Today's Headlines - more at Metro

8/30/2010

Expo Open In April?, Metro Gold Line Extension Meetings, 12-Minute Maps, Getting Rid Of 710, Burbank Transit Center & More

$200 Million Criticized By Metrolink Train Victims
Mass Transit

$701 Million Payroll Boost Forecast From High-Speed Rail: Plan Would Generate 160,000 Construction Jobs In State
Los Angeles Daily News

The Accomplishments Of Former Planning Director Gail Goldberg And The Los Angeles Department Of City Planning
(The list includes 25 separate items, ranging from the establishment of an urban design studio to Goldberg's insistence that the department do "real planning")
American Institute Of Architects, Los Angeles Chapter

The Best Construction Management Apps for iPhone And iPad
Software Advice

Bridge And Bikeway Construction In West San Fernando Valley
L.A. Creek Freak

Burbank Green-Lights Transit Center For Bob Hope Airport: Airport Officials Expect A December 2012 Opening Date For A Regional Transit Center That Will Consolidate Rental Car, Bus And Other Services
Los Angeles Times

Civic Park Work Well Underway
Blog Downtown

Does The LUCE Plan Have Teeth?
Bikeside LA

DOT's Transport Policy Trail
Journal Of Commerce

Expo Line Update: 3/4 Done, Possible April 2011 Partial Opening
Curbed LA

Former Highway Official Calls For Transportation Funding Plan:Pete K. Rahn, One-Time AASHTO President, Says Obama Needs To State Policy
Journal Of Commerce

Gold Line Light Rail Public Meetings Set (Metro Gold Line Light Rail Eastside Corridor Extension project)
Whittier Daily News

High-Speed Rail Plan Will Test California
New York Times

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety 101: A Primer On Grade Crossing Safety
(Webinar : September 16)
U.S. Transportation Research Board

Intermodal Hits New 2010 High
Journal Of Commerce

Legislature Approves California High Speed Rail Bill
(AB619, Holocaust Survivor Responsibility Act)
San Fernando Valley Business Journal

Maglev Promoters' Dreams Bigger Than 747
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Missing Links: Let's Get Rid Of The I-710
StreetsBlog LA

[New York] MTA Passes On Seatless Subway Plan
Transit Blogger

Next Contender For High-Speed Rail: Los Angeles Or Fresno?
Fast Company

Our View: Speeding Up Light-Rail Projects
Pasadena Star-News

Part IV: Capping The Freeway
The Lookout

Paying A Local Price For I-95's Global Promise
NPR

The Perils Of Succeeding "On Average" (LA Metro's 12-minute map)
Human Transit

Plans For Irvine-Corona Tunnel Shelved
Orange County Register

Rail Officials Bring Residents Up To Speed: Authority Sees The Most Attendees Of Three Meetings When Speaking To Burbank Locals (high-speed rail)
Burbank Leader

Rail Oversight Falls To Safety Agency, Forcing High-Speed Changes
New York Times

Snapshot: Bike Lane Indicators Get Straight To The Point
Boing Boing

State Department Of Transportation Role In The Implementation Of Transportation Demand Management Programs (50p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Ten Public Spaces Along The CicLAvia Route
CicLAvia

Transportation To Unveil Database Standards To Improve Highway Safety
NextGov
Webinar: NHTSA 2009 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) & National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (NASS GES) (September 14)

U.S. Withdraws Proposed Freight Rail Regulations But Fails To Address Conflict With Future Passenger Service
Transport Politic