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1/05/2011

Transit Music Videos, BBB Award, Skateboard Commutes, Ideology & Transpo Funding, Do Roads Pay For Themselves?, CityVille Takes Over & More

2010: The Year In Transit
Riding In Riverside

BBB Receives Award For High Tech Bus Stops
Santa Monica Daily Press

CityVille Overtakes FarmVille As Facebook's Top App
Grist

Do Roads Pay For Themselves?: Setting The Record Straight On Transportation Funding (45p. PDF)
CalPIRG Education Fund

Don Ward: Advocate Of The Year Acceptance Speech
StreetsBlog LA

Earmarks To Nowhere: States Losing Billions
USA Today

Food Deserts: Another Way The Deck Is Stacked Against Car-Free Americans
StreetsBlog DC

High-Tech Upgrades To Drive MBTA In '11: Riders Will Get More Apps, Info
Boston Herald

Highway Trust Fund Rescue Effort
Bond Buyer

Hutchinson: EPA Climate Rules Like "A New Gas Tax"
The Hill

Ideological Debate Simmers Over How To Determine Appropriate Transportation Funding Levels
Transport Politic

Lots Of Worry: Businesses Fear Hikes At L.A. Parking Garages
Los Angeles Business Journal

Minding The Gap: Deficit Spending And Transportation
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Pedestrian-Only Shopping Streets Make Communities More Livable ("Particularly when they are well designed, managed and strategically connected to networks of public transit, pedestrian paths and bike routes.")
Planetizen

Planning The Future Of Our Streets: An LA StreetsBlog Event (Free event : Pasadena : January 18)
Southern California Public Radio

Port Of Long Beach Celebrates Centennial Year: Seaport Marks 100-&ear Anniversary With Events, Website
Everything Long Beach
Port Of Long Beach Centennial Website

Skateboarders Aim To Flip Commuter Bans (With rising gas prices and green consciousness, skateboarding is growing as a viable commute alternative, but laws involving skateboards as transportation vary widely)
USA Today

Transit Rocks!: Riding Valley Metro Is Fun And Easy -- Learning How To Ride Should Be, Too
(Phoenix-area transit provider has commissioned a series of earnest, unironic music videos and free MP3 downloads in which local bands sing about the virtues of public transit)
Valley Metro

Transportation Chair Opposes Change In House Spending Rule
Trucker

Use Of American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Funds By The Federal Emergency Management Agency For The Transit Security Grant Program (16p. PDF)
U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Inspector General

A Year Later, L.A.'s Ports Continue Struggling With Clean Air Violators
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy