TheSource.metro.net
Arcadia Locks In Plans For Gold Line Arrival
Arcadia Weekly
Cell-Phone Ban For CTA Workers Leads To 11 Firings, Union Complaints Of Overreaching
Chicago Tribune
Coalition Fights To Allow Cellphone Use On Planes
USA Today
Federal Policy Is A Local Job
New Republic
Freeway Sign Update: Artist Richard Ankrom Gets Some Bad News on His “Guerrilla Public Service”
Franklin Avenue
Last Night’s Bike Meeting Highlights: Late Start, Unanswered Questions But Anti-Harassment Ordinance Moves On
LA StreetsBlog
Let There Be Light Rail...And It Was Good
NBC Los Angeles
Light Rail For Crenshaw Line, Reprieve For El Segundo
LA Curbed
Los Angeles Integrates Service On Two Busways, With Plans To Implement Congestion Pricing
Transport Politic
Metro Announces 24-Hour Train Service On New Year’s Eve
LAist
Metro Moves Forward On Harbor Subdivision, Crenshaw Corridor, Hybrid Alternative For Route 2 Terminus And Gating For The Eastside Extension
LA StreetsBlog
Metro To Study Extending Green Line As Far As Torrance
LAist
Metrolink Chief, Under Pressure Since Chatsworth Crash, Could Be Moved Aside
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink Emergency Drill Canceled
Ventura County Star
Metrolink May Cut Some Trains Amid Budget Shortfall
Los Angeles Times
MTA Approves $1.7-Billion Rail Line Along Crenshaw Boulevard
Los Angeles Times
No Transportation Superprojects? No Problem
Wired
Obama Plans $50 Billion For Transport
Journal Of Commerce
Port Trucks With Cleaner Big Rigs On Order Can Keep Operating
Daily Breeze
Putting A Car-Driven Culture In Reverse
UCLA Today
Putting The Cart Before The Horse: Could A Transportation-Based Jobs Stimulus Stymie Infrastructure Reform?
Newsweek
So Long, Solari (retiring the train station’s nostalgic “clackety-clack” schedule board)
New Haven (CT) Independent
Transportation: One Man's Train, Another Man's Pain
CityWatch
Transportation Worker Identification Credential: Progress Made In Enrolling Workers And Activating Credentials But Evaluation Plan Needed To Help Inform The Implementation Of Card Readers (81p. PDF)
Government Accountability Office
US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood At Brookings on Infrastructure
The City Fix
Walkscore Innovators Turn To Improving Public Transportation
Transportation For America
All US Transit Agencies Without Open Data (comprehensive list of 663 of 748 total without open data, including online petitions for each requesting access using standard format and license)
Transit App Gallery (currently 66 total apps using open data from 90 transit agencies)
WeHo Changes Crosswalk Policy
WeHo News
The Western High Speed Rail Alliance Announces Formation
PR Newswire
Who’s In Charge At The Transportation Security Administration? Nobody
ABC News
12/10/2009
Transportation Headlines for Thursday December 10, 2009
TheSource.metro.net
Board Delays Diesel Rules
Sacramento Bee
Buy A Condominium In Toronto, Get One Year Of Free Transit Rides (new city law requires all condos purchases to come with public transit passes)
Digital Journal
Cargo Bikes: Go Ahead And Bring The Kitchen Sink
National Public Radio
Cities For Cycling (project launch to catalog, promote and implement the world’s best bicycle transportation practices in American municipalities)
National Association Of City Transportation Officials
Clearing Up Los Angeles Traffic Myths
CBS2
Diagram For Route 2 “Hybrid” Option Unveiled Before Tomorrow’s Metro Vote
LA StreetsBlog
Dubai? No, Condo Glut's Stalling Grand Avenue
Los Angeles Business Journal
The Future Of American Streetcars: Are They Coming To Your City?
Infrastructurist
Grand Ave Project Should Be Abandoned, Says Planner
Curbed LA
House And Senate Agree On $2.5B For High-Speed Rail – And More
DC StreetsBlog
Is The U.S. In A Superproject Void?
