February 22: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (One of L.A.'s slowest stretches of freeway gets a carpool lane)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
All Aboard (Not): Why Has Amtrak Stopped Letting Children Take The Train On Their Own?
Slate
America's Crumbling Transportation Infrastructure
Minnesota Public Radio
Attracting, Recruiting, And Retaining Skilled Staff For Transportation System Operations And Management (163p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Billions In HSR Funds Could Be Spent Upgrading SoCal Trains
Curbed LA
Bringing Back The Building: The Latest Information On 70 Downtown Projects
Los Angeles Downtown News
Caltrans Pressured To Sell Homes Bought For 710 Freeway Extension
Los Angeles Times
Classic L.A. To Z: U Is For Union Station
Los Angeles Magazine
Editorial: Dump This $260 Billion Turkey Of A House Transportation Bill
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Expo Regional Connector Up For Final Vote
Santa Monica Patch
A Few Thoughts On Countdown Clocks And Subway Headways
Second Avenue Sagas
Fixing America's Freeways: The Private Sector Is Reinventing Our Expressways, One Lane At A Time
Reason
Gold Line Deals With Monrovia Appear Imminent ("Gold Line officials and the city have reached agreements on several parts of a critical land deal needed for the Foothill Extension to progress.")
Monrovia Patch
Google Transit: How (And Why) The Search Giant Is Remapping Public Transportation ("There’s been a dramatic shift over the last five years in the way people plan trips on public transportation and the way transit agencies communicate with their riders—and Google is the main instigator.")
Xconomy
Guide For Managing NEPA-Related And Other Risks In Project Delivery (70p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Here're Mayoral Candidate Jan Perry's Thoughts On LA Planning
Curbed LA
High Speed Rail: America's Rail Legacy Continues ("Celebrating the anniversary of Lincoln’s birth (and the birthday of George Washington) on Presidents' Day, I remembered a President who loved transportation, with his words as well as his actions, and who understood its importance to our nation's economy.President Obama’s vision for High Speed Rail is an extension of that legacy.")
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
A HopStop, A Skip, And A Jump: The Transit Website And Mobile App Continue To Move Forward ("The reason for HopStop’s success is the fans.")
New York Enterprise Report
House Transportation Bill Backs Offshore Drilling
San Francisco Chronicle
Infrastructure Becomes Campaign Fodder ("With lawmakers in a tangle, why shouldn't Obama propose what he really wants for transportation, even if it's a pipe dream? Does the White House infrastructure budget proposal give any hope to the transportation community that they might soon get some certainty on funding? Will it make a difference to the average American in deciding how to vote? Does infrastructure make a good campaign topic? Or is the recent infrastructure furor really just an inflated version of the same transportation conversations that have always taken place among same policymakers and lobbyists?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Is Google Wallet Safe? A Recent Security Flaw Raises Questions About Mobile Payments
MIT Technology Review
K Street Pessimistic About Highway Bills
The Hill
Los Angeles Mayor Sets Sights On Bigger Stage
New York Times
Metro May Tackle Ear-Splitting Noise At Green Line Stations
Curbed LA
The More They See, The Less They Like: 10 Reasons Why The Opposition To The House Transportation Bill Is Growing
Transportation For America
Origins Of The Metro Code Of Conduct
StreetsBlog LA
Replay: 600 Business & Other Groups Oppose House Transit Provision
Transportation Issues Daily
Republicans Rebel Against An Oily Transportation Bill: Instead Of Fixing Roads, The House Leadership Proposes A Bonanza For The Oil Industry. Many Republicans Are Balking
Salon
SANDAG's 2050 Transportation Plan Drawing More And More Heat
StreetsBlog LA
Southland Gasoline Prices Reach Highest Amount Since Late May
CBS Los Angeles
There's A Train Comin': Light Rail Changes South L.A. Housing Market
Healthy Cal
Transportation Bills To Get Tune-Up During Recess
Politico
Two Tenths Of One Percent (How the cost of California high-speed rail stacks up against the overall state gross domestic product)
California High Speed Rail Blog
Villaraigosa For Transportation Secretary ("If President Obama wins re-election, the mayor would be a natural for the cabinet -- particularly the transportation secretary post.")
NBC Los Angeles
What's The Difference Between A Street And A Road?
Mental Floss
You Work 3.84 Minutes Per Day To Pay For Your Bicycle, 2 Hours For Your Car
Grist
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