San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Bill To Create Transit District In Ventura County Advances
Ventura County Star
Editorial: Clear The Tracks For New Port Rail Yard ("Benefits of the Gateway project are obvious, but so is the neeed to limit the effects on its neighbors.")
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: Return Streetcars To Riverside? Forget It ("Riverside does not need to duplicate existing transit services at great public cost. The city has better uses for transportation money, or any other kind of funding, than spending millions of tax dollars recreating a long-vanished streetcar system in town. The city should focus instead on street, intersection and other upgrades that would actually improve traffic flow.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Editorial: Unions Pose Key Obstacle To CEQA Reform
Los Angeles Daily News
Elevating The Conversation: Raised Bike Lanes Are Coming To Chicago
StreetsBlog Chicago
Gold Line Update: Azusa Avenue Closure Begins Soon
Glendora Patch
The Golden Age Of Gondolas Might Be Just Around The Corner
The Atlantic: Cities
Elevating The Conversation: Raised Bike Lanes Are Coming To Chicago
StreetsBlog Chicago
Gold Line Update: Azusa Avenue Closure Begins Soon
Glendora Patch
The Golden Age Of Gondolas Might Be Just Around The Corner
The Atlantic: Cities
Daily Breeze
Here Come The Streetcars ("Light rail transit re-established itself in North America as a serious transportation mode 35 years ago, and LRT’s growth continues apace today. It’s now being complemented by a surge in streetcar development, often in tandem with LRT, and often with rail equipment suppliers standing ready to provide both.")
Railway Age
HopStop Live Brings Real-Time Crowdsourced Transit Information To The iPhone
The Verge
How To Write A Complete Streets Policy
StreetsBlog DC
Jerry Brown Seeks Chinese Funding For California High-Speed Rail
Washington Examiner
Here Come The Streetcars ("Light rail transit re-established itself in North America as a serious transportation mode 35 years ago, and LRT’s growth continues apace today. It’s now being complemented by a surge in streetcar development, often in tandem with LRT, and often with rail equipment suppliers standing ready to provide both.")
Railway Age
HopStop Live Brings Real-Time Crowdsourced Transit Information To The iPhone
The Verge
How To Write A Complete Streets Policy
StreetsBlog DC
Jerry Brown Seeks Chinese Funding For California High-Speed Rail
Washington Examiner
L.A. MTA, Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center Join Efforts To Combat Pedestrian Fatalities On Metro Blue Line
Progressive Railroading
LADOT Lays The Groundwork For Functional Car Share With Hertz. Goodbye ZipCar?
StreetsBlog LA
Long Beach Transit Sides With BYD Motors For Future Buses
Long Beach Business Journal
Only CEQA Can Make A Plan For More Bike Paths Sound Unwanted
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Opinion: L.A. Residents Should Sound Off On $3 Billion Street Repair Plan
Los Angeles Daily News
Quaint Downtown L.A. Alley Cleared Of Outdoor Dining
Los Angeles Times
RiverLink: The Best (Over A Decade-Old) Idea Yet To Be Realized For West Long Beach
StreetsBlog LA
San Bernardino County Agrees To End 9-Year Lawsuit
San Bernardino Sun
Subway Kiosks Will Guide Riders (In Between Ads) ("Dozens of 6-foot-4-inch stainless-steel kiosks are to be installed in 19 subway stations in the next few months in what the Metropolitan Transportation Authority calls its “On the Go! Travel Station” program. They will replace some of the poster-size paper maps on platforms, mezzanines and turnstile areas, and also cut down on notices that sometimes proliferate to the point that they look like wallpaper.")
New York Times
TfL Technology Innovation Portal (Transport for London (UK) launched a Technology Innovation Portal to encourage staff, suppliers, industry experts, and academicians to share creative solutions for TfL’s challenges)
Transport for London
This Week In Transportation: Big Agenda Gets Rolling
The Hill
Train Runs From Riverside To Angel Games
Riverside Press-Enterprise
WeHo To Get Free Party Buses This Summer
Curbed LA
What Drives Us? Car Sharing Reflects Cultural Shift
KQED
Why Google Transit Will Never Be Enough For Small To Medium-Sized Systems
Human Transit
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