Infrastructurist
The Jobs Bill: Transit Operations Funding Will Save Green Jobs
EDF Way2Go
Just 15% Favor Higher Gas Tax To Fund More Transportation Projects
Rasmussen Reports
A Message From Copenhagen: Climate Plan Must Include Walkable Urbanism
LA StreetsBlog
More Sharrows Appear, This Time In Glendale
LA StreetsBlog
Our View: Regional Connector Will Link Up Our Region
Pasadena Star-News
Pedaling Toward National Bicycle Planning Guidelines
The City Fix
Plain Talk: Take Off The Transportation Blinders
Cap Times
Selling Metro: Why It Doesn’t Hurt To Ask, And Lessons From Cirque Du Soleil
Huffington Post
Silver Line Launches Sunday, Ready To Take You To The HOT Lane
Curbed LA
Tests Link Cancer To Snarled Freeway Air
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Board Delays Diesel Rules
Sacramento Bee
Buy A Condominium In Toronto, Get One Year Of Free Transit Rides (new city law requires all condos purchases to come with public transit passes)
Digital Journal
Cargo Bikes: Go Ahead And Bring The Kitchen Sink
National Public Radio
Cities For Cycling (project launch to catalog, promote and implement the world’s best bicycle transportation practices in American municipalities)
National Association Of City Transportation Officials
Clearing Up Los Angeles Traffic Myths
CBS2
Diagram For Route 2 “Hybrid” Option Unveiled Before Tomorrow’s Metro Vote
LA StreetsBlog
Dubai? No, Condo Glut's Stalling Grand Avenue
Los Angeles Business Journal
The Future Of American Streetcars: Are They Coming To Your City?
Infrastructurist
Grand Ave Project Should Be Abandoned, Says Planner
Curbed LA
House And Senate Agree On $2.5B For High-Speed Rail – And More
DC StreetsBlog
Is The U.S. In A Superproject Void?
Infrastructurist
The Jobs Bill: Transit Operations Funding Will Save Green Jobs
EDF Way2Go
Just 15% Favor Higher Gas Tax To Fund More Transportation Projects
Rasmussen Reports
A Message From Copenhagen: Climate Plan Must Include Walkable Urbanism
LA StreetsBlog
More Sharrows Appear, This Time In Glendale
LA StreetsBlog
Our View: Regional Connector Will Link Up Our Region
Pasadena Star-News
Pedaling Toward National Bicycle Planning Guidelines
The City Fix
Plain Talk: Take Off The Transportation Blinders
Cap Times
Selling Metro: Why It Doesn’t Hurt To Ask, And Lessons From Cirque Du Soleil
Huffington Post
Silver Line Launches Sunday, Ready To Take You To The HOT Lane
Curbed LA
Tests Link Cancer To Snarled Freeway Air
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
12/09/2009
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday December 9, 2009
TheSource.Metro.Net
75 Years Ago: Wilshire Boulevard Opened Through Westlake Park
Blog Downtown
And The Winner Is...You Decide (2009 Streetsie Awards)
LA StreetsBlog
Choice Of Location For Light Rail Facility Angers El Segundo; Councilman Rosendahl Opposes Relocation To Westchester
Argonaut
Congress: Invest In Intelligent Transportation Systems To Create Jobs
The Hill
The Economics Of The Bike Boulevard
LA StreetsBlog
The French Revolution: How Strausbourg Gave Up The Car (And Why Midsized American Cities Can Too)
Next American City
Gold Line Extension Scrambling To Break Ground By June
Curbed LA
Guerrilla Sharrows Appear In Northeast L.A., Cleanup Will Take 60 Days, Says LADOT
LAist
Heavy Traffic Linked To Higher Miscarriage Rates
Sacramento Bee
How To Save The Los Angeles Times, End Rush Hour Traffic, Solve The Housing Crisis (And Not Have To Pay For It)
Huffington Post
Implementing Streetcars Demands Consideration Of The Way Traffic Works
Transport Politic
Los Angeles Transport Chief Proposes Law Protecting Cyclists From Harrassment
Road.cc
Map Of The Day: ExperienceLA Launches "Things To Do" Map (integrated Metro transit information)
LAist
NTSB Calls For Tougher Passenger Bus Scrutiny
Associated Press
Ridley-Thomas Wants Further Study Of Proposed Expo Line
Southern California Public Radio
States Vie For $69B In Infrastructure Funds
Washington Times
Subway Architecture (Must-see photos!)
Designboom
Transit Coalition To Metrolink: "Fare Increases, Not Service Cuts, Are The Least Painful"
LAist
What Have We Learned From The Recovery Act?
National Journal Transportation Blog
White House Unveils Transit Safety Bill To Cautious Praise On The Hill
DC StreetsBlog
75 Years Ago: Wilshire Boulevard Opened Through Westlake Park
Blog Downtown
And The Winner Is...You Decide (2009 Streetsie Awards)
LA StreetsBlog
Choice Of Location For Light Rail Facility Angers El Segundo; Councilman Rosendahl Opposes Relocation To Westchester
Argonaut
Congress: Invest In Intelligent Transportation Systems To Create Jobs
The Hill
The Economics Of The Bike Boulevard
LA StreetsBlog
The French Revolution: How Strausbourg Gave Up The Car (And Why Midsized American Cities Can Too)
Next American City
Gold Line Extension Scrambling To Break Ground By June
Curbed LA
Guerrilla Sharrows Appear In Northeast L.A., Cleanup Will Take 60 Days, Says LADOT
LAist
Heavy Traffic Linked To Higher Miscarriage Rates
Sacramento Bee
How To Save The Los Angeles Times, End Rush Hour Traffic, Solve The Housing Crisis (And Not Have To Pay For It)
Huffington Post
Implementing Streetcars Demands Consideration Of The Way Traffic Works
Transport Politic
Los Angeles Transport Chief Proposes Law Protecting Cyclists From Harrassment
Road.cc
Map Of The Day: ExperienceLA Launches "Things To Do" Map (integrated Metro transit information)
LAist
NTSB Calls For Tougher Passenger Bus Scrutiny
Associated Press
Ridley-Thomas Wants Further Study Of Proposed Expo Line
Southern California Public Radio
States Vie For $69B In Infrastructure Funds
Washington Times
Subway Architecture (Must-see photos!)
