February 23: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Tunneling begins on the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension -- rarely seen photos tell the story)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
9th National Conference On Transportation Asset Management (San Diego : April 16-18)
Transportation Research Board
Agoura Citizens Voice Concerns About Proposed 101 Interchange Project
Agoura Hills Patch
APTA: Public Transportation Users Save $9,914 Annually
Metro Magazine
BART's New Car Fleet: Made In The USA, But Maybe Not In California
Transportation Nation
Buried Car, Other Debris Delay New El Monte Bus Station
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Bus Operator Restroom Use: Case Study And Practitioner Resources From Minneapolis (4p. PDF)
Transportation Learning Center
Compromise Is Necessary For Transportation Reauthorization
The Hill
End Of The Roads: When Highway Removal Works
Next American City
Expanding Peer-To-Peer Car Sharing To College Campuses
The City Fix
Film Crews Get Green Light To Park On Bike Lanes
KCET
The Grocery Store Of The Future? (How transit users waiting for buses or trains may soon be shopping for groceries)
The Atlantic: Cities
Heard Underground, In Your Dreams (Follow up to yesterday's "What would you like subway announcers to say?")
New York Times
House Bill Delayed, But Transit, Biking, And Walking Aren't Safe Yet
StreetsBlog DC
Houston Opens First HOT Lane For Solo Drivers Who Want To Beat The Traffic
Transportation Nation
How Climate Change Could Be The Ruin Of Los Angeles ("Few cities are facing the serious environmental double whammy that’s most likely in store for Los Angeles.")
The Atlantic: Cities
How Mobile Payments Are Revolutionizing Public Transit (Several specific systems are discussed)
Mashable
The Human Cost Of Car-Centrism: Carwashes Are The New Sweatshops
StreetsBlog LA
Is The U.S. Out Of Love With Cutting-Edge Transit? (Are monorail, high-speed rail, personal rapid transit, car-sharing, electric buses, giant escalators and driverless cars just fads?)
Smithsonian
LA Port Urges Supreme Court To Uphold Clean-Trucks Ruling
Journal Of Commerce
Lawmaker Wants To Put Brakes On Naming Freeways, Bridges ("Assemblyman Chris Norby (R-Fullerton) has introduced a bill that would strip the Legislature of the power to name roads and bridges, giving it instead to the California Transportation Commission, which he hopes will show more moderation.")
KTLA
Malibu Looking To Make PCH Safer For Drivers, Walkers, Bikers
Curbed LA
Metro Board: Fare Gates, TAP But Regional Connector Postponed
StreetsBlog LA
Metro Set To Vote On Environmental Impact Of Downtown Rail Connector
NBC Los Angeles
Move L.A. Hosts "L.A. On The Verge" This Frdiay: What Would You Do With Measure R+
StreetsBlog LA
On The Money: Derailing The Bullet Train? -- Will Voters Get A Re-Do On High Speed Rail?
CBS Sacramento
One-Way Splits As Symbolic Transit
Human Transit
Operation Of Light-Rail Transit Through Ungated Crossings At Speeds over 35 MPH (124p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program
Orange County Transportation Authority Opposes Elimination Of Federal Transit Funding
Southern California Public Radio
Pocket $300 To Share Your Car
Treehugger
Promoting Bicycle Commuter Safety (176p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Prospering In Place: Linking Jobs, Development, And Transit To Spur Chicago's Economy (48p. PDF)
Center For Neighborhood Technology
Public Still Wary Of Gas Tax Hikes
Stateline
Putting TRB In The Palm Of Your Hand: The Transportation Research Board's Annual Meeting Online Portal & Research E-Newsletter
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The Real Reason Cities Can Be so Much Greener Than Other Places
The Atlantic: Cities
Santa Monica Complete Green Street Breaks Ground
Bustler
Share Your Ideas For Los Angeles Transportation At The LA/2B Think Labs (four upcoming events)
GOOD
Stroll Around LA County's Only Freeway Cap Park
Curbed LA
Taxes And Transport: Taxes Pay For Things
The Economist
Transit Agencies Jointly Tackle Leadership Succession Planning ("During the past year, three agencies — LACMTA, Regional Transit District of Denver (RTD) and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) — have been working together on a new employee exchange program that helps prepare current middle-level managers for higher level management and leadership positions at their respective agencies.")
Progressive Railroading
Transit Officials Offer New Reason To Oppose HR7: Bond Ratings ("The most vocal opposition to the bill has been in defense of transit funding. As written HR7 would stop funding mass transit through a federal gasoline tax for the first time in about three decades. Instead it would provide mass transit with a one time grant that would need to be approved by Congress each year to be extended.")
Transportation Nation
Villaraigosa Looks To Position Himself For National Stage
Daily Breeze
Villaraigosa Named National Co-Chair Of Obama's Campaign
Los Angeles Wave
Vote on Regional Connector Final EIR/EIS Delayed To March
Rafu Shimpo
Zipcar Invests In Wheelz Peer-To-Peer Carsharing Network
Autoblog Green
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