Big Blue Bus uses more buses to accommodate back-to-school passengers
The Argonaut
Bus Riders Union gives failing grades to MTA
Los Angeles Independent
California bill advances to take 710 extension underground
LandLine
California Edges Ahead In High-Speed-Train 'Race'
NPR
California rail PR deal delayed; firm with political ties in line
Sacramento Bee
Feds Still Forcing Transit Agencies to Bow to Private Charter Buses
LA Streetsblog
Gridlock and Growth: The Effect of Traffic Congestion on Regional Economic Performance
Reason Foundation
High-Speed Rail board delays P.R. contract decision
Capitol Alert
High-Speed Rail Skeptic Outlines Position
NPR
Higher Gas Tax, Road Mileage Charges Remain An Option -DOT Secretary
NASDAQ
Inland Valley cities anticipate extension of Gold Line light rail to area
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
L.A. has worst traffic congestion in U.S.
BizJournal
LaHood: Mileage Charge, P3s, Expanded Tolling All Possible
Cascadia Prospectus
LA residents feel commuter pain the most
Reuters
LAX ranked among nation’s best for on-time arrivals
The Argonaut
London Seeks to Reduce Congestion by Eliminating Traffic Lights
New York Times
Massive widening of I-215 gets green light
Press Enterprise
More People, Less Driving: The Imperative of Curbing Sprawl
LA Streetsblog
Neighbors complain of traffic near SMC
Santa Monica Daily Press
New Study on the Benefits of Density
Planetizen
Santa Monica City Council to consider new configuration for Exposition Light Rail facility
The Argonaut
Sepulveda Blvd. project to continue through September
The Argonaut
We’re Metro
Metro Interactive
Wilshire Bus-Only Lane Needs Full Environmental Review After All
LA Streetsblog
9/03/2009
Transportation Headlines for Thursday September 3, 2009
18 firms vie to offer Wi-Fi on LIRR, Metro-North
Newsday
Bill targets pungent riders of Honolulu's transit system
Honolulu Advertiser
Bus Riders Union gives failing grades to MTA
Los Angeles Wave
California high speed rail commission set to award contract to group with ties to Schwarzenegger - A $9-million public relations deal is set to go to a firm led by the governor's top political advisor and his former campaign manager. Ethical questions are being raised
Los Angeles Times
Calif. port holds hearings on more trains
eTrucker
DesertXpress train aiming for March construction start - Official says 10,500 construction jobs possible with $4 billion project
Las Vegas Sun
FTA Eliminates New Starts Rule that Gave Leg Up to Private Operators
Transport Politic
Minnesota's Northstar, Oregon's TriMet to launch new services
Progressive Railroading
New hope for hydrogen storage
The Transit Wire
New York Public Transit Data Summit and MTA Licensing Q&A
Station Stops
One year later: is Metrolink safer now? Lessons learned but still a long way to go
Ventura County Reporter
Open Letter to Antonio Villaraigosa
SoapBoxLA
Port of Long Beach Seeks Zero-Emission Systems
Journal of Commerce
Riverside campaign to focus on train safety
Press Enterprise
Tourist's Quick Guide to seeing Los Angeles using Public Transit
Examiner
Train to Nowhere
Riding in Riverside
Transportation Stimulus Supporting 76,000 Direct Jobs
Journal of Commerce
U.S. DOT to Stop Rewarding Transit Projects That Use Private Contracts
Streetsblog
Newsday
Bill targets pungent riders of Honolulu's transit system
Honolulu Advertiser
Bus Riders Union gives failing grades to MTA
Los Angeles Wave
California high speed rail commission set to award contract to group with ties to Schwarzenegger - A $9-million public relations deal is set to go to a firm led by the governor's top political advisor and his former campaign manager. Ethical questions are being raised
Los Angeles Times
Calif. port holds hearings on more trains
eTrucker
DesertXpress train aiming for March construction start - Official says 10,500 construction jobs possible with $4 billion project
Las Vegas Sun
FTA Eliminates New Starts Rule that Gave Leg Up to Private Operators
Transport Politic
Minnesota's Northstar, Oregon's TriMet to launch new services
Progressive Railroading
New hope for hydrogen storage
The Transit Wire
New York Public Transit Data Summit and MTA Licensing Q&A
Station Stops
One year later: is Metrolink safer now? Lessons learned but still a long way to go
Ventura County Reporter
Open Letter to Antonio Villaraigosa
SoapBoxLA
Port of Long Beach Seeks Zero-Emission Systems
Journal of Commerce
Riverside campaign to focus on train safety
Press Enterprise
Tourist's Quick Guide to seeing Los Angeles using Public Transit
Examiner
Train to Nowhere
Riding in Riverside
Transportation Stimulus Supporting 76,000 Direct Jobs
Journal of Commerce
U.S. DOT to Stop Rewarding Transit Projects That Use Private Contracts
Streetsblog
9/02/2009
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday September 2, 2009
AC Transit to hold meetings on service cuts
San Francisco Chronicle
Arnold Schwarzenegger tries to oust transportation commission appointee
Los Angeles Times
Artists to create designs for bus project
San Bernardino Sun
California Wins Second in 'Best of the Web' National Competition for State Governments
Reuters
Desert Xpress: March Ground-Breaking?
