Beverly Hills Community Opposition Building Against Westside Subway
LAist
Bus Fares Increase As Los Angeles Metro Executives Get Huge Salaries
LA Weekly
Bus Cuts Drive Americans Back To Cars
Guardian (London)
California High-Speed Rail Ridership Forecast Not Reliable, Study Finds
UC Berkeley News
Review Of "Bay Area/California High-Speed Rail Ridership And Revenue Forecasting Study" (59p. PDF)
UC Berkeley Institute Of Transportation Studies
Drivers Try To Avoid Higher Tolls On Bay Bridge (Traffic patterns are changing as commuters try to avoid congestion pricing hours in place before 10a.m.)
San Francisco Chronicle
High-Speed Rail Project's Prospects Called Unpredictable: A UC Berkeley Report Says The Ridership Forecasts Are So Unreliable That It Can't Be Determined Whether The Train Would Be Profitable Or Run In The Red
Los Angeles Times
Kids Safer On The Subway (A recent study shows that traffic fatality rates are lower for children in areas where public transit is widely used)
The City Fix
L.A. Losing Millions In Uncollected Parking Tickets And Fines: An Audit By City Controller Wendy Greuel For Fiscal Year 2008-09 Showed That Only 53% Of Some $533 Million In City Billings Was Collected, Resulting In A Loss Of $260 Million Annually
Los Angeles Times
Let's Hear It For L.A.
CityWatch
Metro Debuts New Rapid Service Between Downtown And Santa Monica
LAist
Metro Meets Some Community Opposition: Residents Speak Out Against Tunneling Under Neighborhood Homes
Beverly Hills Patch
Metrolink Fares And 91 Express Lanes Tolls Increase
Orange County Register
Our Cities, Ourselves: Ten Architects Re-Imagine Urban Transport In 2030
The City Fix
Bicycles As Transport: From Alternative To Mainstream
Park 101 Costs And Next Steps Outlined By Study (Includes new conceptual sketches and plans. "The five phases of the project to cap the 101 freeway through Downtown with park space would cost $387 million, but would generate $408 million in private investment.")
Blog Downtown
Park Powers Forward: Green Component Of Grand Avenue Plan, Including A Dog Park, To Have Groundbreaking Ceremony July 15
Los Angeles Downtown News
Ride Report: Metro Rapid Line 733
MetroRider LA
"Safety Train" Ride Shows Danger To Pedestrians
San Francisco Chronicle
Santa Monica Announces Sharrows, New Bike Lane And More
LAist
Telling The Story Of Chicago, One Train Stop At A Time
StreetsBlog Network
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Is Charging Ahead In His Political Career ("Few expected this Republican in the Obama cabinet to cause such a stir. Yet, from his high speed rail advocacy to campaigning for road safety ("just say no to texting") to pushing livable communities, 64-year-old Ray LaHood has changed D.O.T.")
Washington Post
US House Panel Approves $67.4 Billion Transportation Bill
Dow Jones Newswires
What Does the Berkeley ITS Ridership Report Actually Say?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Who Is The Most Interesting Person You Have Met On Public Transportation?
GOOD
Youths Welcome Subway In Beverly Hills: Metro's Proposed "Direct Connection" Subway Plans Give Local Teens A Chance To Get Out Of Town
Beverly Hills Patch
