TheSource.metro.net
21st Century Public Transportation Tools
Plus Metro
2009: The Year Of The Bike!
CityWatch LA
Application Disables Smart Phones In Moving Cars
Los Angeles Times
Applying Analysis Tools In Planning For Operations
U.S. Department of Transportation
Auditing Long Beach Streets For Safety
Long Beach Post
The Bike Is the Star At This Café
New York Times
Can You TAP Me Now? (how durable are Metro TAP cards? Nine tests provide the answer)
Plus Metro
County Releases First Strategic Plan To Spur Jobs
Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles County Strategic Plan For Economic Development, 2010-2014 (16p. PDF)
CTA Expands Bus-Tracking Service To Cell Phones: Text Messages Will Detail Arrival Times
Chicago Tribune
Diesel Hybrids Deliver Big Savings To UPS (pilot study with National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
Wired
Press Release
Editorial: Study Shows California Highway’s Are A Failure
Oakland Tribune
Expo Releases Phase 2 Final EIR
Santa Monica Mirror
Holland’s Plan To Tax On Every Kilometer Driven
Time
Is Portable Technology Changing How Americans Travel?: A Survey Of The Use Of Electronic [Devices] On Intercity Buses, Trains, And Planes (18p. PDF)
DePaul University, Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development
L.A.-Area Air Pollution Could Dip From New EPA Rule On Ships
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles 2010: Is The Glass Half Empty?
CityWatch LA
Los Angeles Sees Sharp Rise In Red-Light Camera Revenue
Los Angeles Times
Map: EPA Violations In The L.A. Area
LAist
No On Prop 1A Crowd Reunites To Attack HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
R We There Yet?: Re-Evaluating Los Angeles’ Transit Future
Lascher@Large
Revealed: Crazy Basket Bridge for 210 Freeway
LA Curbed
Schwarzenegger's Plan To Again Raid Transit Funds Angers Rider Advocates: The Governor's Proposal To Help Balance California's Budget, Which Would Cut As Much As $1 Billion From Public Transportation, Could Trigger More Route Closures And Fare Hikes For Buses And Trains
Los Angeles Times
Share The Road: Buses And Bicycles (video: shared responsibility of bus operators and bicyclists regarding mutual safety from the Chicago Department of Transportation and Chicago Transit Authority)
A Social Snow Storm For Transportation Agencies (D.C. Department of Transportation social networking communication efforts pay off during blizzard)
Washington Post
12/23/2009
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday December 23, 2009
TheSource.metro.net
2009: The Legislative Year In Review
Passenger Transport
Bad News Dept.: Lawsuit Over Expo Phase II?
LA Curbed
Bay Area Transportation Commission Starts Climate Sustainability Fund
SF StreetsBlog
Big Ideas: Kill the Cul-De-Sac And Build Bicycle Highways
The City Fix
Can Transit Perform Well In “Abandoned” Urban Cores?
Human Transit
Count Shows Bike Trends: Glendale Hopes To Continue Adding Bicycle-Friendly Measures While Increasing Safety
Glendale News Press
The “Diesel Death Zone:” Fit For A School Room?
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Efforts Lag At Making Highway Work Zones Safer
New York Times
End-Run Around Clean Air Program Could Mean Dirty Skies Continue
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Funding In New Legislation Would Equal Stimulus Transportation Totals (15 shovel-ready projects in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)
Riverside Press-Enterprise
High-Speed Rail Tops New Policy Directions For 2009
Passenger Transport
Obama Signs Transportation Bill, Metrolink Receives Safety Funds
LAist
Rail, Bus Systems Move Forward Across North America In 2009
Passenger Transport
Reviewing The Best And Worst Of Times For Public Transit In 2009
Passenger Transport
Schwarzenegger To Seek Federal Help For California Budget
Los Angeles Times
State To Pay Unprecedented $1.1 Billion To Make Walkways Accessible To Disabled
Los Angeles Times
Tax District Approved For D.C. Metro Extension
Planetizen
Wireless Now Available In BART’s Transbay Tube
San Francisco Chronicle
2009: The Legislative Year In Review
Passenger Transport
Bad News Dept.: Lawsuit Over Expo Phase II?
