Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
APTA: Transit Users Save $10,502 Yearly
Metro Magainze
Barbara Boxer Sees Carbon Tax In The Mix
San Francisco Chronicle
A Bike Boulevard, Google Bike Directions, And An Unnecessary Detour
Cyclicious
California Rail: We Don't Need Cash -- Yet
Politico
Calif.'s Omnitrans Launches Real Time Info
Metro Magazine
Caltrans Upgrades Trip Planning Website For California Motorists
Caltrans Press Release
Can An App Get People To Walk More? ("I've been gathering data using the new fitness-tracking gadgets, the Fitbit One and the new Jawbone Up.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Could A Pay-Per-Mile Plan Fix Our Interstate System?
US News & World Report
Did Barack Obama's Election Change The Way Washington Commutes?
StreetsBlog DC
First Latina Chair Of Public Transportation Industry Reflects On The Dramatic Evolution Of Public Transit Serving A Diverse Population
APTA Public Transportation Blog
Hawaii: Say "Aloha" To Transit-Oriented Development
StreetsBlog DC
House Transportation And Infrastructure Subcommittee Vice Chairs, Ranking Members Named
Progressive Railroading
How Can Transit Work In Big, Dense, Polycentric Los Angeles?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
I Blocked Off Wilshire And People Love It (Aaron Paley writes about how he created CicLAvia and made it a success)
Zócalo
Los Angeles Daily News
LaHood Says He's Staying On As Transportation Secretary
Bloomberg
Metro To Run More Frequent Gold Line Trains Starting This Month
Blog Downtown
Platform Complex Bringing Space1520 Feel To Expo Terminus
Curbed LA
Public Transportation...For Your Car? ("The thing is that we still need to cover the last mile at the end of those transit routes," Wu says. He and Farooq don’t believe that hordes of people necessarily want to have their cars at work, but that existing transit doesn’t get many of them close enough to their jobs. In Southern California, that "last mile" problem is really a question of five miles or more. Farooq lives in Montclair, California. Even if he took a commuter rail into Los Angeles, he says, it would still leave him 10 miles from his school.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Repairing The Neighborhood Scars Created By A Freeway
StreetsBlog Network
Residents Say They Still Have Lingering Questions On 710 Report
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
San Francisco Explores Removing 280 Freeway Viaduct, Realigning HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
Sen. Boxer: Villaraigosa Would Be "Terrific" Transportation Secretary
The Hill
Solar Bus Stops To Power Traffic Signals ("Several bus shelters to be built in Perris will harness solar power to run nearby traffic signals.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Today's Transit Dreams May Come True -- 78 Years From Now
StreetsBlog DC
Transit Taxes Would Be Easier To Pass Under Proposed Constitutional Amendment
San Francisco Examiner
Transportation: Less Funding, More Traffic ("Public opinion polling consistently shows a solid majority of Americans favor more investment to expand and enhance transit, as a way to relieve traffic congestion as well as other benefits. (As for other benefits, national transportation studies show that every $1 that communities invest in public transportation generates approximately $6 in economic returns. Moreover, every $1 billion of federal transit investment creates about 35,000 jobs.)")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Watch: For Expo, Track 16 Demolished
Santa Monica Patch
Welcome To The Rightsizing Streets Guide ("The centerpiece of the guide is a set of ten rightsizing case studies that highlight impressive outcomes using before and after data on mobility, crashes, and other parameters. These are just a few of the projects that have been built and many more are being planned all over the country. Our glossary of common rightsizing techniques and our best practices guide to street selection criteria and before and after measurements can help facilitate similar changes in your community.")
Project For Public Spaces
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
LaHood Says He's Staying On As Transportation Secretary
Bloomberg
Metro To Run More Frequent Gold Line Trains Starting This Month
Blog Downtown
Platform Complex Bringing Space1520 Feel To Expo Terminus
Curbed LA
Public Transportation...For Your Car? ("The thing is that we still need to cover the last mile at the end of those transit routes," Wu says. He and Farooq don’t believe that hordes of people necessarily want to have their cars at work, but that existing transit doesn’t get many of them close enough to their jobs. In Southern California, that "last mile" problem is really a question of five miles or more. Farooq lives in Montclair, California. Even if he took a commuter rail into Los Angeles, he says, it would still leave him 10 miles from his school.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Repairing The Neighborhood Scars Created By A Freeway
StreetsBlog Network
Residents Say They Still Have Lingering Questions On 710 Report
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
San Francisco Explores Removing 280 Freeway Viaduct, Realigning HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
Sen. Boxer: Villaraigosa Would Be "Terrific" Transportation Secretary
The Hill
Solar Bus Stops To Power Traffic Signals ("Several bus shelters to be built in Perris will harness solar power to run nearby traffic signals.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Today's Transit Dreams May Come True -- 78 Years From Now
StreetsBlog DC
Transit Taxes Would Be Easier To Pass Under Proposed Constitutional Amendment
San Francisco Examiner
Transportation: Less Funding, More Traffic ("Public opinion polling consistently shows a solid majority of Americans favor more investment to expand and enhance transit, as a way to relieve traffic congestion as well as other benefits. (As for other benefits, national transportation studies show that every $1 that communities invest in public transportation generates approximately $6 in economic returns. Moreover, every $1 billion of federal transit investment creates about 35,000 jobs.)")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Watch: For Expo, Track 16 Demolished
Santa Monica Patch
Welcome To The Rightsizing Streets Guide ("The centerpiece of the guide is a set of ten rightsizing case studies that highlight impressive outcomes using before and after data on mobility, crashes, and other parameters. These are just a few of the projects that have been built and many more are being planned all over the country. Our glossary of common rightsizing techniques and our best practices guide to street selection criteria and before and after measurements can help facilitate similar changes in your community.")
Project For Public Spaces
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