Designboom
Transit Coalition To Metrolink: "Fare Increases, Not Service Cuts, Are The Least Painful"
LAist
What Have We Learned From The Recovery Act?
National Journal Transportation Blog
White House Unveils Transit Safety Bill To Cautious Praise On The Hill
DC StreetsBlog
12/08/2009
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday December 8, 2009
TheSource.metro.net
EPA Is Preparing To Regulate Emissions in Congress's Stead
Washington Post
Expo Line Project Costs And Delays Are Ballooning: The Rail Line From Downtown L.A. To Culver City Is $220 Million Over Budget And A Year Behind Schedule - Officials Hope To Open Part Of The Route Next Year
Los Angeles Times
Eying Port Of L.A. Security
Daily Breeze
Feds Creating Real-Time Traffic Information Alerts
Washington Examiner
Google Transit your Next Bus Ride (CalTrans and local agencies study statewide connectivity between transit operators)
Contra Costa Times
High-Speed Rail Proving Ground Proposed In North Las Vegas: Researchers Want Facility To Study, Test Next-Generation Rail Systems
Las Vegas Sun
Metro Board Preview: Route 2 Terminus, Villaraigosa’s Ten Year Plan, Gates For The Gold Line And The Crenshaw Corridor DEIR
LA StreetsBlog
New Buses Bring Silence To The Streets
New York Times
NY And CA: How Did They Spend Transportation Stimulus Money?
DC StreetsBlog
Our Smartest Growing Cities
GOOD
Our View: Freeways, Roadways Prepared For Major Facelifts
Pasadena Star-News
Out Of Gas? Lost? Flat Tire? Who Ya Gonna Call?
San Diego Metropolitan Magazine
Scan And Deliver: Google’s “Favorite Places” In L.A.
LAist
Senate Cuts CA's High Speed Rail Funding, Rally At Union Station Set For Today
LAist
Transit Agencies Need To Invest in Marketing: A Lesson From Los Angeles
The City Fix
EPA Is Preparing To Regulate Emissions in Congress's Stead
Washington Post
Expo Line Project Costs And Delays Are Ballooning: The Rail Line From Downtown L.A. To Culver City Is $220 Million Over Budget And A Year Behind Schedule - Officials Hope To Open Part Of The Route Next Year
Los Angeles Times
Eying Port Of L.A. Security
Daily Breeze
Feds Creating Real-Time Traffic Information Alerts
Washington Examiner
Google Transit your Next Bus Ride (CalTrans and local agencies study statewide connectivity between transit operators)
Contra Costa Times
High-Speed Rail Proving Ground Proposed In North Las Vegas: Researchers Want Facility To Study, Test Next-Generation Rail Systems
Las Vegas Sun
Metro Board Preview: Route 2 Terminus, Villaraigosa’s Ten Year Plan, Gates For The Gold Line And The Crenshaw Corridor DEIR
LA StreetsBlog
New Buses Bring Silence To The Streets
New York Times
NY And CA: How Did They Spend Transportation Stimulus Money?
DC StreetsBlog
Our Smartest Growing Cities
GOOD
Our View: Freeways, Roadways Prepared For Major Facelifts
Pasadena Star-News
Out Of Gas? Lost? Flat Tire? Who Ya Gonna Call?
San Diego Metropolitan Magazine
Scan And Deliver: Google’s “Favorite Places” In L.A.
LAist
Senate Cuts CA's High Speed Rail Funding, Rally At Union Station Set For Today
LAist
Transit Agencies Need To Invest in Marketing: A Lesson From Los Angeles
The City Fix
12/07/2009
Transportation Headlines for Monday December 7, 2009
TheSource.metro.net
32 Rail Companies Commit To Expanding In U.S. Under High-Speed Rail Plan
DC StreetsBlog
As Promised, Sharrows Appear In Hermosa Beach
LA StreetsBlog
Broadway Streetscape Renderings Published
Blog Downtown
Bullet Train Here Years Ago (San Bernardino's historic role in "high-speed" rail, ca. 1934)
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Cities Mull Joining Forces (proposed San Fernando Council of Governments)
Glendale News Press
City Pushing Related On Grand Avenue Project?