LA Curbed
Bay Area Transportation Commission Starts Climate Sustainability Fund
SF StreetsBlog
Big Ideas: Kill the Cul-De-Sac And Build Bicycle Highways
The City Fix
Can Transit Perform Well In “Abandoned” Urban Cores?
Human Transit
Count Shows Bike Trends: Glendale Hopes To Continue Adding Bicycle-Friendly Measures While Increasing Safety
Glendale News Press
The “Diesel Death Zone:” Fit For A School Room?
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Efforts Lag At Making Highway Work Zones Safer
New York Times
End-Run Around Clean Air Program Could Mean Dirty Skies Continue
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Funding In New Legislation Would Equal Stimulus Transportation Totals (15 shovel-ready projects in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)
Riverside Press-Enterprise
High-Speed Rail Tops New Policy Directions For 2009
Passenger Transport
Obama Signs Transportation Bill, Metrolink Receives Safety Funds
LAist
Rail, Bus Systems Move Forward Across North America In 2009
Passenger Transport
Reviewing The Best And Worst Of Times For Public Transit In 2009
Passenger Transport
Schwarzenegger To Seek Federal Help For California Budget
Los Angeles Times
State To Pay Unprecedented $1.1 Billion To Make Walkways Accessible To Disabled
Los Angeles Times
Tax District Approved For D.C. Metro Extension
Planetizen
Wireless Now Available In BART’s Transbay Tube
San Francisco Chronicle
12/22/2009
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday December 22, 2009
TheSource.metro.net
10 Biggest Problem Projects Of The Decade: Along With The Boom, Downtown Has Had Some 21st Century Busts
Los Angeles Downtown News
2009 Wrap-Up: With FEIR In-Hand, Expo Phase II Seems Ready To Roll, But Is It?
LA StreetsBlog
3-Hour Limit Placed On Airline Passengers’ Tarmac Waits: The Department Of Transportation Orders Airlines To Allow Passengers On Domestic Flights To Leave Airplanes
Los Angeles Times
Auditor: CalTrans Inflated Job Data To Feds
Sacramento Bee
Can Dial-A-Ride Get High Ridership From Low Density?
Human Transit
Downturn In Public Transit Ridership Reflects Economic Times
APTA
Education Key To Reversing Trend In Bicycle Accidents
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Expo Line Phase II’s Latest: Colorado Route, Ground-Breaking Chatter
LA Curbed
Final Plan For Expo Line From Culver City To Santa Monica Released
LAist
The Human Side Of Transit
EDF Way2Go
Implementing Transportation Knowledge Networks
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Full-text document (85p. PDF)
The Infrastructure Show (archived podcasts now available)
Infrastructure Show
Is LADOT Finally Embracing Zebra Crosswalks?
LA StreetsBlog
L.A. City Retirements Threaten A Deep And Lasting Legacy: The Exodus Of Employees Approved To Ease Budget Problems Will Drain The Workforce Of Many Experienced People And Leave Los Angeles Officials Hampered In Hiring Replacements Until 2024
Los Angeles Times
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension 2009 State Of The Project
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
More Accessible Cabs Hit Cities (retrofitted minivans become wheelchair-accessible taxis)
USA Today
New Report: Climate Instruments In The Transport Sector (CITS)
The City Fix
New Toll Lanes Untangle Commutes (HOT lanes)
USA Today
Pod Cars: Climate Solution Or Pipe Dream?
Solve Climate
Risky Roads: Traffic Experts Have An Arsenal Of Solutions
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Roundabouts (images and descriptions of various types of roundabouts with different designs and purposes)
Fiets Beraad (Netherlands)
Route 66: Immortalized But Mortal
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco Announces Car Free Party Schedule, Will L.A. Get Ever The Same?
