Farmers Field & Transit, Hollywood Bowl Station, Positive Train Control, Figueroa Plan, Mobility 21, CAHSR Ridership & More

215 Project Reaches Midway Point

San Bernardino Sun

AEG Proposal Begs The Question: What's "Carbon Neutral," Anyway? ("By focusing on transportation issues with Farmers Field, AEG will create a 21st century stadium, one that capitalizes on the nearby Blue Line, the forthcoming Exposition Line and buses...Additionally, AEG officials say they could bundle NFL tickets with mass transit tickets or encourage carpooling and van service.")

Los Angeles Daily News

Bill Pushes Gas Levy For Congestion Relief Projects

Riverside Press-Enterprise

Bills To Shift Oversight Of High-Speed Rail Faltering

California Watch

Bus Times Go Mobile With Beta Test Of Countdown App In London

Guardian (U.K.)

Caltrans Gets Federal Grant For Rail Safety System: Metrolink Will Be The First Commuter Railroad In The Nation To Implement Positive Train Control, Official Says

Chatsworth Patch

CEOs Call For Less Regulation, Better Infrastructure

Wall Street Journal

Click Here For More Revenue: The Washington State Department Of Transportation Is Testing Advertising On Some Of Its Dot-Com Web Pages In An Effort To Increase Revenue ("The Wall Street Journal reported that WSDOT's Web ads have only generated $30,000 as of early August.")

Governing

Dismantling Democracy To Fight NIMBYism

Transport Politic

Farmers Field Or Blade Runner Stadium?: The Downtown NFL Arena Deal Allows A Sea Of Billboards, Congestion And Millions In Public Costs

LA Weekly

Figueroa For All Seeks Comprehensive Transportation Reform

Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch

Future Stations Of The Past: Whatever Happened To Early Plans For A Metro Rail Stop At The Hollywood Bowl?

Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Independent Peer Review Says HSR Ridership Numbers Are Sound

California High Speed Rail Blog

Independent Peer-Review Of The California High-Speed Rail Ridership And Revenue Forecasting Process: Findings And Recommendations From April-July 2011 Review Period: Final Report (11p. PDF)

Independent Peer Review Panel

Los Angeles, 1917 (video : Rarely seen streetcar and traffic footage in early downtown Los Angeles)
Ford Educational Library via YouTube

Mayor Calls For Transit Funds To Be Authorized

Los Angeles Daily News

More Than 2M Commute For 45 Minutes Or More ("Of the 15 million Californians who commute to work, 2.7 million spend at least 45 minutes getting to their jobs, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.")

California Watch

The Long Haul To The Office

Wall Street Journal

More Than 1,000 SoCal Leaders Gather At Mobility 21 Summit In Support Of Transportation To Create Local Jobs

TeleTrader

Opinion: Keeping "Underground" Elements At Bay: Safety On The Red Line

Los Angeles Daily News

Over Previous Objections, Bike Share Is Coming To The National Mall

StreetsBlog DC

Rail Authority Says New Study Affirms Ridership Potential

Central Valley Business Times

Rancho Cucamonga Not Sold On Gold Line To Ontario Airport

Curbed LA

The Saga Continues: Push For Bike Safety On The PCH Inches Forward
StreetsBlog LA

The Senate's "Dr. No" Says He'll Block An Extension Unless Bike/Ped Is Cut
StreetsBlog DC

Smart Congestion Relief: Comprehensive Analysis Of Traffic Congestion Costs And Congestion Reduction Benefits (40p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute

Subway Station Severely Damaged On 9/11 Now Fully Restored

Transportation Nation

Villaraigosa Calls For Pressure On Congress To Pass Transit Jobs Bill

Daily Breeze

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Gold Line, Mobility 21, Bicycling, Infrastructure Bank, SAFETEA-LU Extension & More

10th Annual Southern California Transportation Summit: Transportation Next -- New Era, New Vision, New Realities (today)

Mobility 21

2012 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards (open for nominations October 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011)

Federal Highway Administration / Federal Transit Administration

Development Of The Selection Assistant For Utility Locating Technologies (42p. PDF)

Strategic Highway Research Program

Effective Today: City Of L.A.'s Bicyclist Anti-Harassment Ordinance

LAist

Feasibility Of Using In-Vehicle Video Data To Explore How To Modify Driver Behavior That Causes Non-Recurring Congestion (139p. PDF)

Strategic Highway Research Program

FYF Fest: Is Late-Night Train Service A Sign For An Expanded Metro Schedule?

KCET

Gold Line Agency Poses Questions ("Metro Gold Line construction agency is seeking $1.2 million to fund an environmental study on the extension of a light rail line from Montclair to the L.A./Ontario International Airport, but Rancho Cucamonga will not take part, and Upland is undecided.")

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Gold Line Attacks Are Rare, Officials Say: Sheriff's Department Adds Deputies To Metro Rail In Response To Recent Stabbings

Pasadena Sun

Mapmaker, Mapmaker: Regular Guy Envisions A Better Transit System For L.A.

