4 Questions About The House Transportation Proposal
Transportation Issues Daily
After Five Years Of Study, Council Votes To Demolish 6th Street Viaduct
Blog Downtown
Alameda County Commission Proposes Ballot Measure To Increase Sales Tax For Transportation ("If the measure wins by the required two-thirds margin, Alameda would become only the second county in California to raise its transportation sales tax to a penny. Los Angeles County was the first.")
Silicon Valley Mercury News
America's Transportation Industries Favor Romney, Perry, And The GOP In 2012
TBD
Best US Cities For Living Car-Free? None Of The Above, Really
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Bev. Hills Courier's Big Scoop: Metro Does Mailings
StreetsBlog LA
Bill Would Give Veterans A Boost In Working For Transportation Projects
Washington Post
Billionaires, Insiders Plan To Place $10-Billion Tax Hike On 2012 California Ballot: Acting As The Think Long Committee, They Want To Change The Tax System To Increase Money For Public Schools And Universities And For Local Governments
Los Angeles Times
Blue Line Construction Interrupts Service: Metro Contractors And Crews Are Putting The Finishing Touches On The Rail Connection At Washington Boulevard And Flower Street
NBC Los Angeles
Bus Systems Are Miles Ahead On Green Transport Technology ("Green bus projects also create green transportation options in communities that aren’t usually associated with rock star public transportation systems. Long Beach, California, which is adjacent to Los Angeles, received funding for two separate green bus projects, one to replace diesel buses with hybrids and one to put electric buses “on a heavily trafficked, highly visible, popular circulator route.")
GOOD
California High-Speed Rail Officials Say Effect Of Federal Cuts Will Be Minimal
San Francisco Examiner
Community Connections Expanding Its Transportation Services To 10 Inland Valley Cities
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Construction Authority Releases Interactive Maps Of Future Station Areas (Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority)
MarketWatch
Explore The Maps Here
Criminals Using Subway To Make A Quick Getaway ("An uptick in thefts around the Lankershim Boulevard station, which is at the heart of North Hollywood and the terminus of the line, has become a big concern for police, who have upped patrols at the station and surrounding areas.")
Los Angeles Daily News
DesertXpress Right-Of-Way From Vegas To SoCal Approved
Railroad.net
Does Transit-Laden Downtown Really Need A Streetcar?
Curbed LA
Downtown Home To Largest Bike Center In U.S.
Santa Monica Daily Press
Firefighters, Metrolink Kick Off Holiday Toy Drive
Burbank Leader
Five Myths About Your Gasoline Taxes
CNN
Funding Bill, Without High Speed Rail, Gets Obama Signature
Transportation Nation
How Green Is High-Speed Rail?
CNN
How The DC's Metro Opened Its Data ("The changes...suggest a road map for other organizations having their own open-data debates.")
Read Write Web
Investigation Uncovers Extravagant Spending By Metro Construction Authority
KCBS Los Angeles
Construction Authority Board Adopts New Policies To Enhance Agency's Transparency And Accountability: Newly Adopted Travel And Expense Guidelines Address Recently Identified Areas Needing Improvement
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Installing Now: Bright Green Bikeway Along Spring Street
LAist
Is The Housing Crash Fueling Suburbanization?
Wall Street Journal
L.A. Construction Authority, Caltrans OK Design For New Gold Line Bridge
Progressive Railroading
L.A. Council OKs Demolition Of 6th Street Bridge: Lawmakers Adopt A Modern Design Instead Of Trying To Duplicate Signature Arches Of The Crumbling Landmark Over The Los Angeles River
Los Angeles Times
LAO Weighs In On Rail Business Plan: Advisory Agency To State Legislature Raises Concerns About Funding Sources, Legality Of Project
Hanford Sentinel
New Setback For High-Speed Rail: House Vote To Strip Funding Creates More Uncertainty
NBC Los Angeles
A New Vision For D.C.'s Abandoned Street Car Tunnels
The Atlantic: Cities
New York Times: How To Be Confused About Transit
Human Transit
Omnitrans Celebrates 35 Years Of Service: Free Ride Day Set For November 25 (This Friday, the day after Thanksgiving)
Omnitrans Press Release
Pacific Surfliner Gets $21M To Start On Second Track Thru San Diego
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Parking Lots Are A Waste Of Space And A Drag On Growth
Forbes
Practical Resources For Recruiting Minorities For Chief Executive Officers At Public Transportation Agencies (52p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program
Santa Monica Bike Infrastructure Upgrades Rolling In
Bikeside
Sour Economy Triggers Drop In Measure R Transportation Receipts ("The head of Los Angeles County's transportation agency said Friday that the region's sour economy has pushed down by 10% to 15% projected revenues from Measure R, the half-cent sales tax for road and transit improvements.")
Los Angeles Times
Surveillance Cameras Cost-Effective Tools For Cutting Crime, 3-Year Study Concludes
Urban Institute
Evaluating The Use Of Public Surveillance Cameras For Crime Control And Prevention (152p. PDF)
Urban Institute Justice Policy Center
A Transit City Is A Centralized City ("The multipolarity of other cities, for example Los Angeles, is not an asset. It would be an asset if those job centers were intense and could be easily served by transit; in reality, they have moderate intensity, nothing like that of the secondary centers of Tokyo or even New York, and serving many of them requires digging new subway lines. Burbank, on the legacy Metrolink network, could make a reasonable site for a transit-oriented secondary center, if commuter rail operations were modernized and local transit lines were extended to it; the Westside and Santa Monica do not, and the hope is that the investment in the Subway to the Sea could enable them to grow to reasonable size.")
Pedestrian Observations
TRB Webinar: Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide For Public Officials (December 13)
National Cooperative Freight Research Program
U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $21 Million To Improve California's Intercity Passenger Rail Service
U.S. DOT Press Release
User Pays ("Does the user pay model still hold up for transportation? Is there a better way to pay for infrastructure? Can users fully fund the roads, bridges, and railways they use? How much should users be on the hook for? What about taxpayers?")
National Journal Transportation Blog
The Value Of Transportation Enhancements; Or, Are Walking And Cycling Really Transportation? ("This issue receives considerable attention, despite the fact that enhancements represent less than 2% of total federal surface transportation expenditures, because it raises questions about future transport priorities, particularly the role of walking and cycling. In other words, should non-motorized modes be considered real transportation.")
Planetizen
Voters Nationwide Choose To Pay More For Transit
Governing
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