TheSource.metro.net
A 5th Option? (Little Tokyo Community Council Asks Metro To Consider Underground Station At Nikkei Center Property)
Little Tokyo Unplugged
Amazing German Bike-Carrying Train
Wired
Amtrak To Assume All Commuter-Train Operations For Metrolink
Progressive Railroading
Announcing The 2010 Bike [and Pedestrian] Summit!
Urban & Environmental Policy Institute
At Senate Climate Hearings, Lots Of Transport Talk And All Eyes On Baucus
LA Streetsblog
Bad News For the Mayor: Money To Privatize Infrastructure Drying Up In Recession
LA Streetsblog
LA 2.0: Refresh, Reinvent, Re-Imagine – Join Fellow Urban Thinkers for LA 2.0, A Call For Fresh Ideas For The 21st Century City
GOOD
How Much Per Driver Did US Freeways Lose?
California High Speed Rail Blog
If Only The Mayor Rode A Bike…
CityWatch
LA’s Draft Bike Plan Is A Step Backward On Bike Lanes
CICLE
Metro Talks About Regional Connector: Downtown Meetings To Update Residents On Rail Plans
Los Angeles Downtown News
MORE Confessions Of Spatial Navigators (Part II)
Human Transit
(New York) MTA To Publish Board Materials On Internet
Newsday
OCTA Contemplates Route Reductions During Deficit
Examiner
OCTA Grants $1.5M For Long Beach Street Improvements
Long Beach Post
Privately Run Infrastructure Deals Dry Up
USA Today
SANDAG To Try Social Media
KPBS
Smart Traffic: How We Get From Point A Today To Point B Tomorrow
IBM
Take Transit Seriously, LA Observed
LA Observed
Villaraigosa Wants Transit Projects On The Fast Track: The Mayor Envisions Completion In 10 Years Instead Of 30 And Makes Rail His Top Priority – His Plan Would Need At Least $10 Billion In Additional Funds
Los Angeles Times
10/29/2009
Transportation Headlines for Thursday October 29, 2009
TheSource.metro.net
Amtrak Loss Comes To $32 Per Passenger: Study
Huffington Post
Bad News From Governor, Courts On 710 Expansion Near Pasadena
LA Streetsblog
End State: Is California Finished?
New Republic
Half Of Muni Surveillance Cameras Fail In Audit
San Francisco Chronicle
Historical Traffic Data To Save Significant Time To US Consumers
GPS Business News
How About Multiple Bike Coordinators For Los Angeles
CICLE
Little Tokyo Asks Metro To Study Grade-Separated Alternative For Regional Connector
BlogDowntown
More Maps: Historic Service From Predecessor Agencies & Past Visions Of Los Angeles’ Transportation Future
LACMTA Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library via Scribd
OMG, Senate Targeting Texting While Driving
Wired
Reaching Gen Y And Younger
Imagine No Cars: Thoughts On Alternative Transportation And Urban Design
Remembering The Father Of Transportation Economics
New York Times
Riled Over California’s High-Speed Rail: It Sounded Like Such A Good Idea, But The Highly Disruptive Routes Anger Many
LA Weekly
Senior Dems Release New Distracted Driving Bill As LaHood Testifies
DC Streetsblog
Transportation Policy Becomes the Proverbial Tree Falling In the Forest
LA Streetsblog
Urban Archeology: Lost Underworld Of Los Angeles
Boing Boing
Village Green: Is Going Car-Free The New Prius?
Huffington Post
Amtrak Loss Comes To $32 Per Passenger: Study
Huffington Post
Bad News From Governor, Courts On 710 Expansion Near Pasadena
LA Streetsblog
End State: Is California Finished?
New Republic
Half Of Muni Surveillance Cameras Fail In Audit
San Francisco Chronicle
Historical Traffic Data To Save Significant Time To US Consumers
GPS Business News
How About Multiple Bike Coordinators For Los Angeles
CICLE
Little Tokyo Asks Metro To Study Grade-Separated Alternative For Regional Connector
BlogDowntown
More Maps: Historic Service From Predecessor Agencies & Past Visions Of Los Angeles’ Transportation Future
LACMTA Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library via Scribd
OMG, Senate Targeting Texting While Driving
Wired
Reaching Gen Y And Younger
Imagine No Cars: Thoughts On Alternative Transportation And Urban Design
Remembering The Father Of Transportation Economics
New York Times
Riled Over California’s High-Speed Rail: It Sounded Like Such A Good Idea, But The Highly Disruptive Routes Anger Many
LA Weekly
Senior Dems Release New Distracted Driving Bill As LaHood Testifies
DC Streetsblog
Transportation Policy Becomes the Proverbial Tree Falling In the Forest
LA Streetsblog
Urban Archeology: Lost Underworld Of Los Angeles
Boing Boing
Village Green: Is Going Car-Free The New Prius?
Huffington Post
10/28/2009
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday October 28, 2009
TheSource.metro.net
AASHTO Report Highlights Smart Solutions: 50 Transportation Projects That Have Made America Better
AASHTO News
Link to full report (28p. PDF)
Bay Area Transit Consolidation Back On Table
San Francisco Chronicle
Boxer Honored For Transportation Leadership
AASHTO: The Voice Of Transportation
Bumpy Roads For Proposed LA Truck Expressway
Green And Save
Confessions Of A Spatial Navigator (Can Science Explain Why Some Transit System Maps Are So Much Better Than Others?)
Human Transit
Fight To Allow Weapons Aboard Amtrak Trains Could Derail Transportation Bill
The Hill
Funding A Desire Named Streetcar
New York Times
Gasoline Price Decline In California Slows
Los Angeles Times
Gold Line Eastside Extension Set To Open 11/15, But Is Metro Ready To Party?
LA Streetsblog
Lake Elsinore Has Southern California’s Longest Commute, Census Report Finds
Los Angeles Times
New Memorial Underway At El Pueblo
Los Angeles Downtown News
New Safety Worry: Laptops, Devices In The Cockpit
Associated Press
Transport Policy Update: Senate To Pass 6-Month Extension This Week
LA Streetsblog
Why Non-Cyclists Should Care About The LA Bike Plan
Illuminate LA
Will High-Tech Trucks Save Big Rig Industry?
Network World
AASHTO Report Highlights Smart Solutions: 50 Transportation Projects That Have Made America Better
AASHTO News
Link to full report (28p. PDF)
Bay Area Transit Consolidation Back On Table
San Francisco Chronicle
Boxer Honored For Transportation Leadership
AASHTO: The Voice Of Transportation
Bumpy Roads For Proposed LA Truck Expressway
Green And Save
Confessions Of A Spatial Navigator (Can Science Explain Why Some Transit System Maps Are So Much Better Than Others?)
Human Transit
Fight To Allow Weapons Aboard Amtrak Trains Could Derail Transportation Bill
The Hill
Funding A Desire Named Streetcar
New York Times
Gasoline Price Decline In California Slows
Los Angeles Times
Gold Line Eastside Extension Set To Open 11/15, But Is Metro Ready To Party?
LA Streetsblog
Lake Elsinore Has Southern California’s Longest Commute, Census Report Finds
Los Angeles Times
New Memorial Underway At El Pueblo
Los Angeles Downtown News
New Safety Worry: Laptops, Devices In The Cockpit
Associated Press
Transport Policy Update: Senate To Pass 6-Month Extension This Week
LA Streetsblog
Why Non-Cyclists Should Care About The LA Bike Plan
Illuminate LA
Will High-Tech Trucks Save Big Rig Industry?
Network World
10/27/2009
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday October 27, 2008
TheSource.Metro.net
About One Quarter of Stimulus Money Paid Out
Propublica
All about the California High-Speed Rail Authority and high-speed train project in California
Examiner
Bus riders to OCTA: Save our routes - OCTA board plans to slash service to make up for severe budget shortfalls
OC Register
California, Midwest Would Gain Jobs from Greater Government Investment in Green Transit Buses - Timely Study Coincides with Congressional Debate over Transportation Bill Extension
WorldWire
CA Poised to Reform Auto-Centric Level of Service Environmental Rules
LA Streetsblog
City aims to increase bicycle use
Daily Trojan
Electronic Fare Collection Options for Commuter Railroads
Federal Transit Administration
Gold Line Eastside Extension to Open on November 15th!
