Today's Headlines - more at Metro

1/14/2011

Metro Tweaks Regional Connector, Gold Line Foothill Extension To ONT?, L.A. Pothole Repair & More

16,000 Potholes Filled During Intensive Weekend "Operation"
LAist

High Speed Rail Seminar Hits Downtown: Japan's High Speed Rail Seminar May Provide Blueprint For California
Los Angeles Downtown News

House Of Horrors: GOP To Put Transportation On The Chopping Block?
Mobilizing The Region

How It Gets Here: Trains And The Green Supply Chain
(video)
How Tomorrow Moves via YouTube

Make BART Trains Run 24 Hours (new Facebook group advocating for increased BART service quickly grows to 22,000 members)
via Facebook

Meetings Start For Gold Line To Montclair, But What About Ontario Airport?
Curbed LA

Metro Tweaks Little Tokyo Alignment For Regional Connector: Underground Track And Station Lessens Impact On Businesses, Parking
Los Angeles Downtown News

New Data Adds Job Creation To The Many Benefits Of Bicycle Infratructure
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog

OCTA Names Patricia Bates Its New Chairwoman: The 5th District Supervisor Replaces Jerry Amante
OC Metro

Planning Wrap: Commissioner Vacancy, Planning Department Could Shut Once A Week
Curbed LA

Post Unfairly Criticizes California High-Speed Rail
Greater Greater Washington

Proposed Apartments Along Expo Line In South L.A. Draw Comment From Backers, Foes ("It's the first transit-oriented project in South Los Angeles, and it will probably have a weight as to how we design future projects.")
Los Angeles Times

Rosendahl Continues Process Of Removing Westside From Wilshire Bus-Only Project
StreetsBlog LA

Top Planning Issues Of 2010
Planetizen

What It's Like To Ride The Fastest Trains In The World (videos)
TreeHugger

What Value For Empirical Claims In The Development Of A National Rail Network?
Transport Politic

When The Red Cars Came (And How They Left): For 44 Years, Sierra Madre Was Serviced By An Offshoot Of The Vast Pacific Electric Rail Line That Once Spanned [Four] Southern California Counties
Sierra Madre Patch