Today's Headlines - more at Metro

10/26/2010

Metro's "Mad Men," L.A. River Walk, UCLA's Bike-Lending Library, New HSR Funding, Measuring Citywide GHG, School Bus Seatbelt Safety & More

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