LAist
Help decide High Desert Corridor's A.V. route
Victorville Daily Press
How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry
LA Streetsblog
How Do Angelenos Travel?
LA Streetsblog
How to Ease Women´s Fear of Transportation Environments: Case Studies and Best Practices
Transportation Research Board
Important Traffic Advisory for Downtown LA on Tuesday, October 27th
Examiner
It's Official: New Leg of Gold Line Opens Nov. 15
CurbedLA
L.A. Metro, Pierce Transit honored by NTI
TransitTalent
LA transport system, Westside subway, long overdue
Daily Bruin
Little Tokyo Hops on the Bus
LA Downtown News
Metro Approves Subway To The Sea Application For Federal Funding
WeHo News
Metro Gold Line Eastside extension to open Nov. 15
LA Times
Metrolink installs first 'automatic train stop' in county
Ventura County Star
Molina is critical of MTA Eastside extension's rollout - The L.A. County supervisor, a key backer of the line from Union Station to East L.A., says the above-ground sections could pose a risk to schoolchildren. Agency officials say testing has minimized risk
LA Times
New Gold Line extension raising safety concerns
Pasadena Star News
Ontario Loses While LAX Gains
Press Enterprise
Riverside bus system hopes to streamline with new collection boxes
Press Enterprise
Save Leimert Crenshaw Line Comments
FixExpo
Senate Climate Bill Triples the House’s Investments in Clean Transportation
LA Streetsblog
Slow, steady FasTrak gains on I-15 - Growth corresponds with Express Lane openings
North County Times
South Pasadena, La Canada Flintridge lose 710 tunnel lawsuit
Pasadena Star News
Study: Amtrak loss comes to $32 per passenger
AP
Subway Adventure
LA Downtowner
Transit Coalition hosts Metro Rail GM at meeting tonight
MetroRiderLA
Ultracapacitors Could Offer The Greenest Way Of Powering City Buses
Impact Lab
U.S. Newspaper Circulation Drops 10 Percent
NPR
View from the Cab
California High Speed Rail Blog
Whine and Cheese Party at Metro
CityWatch
Why Non-Cyclists Should Care About the LA Bike Plan
Illuminate LA
About One Quarter of Stimulus Money Paid Out
Propublica
All about the California High-Speed Rail Authority and high-speed train project in California
Examiner
Bus riders to OCTA: Save our routes - OCTA board plans to slash service to make up for severe budget shortfalls
OC Register
California, Midwest Would Gain Jobs from Greater Government Investment in Green Transit Buses - Timely Study Coincides with Congressional Debate over Transportation Bill Extension
WorldWire
CA Poised to Reform Auto-Centric Level of Service Environmental Rules
LA Streetsblog
City aims to increase bicycle use
Daily Trojan
Electronic Fare Collection Options for Commuter Railroads
Federal Transit Administration
Gold Line Eastside Extension to Open on November 15th!
LAist
Help decide High Desert Corridor's A.V. route
Victorville Daily Press
How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry
LA Streetsblog
How Do Angelenos Travel?
