Post-Modern 710, Broadway 100, CRA Approves Streetcar, Dodger Transpo, Arroyo Seco 70th & More

The 710: A Post Modern Freeway
StreetsBlog LA
710 Tunnel Technical Study Information Page
Caltrans

ACLU Gearing Up To Sue D.C. Metro Over Bag Searches
Transportation Nation

AECOM Wins Contract For Downtown Connector Line

Curbed LA

Broadway 100 To Launch With Tuesday Kickoff ("A Tuesday morning press conference will kick off Broadway 100, a celebration of the 100th anniversaries of three of Broadway's twelve historic theaters. The Cameo, Arcade and Palace theaters all opened between the fall of 1910 and the summer of 1911.")

Blog Downtown

Broke Town, U.S.A. (the coming crisis in municipal bonds)
New York Times

Build America Bonds For Transportation ("Can such a bond program work if it's targeted just for transportation? How much headway could states and cities make on their biggest projects if they had easier access to investors? Would such bonds really make a difference in lowering the overall cost of a six-year highway bill? Politically, how can supporters like Wyden sell their idea to Republicans who see it as just another way to funnel money to the states?")
National Journal Transportation Blog

Cities Say Jerry Brown's Redevelopment Plan Is Unconstitutional
Sacramento Bee

The Collapse Of The Old Oil Order: How The Petroleum Age Will End
Truth-Out

CRA Approves $8.4 Million For Streetcar

Blog Downtown

Downtown Need A Makeover? More Cities Are Razing Urban Highways: Removal Of Aging Highways Is A Strategy Some Cities Are Using To Try To Boost Their Downtown Districts
Christian Science Monitor

Editorial: If LA Can Embrace Bicycling, So Can We
Bakersfield Californian

Fact-Checking The High-Speed Rail Debate
Politifact

Financing The Nation's Infrastructure In Our Age Of Cutbacks

Transport Politic

Hayabusa High-Speed Train Debuts In Japan ("On Saturday Japan launched the Hayabusa with a smoking fast 186 mile per hour." Includes photo-essay)

Huffington Post

Hero To Urban Planners, Janette Sadik-Khan Also Has Some Enemies

Curbed LA

High Gas Prices Make Buses & Trains The Best Deal In Two Years
Treehugger
Gas Prices Rise, As Do Savings For Transit Riders
Reuters

How Los Angeles Advocates Are Rallying For Regional Funding Reform

StreetsBlog LA

Is There A Downside To "Intelligent Cities" Or "Smart Cities"?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

L.A. Launches Graffiti Database To Track Taggers, Keep Evidence On File

LA Weekly

Metrolink To Offer Late-Night Weekday Train Service From Union Station: Metro To Offer Special Dodger Stadium Express Bus Service From Union Station To Dodger Stadium During Pre-Game And Regular Season 2011 Dodger Games

Dodgers Press Release

Michelangelo's David Could Collapse Due To High-Speed Train Building ("Michelangelo's statue of David is at risk of being toppled by the construction of a high-speed railway line beneath Florence because of his flimsy ankles.")
Telegraph (U.K.)

Moving Beyond The Automobile: Car Share

Street Films

NY's MTA Looking To Sell Ads In Subway Tunnels
Transportation Nation

Pasadena Freeway Turns 70, Showing Its Age And Its Charm

Los Angeles Times

President Obama Signs Transportation Extension

StreetsBlog DC

Rio De Janeiro's Transit Solution: Cable Cars Over The Favelas
Wired

The Streetcar's Taxing Matter: Decision On Whether Property Owners Pay For $125 Million Project Could Be Made By Residents

Los Angeles Downtown News

The Transport Network?: Facebook Ponders Urban Design

The City Fix

A Transportation Look At A Contentious Race In CD14
StreetsBlog LA

A Trip Down Memory Lane Via The Arroyo Seco Parkway (video shows the opening of our oldest freeway in 1940)

Eastsider LA

Caltrans To Celebrate Arroyo Seco Parkway's Birthday: California's First Freeway Recently Turned 70 And District 7 Is Launching A Museum Exhibit In Its Honor

Caltrans Media Advisory

Arroyo Seco Parkway Exhibit Opens District 7 Museum Series

Inside Seven

Arroyo Seco Parkway At 70: The Unusual History Of The "Pasadena Freeway," California Cycleway & Rare Traffic Plan Images

Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Trippy Transit Benches That Can Withstand The Sits, Leans, And Etchings Of Time
GOOD

Up Next For Expo: Should Westwood Station Have Car Parking
StreetsBlog LA

The Way We Drive Now: There's A Reason Washington Can't Get Americans Out Of Their Cars
Weekly Standard

Yes, Transit Belongs In The Highway Trust Fund

StreetsBlog DC

LA Carpool Lanes For Solo Drivers, Arroyo Parkway At 70, Downtown Regional Connector, Union Station History, Beverly Hills Subway & More

AECOM Joint Venture Wins Contract To Design Los Angeles "Regional Connector" Transit Corridor

San Francisco Chronicle

Arroyo Seco Parkway At 70: The Unusual History Of The "Pasadena Freeway," California Cycleway & Rare Traffic Plan Images (A look at how the oldest freeway in the United States came about)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Beyond Bus v. Rail: A Nuanced Approach To Evaluating Transit
StreetsBlog Network

Car-Pool Lanes For Solo Drivers? Fee System Coming To L.A.

Orange County Register

Congress Should Investigate Life-Cycle Budgeting For Infrastructure

The Hill

Council Supports Bringing High Speed Rail To Area: Resolution Encourages Alignment Of Proposed Project

Redlands Daily Facts

Editorial: Pedal-Power To The People: The City Council's Approval Of A Bicycle Master Plan Aims To Quadruple The Mileage Of Official Bikeways In Los Angeles

Los Angeles Times

Exactly The Wrong Time To Cut Back On Transit, Smart Growth, And High-Speed Rail

Mobilizing The Region

The Federal Transportation Bill Is A Health Care Bill
StreetsBlog LA

Getting Back To Golden: Jobs, Transportation & Sustainability In Southern California (May 5-6, 2011 : La Quinta, Calif.)
Southern California Association Of Governments

Ground Broken For New Carpool Lanes: Construction Along A 4.4-Mile Stretch Of Interstate 5 Will Take Place Mostly At Night

Glendale News-Press

High-Speed Rail Likely To Stay On 10 Or 60 Freeways

Pasadena Star-News

House Passes Seventh Extension Of Transportation Bill
StreetsBlog DC

How Universal Is Transit's Geometry?

Human Transit

Japan Considers Paying Half Of California High-Speed Rail Costs

Infrastructurist

LA Carpool Lanes To Open For Solo Drivers: In 2012, Drivers Can Choose To Pay More To Save Time On The Freeway

NBC Los Angeles

"Long Tunnel" Option, Anyone? Latest On High-Speed Rail And Downtown

Curbed LA

"Mass Transit": A Dance Performance Inspired By Riding L.A.'s Buses

GOOD

Mayor Takes City Concerns To State High Speed Rail Experts (Santa Clarita)

KHTS

More Jobs Means Worse Traffic Congestion

CNN

The Negative Side Of Social Media: What To Expect

Mass Transit

Norco Council Opposes High-Speed Train Route Through City

Riverside Press-Enterprise

One State, Many Regions, Our Future: Tracking Progress Toward Sustainability (92p. PDF)
Southern California Association Of Governments

Opinion: Transportation's Road To Recovery (written by three prominent politicians: a Democrat, a Republican, and an independent)

Politico

Parking Permit Revenue Down Due To Transit Pass Success

Pasadena City College Courier

Planning In Southern California Section Moves Forward: Southern California Communities Help Shape High-Speed Rail Planning

California High Speed Rail Authority Press Release

Rail-Bus Differences: Premise Or Conclusion?
Human Transit

Residents Express Concern About Green Line

Beach Reporter

Revolution, Democracy And The Subway In Beverly Hills

Huffington Post

San Diego County Sets Aside $2.5 Billion For Bicycles And Pedestrians
StreetsBlog LA

Senate Passes Transportation Extension

StreetsBlog DC

Senators Hammer LaHood For Specifics On Funding His Transpo Plan
StreetsBlog DC

UCLA Faculty Assess The Opportunities Presented By California's Planned High-Speed Rail System

UCLA Daily Bruin

Union Station And The Dream Of Flying Buses ("With the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's agreement last week to purchase the facility, and its announced intention to "retain the historic nature of Union Station and prepare it to serve as a world-class 21st century transportation hub," interest has been renewed in the future and the history of L.A.'s 71-year-old passenger terminal. While the future is now in Metro's hands, we can turn to Southern California's archives for a glimpse of the station's past.")
LA As Subject via KCET SoCal Focus

YikeBike: Foldable Bicycle Runs On Electric Power (video)
Huffington Post

Metro Real-Time Bus Info, Hollywood Central Park, Highway Strategies, Big Blue Bus, Biofuel, Environmental Film Festival & More

Back Of The Bus: The Courts Weigh In On Transportation Equality

San Francisco Chronicle

Backfire! With Cleaner Cars, People Drive More

Treehugger

Belly Up To The Biofuel Bar

Discovery

Big Blue Bus Will See Big Changes As Soon As This Spring

Santa Monica College Corsair

Bureaucrats Can't Change The Way We Drive...But They Keep Trying

Washington Examiner

California High-Speed Rail Authority Board To Be Presented With Preliminary Route Analysis Thursday

Pasadena Star-News

Driving Increased Last Year, Signaling Recovery

Wall Street Journal

Environmental Film Festival Showcases Sustainable Cities

The City Fix

The Federal Approach To Surface Transportation Is Fragmented, Lacks Clear Goals, And Is Not Accountable For Results (pp. 53-56 of 345p. PDF : found in: Opportunities To Reduce Potential Duplication In Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, And Enhance Revenue)

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Fix It First, Expand It Second, Reward It Third: A New Strategy For America's Highways

Hamilton Project via Brookings

Full-Text Report (36p. PDF)

Hamilton Project

Policy Brief (8p. PDF)

Hamilton Project

Hawthorne Residents Caught Off Guard By Metro Project

USC Annenberg South Los Angeles Report

A Hollywood Central Park Nears Reality: Paramount Contractors And Developers Pushes Effort With Other City And Business Leaders

ExpertClick

Hollywood Freeway Central Park Illustrative Plan (2p. PDF)

Hollywood Freeway Central Park

House Extends Trust Fund, Awaiting A Fight

Transportation Nation

Los Angeles To Build 1,680 Miles Of Interconnected Bikeways

AltTransport

Metro Begins Testing Real-Time Bus Arrival System

The Source

Metro Muddle Continues ("Tonight is the Metro San Fernando Valley Governance Council meeting at which Metro staff are slated to offer up for the Council to consider amended service change proposals with the changes in part responding to the input of the public heard at the hearings held last month...Too bad as of this morning Metro hasn’t posted on its website the agenda or any details about what the amended staff recommendations consist of.")
StreetsBlog LA

Metro Public Meeting Hears An Outpouring Of Complaints

USC Annenberg South Los Angeles Report

Mica, LaHood Stump At AASHTO Meeting
StreetsBlog DC

New And Notable: Sustainable Infrastructure, Driving Excellence & Open Government
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Obama To Governors: Abandoning Infrastructure "Makes No Sense"

Governing

RTD To Try Out Recycled-Plastic Railroad Ties On West Light-Rail Line

Denver Post

Spending Detente Results In Transportation Cuts

Transportation Nation

Top Green-Building States: California Lags Behind Others

Los Angeles Times

Trains, Planes, And Automobiles

New York Times

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood: "We Believe In Tolling," Says U.S. Open To Tolling Existing Interstates

Dallas Morning News

US DOT: Traffic Reaches Highest Level Since 2007

Transportation Nation

U.S. Driving Rates Are Up...But For How Long?

Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

What L.A.'s New Bike Plan Means For Cyclists -- And The City
GOOD

CAHSR In L.A., MTA Social Media, Congestion Pricing, Efficiency Of Trucking & More

America's 10 Most Toxic Cities: Philadelphia Has Gobs Of Superfund Sites And Poor Water Quality. California Metros Claim The Unhealthiest Air (Los Angeles ranks #6)

Forbes

Slideshow

CA High Speed Rail Authority Meets In Los Angeles, Tomorrow

StreetsBlog LA

Caltrain Board To Consider Eliminating Non-Peak Service, Closing Several Stations

California Streets

Can Buses Enter The Transportation Race?

KALW

CicLAvia Looking For Volunteers...Starting Tomorrow

StreetsBlog LA

City Council Gives Unanimous Nod To New Bike Plan
StreetsBlog LA

Development Of State Rail Plan Moves Forward With Public Meeting

Las Vegas Sun

Evaluating The Impact Of Transit-Oriented Development (148p. PDF)
University Of North Texas Center For Economic Development And Research

GAO: Trucking The Least Efficient Mode Of Freight Shipping
StreetsBlog DC
Surface Freight Transportation: A Comparison Of The Road, Rail, And Waterways Freight Shipments That Are Not Passed On To Consumers (67p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Highlights / Summary (1p. PDF)

Gas Prices Push Commuters To Public Transit

KABC-7

Glimmers Of Hope For Transit Funding ("Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield has introduced AB 650, a bill that promises to help California set a path out of its transit funding problems.")

Environmental Defense Fund Way2Go Blog

Full-Text Of Assembly Bill 650 (8p. PDF)

California Legislature 2011-2012 Regular Session

Good Bottom Line Good For LA's Rail Lines

CityWatch

Government Considers Controversial Building Deals ("Public-private partnerships are becoming more attractive as cash-strapped governments search for ways to overhaul aging roads and bridges. But they are also fueling a debate over the role of government in providing roads, bridges and other major transportation projects.")

Associated Press

High Speed Rail Industry To Reach $907 Billion By 2015

Mass Transit

If Congestion Pricing Is So Great, Why Don't Businesses Do It?

The Atlantic

LaHood To Face Triple Grilling On Highway Proposal

Mass Transit

Mica On The Next Transportation Bill: Size Matters

StreetsBlog LA

MTA Using Social Media For Outreach On Long Beach Freeway Project

Los Angeles Wave

Muni Objects To State Criticism Of Rail Lines

San Francisco Chronicle

New Study Finds MTA Policies Squeezing Transit Riders At Both Ends

Labor/Community Strategy Center

Public Hearings To Decide Fate Of Big Blue Bus Lines

Santa Monica Daily Press

Sahara Express Bus Rapid Transit Line Means More Jobs For Las Vegas

U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog

Several Private Companies Interested In Managing Ontario International Airport
Los Angeles Times

Top World Bank Economist: U.S. Should Invest In Infrastructure

Infrastructurist

Expo Line & Big Blue Bus, LA Bicycle Master Plan, CAHSR EIR, Mulholland Bridge, US Government Shutdown, Gas Prices, ZipCar & More

AASHTO: Government Shutdown Could Cost Transportation Sector $100M/Day

StreetsBlog DC

Bicycle Master Plan Is Expected To Be Approved By The L.A. City Council: It's Been A Long Ride, But Bicycle Riders' Push For New Routes And Services Is Paying Off. The Plan Calls For 1,680 Miles Of Interconnected Bikeways

Los Angeles Times

Big Blue Bus Wants You ("The Expo line is coming in just a few more years, and the Big Blue Bus company doesn't want to be caught unprepared. The transit company is studying its routes, line-by-busline, to decide how to serve the public more efficiently and how to adapt when the train comes to town.")

Santa Monica Lookout

Booz Allen Wins $113.8 Million U.S. Department Of Transportation Contract ("Multiple-award IDIQ contract in support of the FHWA Research and Innovation Technology Administration Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office.")

InfoTech Spotlight

California High Speed Rail Authority To Extend EIR Timeline

California High Speed Rail Blog

Complete Streets Conference Packed 2/25/11

L.A. Eco-Village Blog

The Direction Of Technology In Transportation: Where Is Technology Taking You? (Leonard Transportation Center Transportation Forum : Ontario, CA : Friday, May 13, 2011 : "From bus rapid transit, to autonomous vehicles, and even intelligent infrastructure, technology is permeating every mode of transportation. Each mode incorporates technology in the hopes of decreasing traffic congestion, improving air quality, and moving people and goods in a safest manner possible.")

Leonard Transportation Center, Cal State San Bernardino

Final Bike Plan Up For A Final Vote Later Today

StreetsBlog LA

Gas Prices Soar In U.S. And California As Mideast Unrest Continues

Los Angeles Times

How Bicycling Will Save The Economy (If We Let It)

Grist

Joyride: Pedaling Toward A Healthier Planet

Planetizen

London's Transport System To Become A World Leader In Ticketing Technology

This Big City

Meg Whitman, ZipCar Join Forces

GOOD

Molina: Supervisors "Left Out" On Grand Ave: County Board Not Adequately Involved In Shifting Plans, Supervisor Says

Los Angeles Downtown News

NBC Universal Project: Example Of All That's Wrong With LA Planning Process

CityWatch

Transit Coalition Response Letter Regarding NBC Universal Evolution Plan Draft EIR (6p. PDF)

Transit Coalition

New City Carbon Index Gives Los Angeles C- Grade

Sustainable Business

An Old Jerusalem Road Gets A High-Tech Makeover: A Light-Rail Train Is Making Trial Runs Down The Venerable Main Street. It Will "Revolutionize Transportation And The City, Too," One Official Says

Los Angeles Times

Plan To Relocate Mulholland Bridge Rejected: Despite Residents' Concerns, Metro And Caltrans Stick With Original Plan To Rebuild Mulholland Drive Bridge At Its Current Location Over The 405

Encino Patch

Political Motivations, And The Consultant's Task

Human Transit

Poll: Yes On Highway Spending, No On Higher Gas Tax To Fund It

Wall Street Journal

Public Poll Shows Bipartisan Support For Public Rail Funding

Infrastructurist

More Than A Third Of Americans Aware Of High Speed Rail Projects In Their State: Nearly Two-Thirds Support State Or Federal Funding For High Speed Rail, Including Those That Live In Florida; One In Five Oppose, 15% Unsure (full poll results)

Harris Interactive

The Ripple Effects Of Transit Investment

Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Security & All-Hazards Preparedness, Response, And Recovery Activities: TRB's All Hazards Context For Coordinated, All Modes, Security-Related Research (146p. PDF)

Transportation Research Board

Silicon Valley's Public Transit Will Become More Tech-Friendly

GOOD

Streetcar Dollars: The $125 Million Project Continues To Roll Forward

Los Angeles Downtown News

Streetcar Heads To CRA For $8.3 Million

Blog Downtown

Sydney, Call Los Angeles

Human Transit

Out Of The Jam: How To Get Sydney Back On Track

Sydney Morning Herald

Traffic Forecasting: Does It Really Work?

KING-5

Trains So Fast They'll Make Momma Proud

Planetizen

Transportation 101: Cliff's Notes For The Reauthorization Debate

StreetsBlog DC

Wendy Greuel Announces Run For L.A. Mayor In 2013

Daily Breeze

When 9/11 Memorial Opens, What About The Tour Buses?

New York Times