(high-speed rail)
Transport Politic
91 Freeway Widening In Riverside On Track; Project To Bring Thousands Of Jobs
Southwest Riverside News Network
Barbara Boxer Questions Need For Infrastructure Bank
StreetsBlog DC
Bike Science: Making Sense Out Of Traffic Signal Sensors
Bike Portland
Breakdown: Traveling Dangerously In America (Parts 5-8 of a multi-part joint-investigation series)
The Center For Public Integrity & News21 National
Part 5: The Science Of Sleep: Fatigue Standards Lag Behind Research ("U.S. rules governing how much rest airline pilots must get are based on outdated research and lag behind other countries.")
Part 6: Ignoring Problems On The Roads: States Resist Highway Safety Measures ("NTSB recommendations to cut down on accidents have been around for years – seatbelts and booster seats, better drunk driving enforcement and more restrictions on young drivers.")
Part 7: In No Shape To Drive: Medical Cards For Drivers Easy To Get, Easy To Ignore ("Every day, someone gets behind the wheel of a truck or bus who has no business being there. Getting a medical certificate to drive is remarkably easy.")
Part 8: Escaping Oversight: Companies Skirt Safety Rules, Keep Driving ("Thousands of unsafe bus and trucking companies have been ordered out of service, but a number of them find ways to get back on the road.")
Caltrain Installs New Suicide Prevention Signs Along Tracks
KTVU
Caltrans Begins Construction On I-5 Corridor
Glendale News Press
Citizens United Against Metro At Roxbury Park Meeting In Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills Courier
Critics Ask Attorney General To Investigate State Rail Officals Who Also Hold Local Offices
("Californians Advocating Responsible Rail Design in Palo Alto asserts that Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle and Richard Katz, a board member for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, might be violating a state law that forbids public officials from simultaneously sitting on boards, commissions, committees or any other government body with interests that are likely to clash.The group is armed with an opinion from the Legislature’s legal office, which concluded in April that a court would likely rule that Katz and Pringle, chairman of the high-speed rail board, hold incompatible offices, a finding that could force them to resign from one or more of their positions.")
Los Angeles Times
Dream Team Assembled For LA River Piggyback Yard Project (130 acres on the east side of the LA River in Downtown, roughly bounded by Mission Road, the 5 Freeway, the Brewery Arts Colony, and the River will serve as a public park/flood detention basin. The site is named Piggyback Yard because the Union Pacific Railroad currently uses it for transferring shipping containers)
Curbed LA
From The Downtown Guide, Welcome: Getting To Know Downtown's 16 Unique Districts
Los Angeles Downtown News
Governor Approves Transportation Legislation For 91 Freeway, Positive Train Control
Mobility 21 via BusinessWire
LA's Mass Transit: Let's Talk Delays, Not Defeat
CityWatch
Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa Lobbies Senate For Federal Transportation Money
Southern California Public Radio
My Figueroa Project Open House This Weekend, Not Shy About Using The Internet
StreetsBlog LA
New & Notable: Strategic Collaboration In Public & Non-Profit, Managing Public Sector Projects, Government Contracting
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
New Lanes Dedicated On I-5 In Orange County
Southern California Public Radio
Obama Admin Will Make Its Transportation Push...During The Next Congress
StreetsBlog DC
Obama: Yes To 2011 Climate Bill Push
Politico
Private Commuter Buses: Rogue Operation Or New Model?
ITS Berkeley Transportation Letter
Rail-Volution Conference Program Details (October 18-21 : Portland, OR)
Rail-Volution
Restrictions On Railroad Operating Employees' Use Of Cellular Telephones And Other Electronic Devices (Full-text of new federal rules published September 27, 2010 : "FRA is amending its railroad communications regulations by restricting use of mobile telephones and other distracting electronic devices by railroad operating employees")
Federal Register
Scared Of The Subway: Beverly Hills Slams Proposal To Put Subway Under The City
StreetsBlog LA
Sunday's Triathlon To Close Off Downtown Streets For Cyclists And Runners
Touchy MTA Defends Antonio Villaraigosa's $9-Billion Subway To The Sea Rip-Off, Slams L.A. Weekly For Alerting Public
LA Weekly
Villaraigosa Addresses U.S. Senate Committee To Gain Support For Local Transportation Projects
Los Angeles Times
A Vision Of A Park On A Restored Los Angeles River
New York Times