LA Streetsblog
How to Ease Women´s Fear of Transportation Environments: Case Studies and Best Practices
Transportation Research Board
Important Traffic Advisory for Downtown LA on Tuesday, October 27th
Examiner
It's Official: New Leg of Gold Line Opens Nov. 15
CurbedLA
L.A. Metro, Pierce Transit honored by NTI
TransitTalent
LA transport system, Westside subway, long overdue
Daily Bruin
Little Tokyo Hops on the Bus
LA Downtown News
Metro Approves Subway To The Sea Application For Federal Funding
WeHo News
Metro Gold Line Eastside extension to open Nov. 15
LA Times
Metrolink installs first 'automatic train stop' in county
Ventura County Star
Molina is critical of MTA Eastside extension's rollout - The L.A. County supervisor, a key backer of the line from Union Station to East L.A., says the above-ground sections could pose a risk to schoolchildren. Agency officials say testing has minimized risk
LA Times
New Gold Line extension raising safety concerns
Pasadena Star News
Ontario Loses While LAX Gains
Press Enterprise
Riverside bus system hopes to streamline with new collection boxes
Press Enterprise
Save Leimert Crenshaw Line Comments
FixExpo
Senate Climate Bill Triples the House’s Investments in Clean Transportation
LA Streetsblog
Slow, steady FasTrak gains on I-15 - Growth corresponds with Express Lane openings
North County Times
South Pasadena, La Canada Flintridge lose 710 tunnel lawsuit
Pasadena Star News
Study: Amtrak loss comes to $32 per passenger
AP
Subway Adventure
LA Downtowner
Transit Coalition hosts Metro Rail GM at meeting tonight
MetroRiderLA
Ultracapacitors Could Offer The Greenest Way Of Powering City Buses
Impact Lab
U.S. Newspaper Circulation Drops 10 Percent
NPR
View from the Cab
California High Speed Rail Blog
Whine and Cheese Party at Metro
CityWatch
Why Non-Cyclists Should Care About the LA Bike Plan
Illuminate LA
10/26/2009
Transportation Headlines for Monday October 26, 2009
TheSource.metro.net
10 Freeway widening project commences
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
100 car-free Angelenos - A new photo exhibit features 100 Angelenos living car-free -- and the clashing viewpoints they have on their auto-independent lifestyles
Mother Nature Network
Amtrak agrees to take controls of Metrolink trains - The tentative deal would replace a company whose employee was operating a train involved in a deadly crash last year
OC Register
Amtrak Raises Objections to Measure Allowing Guns on Trains
FOX News
APTA Primer On Transit Funding - The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, and Other Related Laws, FY 2004 Through FY 2009
American Public Transportation Association
Bike Lanes Create Jobs
Copenhagenize
California Employees Can Take Parking Space or Cash
Opposing Views
Ceiling Mounted Subway Maps
TrendHunter
Congress reacts to Metro vote on priorities
KPCC 89.3
Editorial: Stadium gets a pass; why not others? State waives environmental mandates – but only for new digs for hoped-for NFL team
OC Register
Eyes on the Street: As City Changes Parking Meters, What Are You Seeing?
LA Streetsblog
FRA Releases Preliminary National Rail Plan
Passenger Transport
Honolulu awards light-rail system design-build contract to Kiewit Pacific
Progressive Railroading
Los Angeles Fights for Transportation Dollars
New American Media
Making tracks to L.A. for rail decision
Daily Bulletin
Meetings to discuss LA Westside subway stations
KPCC 89.3
Metro Finally Gets It Right (sort of)
Architects Newspaper
Methane Gas at Nearby Landfill Concerns Locals
Santa Monica Daily Press
Mexican megaport still going forward - Plans scaled back as trade diminished
San Diego Union Tribune
Mobility as a Basic Human Right
Streetsblog
MTA green-lights app for subway funding
The 818 Now
Poll finds appetite for public transit downtown
LA Downtown News
Ports Drifting Further Apart - TRADE: Long Beach settles trucker suit as L.A. digs in
LA Business Journal
Price of gas up slightly to $3.02 a gallon
Daily News
Public Transit Return on Investment: Both Immediate and Long-Lasting
Passenger Transport
Railyard Expansion Could Drastically Reduce Pollution
LBPost
REGION: NCTD leaders slam federal requirement
North County Times
Renewed Focus on Eastside Traffic
TheEastsiderLA
Safety Costs Chafe Railroads
Wall Street Journal
San Mateo County bus riders to get real-time arrival updates
Oakland Tribune
SCI-Arc to Leave Downtown... for the Beach?
