San Gabriel Valley Tribune
BART Board To Debate Increasing Revenue With Video Monitors, Train Ads
StreetsBlog SF
Calif. Wants Third Of Its Power Renewable By 2020
Associated Press
Carpool Lanes To Link L.A. And Antelope And Santa Clarita Valleys
Los Angeles Daily News
A Central Park West (Los Angeles' Downtown Civic Park Project. "As a design gesture, the new paths turn ideas about Los Angeles and its role as a global city into an organizing principle, at least abstractly, for the park and how visitors will move through it")
Design Under Sky
Cities For People: A Q&A With Architect Jan Gehl
Fast Company
Disappointed LADOT GM Leaves City For County
CityWatch
Editorial: Slow Start: In L.A., "Shovel-Ready" Projects Have Taken Much Too Long To Implement
Los Angeles Daily News
"Forgiving" Distracted Driving Won't Keep Our Streets Safe
StreetsBlog
Galgiani Named Chair Of High-Speed Rail Committee ("John A. Pérez, speaker of the California State Assembly, announced the formation of a Select Committee on High Speed Rail and named Assemblymember Cathleen Galgiani (D-Livingston) as its chair.")
High-Speed Rail Conference: Station Motivation (Review of the Urban Land Institute's inaugural California High Speed Rail TOD conference)
StreetsBlog LA
If Transportation Is Such A Smart Investment, Where's The Money? ("Answers fall along two lines: a communication failure and a leadership failure. As Professor Jose Holguin-Veras of Rennsselear Polytechnic Institute puts it, 'transportation is the economy in motion.' Does the public see it that way though?")
Transportation Nation
It's World Car-Free Day, And That Makes Some People Nervous
Grist
L.A. And Hollywood: Turning The Carfree Into Drivers
StreetsBlog LA
LA, Beijing To Exchange Ideas On Solving Traffic
Associated Press
Los Angeles Politicians Who Never Use Buses Wipe Out Eight Metro Bus Lines: "On Backs Of Poor" Say Furious Riders
LA Weekly
More Delays Plague Expo Line: The First Rail System To The Westside In Decades Will Open Later Than Planned And Cover A Shorter - And Still Undetermined - Route
Los Angeles Times
My Car, My Crutch (The car stifles access to inspiration and creativity. "In this sense, the vehicle is not just a prosthetic for a conceptually impaired body, but a reason for its development.")
Planning Pool
Pedestrian-Oriented Broadway Increasingly Shunned By Drivers
New Urban Network
The Perils Of Average Density ("Cities of any density can make better or worse transit choices and achieve significantly different outcomes as a result. But density is still an overwhelming force in determining the possibilities and outcomes of transit, and we can’t begin to make good transit decisions until we understand it.")
Human Transit
Phila. Rail Expert Named To Head Amtrak's High-Speed Unit
Philly.com
Regional Connector Hearings [This] Week
Blog Downtown
Report: Expo Phase II Will Open In 2015
StreetsBlog LA
Safety Is Paramount At DOT ("Already in 2010, we have completed more NTSB safety recommendations than in any of the last five years.")
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Analysis: Americans Left At Risk As Transportation Safety Fixes Are Delayed
Washington Post
Skill Up, Party Down: Transition Towns Plan A Gentle Descent From Oil Dependence -- And Have A Blast In The Process ("The Transition Town movement is geared towards building community resilience in the face of a future depleted of fossil fuels. The movement has found a particularly enthusiastic reception in the UK, where Bristol has become the largest city to join the network.")
Yes Magazine
Subway Critics Attacks Based On Faulty Logic
StreetsBlog LA
Two Billion Cars And The Hope Of Zero-Emission Vehicles: Work Progresses On Vehicles And Fuels, But How Do We Change Driving Behavior And Lower Vehicle Miles?
GreenTechMedia
USDOT Notes "Overwhelming" Response To Call For TIGER II Grant Applications
Progressive Railroading
When The Recession Strikes, Little Maneuvering Room For Better Transit
Transport Politic
Where's My Bike Lane? Urban Repair Squad Strikes Again
GOOD
