Avoiding The Unintended Consequences Of Transit-Oriented Development
StreetsBlog DC
BART Breaks Ground On Rail Extension To Oakland Airport
San Jose Mercury News
Building Storm: L.A. Camps Feud Over Zoning Code Rewrite
Los Angeles Business Journal
The Case Against Linking Bike Safety Improvements To Cyclists' Behavior
StreetsBlog Network
Does New Public Transit Increase Gentrification And Lower Ridership?
Grist
Global Competitiveness In The Rail And Transit Industry (36p. PDF)
Worldwatch Institute; Northeastern University Kitty And Michael Dukakis Center For Urban And Regional Policy
Half-Marathon Leaves Metro Buses In A Tight Spot
Eastsider LA
Halloween In West Hollywood Means Street Closures, Relaxed Parking Permit Restrictions
LAist
High-Speed Train Project To Receive At Least $731 Million In Federal Funds: According To The U.S. Department Of Transportation, $715 Million Will Help Pay For A Section Of The Planned Bullet Train In The Central Valley. An Additional $16 Million Is Earmarked For The High-Speed Rail Corridor Between San Francisco And San Jose
Los Angeles Times
John Mica Ready To Take Powerful Gavel Of Transportation Chairmanship: If GOP Wins The House, He'll Have A Chance To Be Head Of The House Transportation And Infrastructure Committee
Florida Times-Union
Metro Committee Backs Fully Underground Regional Connector: Voices From Little Tokyo, Both In Favor And Opposed To The Project, Are Heard At A Meeting At Metro Headquarters
Rafu Shimpo
Metro's "Mad Men" Riding High ("The creative services department, whose 13-person staff generates all the ads, maps, graphics, web/mobile data, merchandising and fleet design for Metro, has won more than 50 awards in the past five years for its rebranding efforts, including at least a half-dozen this year.")
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Moscow Metro Map And Usability Of Public Transportation Maps
The City Fix
New Report: How To Measure Citywide GHG Emissions From The Transport Sector
The City Fix
Citywide Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories: A Review Of Selected Methodologies (19p. PDF)
World Resources Institute
No More Thinking Big: Has The US Lost Its Appetite For Huge Public Works Projects?
Canadian Press
Opinion: We Can't Let Crenshaw Rail Line Plans Lose Momentum
Daily Breeze
Photos From the 5th-Annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar (slideshow : more than 80 L.A. As Subject participating institutions on October 23)
USC Libraries Libwire
Population Shifts "Substantially Influence" Emissions
BBC
Rebuilding America: APA National Infrastructure Investment Task Force Report (121p. PDF)
American Planning Association
Seat Belts On School Buses Don't Save More Lives (video : results of three-year study)
NBC-13
Shanghai And Fast Trains: How About U.S.?
Citiwire
Students Now Able to "Check Out" A Bike From The Library
UCLA Be A Green Commuter!
UCLA Bike Library
Study: Greater Investment Could Revive U.S.' Leadership In World Rail Industry
Metro Magazine
TIGER II Proposals Already Under Attack By Auto Interests
Infrastructurist
TOD Turnaround: Bike Wood Coming To Hollywood And TOD Standards Coming To Everywhere
StreetsBlog LA
Two Cities Moving Ahead With Plans To Transform Glendale Narrows Into LA River Walk
Los Angeles Daily News
U.S. Set First Fuel Standards For Big Trucks
Reuters
Walkscore.com And The Lure Of The Single "Score"
Human Transit
Will Los Angeles Ever Be Something Besides A "Suburban Metropolis"?
Grist