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1/27/2011

Gold Line Foothill Extension, Westside Subway, Vision California, Reading L.A. Urbanism, TOD Summit & More

California Gov. Jerry Brown Defends Cutting Redevelopment Agencies: Nine Big-City Mayors, Meeting With The Governor, Criticize The Budget Proposal
Los Angeles Times

A Call For Zero Emissions As Railyards Seek To Expand
Long Beach Post

Congressional Leaders Give Transport Bill High Priority: First Hearing Of 112th Congress Devoted To Transportation Infrastructure
Journal Of Commerce

Crossing Solutions At Roundabouts And Channelized Turn Lanes For Pedestrians With Vision Disabilities (152p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program

For Bikesharing, Forget Stations; All You Need Is A Phone
The City Fix

House Transpo Committee Promises Bipartisanship, To Tackle Aviation First
StreetsBlog DC

If You're So Happy In Your Car, Why Are You So Mad At The People Walking?
Grist

Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities By State: 2010 Preliminary Data (14p. PDF)
Governors Highway Safety Association

L.A. City Council Agrees To Speed Up Spending $52 Million In Redevelopment Money Before Governor Can Tap It
Los Angeles Times

LADOT Following Up On 2009 Promise: More Bike Lanes On Reseda, Rinaldi In The Valley
StreetsBlog LA

Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Needs Smart Route, Community Says
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy

Metro Shows Off Subway Progress: Plans Are Proceeding Apace, Residents At A Westwood Community Meeting Hear (video)
Century City Patch

New And Notable: L.A. As "Smogtown," Ethics Of Metropolitan Growth & Integrated Transport
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

New Meters Aim To Cure Parking Headaches
Wall Street Journal

NTSB Chair: When It Comes To Safety, We Can Pay Now -- Or Pay Later
Transportation Nation

President Obama's State Of The Union Calls The Clean Tech Future Our Sputnik Moment
Inhabitat

Rail Safety: Federal Railroad Administration Should Report On Risks To The Successful Implementation Of Mandated Safety Technology
(82p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office

Reading L.A.: The Los Angeles Times Takes On The Literature Of L.A.'s Architecture & Urbanism Throughout 2011
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Resource Guide For Commingling ADA and Non-ADA Paratransit Riders (112p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program

Sean Martin: Taking Over LA On Two Wheels
(video)
I Am Los Angeles

Senate Committee Backs Infrastructure Spending (But Not For Bike Lanes)
StreetsBlog DC

Sprint 4G Donates $10K To CicLAvia To Open The Streets Of Los Angeles
Business Wire

This Week's Big Transit Meeting: City Council Debates Wilshire BOL On Friday (Late update: This item moved to next Wednesday, February 2)
StreetsBlog LA

TOD Summit Kickoff Event (Friday, January 28 : Union Station Main Concourse : Focus on increasing public and private sector engagement to discuss pressing transportation and land use challenges as they relate to TOD in the region; panel discussions on complex land use development issues for transit stations in Baldwin Park, Compton, Inglewood, Santa Monica)
Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles

Top DOT Officials Preview The Push For A Transportation Bill
StreetsBlog DC

U.S. Chamber Praises Obama's Call For Infrastructure Spending
Washington Post

Villaraigosa, Mayors To Meet With Brown Over Budget Cuts
Daily Breeze

Vision California: Charting Our Future ("Vision California is an unprecedented effort to explore the role of land use and transportation investments in meeting the environmental, fiscal, and public health challenges facing California over the coming decades. The project is producing new scenario development and analysis tools to examine the impacts of varying policy decisions and development patterns. By clearly expressing the consequences of different growth scenarios, Vision California can inform the decisions that will drive California’s infrastructure investments.")
Vision California
Statewide Scenarios Report (19p. PDF)
Summary And Key Finding (2p. PDF)
Rapid Fire Model Technical Summary (25p. PDF)

We Need Trains To "Win The Future" -- So Get Over That Deficit Hysteria
Grist