CurbeLA
Senate to Consider Six-Month Extension of SAFETEA-LU
Passenger Transport
Study Backs GPS Use for Harbor Trucks
Journal of Commerce
Transit board to hear public on bus cuts - Bus riders and others are invited to give input on Monday at OCTA's board meeting
OC Register
Transit Creates As Many Jobs As Roads — But it Could Do Even Better
Streetsblog
Trolley Took Us There 10.23.09
Highland Park
Two for Los Angeles
The Transit Wire
UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy launches new website, publishes climate policy issue
Legal Planet
What Can Private Infrastructure Owners Teach The Public Sector?
National Journal/Transportation
What Was the Point of Yesterday’s Half Hour Filibuster from Gloria Molina?
LA Streetsblog
Working to Make the New Starts Process Easier to Navigate
Passenger Transport
10 Freeway widening project commences
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
100 car-free Angelenos - A new photo exhibit features 100 Angelenos living car-free -- and the clashing viewpoints they have on their auto-independent lifestyles
Mother Nature Network
Amtrak agrees to take controls of Metrolink trains - The tentative deal would replace a company whose employee was operating a train involved in a deadly crash last year
OC Register
Amtrak Raises Objections to Measure Allowing Guns on Trains
FOX News
APTA Primer On Transit Funding - The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, and Other Related Laws, FY 2004 Through FY 2009
American Public Transportation Association
Bike Lanes Create Jobs
Copenhagenize
California Employees Can Take Parking Space or Cash
Opposing Views
Ceiling Mounted Subway Maps
TrendHunter
Congress reacts to Metro vote on priorities
KPCC 89.3
Editorial: Stadium gets a pass; why not others? State waives environmental mandates – but only for new digs for hoped-for NFL team
OC Register
Eyes on the Street: As City Changes Parking Meters, What Are You Seeing?
LA Streetsblog
FRA Releases Preliminary National Rail Plan
Passenger Transport
Honolulu awards light-rail system design-build contract to Kiewit Pacific
Progressive Railroading
Los Angeles Fights for Transportation Dollars
New American Media
Making tracks to L.A. for rail decision
Daily Bulletin
Meetings to discuss LA Westside subway stations
KPCC 89.3
Metro Finally Gets It Right (sort of)
Architects Newspaper
Methane Gas at Nearby Landfill Concerns Locals
Santa Monica Daily Press
Mexican megaport still going forward - Plans scaled back as trade diminished
San Diego Union Tribune
Mobility as a Basic Human Right
Streetsblog
MTA green-lights app for subway funding
The 818 Now
Poll finds appetite for public transit downtown
LA Downtown News
Ports Drifting Further Apart - TRADE: Long Beach settles trucker suit as L.A. digs in
LA Business Journal
Price of gas up slightly to $3.02 a gallon
Daily News
Public Transit Return on Investment: Both Immediate and Long-Lasting
Passenger Transport
Railyard Expansion Could Drastically Reduce Pollution
LBPost
REGION: NCTD leaders slam federal requirement
North County Times
Renewed Focus on Eastside Traffic
TheEastsiderLA
Safety Costs Chafe Railroads
Wall Street Journal
San Mateo County bus riders to get real-time arrival updates
Oakland Tribune
SCI-Arc to Leave Downtown... for the Beach?
CurbeLA
Senate to Consider Six-Month Extension of SAFETEA-LU
Passenger Transport
Study Backs GPS Use for Harbor Trucks
Journal of Commerce
Transit board to hear public on bus cuts - Bus riders and others are invited to give input on Monday at OCTA's board meeting
OC Register
Transit Creates As Many Jobs As Roads — But it Could Do Even Better
Streetsblog
Trolley Took Us There 10.23.09
Highland Park
Two for Los Angeles
The Transit Wire
UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy launches new website, publishes climate policy issue
Legal Planet
What Can Private Infrastructure Owners Teach The Public Sector?
National Journal/Transportation
What Was the Point of Yesterday’s Half Hour Filibuster from Gloria Molina?
LA Streetsblog
Working to Make the New Starts Process Easier to Navigate
Passenger Transport
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