2010 UMR Remains A Flawed And Misleading Guide To Urban Transportation (Criticism of the Urban Mobility Report, released yesterday, includes that of the Travel Time Index as "being built on the unrealistic baseline assumption that travel times should (and could) be no longer during peak periods as during non-peak periods and obscures the effect of land use patterns in creating longer travel distances.")
CEOs For Cities
The Maddening Wrongness Of TTI's Annual Urban Mobility Rankings
StreetsBlog Network
Community Redevelopment Agency Panel Fast-Tracks New Broad Museum Parking Plan: Commission Members Agree To Spend Up To $52 Million On Improvements Around The Museum Planned For Grand Avenue In Downtown L.A. The Move Comes As Cities Try To Tie Up Funds Targeted By Gov. Jerry Brown
Los Angeles Times
Debate On Main Street Road Diet Proposal Takes Unexpected Turn
StreetsBlog LA
Environmental Report OK'd For Gold Line Extension To Azusa
Pasadena Star-News
Europe's Parking U-Turn: From Accomodation To Regulation (84p. PDF)
Institute For Transportation & Development Policy
Garcetti Explores Mayoral Bid, Garage Vote At Community Meeting: The Los Angeles City Council President Is "Seriously Leaning" Toward Running For Mayor
Hollywood Patch
Gold Line Clears Another EIR Hurdle
Arcadia's Best
Gold Standard For Green Buildings Under Fire: LEED Wilts As New Gauges Better Measure Energy Use And Costs
Crain's New York Business
GOP Block Presses Leaders To Slash Even More ("As a result, its effect on the entire array of government programs, among them education, domestic security, transportation, law enforcement and medical research, would be nothing short of drastic.")
New York Times
Republicans Propose Spending Cuts Targeting Amtrak, Transit Funding
StreetsBlog DC
Here's A List Of Things The "Spending Reduction Act Of 2011" Would Cut
Next American City
Gov. Jerry Brown Asks Cities To Help Fix Budget: Taking Redevelopment Funds Will Help Stop More School Cuts, The Governor Tells 200 Civic Leaders. City Officials Had Denounced His Plan To Shut Down Redevelopment Agencies
Los Angeles Times
Government Execs Discuss Strategies For Updating Social Media Accounts ("Many agencies are using Facebook and Twitter as venues for one-way, press-release style communications. But others insist that true social networking must consist of two-way communication. Each approach presents its own challenges. Debates about whether governments should even bother with social media are ongoing in many state and local agencies, especially since staff reductions have increased employee workloads in many jurisdictions.")
Government Technology
Hating On The California High-Speed Rail Haters
Infrastructurist
House Republicans Zero In On High Speed Rail
Transportation Nation
Jerry Brown To Declare California In State Of "Fiscal Emergency"
Los Angeles Times
The Lorenzo Project in South L.A. Is Controversial, But Is It T.O.D.?
StreetsBlog LA
Los Angeles Transit Projects Pitched To New Congress By Mayor Villaraigosa: With The House Now In Republican Control, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's Transit Project Ideas Get A Mixed Reception
Los Angeles Times
Making Room For Modes Other Than Cars
StreetsBlog Network
Metro Presenting Revised Route For Regional Connector: New Plan Would Build Tunnel Under Japanese Village Plaza
Rafu Shimpo
New Television Report Makes The Case For Investing In American Passenger Rail
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Opinion: All Aboard The Crazy Train
Pasadena Star-News
Public Transportation Relieves Traffic Congestion: TTI Report Says Without Public Transit, Travelers Would Have Suffered An Additional 785 Million Hours Of Delay On Our Nation's Roads
APTA Press Release
Rail Politics: Freeways Aren't Free, Either
PBS
"Road Trains" Can Improve Fuel Efficiency - And Driver Downtime - By Turning Cars Into Conga Lines (includes video)
Grist
Smarter Planning And Increased Transit Make Us "Grow Wealthier"
Transportation For America
Growing Wealthier: Smart Growth, Climate Change And Prosperity (98p. PDF)
Center For Clean Air Policy
Executive Summary (4p. PDF)
Southern California Is Still In The Slow Lane, But Not The Slowest: A New Study Finds That The Region's Drivers Faced 63 Hours Of Delay On Average In 2009 Compared To 70 Hours During Peak Travel Periods In Chicago And Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles Times
Sticking Out And Flying Solo In The HOV Lanes
UCLA Be A Green Commuter!
Studio City Asks For Name Included On Metro Station: Fuzzy Borders Leads To Oversight, And Studio City Wants Its Own Metro Stop To Be Recognized
Studio City Patch
Sustainable Transport Moves Center Stage As Brazil's 2014 World Cup Looms
The City Fix
Villaraigosa Had "Great Meeting" With Obama, Other Mayors
LAist
West Virginian Is Highest-Ranking Democrat On Transportation Committee
Transportation Nation
Where Do You Want Westside Subway Extension's Stations?
Southern California Public Radio