Curbed LA
Congress Considers New Jobs Package, And Highways Look Like The Big Winners
Transport Politic
Congress: Urgent Need For More Public Transit Investment; APTA: Any Jobs Bill Should Include Transit Projects
Passenger Transport
Crenshaw Corridor Transportation Debate Continues (video)
Intersections: The South Los Angeles Report
DASH Buses Downtown Operate With GPS
LAist
Europe Enforces New Rail Passenger Rights: If A Similar Law Existed In The United States, Amtrak Would Suffer
Transport Politic
For Metrolink, It's A 6% Fare Hike Vs. Major Service Cuts
LA StreetsBlog
High Speed Rail On Track To Turn Into Next Big Flop
Manteca Bulletin
High-Speed Rail To Be A US Job-Growth Engine
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Is A StopLight With A Progress Bar A Good Idea?
Governing
L.A. Metro's "Source" Takes Media Into Its Own Hands
Passenger Transport
Lawsuit Filed Over War Memorial At Downtown's El Pueblo
Curbed LA
Local Governments Offer Data To Miners
New York Times
Pasadena Looks For Ways To Reduce Traffic, But Its Options Are Few
Pasadena Star-News
Pennies And Minutes With Art Leahy: Metro Chief Talks About Shaping The Future Of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Downtown News
Promoting The Car Phone, Despite Risks
New York Times
Senate Version of Wall Street Transportation Tax Coming Next Week
LA StreetsBlog
Take The (A) Train: Your Name Here On Metro
Huffington Post
Toolkit For Change: ICLEI's New Urban Sustainability Framework
WorldChanging
Toward Roads For People, Neighborhoods: The Dominos Start To Fall
Citiwire
Transit Advocates Question New NoHo To Northeast Valley Bus
LAist
Transit Advocates Will Push Lawmakers To Rethink Transit Funding Cuts
SF StreetsBlog
Transit Tip: Check Your DASH Sign For Stop Number
Blog Downtown
U.S. DOT Has $1.5 Billion For Livable Communities
New Urban News
32 Rail Companies Commit To Expanding In U.S. Under High-Speed Rail Plan
DC StreetsBlog
As Promised, Sharrows Appear In Hermosa Beach
LA StreetsBlog
Broadway Streetscape Renderings Published
Blog Downtown
Bullet Train Here Years Ago (San Bernardino's historic role in "high-speed" rail, ca. 1934)
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Cities Mull Joining Forces (proposed San Fernando Council of Governments)
Glendale News Press
City Pushing Related On Grand Avenue Project?
Curbed LA
Congress Considers New Jobs Package, And Highways Look Like The Big Winners
Transport Politic
Congress: Urgent Need For More Public Transit Investment; APTA: Any Jobs Bill Should Include Transit Projects
Passenger Transport
Crenshaw Corridor Transportation Debate Continues (video)
Intersections: The South Los Angeles Report
DASH Buses Downtown Operate With GPS
LAist
Europe Enforces New Rail Passenger Rights: If A Similar Law Existed In The United States, Amtrak Would Suffer
Transport Politic
For Metrolink, It's A 6% Fare Hike Vs. Major Service Cuts
LA StreetsBlog
High Speed Rail On Track To Turn Into Next Big Flop
Manteca Bulletin
High-Speed Rail To Be A US Job-Growth Engine
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Is A StopLight With A Progress Bar A Good Idea?
Governing
L.A. Metro's "Source" Takes Media Into Its Own Hands
Passenger Transport
Lawsuit Filed Over War Memorial At Downtown's El Pueblo
Curbed LA
Local Governments Offer Data To Miners
New York Times
Pasadena Looks For Ways To Reduce Traffic, But Its Options Are Few
Pasadena Star-News
Pennies And Minutes With Art Leahy: Metro Chief Talks About Shaping The Future Of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Downtown News
Promoting The Car Phone, Despite Risks
New York Times
Senate Version of Wall Street Transportation Tax Coming Next Week
LA StreetsBlog
Take The (A) Train: Your Name Here On Metro
Huffington Post
Toolkit For Change: ICLEI's New Urban Sustainability Framework
WorldChanging
Toward Roads For People, Neighborhoods: The Dominos Start To Fall
Citiwire
Transit Advocates Question New NoHo To Northeast Valley Bus
LAist
Transit Advocates Will Push Lawmakers To Rethink Transit Funding Cuts
SF StreetsBlog
Transit Tip: Check Your DASH Sign For Stop Number
Blog Downtown
U.S. DOT Has $1.5 Billion For Livable Communities
New Urban News
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