LAist
The Safety Bogeyman (Narrow, auto-centric focus of EIRs fail to account for other modes of transportation)
Urbanophile
Tell Your Transit Troubles Here
Los Angeles Downtown News
10 Biggest Problem Projects Of The Decade: Along With The Boom, Downtown Has Had Some 21st Century Busts
Los Angeles Downtown News
2009 Wrap-Up: With FEIR In-Hand, Expo Phase II Seems Ready To Roll, But Is It?
LA StreetsBlog
3-Hour Limit Placed On Airline Passengers’ Tarmac Waits: The Department Of Transportation Orders Airlines To Allow Passengers On Domestic Flights To Leave Airplanes
Los Angeles Times
Auditor: CalTrans Inflated Job Data To Feds
Sacramento Bee
Can Dial-A-Ride Get High Ridership From Low Density?
Human Transit
Downturn In Public Transit Ridership Reflects Economic Times
APTA
Education Key To Reversing Trend In Bicycle Accidents
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Expo Line Phase II’s Latest: Colorado Route, Ground-Breaking Chatter
LA Curbed
Final Plan For Expo Line From Culver City To Santa Monica Released
LAist
The Human Side Of Transit
EDF Way2Go
Implementing Transportation Knowledge Networks
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Full-text document (85p. PDF)
The Infrastructure Show (archived podcasts now available)
Infrastructure Show
Is LADOT Finally Embracing Zebra Crosswalks?
LA StreetsBlog
L.A. City Retirements Threaten A Deep And Lasting Legacy: The Exodus Of Employees Approved To Ease Budget Problems Will Drain The Workforce Of Many Experienced People And Leave Los Angeles Officials Hampered In Hiring Replacements Until 2024
Los Angeles Times
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension 2009 State Of The Project
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
More Accessible Cabs Hit Cities (retrofitted minivans become wheelchair-accessible taxis)
USA Today
New Report: Climate Instruments In The Transport Sector (CITS)
The City Fix
New Toll Lanes Untangle Commutes (HOT lanes)
USA Today
Pod Cars: Climate Solution Or Pipe Dream?
Solve Climate
Risky Roads: Traffic Experts Have An Arsenal Of Solutions
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Roundabouts (images and descriptions of various types of roundabouts with different designs and purposes)
Fiets Beraad (Netherlands)
Route 66: Immortalized But Mortal
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco Announces Car Free Party Schedule, Will L.A. Get Ever The Same?
LAist
The Safety Bogeyman (Narrow, auto-centric focus of EIRs fail to account for other modes of transportation)
Urbanophile
Tell Your Transit Troubles Here
Los Angeles Downtown News
12/21/2009
Transportation Headlines for Monday December 21, 2009
TheSource.metro.net
Americans Still Driving Less
New Republic
The Art Of Moving L.A.: A Conversation With Metro's New CEO, Art Leahy (January 15, 2010)
Westside Urban Forum
Backdoor Tour: The Curious Route Of The Las Vegas Monorail Is The Product Of An Equally Bizarre Planning And Development Process
Metropolis Magazine
California One Of 4 HSR Stimulus Finalists?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Delays Won't Derail Expo Project
Santa Monica Daily Press
Editorial: High-Speed Myths - Business Plan Shows Deceit Of Bullet Train Push
San Diego Union-Tribune
"Final" Expo Line Plans Across Westside Unveiled
Los Angeles Wave
Future Mobility In California: The Condition, Use And Funding Of California’s Roads, Bridges And Transit System, December 2009 (24p. PDF)
TRIP National Transportation Research Group
Expo Line Corridor Brings Development, Santa Monicans Worry
LA Curbed
Expo Releases FEIR For Phase II Chooses Alignment Along ROW And Colorado Avenue
LA StreetsBlog
Final Environmental Report Issued For Proposed Expo Line Extension
Southern California Public Radio
Geithner Adviser Backs “More Merit-Based” Infrastructure Spending
DC StreetsBlog
Gloria Molina “Hates” Gold Line’s Painted Asphalt
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
High-Speed Rail: Great For Europe, But Less So For The U.S.?
