Aggresssive And Timid Drivers Cause Traffic Jams, Scientists Discover
Telegraph (U.K.)
Almost A Quarter Of Major Urban Roads Are In Poor Shape (San Jose and Los Angeles rank worst)
USA Today
At Conference, LaHood Scolds Automakers For Adding Distracting Features To Cars
Washington Post
BoltBus, RedCoach, Other Bus Lines Go For Business Travelers
USA Today
Burbank, Glendale Move Toward New Alliance: Cities Are Leaning Toward San Fernando Group Over Arroyo-Verdugo Subcommittee ("A La Cañada city report issued last month warned that as much as $10.7 million could be at risk if the Arroyo Verdugo committee disbands, including $4 million for a sound wall along the 210 Freeway in La Cañada. But in a letter to the city, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chief Executive Arthur Leahy said Measure R funds would be safe as long as the three cities agree on how to spend the money, regardless of whether the committee exists.")
Burbank Leader
California Writing New Rules On Greenhouse Gases, Sprawl
Capitol Weekly
D.C., Baltimore Transit Cards To Work Across Systems
WTOP
The Data Problem That Holds Back Climate Action And Smart Growth ("The transportation planning institution has been focused on cars and highways for so long that the tools that are available to them are not able to answer the questions that face them...The transportation establishment is being asked to help reduce the negative impact of cars and trucks on the world’s climate, but in this era of sophisticated modeling, transportation agencies have fallen flat.")
New Urban Network
Editorial: A Stimulus Strangled In Red Tape: New Reports By Two California Watchdogs Show That Bureaucratic Quicksand Often Stops Local Governments From Doing Anything With Alacrity
Los Angeles Times
Election Report: Give Us Transportation, Just Don't Make Us Pay For It
Transportation Nation
The Local Planning Commission: Still Hindering Progress Toward Walkability
StreetsBlog
[Houston] Metro Meetings Go Live On The Web ("With the damning findings of a federal investigation set to delay Metro's light rail plans for at least a year, now more than ever the transit agency wants to distance itself from the old metro. The new Metro board has vowed to provide greater transparency, and to signify the shift it's now streaming every board meeting live on the web for public consumption.")
KUHF
More Buildings, More Buzz, More Questions: The Latest Information On 76 Downtown Proejcts
Los Angeles Downtown News
[New York] M.T.A. Brings TVs To The Subway
New York Times
New And Notable: Cities For People, Transportation Infrastructure Security, Noise And Vibration
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Prop 22: A Heated Battle For Public Money ("Proposition 22 also restricts the state from using gas tax money to pay down debt on transportation bonds. This would ensure that more money gets to local agencies for road maintenance but further ties the hands of state lawmakers and would almost certainly increase the state's debt load.")
San Jose Mercury News
Public Transportation Safety Board Looks At Early Warning System To Reduce Subway Track Deaths ("The [New York] state Public Transportation Safety Board has raised the idea of giving motormen wireless video feeds of the next station down the line to make sure the tracks are clear. NYC Transit is cool to the complex - and costly - proposal.")
New York Daily News
Stop Bellyaching, Cities! Follow L.A.'s Example On Building For The Future
Blueprint America: PBS Reports On Infrastructure
To Tame Traffic, Go With The Flow: Lights Should Respond To Cars, A Study Concludes, Not The Other Way Around
Science News
Villaraigosa Pushes Metro For Bike-Friendly Policies
StreetsBlog LA
Visa Opens Doors For Mass Transit Riders In New York And Los Angeles: Groundbreaking Mobile Phone Application Now Accepted In The New York City Subway, The Path Rail System, And NJ Transit ("Earlier this month, Visa, the LA Metro system and Ready Credit Corporation started a system wide commercial deployment offering riders a TAP ReadyCARD Visa Prepaid Card that incorporates the transit system's "TAP" fare application. These dual-use, Visa prepaid cards will let riders pay their fares and purchase fare products using their Visa account, while also allowing cardholders to make purchases anywhere Visa debit is accepted.")
MarketWatch
We Need High-Speed Rail In California, But Not At The Expense Of L.A.'s Urban Parks
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Westside Subway Extension Heats Up
Beverly Hills Courier
Why Big Business Is Defending California's Climate Regulations
The Atlantic
World Carfree Day Is [Today]
The City Fix
World Carfree Day ("Every September 22, people from around the world get together in the streets, intersections, and neighbourhood blocks to remind the world that we don't have to accept our car-dominated society.")