Curbed LA
DOE awards $300 million for clean fuel, infrastructure development
Ethanol Producer Magazine
Gridlock in the U.S. Hits Bottom According to INRIX National Traffic Scorecard
Reuters
High Speed Rail 2009
US High Speed Rail Association
How to kill time you don’t have: Drive in L.A., still #1 in traffic congestion
GreenLA Girl
How to waste time: Drive in L.A. - Los Angeles gets top honors as the most congested metropolitan area – again
Mother Nature Network
LA's Buses Would Be a Lot Less Crowded...
Curbed LA
LADOT P.S.A. – Same Crash, Different Perspective
LA Streetsblog
L.A. works toward a revitalized, walkable Crenshaw
Los Angeles Times
Many local residents change their transportation habits
Fontana Herald
Metro Struggles with Connectivity
SoapBoxLA
New Poll: Public Supports Congestion Tolling Over Gas Tax Hike by 2 to 1
Streetsblog
No Free Fix for Funding U.S. Transportation
Reuters
OCTA Service Changes Starting September 13, 2009
Pacific Progressive
Real-Time Arrival Information: It Really Pays Off
Seattle Transit Blog
Rita Robinson’s Twitter Page
LA Streetsblog
Take a Zeppelin Tour this Labor Day Weekend
About.com
Torrance transit center proposal ready to roll
Daily Breeze
Will The United States Ever Get The High-Speed Rail Network Of Its Dreams?
Jaunted
World's largest Zeppelin returns to Long Beach
Examiner
San Francisco Chronicle
Arnold Schwarzenegger tries to oust transportation commission appointee
Los Angeles Times
Artists to create designs for bus project
San Bernardino Sun
California Wins Second in 'Best of the Web' National Competition for State Governments
Reuters
Desert Xpress: March Ground-Breaking?
Curbed LA
DOE awards $300 million for clean fuel, infrastructure development
Ethanol Producer Magazine
Gridlock in the U.S. Hits Bottom According to INRIX National Traffic Scorecard
Reuters
High Speed Rail 2009
US High Speed Rail Association
How to kill time you don’t have: Drive in L.A., still #1 in traffic congestion
GreenLA Girl
How to waste time: Drive in L.A. - Los Angeles gets top honors as the most congested metropolitan area – again
Mother Nature Network
LA's Buses Would Be a Lot Less Crowded...
Curbed LA
LADOT P.S.A. – Same Crash, Different Perspective
LA Streetsblog
L.A. works toward a revitalized, walkable Crenshaw
Los Angeles Times
Many local residents change their transportation habits
Fontana Herald
Metro Struggles with Connectivity
SoapBoxLA
New Poll: Public Supports Congestion Tolling Over Gas Tax Hike by 2 to 1
Streetsblog
No Free Fix for Funding U.S. Transportation
Reuters
OCTA Service Changes Starting September 13, 2009
Pacific Progressive
Real-Time Arrival Information: It Really Pays Off
Seattle Transit Blog
Rita Robinson’s Twitter Page
LA Streetsblog
Take a Zeppelin Tour this Labor Day Weekend
About.com
Torrance transit center proposal ready to roll
Daily Breeze
Will The United States Ever Get The High-Speed Rail Network Of Its Dreams?
Jaunted
World's largest Zeppelin returns to Long Beach
Examiner
9/01/2009
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday September 1, 2009
Air quality at hazardous levels in foothill cities
Los Angeles Times
Ask Curbed: Buying on the Purple Line
Curbed LA
Crenshaw Line Meeting: Sort of An Update
Curbed LA
DesertXpress train aiming for March construction start - Official says 10,500 construction jobs possible with $4 billion project
Las Vegas Sun
Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff: America’s Transit Systems Are On Track with Recovery Investments
USDOT Fastlane
Flying Pigeon LA peddles bike culture north of downtown - Brothers Adam and Josef Bray-Ali host monthly tours -- with dim sum or art the destination -- to introduce their shop's Chinese bicycles and also to cultivate a vision of a different Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Forget Pork. When It Comes to Transportation Spending, Think Sugar - What's wrong with U.S. transportation policy, and how to get it right.
