Today's Headlines - more at Metro

8/23/2010

Metro Turnstiles & TAP, 30/10, HSR & The Governors Race, Sustainable Mobility At The Movies & More

BBB Fares About To Go Up
Santa Monica Daily Press
New Fares Go Into Effect August 29, 2010: Two New Value Passes To Be Introduced!
Big Blue Bus

Bus Movements In San Francisco Animated
(video : fascinating 1-minute film showing every bus location for the entire month of June, 2010)
Flowing Data

California Jobless Rate Remains 12.3% In July
Los Angeles Times

Car-Less And Loving It: City National Plaza Event Looks At Alternate Ways To Get Around Los Angeles
Los Angeles Downtown News

Changing Travel Demands: Implications For Planning (vehicle-miles of travel)
Planetizen

Choosing Right Delivery Method Key To Project Success (p. 2 of 5p. PDF)
Federal Highway Administration Innovator

Do You Have Innovative Smart Growth Projects That Need Funding?
Planetizen

Finland Proposes World's First "Green Highway"
Wired

Has America Lost Its Transportation Mojo?
(Part 1)
AltTransport

HSR And The Governor's Race
California High Speed Rail Blog

L.A. Mayor Pushes Fast Funding Plan For 12 Big Transit Projects
Engineering News-Record

L.A. Program Aims To Make Parking Easier: The Yearlong ExpressPark Program Will Use New Meters And Pavement Sensors To Keep Track Of Parked Vehicles. Eventually, Signs Will Guide Drivers To Empty Spaces In City Garages And Lots
Los Angeles Times

Love This 1918 Los Angeles Map
LA Observed

MTA's $46M System Of Locking Turnstiles Sits Unused, Waiting For Fare Cards To Be Adopted
Los Angeles Daily News

New Evidence Links Sprawl To Parking Minimums
StreetsBlog Network

New Smog-Fighting Tactic Planned For San Bernardino
Riverside Press-Enterprise

A New Way To Pay?
("Are we raising the money and spending the money in ways that reflect how we actually use the highway system? What do we need to consider in the way of costs and benefits that we aren't taking into account now? Or is the highway-specific premise too limiting in a multimodal world -- is this conversation really about finding a more flexible and comprehensive way of paying for transportation?")
National Journal Transportation Blog

An Oil Well On La Cienega? A Bit Unusual: When The Wooden Derrick Was Constructed in 1907, It Was In The Middle Of A Bean Field. After The Boulevard Was Extended in 1930, Motorists Had To Zigzag Around The Well
Los Angeles Times

Opinion: 30/10 Is Too Good To Wait - Congress Needs To Act Now On The Innovative Plan To Fund And Speed Up L.A. Transit Projects
Los Angeles Times

Opinion: High-Speed Rail: Not Much In Other Continent Sized Countries
San Francisco Examiner

Opinion: Rail Agency: What, Me Worry? (High-speed rail)
San Diego Union-Tribune

Pedestrian Safety Will Guide Massive Street Makeover
Wall Street Journal

Planned 110 Freeway Closures Announced
Pasadena Star-News

The Public Hazards Of Privatizing Infrastructure
StreetsBlog Network

Public Private Partnerships, Public Transportation And Jobs For LA
Huffington Post

Rail Authority Stands By Its Ridership Projections
San Jose Mercury News

Reseda Boulevard Bike Lanes Extended, Wilbur Avenue Lanes Questioned
StreetsBlog LA

Residents Complain Of 405 Construction Noise (video)
ABC-7

Sustainable Mobility In The Movies
The City Fix

TransitDataFeeder: Open Source Web-Based GTFS Creation And Maintenance Tool
Trillium Solutions Blog

Transportation Policy's Third Rails ("Planners, bloggers and scholars get so easily lost in jargon and ego-driven wonkiness that they lose sight of the point of debating transportation policy: making moving between the places we live, work, socialize and otherwise operate more affordable, comfortable, simpler and less damaging to our planet's long-term survival.")
High Country News

Walk Score Helps Check Transportation Costs
Daily Breeze