Today's Headlines - more at Metro

9/15/2010

Growing Port Traffic, Managing Increasing Ridership Demand, President's Transportation Plan, Wednesday Metro Meetings and more.

700MHz – Public Safety and Mass Transit
Mass Transit Magazine

2009 Urban Congestion Trends: How Operations Is Solving Congestion Problems
Federal Highways Administration

Despite Dwindling Tax Revenues, Top 100 Fleets Soldier On
METRO Magazine

Downtown Los Angeles Streetcar Project - Connecting Neighborhoods and Developing Communities
Urban Land Institute

Fifth and Flower Stop May Get Axed from Downtown Connector
LA Curbed

Google Transit - San Bernardino County Wins
Riding in Riverside

Internalizing positive transit externalities
Market Urbanism

Is the New Parking Meter Policy Fraud?
LAist

Japan readies loans for California high-speed train
Reuters

LA Open House at Metro Headquarters - Please join John A. Pérez, Speaker of the Assembly, for an informational open house on high-speed rail in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Metro.net

L.A. port is hatching a revitalization - PortTechLA, a business incubator run by a group that includes the port and city, will nurture start-ups that make products that reduce pollution and shippers' dependence on fossil fuels
Los Angeles Times

L.A. Westside Subway Extension Debate
LA Weekly

Managing Increasing Ridership Demand
Transportation Research Board

Metrolink’s New CEM Trains - Metrolink is the nation’s first commuter rail system to adopt state-of-the-art crash energy management (CEM) features for cab and passenger cars
Mass Transit Magazine

Next Friday is Park(ing) Day. Here’s Our Park(ing) Day Plans
LA Streetsblog

New Metro Motion TV Show Discusses What A Difference 10 Years Can Make
Metro.net (30/10, Hollywood Redevelopment, robotic maintenance tech & more)
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU26faQLcNQ
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjBxXwjL6oE
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB9Xh-MQUyI
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5O_yE2pbVo

No, We Want It! Politicians Argue for Gold Line in Their Neighborhood
LA Curbed

Oberstar pleased with Obama's transportation plan, but is enough time left to pass it?
Minn Post

Oil companies split on bid to suspend global-warming law - Three are bankrolling Proposition 23, but one opposes it and others are neutral or on the sidelines. A national industry group issues an appeal for money to back the initiative
Los Angeles Times

Ontario: L.A. should relinquish control of Ontario Airport
Daily Breeze

Port of Los Angeles sees increase in cargo traffic - The port moved 23% more containers filled with imported goods last month than in August 2009, and 8% more than in July
Los Angeles Times

President’s plan: Create jobs through infrastructure investments
Finance and Commerce

Rail Front Lines
Mass Transit Magazine

Report: Amtrak improperly removed its watchdog
Washington Post

Rocky Road to a Transport Plan
Journal of Commerce

San Bruno Explosion Evidence of Need for Massive Infrastructure Improvements
Firedog Lake

Shipper Groups Merge to Push Heavier Trucks
Journal of Commerce

Some people do walk in LA - Does Downtown fit into the growing American desire for better public transportation and walkways?
Los Angeles Downtown News

Sound Transit partners with Safeway on fare cards
METRO Magazine

States Struggle To Share Cost Of High-Speed Rail
NPR

Strike slows 215 Freeway jobs - Full project completion still expected in 2013
San Bernardino Sun

UCLA Bike-U-mentary gets ‘Diamond’ from Metro
Be a Green Commuter

Wednesday Metro Meetings: Planning Gold and Green Extensions
LA Streetsblog

What Could We Do With a Pedestrian Plaza on Broadway?
LA Curbed