Daily Green
Golden Moment on the Gold Line
Los Angeles Cycle Chic
Governors Highway Safety Assoc. backs texting ban
Newday
Gridlock in the U.S. Hits Bottom According to INRIX National Traffic Scorecard --Study shows increases in travel time in first half of 2009 due to stabilizing economy, stimulus-funded road construction and low fuel prices
MarketWatch
LA & Sydney: Visions Lost & Found
Soapbox LA
LADOT Wins Emmy for Powerful “Watch the Road” P.S.A.
LA Streetsblog
LB Transit proposal draws fire - Service would be added in, around CSULB
Daily 49er
Long Beach Transit seeks comments on service changes
Everything Long Beach
Militant Takes On Metro's Turn To A New Style
Militant Angeleno
NPR’s All Things Considered considers HSR in a series this week
Trains for America
One bridge set to open, one to close - Link to Hollywood Way and Alameda Avenue will open Sept. 8, while Pass Avenue bridge will close the following day
Burbank Leader
Ride Report: Santa Clarita Transit Line 757
MetroRiderLA
Sacramento Regional Transit fares increase
Business Journal
Santa Monicans React to Controversy Over Narrowed Ocean Park Blvd
LA Streetsblog
Smart Growth America Chief: High-Speed Rail Grants Are Down Payment for America's Future
Smart Growth Online
States Make Pitches For High-Speed-Rail Money
NPR
Subway To Sea (Through WeHo) Making Progress
WeHo News
Torrance transit center proposal ready to roll
Daily Breeze
Transit agency urged to keep bus service in county's core - Anaheim mayor wants to protect most-traveled routes and cut less-used service
Orange County Register
Transit TV Network Returns to L.A. Market
MediaWeek
U.S. DOT creates new bond fee reimbursement program - DOT’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to Create New Bond Fee Reimbursement Program
Hawaii 24/7
U.S. High Speed Rail Projects
NPR
Video Highlights Danger Of Texting While Driving
NPR
What Kennedy’s Loss Could Mean for Transport Policy
LA Streetsblog
Los Angeles Times
Ask Curbed: Buying on the Purple Line
Curbed LA
Crenshaw Line Meeting: Sort of An Update
Curbed LA
DesertXpress train aiming for March construction start - Official says 10,500 construction jobs possible with $4 billion project
Las Vegas Sun
Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff: America’s Transit Systems Are On Track with Recovery Investments
USDOT Fastlane
Flying Pigeon LA peddles bike culture north of downtown - Brothers Adam and Josef Bray-Ali host monthly tours -- with dim sum or art the destination -- to introduce their shop's Chinese bicycles and also to cultivate a vision of a different Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Forget Pork. When It Comes to Transportation Spending, Think Sugar - What's wrong with U.S. transportation policy, and how to get it right.
Daily Green
Golden Moment on the Gold Line
Los Angeles Cycle Chic
Governors Highway Safety Assoc. backs texting ban
Newday
Gridlock in the U.S. Hits Bottom According to INRIX National Traffic Scorecard --Study shows increases in travel time in first half of 2009 due to stabilizing economy, stimulus-funded road construction and low fuel prices
MarketWatch
LA & Sydney: Visions Lost & Found
Soapbox LA
LADOT Wins Emmy for Powerful “Watch the Road” P.S.A.
LA Streetsblog
LB Transit proposal draws fire - Service would be added in, around CSULB
Daily 49er
Long Beach Transit seeks comments on service changes
Everything Long Beach
Militant Takes On Metro's Turn To A New Style
Militant Angeleno
NPR’s All Things Considered considers HSR in a series this week
Trains for America
One bridge set to open, one to close - Link to Hollywood Way and Alameda Avenue will open Sept. 8, while Pass Avenue bridge will close the following day
Burbank Leader
Ride Report: Santa Clarita Transit Line 757
MetroRiderLA
Sacramento Regional Transit fares increase
Business Journal
Santa Monicans React to Controversy Over Narrowed Ocean Park Blvd
LA Streetsblog
Smart Growth America Chief: High-Speed Rail Grants Are Down Payment for America's Future
Smart Growth Online
States Make Pitches For High-Speed-Rail Money
NPR
Subway To Sea (Through WeHo) Making Progress
WeHo News
Torrance transit center proposal ready to roll
Daily Breeze
Transit agency urged to keep bus service in county's core - Anaheim mayor wants to protect most-traveled routes and cut less-used service
Orange County Register
Transit TV Network Returns to L.A. Market
MediaWeek
U.S. DOT creates new bond fee reimbursement program - DOT’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to Create New Bond Fee Reimbursement Program
Hawaii 24/7
U.S. High Speed Rail Projects
NPR
Video Highlights Danger Of Texting While Driving
NPR
What Kennedy’s Loss Could Mean for Transport Policy
LA Streetsblog
8/31/2009
Transportation Headlines for Monday August 31, 2009
Architecture review: Anaheim's rail hub
Los Angeles Times
Board Chair’s Perspective: Talking with CTA’s Carole Brown
Passenger Transport
