80 Years Ago: Three North Figueroa Tunnels Dedicated
Blog Downtown
All Aboard New York City's Geek Train ("Using 15 portable battery-powered web servers hidden in shopping bags, a nascent creative agency...is creating temporary pirate Wi-Fi hotspots in select subway cars, allowing mobile devices in range to access a public intranet complete with chat room, news, and original content from local artists and writers.")
Wired
Are Complete Streets Incomplete? ("Getting transportation professionals to think about including pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users is a key first step in creating great places and livable communities. But that is not enough to make places that truly work for people — “streets as places.” The planning process itself needs to be turned upside-down.")
Project For Public Spaces
BART Adopts "Buy America" Policy
Progressive Railroading
Caltrans Releases Bay Bridge Testing Data
Sacramento Bee
Documents Showing How Caltrans Responded To A Technician Caught Falsifying Data
Caltrans
Executive Summary (4p. PDF)
Caltrans Wants Prosecution For Forged Tests
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Congressmen Want Review Of Ontario International's Sharp Decline
Los Angeles Times
Downtown LA Opens Dedicated Bike Lane
NBC Los Angeles
Fault-y Towers: Don't Mention The Core! ("Nothing against the good individuals who were paid by Metro, but I just happen to have a natural-born skepticism when it comes to paid EIR experts.")
Huffington Post
For Downtown Cyclists, This Green Also Means Go: The Bright Green Bicycle Lane On Spring Street Is Aimed At Reducing Collisions And Helping Cyclists Feel Safer Navigating Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Gold Line Extension Tells Us What's Shaking In Duarte
Curbed LA
A Hard Turn: Better Health On The Highway ("On the road for weeks on end, with the sorts of diets that make nutritionists apoplectic, the nation’s truckers are in pretty bad shape. Now, beset by rising insurance costs and desperate to ensure their drivers pass government health tests, trucking companies and industry groups are working hard to persuade road warriors to change their habits.")
New York Times
High Line: The Inside Story Of New York City's Park In The Sky
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Infographic: How Does Los Angeles Move? (A closer look at mobility statistics from LA/2B)
GOOD
Inspired By High Line, Park Is Envisioned With Sights Set Low ("Plans for another attention-grabbing green space on a former transit site. But this one comes with a twist — the proposed park would be underground, in a dank former trolley terminal under Delancey Street that is controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.")
New York Times
L.A. Freeways: Congested And Wasteful, But At Least They're Reliable
Southern California Public Radio
LaHood: Avoid Across-The-Board Cuts After Supercommittee Failure
Transportation Nation
LaHood Warns Super Committee Failure Will Hit Transport Programs
Journal Of Commerce
Long Beach Bridge Jobs Sought For Local Workers
Contra Costa Times
Looped: A Downtown Streetcar Isn't Transit
KCET
Metro Bus Struck By Two Bullets In South Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Ranking The Nation's Most Congested Highway Corridors
Fleet Owner
San Francisco's Transbay Terminal Faces Murky Future
San Francisco Business Times
South El Monte Residents Consider Possible Improvements To Durfee/Peck Corridor
West San Gabriel Valley Bike Coalition
Supercommittee Goes Bust, Lone Prospect Of Gas Tax Hike Dissolves
StreetsBlog DC
Taxpayer Group: GOP Drill Bill "Not A Responsible Budget Approach"
StreetsBlog DC
Top 10 Books, 2012 ("Planetizen is pleased to release its tenth annual list of the ten best books of the year in urban planning, design and development.")
Planetizen
Torrance Set To Adopt South Bay Bicycle Master Plan At Meeting
Daily Breeze
Transportation And Food Access Idea 4: More Walkable Food Retail
StreetsBlog LA
UCLA's Bike-To-Campus Week Aims To Educate About Environmental And Health Benefits Of Cycling
UCLA Daily Bruin
West Hollywood "Entertainment Shuttle" In The Works ("In an effort to reduce traffic congestion and drunk driving, City Council will discuss establishing a shuttle service traveling through Weho's nightlife destinations.")
West Hollywood Patch
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