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America's Veterans Need More And Better Transportation Options
Transportation For America
Are Blue Bikelanes Better Than Black?
Treehugger
Art Review: "Through The Grapevine" At The Center For Land Use Interpretation ("The stars of show are the three roadways: the Ridge Route from 1915, Highway 99 from 1933 and Interstate 5 from 1970.")
Los Angeles Times
BART Plan Exposes City's Challenges
Wall Street Journal
Bicycle Highways: Should Cities Build Specialized Roadways For Cyclists?
Slate
California Salivates As Obama Administration Offers $2.3 Billion For High-Speed Rail
San Mateo County Times
Car Ownership Or Ease Of Driving: Which Is the Real Challenge?
The City Fix
Dumping The Pump: U.S. Transit Agencies Respond (a representative round-up of creative activities during the 5th Annual Dump The Pump Day on June 17)
Passenger Transport
How The Media Gets High Speed Rail Wrong
California High Speed Rail Blog
Inland Empire Commuters Hit The Road: A Study Shows Riverside County Residents Are Trekking To LA And San Diego Because Jobs Close To Home Are Hard To Find
NBC Los Angeles
The Latest Employment Report: Construction Jobs Get Hammered
Infrastructurist
Live Tube Map Halted As TfL Hit By 50-Fold Growth In Web Calls: Temporary Halt Put On Newly Introduced API Feed As Implementations Catch The London Open Data Experiment Unprepared For Demand
Guardian (London)
Metro-FlickrLA: Pacific Electric Painted Metro Blue Line Train
MetroRider LA
Metro-FlickrLA: Wilshire-Western Station
MerroRider LA
NAVTEQ: A Growing Interest In Transit Data
GPS Business News
Oldest Living Pullman Porter Looks Back: Lee Wesley Gibson, 100, Began Working For Union Pacific In 1936
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Shaping The City Of L.A.-- With A New City Planning Director To Be Named Soon, It's Time To Streamline The Land Use Process And Make It Smarter And More Efficient -- For Los Angeles To Finally Take Charge Of Its Cityscape
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Time To Change The Map On High-Speed Rail?
San Jose Mercury News
Santa Monica Introduces "Sharrows" On 14th Street: "Sharrows," Or "Shared Lane Arrows," Are One Of The Elements Of A Larger Bike Plan That Santa Monica Is Developing
Los Angeles Times
Taiwan High-Speed Posts First Operating Profit
International Railway Journal
Technology Innovations Cut Costs, Boost Safety In Public Transportation; New Processes Add Visibility, Collision Warning, Antibacterial Support
Passenger Transport
Tube Line Sales Completed
Railway Gazette (U.K.)
US Bicycle Route System Begins Connecting America
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
USC Plans $900-Million Shopping And Residential Upgrade: Neighbors Are Divided On The Project, Which Would Replace University Village. Work Could Start In Two Years
Los Angeles Times
Washington Gets America's First Electric Highway
GOOD
What Does American Exceptionalism Mean For Livable Streets?
StreetsBlog DC
What Ever Happened To Public Transportation?
Huffington Post
Will High-Speed Rail Drive Business?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Working Families Brace For The Strain Of 20% Hike In Bus Fares
LA Beez
Writing Congress About LA's 30/10 Mass Transit And Jobs Initiative
Huffington Post