Politics Daily
Is Big Brother Watching Your ORCA Card?: The New ORCA Transit Fare Card Raises Questions About Privacy - For Instance, Employers Have The Right To View Trip Details If They Subsidize A Worker's Fare Card
Seattle Times
Job Woes Reduce Transit Ridership
USA Today
Jobs Data Shows Stimulus Spending On Public Transportation Produces More Jobs, Faster
Smart Growth America
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Holds State Of The Project
Earth Times
Metrolink Awaits Arrival Of Cars Featuring Crash-Resistant Technology
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
[New York] MTA Mythbusting: Back Again
On Transport
Officials Unveil New Gold Line Bridge Design, Discuss Project's Time Table
Pasadena Star-News
Should The Federal Government Take Over Regulation Of Rail Transit Safety?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Single Union Station: Activists Worry Over Crushing Impacts
CityWatch LA
South L.A. Light Rail Gets The Green Light
L.A. Watts Times
Transportation Agency To Spend Millions Saving Habitat
Orange County Register
We Can Learn Much From The TGV
Rail Passenger Association Of California & Nevada
Americans Still Driving Less
New Republic
The Art Of Moving L.A.: A Conversation With Metro's New CEO, Art Leahy (January 15, 2010)
Westside Urban Forum
Backdoor Tour: The Curious Route Of The Las Vegas Monorail Is The Product Of An Equally Bizarre Planning And Development Process
Metropolis Magazine
California One Of 4 HSR Stimulus Finalists?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Delays Won't Derail Expo Project
Santa Monica Daily Press
Editorial: High-Speed Myths - Business Plan Shows Deceit Of Bullet Train Push
San Diego Union-Tribune
"Final" Expo Line Plans Across Westside Unveiled
Los Angeles Wave
Future Mobility In California: The Condition, Use And Funding Of California’s Roads, Bridges And Transit System, December 2009 (24p. PDF)
TRIP National Transportation Research Group
Expo Line Corridor Brings Development, Santa Monicans Worry
LA Curbed
Expo Releases FEIR For Phase II Chooses Alignment Along ROW And Colorado Avenue
LA StreetsBlog
Final Environmental Report Issued For Proposed Expo Line Extension
Southern California Public Radio
Geithner Adviser Backs “More Merit-Based” Infrastructure Spending
DC StreetsBlog
Gloria Molina “Hates” Gold Line’s Painted Asphalt
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
High-Speed Rail: Great For Europe, But Less So For The U.S.?
Politics Daily
Is Big Brother Watching Your ORCA Card?: The New ORCA Transit Fare Card Raises Questions About Privacy - For Instance, Employers Have The Right To View Trip Details If They Subsidize A Worker's Fare Card
Seattle Times
Job Woes Reduce Transit Ridership
USA Today
Jobs Data Shows Stimulus Spending On Public Transportation Produces More Jobs, Faster
Smart Growth America
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Holds State Of The Project
Earth Times
Metrolink Awaits Arrival Of Cars Featuring Crash-Resistant Technology
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
[New York] MTA Mythbusting: Back Again
On Transport
Officials Unveil New Gold Line Bridge Design, Discuss Project's Time Table
Pasadena Star-News
Should The Federal Government Take Over Regulation Of Rail Transit Safety?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Single Union Station: Activists Worry Over Crushing Impacts
CityWatch LA
South L.A. Light Rail Gets The Green Light
L.A. Watts Times
Transportation Agency To Spend Millions Saving Habitat
Orange County Register
We Can Learn Much From The TGV
Rail Passenger Association Of California & Nevada
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