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9/30/2011

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25 Years Ago: Los Angeles’ Red Line Subway Breaks Ground
Metro Primary Resources

25 Years Ago: Metro Rail Groundbreaking Held
BlogDowntown

65% of online adults use social networking sites
Pew Internet & American Life Project

Another reason to be skeptical of public transportation (Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Rail Station Parking Lot)
Downey Beat

Brown’s AEG Bill Could Help Westside Subway Avoid Lawsuit Delays
LA Streetsblog

Council Hires Additional Firm to Vet Subway EIR - Exponent Inc. will Join Shannon & Wilson to do separate peer reviews of Metro's forthcoming environmental impact report on the Westside Subway Extension
Beverly Hills Patch

Council members, candidates react to FBI investigation into former Transit Village developer
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Council Places Permanent Ban on Oil Drilling - The last active oil well in the city is on the BHHS campus and must stop operating by the end of 2016
Beverly Hills Patch

Deputy DOT Commish: No American Manufacturers Produce Track for Light Rail
Transportation Nation

Federal Funding for Trails Comes Under Attack
Wall Street Journal

Final Crenshaw/LAX light rail line plan includes one stop in Westchester
The Argonaut

Forum to Focus on Traffic Pollution - The October 7 event will feature reports by USC and UCLA scientists
Walnut Patch

Guest blogger Deputy Secretary John Porcari: Creating jobs, opportunity through transit investments
USDOT Fastlane

Haute 100 Update: L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Focuses on Transportation as a Way to Recovery
Haute Living

How 'Urbanized' Challenges Us to Make Our Cities Better
The Atlantic

Increasing fuel efficiency with a smartphone - A network of dashboard-mounted phones can collect data on traffic lights and tell drivers how to avoid inefficient stopping and starting
MIT News

L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa speaks about solutions for traffic congestion at Town Hall Los Angeles Pt. 3
YouTube

Long Beach's Bike HUB: "Do It Yourself, Do It Together"
LB Post

Market for Smart City Technology to Reach $16B a Year by 2020
Green Biz

Metrolink CEO John Fenton talks about safety culture (audio interview)
Progressive Railroading

Pedestrians Going to Get in the Way of All the Cars at Santa Monica's Planned Colorado Esplanade
Curbed LA

Rail Ramps Up as Global Development Tool
Engineering News Record

Rapid bus service project unveiled in San Bernardino
ABC News

Right Track for Transportation (30/10 plan)
Governing

Romney: Amtrak a ‘classic example’ of unnecessary government spending
The Hill

Some Bev Hillers Want to Keep That Lucrative BHHS Oil Well
LA Curbed

Smart Parking Tech Might be Paying Off in U.S. Cities
Government Technology

Traffic, Anger, and Political Action
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog

Venice council supports plan to reconfigure Main Street
The Argonaut

VOA Green Stories: Oregon's Solar Highway
Oregon DOT via Youtube

Win for clean air in Los Angeles
NRDC Switchboard

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