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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
California Getting $149 Million From U.S. For Distressed Properties: City Of L.A.'s Cut Is Nearly $10 Million
LA Weekly
Dallas Covers Highway With Greenery: Cities Are Increasingly Decking Highways With Piles Of Greenery And New Development
Governing
Days Of Free Parking At Broken Meters In L.A. Coming To An End
Los Angeles Times
Dear Uncle Sam: Transit Design Really Does Matter ("For too long the conversation has been about transit efficiency and what local governments can do to change land use. The attention needs to turn to improving transit design as well. Continuing to follow the old transit facility design playbook is not going to work if we want livable communities.")
Planetizen
Feds Say [Houston] Metro Violated Procurement Laws In Rail Project
Houston Chronicle
Green Transportation Depends On Reining In Space For Cars
StreetsBlog
Highway Deaths Fall To Lowest Level Since 1950
Associated Press
Local And State Elected officials Join 300 Businesses Call For Action On The Subway To The Sea And The Regional Connector
CALPIRG
Build L.A. Transit Now! ("Please sign our letter to Sen. Boxer, asking her to help Los Angeles secure the loans we need to build L.A. transit now.")
CALPIRG
Making Subway Bad News Look Better
New York Times
Nationwide Survey Of Safe Driving Cities Ranks Glendale Near Bottom
Glendale News-Press
Noise On BART: How Bad Is It And Is It Harmful?
San Francisco Chronicle
The Oakland Airport Connector: BART's Little Engine That Could? ("The fatigue is palpable, but the battle over BART's Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) is nowhere near its conclusion.")
StreetsBlog SF
Obama Plan Could Help Dems. But Not The Way You Think
Transportation Nation
Obama Transportation Plan Likely To Have To Wait
Washington Post
Opinion: Banking On 30/10: Obama's Infrastructure Bank Idea Is A Worthy Goal, And Not Merely Because It Could Help Fast-Track LA. Transit Improvements
Los Angeles Times
Plaza Plan For Balboa Park Unveiled: Proposal To Clear Cars Out Of Historic Square Might Mean Parking Fees For A Future Garage (With the centennial of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition that created San Diego's Balboa Square approaching, the city is considering turning back the neighborhood to its former car-free glory)
San Diego Union-Tribune
A Stress Test For America ("The runner-up [behind Detroit] on the stress index is Los Angeles, which is saddled with the most expensive housing and second-worst air pollution among the 50 biggest metros. It’s also afflicted with an unemployment rate of 11.6 percent.")
Portfolio
Ten Historic Buildings Along The CicLAvia Route
CivLAvia
Transportation Expert Says Las Vegas Could Become Crossroads Of West
Las Vegas Sun
Trench Project For San Gabriel Railroad Crossings Moves Forward
Whittier Daily News
What Does President Obama's Transportation Initiative Mean?
Smart Growth America
President Obama's Transportation Initiative Is A Good Start To A Fiscally Responsible 21st Century Infrastructure (2p. PDF : press release)
What Is A "Call For Projects" And Why Is The City Gearing up For It?
StreetsBlog LA
What's The Best Side Effect Of Using Human-Powered Transportation?
GOOD
Zev Yaroslavsky - The Orchestrator: The County Supervisor, Soon Entering His Final Term, Discusses Local Politics And Rumors Of A Possible L.A. Mayor Candidacy (interview)
Los Angeles Times