LAist

Mayor Villaraigosa And Other Southern California Leaders Will Unveil Strategies For Securing U.S. Dollars To Create Local Jobs

MarketWatch

Mayor's Job Agenda Item #1: Pass The Transportation Bill

StreetsBlog DC

New [D.C.] Metro Map Changes Little, But Improves Much

Greater Greater Washington

(Next Best Thing To A) Subway To The Sea Opens (New Big Blue Bus line)

Los Angeles Magazine

Obama's Infrastructure Plan, Part Deux ("Will it work? How effective will it be? What kinds of infrastructure projects are in the holding pen that will be unleashed with this directive? How will the administration's infrastructure effort impact the broader talks on reauthorizing the surface transportation funding system? Will a sped-up waiver process facilitate new public-private partnerships? How many jobs can be created just by eliminating red tape?")

National Journal Transportation Experts Blog

One Path To Better Jobs: Denser Cities

New York Times

President Obama Calls For Renewed Transit Funds Saying 2 Million Jobs Are At Stake

New York Daily News

Schools Work To Lessen Traffic Crush ("Now that summer is fading and fall is returning, thousands of students are returning to schools and universities on the Westside. And they must motor across the narrow Mulholland Bridge to get to class.")

Los Angeles Daily News

Show Me The Way (APTA awards their Adwheel Award first prize to Austin, TX transit map)

Cap Metro Blog

The Award-Winning Map (2p. PDF)

Silver Lake Drivers Discover That Part Of Their Driveways Are No-Parking Zones

Eastsider LA

Spurring Jobs Through Infrastructure?

Transport Politic

Welcome To The New Mobility 21: Your Go-To Source For Transportation Advocacy In Southern California

Mobility 21

Why Might A SAFETEA-LU Extension Be Delayed?

Transportation Issues Daily

Why Towns With Good Transit Options Are Recovering Faster From The Recession

TreeHugger

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Crenshaw/LAX, Arroyo Parkway, Transportation Bill, OC Transit Security, LA Turns 230, Sharrows & More

Air Pollution Documentary Premiers In Santa Monica

Santa Monica Lookout

Analyst Casts Doubt On Economic Benefit Of Downtown L.A. Stadium
Los Angeles Times

Boxer And Johnson Warn Senators Of Job Losses If Transpo Bill Isn't Extended

StreetsBlog DC

Can Arroyo Seco Parkway Be Made Safer?

Eagle Rock Patch

Commerce Hires New Transportation Director

EGP News

Cops To Hunt Buses, Trains For Terrorists: They Will Pop Up Randomly On Trains And Buses In The County

Orange County Register

Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor: Metro Gets Green Light

Huffington Post

Crenshaw Line's Final Environmental Report Includes New 405 Bridge
Curbed LA

The Expo Line Before The Expo Line ("The vaunted, long awaited $930 million Expo Line, slated to open later this year, had a precursor. Long before Angelenos dreamed of a subway to the sea, there was a rail line that connected Downtown to the coast.")

Los Angeles Downtown News

"Give Me Three" Rides To The Assembly Floor, Republican Opposition Expected
StreetsBlog LA

Happy Birthday, Los Angeles! But Is The Story Of The City's Founding A Myth?

LA as Subject via KCET

Huge Crane And Drill Arrive For Gold Line Extension Basket Bridge
Curbed LA

Infrastructure Bank Could Be Part Of Jobs Package

Associated Press

Is The Metro Train To LAX Really "Moving Out Of The Station" Like Villaraigosa Says?
LAist

LADOT Responds: 20 Miles Of Sharrows Part Of Mayor's Infrastructure Commitment
StreetsBlog LA

Mayor Requests Special Jobs Rules For LA ("Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants local workers to fill the 166,000 future jobs expected to open from federally funded, regional transportation projects. But federal rules forbid local hiring preferences on publicly funded transportation projects. The mayor wants to change that rule and sent MTA board member, Richard Katz to DC to make this proposal.")

Southern California Public Radio

Remind Me Again: Why Are We Fighting Over Transportation?

Southern California Public Radio

When Safe Routes To School Is About More Than Bike Lanes And Sidewalks
StreetsBlog LA

Work Funded For L.A. To San Diego Railroad Lines

Examiner

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Westside Subway, Complete Streets, Highway Bill, Urban Property, Green Line To LAX & More

App Lets Drivers Sell Public Parking Spots To Highest Bidder
DNA Info

A Back-To-School Syllabus For Complete Streets Advocates
StreetsBlog DC

Feinstein: "I Support Funding For The Westside Subway"
StreetsBlog LA

L.A. Under The Influence: The Hidden Logic Of Urban Property
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Libertarians And The Urban Planning Culture War
Forbes

Mica Opens Door To Short-Term Highway Bill
The Hill

Obama: Failing To Extend Highway Bill Inexcusable
Forbes

On Highway Funding, GOP Chairman Mica Agrees To Go Obama's Way
Huffington Post

President Obama Calls On Congress To Pass Transportation Measures To Protect Jobs (includes video and full transcript)
White House Blog

President Obama Pushes Congress For A Clean Extension Of Transpo Bill
StreetsBlog DC

Public Has Say On Light Rail Connection To LAX: Metro Is Gathering Feedback On A Way To Get Angelenos From Public Ground Transportation Directly To The Airport, But Don't Expect It To Come Down The Track Anytime Soon
Venice Patch

Santa Monica's Bergamot Transit Village Slims Down, Gets A Park
Curbed LA

Transportation Projects Create 4,600 O.C. Jobs
Orange County Register

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