Executive Summary (8p. PDF)
Slideshow (13p. PDF)
Editorial: High-Speed Boondoggle Could Derail
Orange County Register
Expo's Farmdale Stop Clears Hurdle, Station Construction Can Start
Curbed LA
Failure To Extend Transit Commuter Benefits Equals Higher Costs For The Middle Class
APTA Press Release
The Final Push To Preserve An Important Benefit For Transit Riders
StreetsBlog Network
Full Speed Ahead: Creating Green Jobs Through Freight Rail Expansion (16p. PDF)
Blue Green Alliance ; Economic Policy Institute
Helping Scandal-Plagued Bell: Here Come The Urban Planners
Curbed LA
High-Speed Rail Projects Land In Tug Of War Between Governors
USA Today
Honda LA Marathon Unveils 2011 Course: Stadium To The Sea 2.0 (Sunday, March 20 : "Race to be more runner-friendly, add loops through Chinatown & Little Tokyo; starts at Dodger Stadium, finishes just steps from the Santa Monica Pier.")
Honda LA Marathon Press Release
Course Map
Honda LA Marathon
Animated Fly-Through Map (video)
via YouTube
In Los Angeles, A Subway System Grows
Second Avenue Sagas
Lather, Rinse, Repeat ("it’s been the same messages to be revisited, repeated and rehashed for those new to the subject of why we don’t have an coherent transit network to serve the entire City and County of Los Angeles.")
CityWatch
Napolitano Eyes Tighter Security For Trains, Ships, Mass Transit
Fox News
An Odd Twist In A Tale Of Honesty: After A Seriously Ill Vietnam Vet Turns In Nearly $1,000 He Finds On An MTA Bus, The Transit Agency At First Says He Can Keep The Money If It Is Not Claimed. But Later He's Told That's Against Policy
Los Angeles Times
Officials Mark Start Of Esplanade Improvement Project
Daily Breeze
Studies Show The Connection Between Travel Times To Food Stores And Public Health
The City Fix
The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access To Healthy Food And Why It Matters (44p. PDF)
PolicyLink ; The Food Trust
Tis The Season For Tickets: LAPD Plans Holiday Crackdown On Jaywalking And Other Offenses
Los Angeles Downtown News
Traffic Signal Retiming Practices In The United States (92 p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Where The Rubber Meets The Rails: BART To San Jose Will Ride On Old Tires
San Jose Mercury News
Sacramento Bee
Borrowing From Matt Yglesias, California's High-Speed Train May Be Positive
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
C-Minus For Safety, But LA Bridges "In Good Shape"
CBS Los Angeles
California's Confusing Choice For Its First Stretch Of High-Speed Rail ("If you're going to do the Central Valley first, why not at least try to link Fresno to the larger city of Bakersfield? Here's why...")
GOOD
California Would Feel Federal Transit Spending Cuts ("In California’s urban regions – which is where our transportation policy is made – the focus is increasingly on modes other than private automobiles. California is an urban state and grows more so by the year. There’s a recognition that we cannot build out way out of urban congestion with highways and roads, which is precisely what many land use planners have been saying for decades.")
California Planning & Development Report
Cash-strapped MTA To Eliminate 9 Bus Lines
Daily Breeze
Concerns About Safety? Muggings? LAPD Announces "Zero Tolerance" On Downtown Jaywalkers
StreetsBlog LA
Destination 2035: Moving Toward A Greener Tomorrow (OCTA Draft Long Range Plan : 174p. PDF)
OCTA
Draft Executive Summary (8p. PDF)
Slideshow (13p. PDF)
Editorial: High-Speed Boondoggle Could Derail
Orange County Register
Expo's Farmdale Stop Clears Hurdle, Station Construction Can Start
Curbed LA
Failure To Extend Transit Commuter Benefits Equals Higher Costs For The Middle Class
APTA Press Release
The Final Push To Preserve An Important Benefit For Transit Riders
StreetsBlog Network
Full Speed Ahead: Creating Green Jobs Through Freight Rail Expansion (16p. PDF)
Blue Green Alliance ; Economic Policy Institute
Helping Scandal-Plagued Bell: Here Come The Urban Planners
Curbed LA
High-Speed Rail Projects Land In Tug Of War Between Governors
USA Today
Honda LA Marathon Unveils 2011 Course: Stadium To The Sea 2.0 (Sunday, March 20 : "Race to be more runner-friendly, add loops through Chinatown & Little Tokyo; starts at Dodger Stadium, finishes just steps from the Santa Monica Pier.")
Honda LA Marathon Press Release
Course Map
Honda LA Marathon
Animated Fly-Through Map (video)
via YouTube
In Los Angeles, A Subway System Grows
Second Avenue Sagas
Lather, Rinse, Repeat ("it’s been the same messages to be revisited, repeated and rehashed for those new to the subject of why we don’t have an coherent transit network to serve the entire City and County of Los Angeles.")
CityWatch
Napolitano Eyes Tighter Security For Trains, Ships, Mass Transit
Fox News
An Odd Twist In A Tale Of Honesty: After A Seriously Ill Vietnam Vet Turns In Nearly $1,000 He Finds On An MTA Bus, The Transit Agency At First Says He Can Keep The Money If It Is Not Claimed. But Later He's Told That's Against Policy
Los Angeles Times
Officials Mark Start Of Esplanade Improvement Project
Daily Breeze
Studies Show The Connection Between Travel Times To Food Stores And Public Health
The City Fix
The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access To Healthy Food And Why It Matters (44p. PDF)
PolicyLink ; The Food Trust
Tis The Season For Tickets: LAPD Plans Holiday Crackdown On Jaywalking And Other Offenses
Los Angeles Downtown News
Traffic Signal Retiming Practices In The United States (92 p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Where The Rubber Meets The Rails: BART To San Jose Will Ride On Old Tires
San Jose Mercury News
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