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8/01/2011

Metro's Air Quality, Constellation Station, Downtown Streetcar, Manhattanization Of L.A., Sharrows, Montebello Bus At 80 & More


Infrastructurist

A Breath Of (Not So) Fresh Air ("Commuters on the Los Angeles Red Line subway are exposed to higher levels of potentially hazardous components of particulate matter in the air - in some cases twice as much - as commuters on the above-ground Gold Line light rail, according to a new USC study. However, the Metro system’s levels of these air pollutants, some of which are known carcinogens, pale in comparison to the levels of particulate matter that bombard commuters stuck in traffic on the freeways.")
USC News

TIME

Malibu Patch

An Economic Growth And Competitiveness Agenda For California (32p. PDF : "The farsighted and largely self-financed package of transit andtransport projects put together by Los Angeles in its 30/10 project exemplifies the scale needed to build the next generation ofinfrastructure.")
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom

Los Angeles Daily News

Ventura County Star

Los Angeles Downtown News

Wall Street Journal

Los Angeles Times

Capitol Weekly

California High Speed Rail Authority

Big Map Blog

LADOT Bike Blog
LADOT Bike Blog
LADOT

San Gabriel Foothills Examiner

Whittier Daily News

OC Metro

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Business Journal

More Than Red Cars

StreetsBlog LA

EGP News

StreetsBlog DC

Fed Smith

Los Angeles Times

Pasadena Star-News

Transportation Nation
Chaddick Institute For Metrpolitan Development, DePaul University

Government Technology

KCET

Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

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