After A Compromise, Where Does The Public Sector Head?
Transport Politic
Are Gas Prices Really That High? (infographic map comparing United States to the rest of the world)
Flowing Data
Bikes Make Tracks On Metro Trains
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Cal State Offers Big-Picture View Of Inland Logistics ("California consumes 2 million gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel every hour." : overview of the 2011 Southern California Transportation and Logistics Summit, organized by Cal State San Bernardino's Leonard Transportation Center)
Riverside Press-Enterprise
California: The Last Hope For High-Speed Rail
Metro Magazine
Critical Agreement Executed For Foothill Extension Light Rail Project ("The execution of a critically-needed agreement between the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and BNSF Railway (BNSF) that will result in BNSF abandoning their rights to use the corridor between (roughly) the future Arcadia and Irwindale Stations along the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa.")
PR-USA
Double Digit Rise In Gas Prices Marks Largest Savings In Nearly Three Years -- Giving Public Transit Riders Economic Edge
APTA Press Release
Downtown Long Beach Transit Mall To Reopen After $7M Revamp
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Editorial: Public Transit: Use It Or Lose It
Daily Breeze
Funding Approved For Downtown LA Streetcar Project
KABC-7
How To Get Where You're Going: Bicycling Becomes Collective
LAist
L.A. MTA Faces Tough Crowd In Lawndale Over Green Line
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Los Angeles To Slather Its Rooftops With Solar Panels
Grist
Market Forces ("During last year’s CicLAvia, local merchants, ever shortsighted, assumed that minus cars, there’d be no business. Statistics, in fact, suggest the opposite, that catering to cyclists is better for most businesses than depending on drivers.")
Orange 20
Metro Gold Line Extension Reaches Milestone
Examiner
Metro Green Line Extension Plans Meet Resistance At Lawndale Meeting
Daily Breeze
Metro Transit Ridership Down Across The Board
LA Observed
MTA Bus Ridership Declines In Recession
Los Angeles Times
Rail Service Plan For LAX Still Has Hurdles: More Than 15 Years After The Green Line Opened, An Extension Into The Airport Is Being Considered. But Cost And Logistical Problems Remain ("The new focus on rail in the area is being spurred by plans to build the Crenshaw Line, which would run through Southwest L.A. and Inglewood and intersect with the Green Line. This project would extend the Green Line to the corner of Century and Aviation boulevards, about 1.5 miles from the airport. The key question is how to close the remaining gap. Planners say they are studying all options, including building a light-rail line directly into the central terminus.")
Los Angeles Times
The Rising Price Of Gas Is The Talk Of The Nation (A roundup of stories and mitigation measures from around the country)
StreetsBlog Network
Senate Introduces A Narrower Bill For Wider Sidwalks
StreetsBlog DC
Sic Transit Gloria: A Bus Museum Fails To Gain Traction ("We think buses are the greatest thing since sliced bread," Mr. Medaglia says. "The public doesn't quite see it that way." So for now, much of the museum's collection sits parked behind the battered metal doors of a dank warehouse here" in Fremont, California)
Wall Street Journal
Transportation System Creates Great Trips (Six bus and rail lines to and from downtown and USC that take you to the places you want to go, without a car)
USC Daily Trojan
Urban Bikeway Design Guide A Promising Tool For Cities
Mobilizing The Region
NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide
