$640M Loan For Westside Subway Could Mean Early Open Date
Curbed LA
$641-Million Westside Subway Loan Heads Toward Approval
NBC Los Angeles
Are We There Yet? Passage Of The Transportation Reauthorization Bill Would Finally Shift Us Toward More Environmentally Sustainable Communities
American Prospect
The Battle Over Metro (Letters and email)
Beverly Hills Weekly
Boxer, Mica Bills $20 Billion Apart In Yearly Roads Funding
Business Week
Boxer: Two-Year Transpo Bill Will Save 600,000 Jobs
StreetsBlog DC
Carmageddon Is Coming, So Chill Out And Crank Up The Tunes ("We thought we'd offer a few tips on how to chillax and not blow a gasket during your blocks of idling.")
Los Angeles Times
"Carmageddon" Shortcuts From Valley To Westside
KABC-7
City Officials Make Show Of Solidarity At Gold Line Meeting: Monrovia Leaders Postponed The Regular City Council Meeting Tuesday So They Could Attend A Special Gold Line Board Meeting
Monrovia Patch
A Closer Look At Three Vital Reports On Transportation & Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Construction On New Toll Lanes On 10, 110 Freeways Getting Started
Whittier Daily News
Deciphering A Trend In Transportation Depends Heavily On One's Perspective
Transportation For America
Dueling Bills Seek To Fund Road, Infrastructure Plans
Wall Street Journal
How To Build A Gold Line Extension Basket Bridge
Curbed LA
Is Los Angeles Metro Throwing Bus Riders Under The Bus?
Grist
Kate And William's Pre-Carmageddon Visit: What You Need To Know
Curbed LA
L.A. Prepares For Worst And Hopes For Best In Freeway Shutdown ("“EXPECT BIG DELAY” reads the warning on electronic billboards on highways and streets from Bakersfield to San Diego. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has an official “Countdown to the Closure” clock on its Web site, ticking down to the weekend of July 16 and 17.")
New York Times
Lawmakers Reject House Starvation Levels For Transportation
StreetsBlog DC
Metro Experiments With Toll Lanes On Harbor, San Bernardino Freeways
Los Angeles Independent
Mica's Measurements: $230 Billion, Six Years
StreetsBlog DC
More Expo Delays? Fight Between Expo Board, Culver City Could Delay Final Phase 1 Station
StreetsBlog LA
Opinion: What's Ahead For Transportation In L.A. County (Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe)
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Palmdale Sues High-Speed Rail Authority Over Grapevine Study
Bakersfield Californian
Rosemead Boulevard In Temple City To Be Revamped In 2012
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
The State Of The Union's Roads: An Investigative Report ("What happened to our playground? The American highway is broken. And broke.")
"Subway To The Sea" Gets Infusion Of Federal Cash, Inland Empire Not So Much
Southern California Public Radio
T4 Responds: Yes, Bring Transit To Suburban Seniors (Within Reason)
StreetsBlog DC
Toll Lanes Coming To 10 And 110 Freeways In Los Angeles County: Construction Of Toll Lanes Begins On The 10 And 110 Freeways, Where The Aim Is To Unclog Roads During Los Angeles County's Rush Hours
Los Angeles Times
US House Of Representatives To Unveil Highway Bill
Reuters
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7/07/2011
7/06/2011
Angels Flight Reopens, Arcadia's Metro Carmageddon Bus Service, L.A. HSR Presentation, Mulholland Bridge, Transpo Reauthoritzation & More
210 Freeway Gold Line Bridge Construction Begins In Arcadia
Pasadena Star-News
America's One And Only Personal Rapid Transit System: Morgantown, W.Va Is The Only Place In The World Where Riders Can Hop Into Cars And Travel From Point To Point Without Stopping At Other Stations Along The Way
Governing
Angels Flight Back On Track: Railway Resumes Operation After Wheels Replaced
Los Angeles Downtown News
Angels Flight Railway Reopens After Safety Shutdown
Los Angeles Times
Beverly Hills Rejection Of Century City Station: Embarrassing And Tiresome
CityWatch
The "Bridge To Nowhere" That's Behind Carmageddon ("After more than 50 years of service to Los Angeles County, the Mulholland Bridge — which most visibly links the Skirball Cultural Center and Milken Community High School, on one side, with American Jewish University and Stephen S. Wise Temple, on the other — will undergo a significant makeover to increase its lanes from four to six and ensure that it is up to date with seismic standards.")
Jewish Journal
Can An App Solve L.A. Traffic?
Jewish Journal
Carmageddon In L.A.!: 405 Freeway Shutdown Expected To Snarl Roadways And Business In The L.A. Metro Area
American Public Media Marketplace
The Case For Not-Quite-S0-High-Speed Rail: The Bad News - Republicans Have Torpedoed Plans for American Bullet Trains. The Good News - The Obama Administration Is Quietly Building A Slower, But Potentially Much Better, Rail System
Washington Monthly
City Eyeing $350,000 For Subway Fight ("The [Beverly Hills] City Council is scheduled on Thursday, July 7 to discuss devoting $350,000 from the 2011-12 budget to a possible fight against the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) if its Board decides in the late fall to tunnel under Beverly Hills High School and other portions of the city to extend subway service.")
Canyon News
Construction Begins On I-210 Gold Line Bridge
StreetsBlog LA
Editorial: Time To Address Job Growth, Rail Woes
San Diego Union-Tribune
The Environmental Case For Transportation Investment ("How can improvements in the nation's infrastructure also improve the environment? How helpful is the environmental argument to promote transportation investment? Should infrastructure advocates and environmentalists combine forces to push for more investment in roads, bridges, railways, and transit? Are there areas of conflict between environmentalists and transportation gurus that would harm such a partnership?")
National Journal Transportation Expert Blog
Finally, Rustlings Of A Reauthorization
StreetsBlog DC
Get On The Bus! Metro Offers A Few Free Rides During Carmageddon
LAist
Green Cities In The US And Canada, Kind Of, Part 1: Overall, Land Use, And Transportation Evaluations
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
US And Canada Green City Index: Assessing The Environmental Performance Of 27 Major US And Canadian Cities (71p. PDF : Los Angeles receives its lowest score in transportation, ranking 24th of 27 but is rated favorably for "green initiatives" and future transportation plans)
Economist Intelligence Unit
House GOP Expected To Ax Transportation Funds
Washington Post
How Will High-Speed Rail Impact Los Angeles?
GOOD
After Car Culture: Designing The New LA (presentation of winning entries from the Life At The Speed Of Rail competition : July 12 : "Will high-speed rail change life in LA? How is design influencing transportation development on the West Coast?")
Van Alen Institute
L.A. Bikeway Implementation Improved But Short Of Stated 40 Miles Annually
StreetsBlog LA
L.A. Metro Makes 26 Additional Bus Lines Free For I-405 Closure July 16-17
Metro
Los Angeles Prepares For Carmageddon: Memes To Watch
The Atlantic
Many Bus, Rail Lines Free For 405 Shutdown
Southern California Public Radio
Metro Announces Free Bus Rides During 405 Closure
Los Angeles Daily News
More Bad News For High-Speed Rail
Voice Of OC
Neighborhood Gags As Its Economic Engine Spews Pollution ("In San Bernardino, the railroad came first, but the residents also cannot afford to live anywhere else.")
New York Times
New Pass Offers All-Day Rail, Bus Rides
Orange County Register
New Report: The Role Of Driving In Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Oil Consumption
The City Fix
The Role Of Driving In Reducing GHG Emissions And Oil Consumption: Recommendations For Federal Transportation Policy (45p. PDF)
World Resources Institute; EMBARQ
Revenge Of The Conventional Cars: Hybrids Kicked Out Of Carpool Lanes
AltTransport
Riverside County Official Wants California Split Into 2 States
Los Angeles Times
Map
RTD Learns Transit Lessons From The City Of Angels: US36 Transportation Officials Draw Insights From Two BRT Lines In L.A. (Colorado BRT planners visit Los Angeles' Silver Line and Orange Line as examples of effective bus rapid transit)
Boulder (CO) Daily Camera
The Specious Threat Of Spillover Parking
StreetsBlog Network
Travelers Aid Society Ends 61-Year Run At LAX
Los Angeles Times
U.S. DOT Announces Third Round Of TIGER Grants
Governing
Waze Prepares For Its Closeup With Carmageddon
GigaOm
Why High Oil Prices Are Good For The Economy
San Francisco Chronicle
Workers Brace For 405 Closure As Emergency Preparations Are Being Made To Ease The Burden Of Commuting Throughout Los Angeles
UCLA Daily Bruin
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Pasadena Star-News
America's One And Only Personal Rapid Transit System: Morgantown, W.Va Is The Only Place In The World Where Riders Can Hop Into Cars And Travel From Point To Point Without Stopping At Other Stations Along The Way
Governing
Angels Flight Back On Track: Railway Resumes Operation After Wheels Replaced
Los Angeles Downtown News
Angels Flight Railway Reopens After Safety Shutdown
Los Angeles Times
Beverly Hills Rejection Of Century City Station: Embarrassing And Tiresome
CityWatch
The "Bridge To Nowhere" That's Behind Carmageddon ("After more than 50 years of service to Los Angeles County, the Mulholland Bridge — which most visibly links the Skirball Cultural Center and Milken Community High School, on one side, with American Jewish University and Stephen S. Wise Temple, on the other — will undergo a significant makeover to increase its lanes from four to six and ensure that it is up to date with seismic standards.")
Jewish Journal
Can An App Solve L.A. Traffic?
Jewish Journal
Carmageddon In L.A.!: 405 Freeway Shutdown Expected To Snarl Roadways And Business In The L.A. Metro Area
American Public Media Marketplace
The Case For Not-Quite-S0-High-Speed Rail: The Bad News - Republicans Have Torpedoed Plans for American Bullet Trains. The Good News - The Obama Administration Is Quietly Building A Slower, But Potentially Much Better, Rail System
Washington Monthly
City Eyeing $350,000 For Subway Fight ("The [Beverly Hills] City Council is scheduled on Thursday, July 7 to discuss devoting $350,000 from the 2011-12 budget to a possible fight against the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) if its Board decides in the late fall to tunnel under Beverly Hills High School and other portions of the city to extend subway service.")
Canyon News
Construction Begins On I-210 Gold Line Bridge
StreetsBlog LA
Editorial: Time To Address Job Growth, Rail Woes
San Diego Union-Tribune
The Environmental Case For Transportation Investment ("How can improvements in the nation's infrastructure also improve the environment? How helpful is the environmental argument to promote transportation investment? Should infrastructure advocates and environmentalists combine forces to push for more investment in roads, bridges, railways, and transit? Are there areas of conflict between environmentalists and transportation gurus that would harm such a partnership?")
National Journal Transportation Expert Blog
Finally, Rustlings Of A Reauthorization
StreetsBlog DC
Get On The Bus! Metro Offers A Few Free Rides During Carmageddon
LAist
Green Cities In The US And Canada, Kind Of, Part 1: Overall, Land Use, And Transportation Evaluations
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
US And Canada Green City Index: Assessing The Environmental Performance Of 27 Major US And Canadian Cities (71p. PDF : Los Angeles receives its lowest score in transportation, ranking 24th of 27 but is rated favorably for "green initiatives" and future transportation plans)
Economist Intelligence Unit
House GOP Expected To Ax Transportation Funds
Washington Post
How Will High-Speed Rail Impact Los Angeles?
GOOD
After Car Culture: Designing The New LA (presentation of winning entries from the Life At The Speed Of Rail competition : July 12 : "Will high-speed rail change life in LA? How is design influencing transportation development on the West Coast?")
Van Alen Institute
L.A. Bikeway Implementation Improved But Short Of Stated 40 Miles Annually
StreetsBlog LA
L.A. Metro Makes 26 Additional Bus Lines Free For I-405 Closure July 16-17
Metro
Los Angeles Prepares For Carmageddon: Memes To Watch
The Atlantic
Many Bus, Rail Lines Free For 405 Shutdown
Southern California Public Radio
Metro Announces Free Bus Rides During 405 Closure
Los Angeles Daily News
More Bad News For High-Speed Rail
Voice Of OC
Neighborhood Gags As Its Economic Engine Spews Pollution ("In San Bernardino, the railroad came first, but the residents also cannot afford to live anywhere else.")
New York Times
New Pass Offers All-Day Rail, Bus Rides
Orange County Register
New Report: The Role Of Driving In Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Oil Consumption
The City Fix
The Role Of Driving In Reducing GHG Emissions And Oil Consumption: Recommendations For Federal Transportation Policy (45p. PDF)
World Resources Institute; EMBARQ
Revenge Of The Conventional Cars: Hybrids Kicked Out Of Carpool Lanes
AltTransport
Riverside County Official Wants California Split Into 2 States
Los Angeles Times
Map
RTD Learns Transit Lessons From The City Of Angels: US36 Transportation Officials Draw Insights From Two BRT Lines In L.A. (Colorado BRT planners visit Los Angeles' Silver Line and Orange Line as examples of effective bus rapid transit)
Boulder (CO) Daily Camera
The Specious Threat Of Spillover Parking
StreetsBlog Network
Travelers Aid Society Ends 61-Year Run At LAX
Los Angeles Times
U.S. DOT Announces Third Round Of TIGER Grants
Governing
Waze Prepares For Its Closeup With Carmageddon
GigaOm
Why High Oil Prices Are Good For The Economy
San Francisco Chronicle
Workers Brace For 405 Closure As Emergency Preparations Are Being Made To Ease The Burden Of Commuting Throughout Los Angeles
UCLA Daily Bruin
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
7/05/2011
Gold Line Construction, Metrolink, HSR, 1984 Olympic Traffic, Transpo Job Creation, Transit Loyalty Program & More
500 Rigs Affected As Port Of Long Beach Bans Polluting Trucks
Long Beach Press-Telegram
1984: The Year Of Catastrophic Traffic That Never Was ("The summer Olympics promised L.A. a permanent boost in its global status while incurring no debt, but it also promised the kind of hellish, round-the-clock traffic that would make a typical rush hour look like a walk -- or a drive -- in the park.")
KCET
The Bicycle Dividend (The economics and payoff of bike lane construction)
New York Times
California: Ground Zero In The High Speed Rail Wars
StreetsBlog DC
Carmageddon Is Upon Us!
Forbes
City Officials, Residents Gear Up For "Carmageddon"
Santa Monica Daily Press
City To Get $1.24M For PCH Improvements: The Funding Is Part Of A Five-Year Region-Wide Plan To Improve Roadways In The South Bay
Hermosa Beach Patch
Congress Poised To Take On Transportation Authorization This Month ("House and Senate transportation leaders are close to introducing transportation authorization bills, although they will look very different.")
National League Of Cities
The Dangers Of Touting The Job-Creation Benefits Of Transpo Investment
StreetsBlog DC
Editorial: Bullet Train's End Of The Line ("Bullet trains are exciting, and maybe even worth subsidizing on a manageable scale when well conceived, well planned and well run. This project is none of those things. It presents monumental risks at a time when the state can't even get its budget under control, and a money drain that has gone on long enough.")
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Editorial: More Reasons For Commuters To Ride Metrolink
Ventura County Star
For Washington, A Trek To Daylight ("The Metrorail system in Washington has more escalators than any other transit system in North America, and lately those moving staircases have been having health problems of their own. More than 100 escalators are out on a typical day, repairs are taking longer and rider patience is running out.")
New York Times
Gold Line Bridge Construction Starts Next Week: Expect Some Lanes On The Eastbound 210 Freeway To Be Shut Down On Tuesday And Wednesday Nights
Arcadia Patch
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of Greening Cities (Los Angeles ranks #7 in a survey of 27 North American cities)
The Atlantic
How Fast Is Fast Enough? ("The best way to get high-speed rail to succeed in America is to actually build it somewhere, and then to wait for the other states to say "I want that!" The Obama administration doesn't have to "settle" for incremental improvements.")
The Economist
In China's High-Speed Successes, A Glimpse Of American Difficulties
Transport Politic
In Los Angeles, Cuts Will Make Long Bus Commute Longer ("Though the roads in Los Angeles routinely jam with honking cars in the morning, there is also an almost invisible commuter class — the millions of people, most of them poor, who depend on the sprawling bus system.")
New York Times
Is The British Roundabout Conquering The US?
BBC
Los Angeles Bicycling Groups Demand Safer Streets
Culver City Patch
Los Angeles: Deleting Some Lines Can Be Fair
Human Transit
Massive 405 Freeway Project Respects The Boundaries Of A Jewish Tradition: Metro And Caltrans Are Working With Orthodox Jews To Maintain The Thin "Walls" Of A Vast Westside Eruv During Work On The 405 Freeway
Los Angeles Times
Metro Blue Line Is The Route For "Traveling Circus" Plays
Los Angeles Times
Metro Developer Challenge Winners Include Smart Ride
Blog Downtown
Metrolink Proposals Target Pedestrian Safety At Downtown Burbank Station: One Option Is A Pedestrian Underpass, Estimated To Cost $7 Million. Building A Second Elevator Would Cost $3 Million, And Improving The Warning System Would Cost About $4.6 Million
Los Angeles Times
Money-Losing Buses Could Get Ads, Service Cuts
Glendale News-Press
OC's Express Angels' Train Called Largely Unworkable Here ("Angels officials want expanded service to theInland Empire, where 3,650 of the team's 21,500 season-ticket holders live as well as innumerable single-game ticket-buyers. But for financial, logistical and other reasons, don't count on it happening.")
Riverside Press Enterprise
OCTA Rolls Out Pass That Allows Unlimited Bus And Train Rides
San Clemente Times
One Big Idea: An Airline-Style Loyalty Program For Public Transit
The Atlantic
Parking Tech Helping Big Cities Ease Congestion
Government Technology
Plan Your Panic: Maps Of Carmageddon Construction, Detours
LAist
P.R. Firm In Charge Of Selling State's $43 Billion High-Speed Rail Project Resigns
San Jose Mercury News
Recession Hits Transit Budgets Despite Rising Need ("The Great Recession and cuts in government subsidies have wreaked havoc on mass transit in America, even as rising gasoline prices have pushed up demand for reliable service. By one survey, more than 80 percent of U.S. transit systems had cut service, raised fares or both since the economic downturn started.")
Associated Press
Riding Your Bike Is Good For The Economy
GOOD
SGVCOG Apologized, Paid Executive Director $72,000 Settlement After DA's Probe
Whittier Daily News
Urban Renewal Plans In Jeopardy ("Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday that blows a $1.7 billion hole in cities and counties' redevelopment programs. It eliminates the state's 400 redevelopment agencies, although it creates a mechanism allowing them to survive with less money.Redevelopment agencies are preparing a lawsuit, calling the legislation an unconstitutional cash grab that conflicts directly with a recent state ballot initiative.")
Sacramento Bee
Villaraigosa Orders 1,680 Miles Of Networked Bike Paths, Construction To Increase Fourfold
LAist
Why And How To Reduce The Amount Of Land Paved For Roads And Parking Facilities (9p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
Long Beach Press-Telegram
1984: The Year Of Catastrophic Traffic That Never Was ("The summer Olympics promised L.A. a permanent boost in its global status while incurring no debt, but it also promised the kind of hellish, round-the-clock traffic that would make a typical rush hour look like a walk -- or a drive -- in the park.")
KCET
The Bicycle Dividend (The economics and payoff of bike lane construction)
New York Times
California: Ground Zero In The High Speed Rail Wars
StreetsBlog DC
Carmageddon Is Upon Us!
Forbes
City Officials, Residents Gear Up For "Carmageddon"
Santa Monica Daily Press
City To Get $1.24M For PCH Improvements: The Funding Is Part Of A Five-Year Region-Wide Plan To Improve Roadways In The South Bay
Hermosa Beach Patch
Congress Poised To Take On Transportation Authorization This Month ("House and Senate transportation leaders are close to introducing transportation authorization bills, although they will look very different.")
National League Of Cities
The Dangers Of Touting The Job-Creation Benefits Of Transpo Investment
StreetsBlog DC
Editorial: Bullet Train's End Of The Line ("Bullet trains are exciting, and maybe even worth subsidizing on a manageable scale when well conceived, well planned and well run. This project is none of those things. It presents monumental risks at a time when the state can't even get its budget under control, and a money drain that has gone on long enough.")
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Editorial: More Reasons For Commuters To Ride Metrolink
Ventura County Star
For Washington, A Trek To Daylight ("The Metrorail system in Washington has more escalators than any other transit system in North America, and lately those moving staircases have been having health problems of their own. More than 100 escalators are out on a typical day, repairs are taking longer and rider patience is running out.")
New York Times
Gold Line Bridge Construction Starts Next Week: Expect Some Lanes On The Eastbound 210 Freeway To Be Shut Down On Tuesday And Wednesday Nights
Arcadia Patch
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of Greening Cities (Los Angeles ranks #7 in a survey of 27 North American cities)
The Atlantic
How Fast Is Fast Enough? ("The best way to get high-speed rail to succeed in America is to actually build it somewhere, and then to wait for the other states to say "I want that!" The Obama administration doesn't have to "settle" for incremental improvements.")
The Economist
In China's High-Speed Successes, A Glimpse Of American Difficulties
Transport Politic
In Los Angeles, Cuts Will Make Long Bus Commute Longer ("Though the roads in Los Angeles routinely jam with honking cars in the morning, there is also an almost invisible commuter class — the millions of people, most of them poor, who depend on the sprawling bus system.")
New York Times
Is The British Roundabout Conquering The US?
BBC
Los Angeles Bicycling Groups Demand Safer Streets
Culver City Patch
Los Angeles: Deleting Some Lines Can Be Fair
Human Transit
Massive 405 Freeway Project Respects The Boundaries Of A Jewish Tradition: Metro And Caltrans Are Working With Orthodox Jews To Maintain The Thin "Walls" Of A Vast Westside Eruv During Work On The 405 Freeway
Los Angeles Times
Metro Blue Line Is The Route For "Traveling Circus" Plays
Los Angeles Times
Metro Developer Challenge Winners Include Smart Ride
Blog Downtown
Metrolink Proposals Target Pedestrian Safety At Downtown Burbank Station: One Option Is A Pedestrian Underpass, Estimated To Cost $7 Million. Building A Second Elevator Would Cost $3 Million, And Improving The Warning System Would Cost About $4.6 Million
Los Angeles Times
Money-Losing Buses Could Get Ads, Service Cuts
Glendale News-Press
OC's Express Angels' Train Called Largely Unworkable Here ("Angels officials want expanded service to theInland Empire, where 3,650 of the team's 21,500 season-ticket holders live as well as innumerable single-game ticket-buyers. But for financial, logistical and other reasons, don't count on it happening.")
Riverside Press Enterprise
OCTA Rolls Out Pass That Allows Unlimited Bus And Train Rides
San Clemente Times
One Big Idea: An Airline-Style Loyalty Program For Public Transit
The Atlantic
Parking Tech Helping Big Cities Ease Congestion
Government Technology
Plan Your Panic: Maps Of Carmageddon Construction, Detours
LAist
P.R. Firm In Charge Of Selling State's $43 Billion High-Speed Rail Project Resigns
San Jose Mercury News
Recession Hits Transit Budgets Despite Rising Need ("The Great Recession and cuts in government subsidies have wreaked havoc on mass transit in America, even as rising gasoline prices have pushed up demand for reliable service. By one survey, more than 80 percent of U.S. transit systems had cut service, raised fares or both since the economic downturn started.")
Associated Press
Riding Your Bike Is Good For The Economy
GOOD
SGVCOG Apologized, Paid Executive Director $72,000 Settlement After DA's Probe
Whittier Daily News
Urban Renewal Plans In Jeopardy ("Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday that blows a $1.7 billion hole in cities and counties' redevelopment programs. It eliminates the state's 400 redevelopment agencies, although it creates a mechanism allowing them to survive with less money.Redevelopment agencies are preparing a lawsuit, calling the legislation an unconstitutional cash grab that conflicts directly with a recent state ballot initiative.")
Sacramento Bee
Villaraigosa Orders 1,680 Miles Of Networked Bike Paths, Construction To Increase Fourfold
LAist
Why And How To Reduce The Amount Of Land Paved For Roads And Parking Facilities (9p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
7/01/2011
CAHSR, LADOT, Crenshaw Line, Westside Mobility Plan, 4th Of July In L.A. Transit History, Analyzing Transpo Costs & More
Back To Basics In Transportation Planning
Project For Public Spaces
Bring Transit To Senior Citizens, Or Bring Seniors To Transit?
StreetsBlog DC
Calculating The Environmental Impact Of Driving In The United States
The City Fix
California Cities Start Recycling Roads
GOOD
Decorated Cable Cars Of 1892 & Other Notable 4th Of July Anniversaries From Early Los Angeles Transit History
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Democrats Chase The Transpo Spending Unicorn
Transportation Nation
Do-It-Yourself: Use The Gas Slider To Analyze Transportation Costs In Your City
Abogo: Transportation Costs Made Apparent
Dozens Of US Cities Line Up To Contest 2010 Census: With State Budgets Tight, Cities Hope To Push 2010 Census Counts Upward To Get Federal Dollars ("Cities considering challenges based on the costs and potential financial rewards include...Santa Ana, San Jose and Long Beach.")
Associated Press
Editorial: Bullet Train's Folly Factor Rises
Orange County Register
Flat Rate Established For Taxis Traveling To And From LAX (to and from Santa Monica)
Santa Monica Patch
High-Speed Rail Authority, PR Firm Go Separate Ways
Los Angeles Times
How To Get People To Pay Higher Taxes
Infrastructurist
In Heat Of The Moment, Twitter Is Fast T Fix (Boston's MBTA is asking customers to tweet about broken air-conditioning in rail cars)
Boston Herald
Increasing Public Transport Use With Smart Campaigns ("Marketing efforts by public transportation systems are vastly outspent by those of the major automobile companies, which spend billions each year to attract new customers...public transportation systems must not forget about branding, marketing, and advertising and using smart, creative, cost-efficient campaigns targeted at increasing and maintaining ridership.")
American Society Of Landscape Architects' The Dirt Blog
LADOT Touts Spike In Rider Satisfaction
Los Angeles Daily News
Live Chat: I-405 Countdown To Closure, July 16-17 (transcript of Wednesday's Metro Live Chat with Metro's Executive Director of Highway Projects and Executive Director of Transit Project Delivery)
Metro
Reading L.A.: Mike Davis, "City Of Quartz" And Southern California's "Spatial Apartheid"
Los Angeles Times
Riders Rave About DASH Service, Survey Says
Blog Downtown
Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Proposes Compensation For Rail Line
Los Angeles Wave
Tips For Air Travel During 405 Closure: Los Angeles International Airport Officials Say They Expect Impacts On Departing And Arriving Passengers, But There Are Ways To Avoid Frenzy
Hermosa Beach Patch
U.S. Opens New Round Of Transportation Grants
Reuters
Washington Metro Could Benefit From Clarified Board Roles And Responsibilities, Improved Strategic Planning (69p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
West L.A. Residents Give Their Input On Area Transportation Problems: Parking Concerns Dominate The Discussion At A Meeting Wednesday Organized By City Offiicals To Get Residents' Feedback On The Westside Mobility Plan
Brentwood Patch
Westside Subway Extension Work Could Begin In 2012
Los Angeles Business
William Shatner's "Carmageddon" Tweet: Watch My Documentary
Los Angeles Times
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
Project For Public Spaces
Bring Transit To Senior Citizens, Or Bring Seniors To Transit?
StreetsBlog DC
Calculating The Environmental Impact Of Driving In The United States
The City Fix
California Cities Start Recycling Roads
GOOD
Decorated Cable Cars Of 1892 & Other Notable 4th Of July Anniversaries From Early Los Angeles Transit History
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Democrats Chase The Transpo Spending Unicorn
Transportation Nation
Do-It-Yourself: Use The Gas Slider To Analyze Transportation Costs In Your City
Abogo: Transportation Costs Made Apparent
Dozens Of US Cities Line Up To Contest 2010 Census: With State Budgets Tight, Cities Hope To Push 2010 Census Counts Upward To Get Federal Dollars ("Cities considering challenges based on the costs and potential financial rewards include...Santa Ana, San Jose and Long Beach.")
Associated Press
Editorial: Bullet Train's Folly Factor Rises
Orange County Register
Flat Rate Established For Taxis Traveling To And From LAX (to and from Santa Monica)
Santa Monica Patch
High-Speed Rail Authority, PR Firm Go Separate Ways
Los Angeles Times
How To Get People To Pay Higher Taxes
Infrastructurist
In Heat Of The Moment, Twitter Is Fast T Fix (Boston's MBTA is asking customers to tweet about broken air-conditioning in rail cars)
Boston Herald
Increasing Public Transport Use With Smart Campaigns ("Marketing efforts by public transportation systems are vastly outspent by those of the major automobile companies, which spend billions each year to attract new customers...public transportation systems must not forget about branding, marketing, and advertising and using smart, creative, cost-efficient campaigns targeted at increasing and maintaining ridership.")
American Society Of Landscape Architects' The Dirt Blog
LADOT Touts Spike In Rider Satisfaction
Los Angeles Daily News
Live Chat: I-405 Countdown To Closure, July 16-17 (transcript of Wednesday's Metro Live Chat with Metro's Executive Director of Highway Projects and Executive Director of Transit Project Delivery)
Metro
Reading L.A.: Mike Davis, "City Of Quartz" And Southern California's "Spatial Apartheid"
Los Angeles Times
Riders Rave About DASH Service, Survey Says
Blog Downtown
Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Proposes Compensation For Rail Line
Los Angeles Wave
Tips For Air Travel During 405 Closure: Los Angeles International Airport Officials Say They Expect Impacts On Departing And Arriving Passengers, But There Are Ways To Avoid Frenzy
Hermosa Beach Patch
U.S. Opens New Round Of Transportation Grants
Reuters
Washington Metro Could Benefit From Clarified Board Roles And Responsibilities, Improved Strategic Planning (69p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
West L.A. Residents Give Their Input On Area Transportation Problems: Parking Concerns Dominate The Discussion At A Meeting Wednesday Organized By City Offiicals To Get Residents' Feedback On The Westside Mobility Plan
Brentwood Patch
Westside Subway Extension Work Could Begin In 2012
Los Angeles Business
William Shatner's "Carmageddon" Tweet: Watch My Documentary
Los Angeles Times
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
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