Bus Rider’s Union: Metro Bus Service Barely Passes
LA Streetsblog
Caltrans set for round two of bridge, street closures
Burbank Leader
Census profiles for Purple Line MOS-2 stations
MetroRiderLA
City, Bike Coalition, Moving on Sharrows
LA Streetsblog
Cityride Program to Use Electronic Fare Cards
Beverly Press (page 6)
Clean Energy Opens World’s Largest LNG/CNG Truck Fueling Station At Long Beach/Los Angeles Ports Complex to Support Clean Air Goals
PR Inside
Daily Dig - High Speed Rail Edition
The Infrastructurist
Dispatch from Down Under – Brisbane Bikeways
Soapbox LA
Drunk motorist blocks Gold Line tracks in South Pasadena
Los Angeles Times
Hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms
Reuters
It's Politics: Activism helps kill light-rail proposal for Greenway Trail
Whittier Daily News
Lake Forest man takes charge of OCTA's finances - Ken Phipps is named director of finance and administration
Orange County Register
Mercedes-Benz Makes a Small Bet on Hydrogen
Wired
Metrolink reverses course on running its own train crews, opens talks with Amtrak
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink will replace train operator Connex
Ventura County Star
Monterey Park gets Gold Line extension
Whittier Daily News
MTA gets low marks for bus service in survey - The Bus Riders Union says riders gave the agency a D in overall service, a finding that conflicts with the results of the MTA's survey in June
Los Angeles Times
On the Waterbus
LA Weekly
Pedestrian undercrossing unveiled at Orange Depot - Walkway is the first in series of improvements at historic train station
Orange County Register
Public Transit vs. Cars? Mineta Institute Examines Trends
Passenger Transport
Riverside renews request for money to offset possible increase in train traffic
Press Enterprise
Sanbag gets $10 million for green truck project
San Bernardino Sun
Soil Sampling Completed for Subway to the Sea - Officials Call for Project to be Built in 10 Years
Beverly Press (pages 1 & 20)
Speeding toward Expo Line's proposed maintenance yard
Santa Monica Daily Press
Stimulus Math: Following the Money Isn’t Easy
New American Media
Stimulus road projects slow going, but proceeding as planned
Press Enterprise
Transit and taking back the street
Pushing Buses
U.S. DOT Summit Scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in DC
Passenger Transport
World's Best-Paid Cities
Forbes
Los Angeles Times
Board Chair’s Perspective: Talking with CTA’s Carole Brown
Passenger Transport
Bus Rider’s Union: Metro Bus Service Barely Passes
LA Streetsblog
Caltrans set for round two of bridge, street closures
Burbank Leader
Census profiles for Purple Line MOS-2 stations
MetroRiderLA
City, Bike Coalition, Moving on Sharrows
LA Streetsblog
Cityride Program to Use Electronic Fare Cards
Beverly Press (page 6)
Clean Energy Opens World’s Largest LNG/CNG Truck Fueling Station At Long Beach/Los Angeles Ports Complex to Support Clean Air Goals
PR Inside
Daily Dig - High Speed Rail Edition
The Infrastructurist
Dispatch from Down Under – Brisbane Bikeways
Soapbox LA
Drunk motorist blocks Gold Line tracks in South Pasadena
Los Angeles Times
Hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms
Reuters
It's Politics: Activism helps kill light-rail proposal for Greenway Trail
Whittier Daily News
Lake Forest man takes charge of OCTA's finances - Ken Phipps is named director of finance and administration
Orange County Register
Mercedes-Benz Makes a Small Bet on Hydrogen
Wired
Metrolink reverses course on running its own train crews, opens talks with Amtrak
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink will replace train operator Connex
Ventura County Star
Monterey Park gets Gold Line extension
Whittier Daily News
MTA gets low marks for bus service in survey - The Bus Riders Union says riders gave the agency a D in overall service, a finding that conflicts with the results of the MTA's survey in June
Los Angeles Times
On the Waterbus
LA Weekly
Pedestrian undercrossing unveiled at Orange Depot - Walkway is the first in series of improvements at historic train station
Orange County Register
Public Transit vs. Cars? Mineta Institute Examines Trends
Passenger Transport
Riverside renews request for money to offset possible increase in train traffic
Press Enterprise
Sanbag gets $10 million for green truck project
San Bernardino Sun
Soil Sampling Completed for Subway to the Sea - Officials Call for Project to be Built in 10 Years
Beverly Press (pages 1 & 20)
Speeding toward Expo Line's proposed maintenance yard
Santa Monica Daily Press
Stimulus Math: Following the Money Isn’t Easy
New American Media
Stimulus road projects slow going, but proceeding as planned
Press Enterprise
Transit and taking back the street
Pushing Buses
U.S. DOT Summit Scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in DC
Passenger Transport
World's Best-Paid Cities
Forbes
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