91 Freeway Commutes Could Be Eased This Week With The Opening Of A New Lane
Los Angeles Times
Amtrak California Unveils New Website
Sacramento Business Journal
Another Day, Another Revelation That A Gas Tax Hike Is Necessary
StreetsBlog DC
Application Of Physical Ability Testing To Current Workforce Of Transit Employees (96p. PDF)
TCRP Legal Research Digest
Best Buy Stations Gadget Machines At T Stops ("The MBTA will collect 7 percent of gross sales during the six-month pilot program.")
Boston Herald
California May Build Train To Nowhere
Fresno Bee
City Parking Smartens Up With Streetline ("San Francisco-based Streetline, recently named IBM’s Entrepreneur of the Year, mounts low-cost sensors in parking spaces, retrofits existing meters and ties them into a mesh wireless network to draw a real-time picture of the spaces available, the cars needing tickets and how much to charge for parking. The system is being tested across the country and may be coming soon to your city.")
Wired
Earmark Ban Goes Down To Defeat In The Senate
StreetsBlog DC
Evaluation Of Shared Lane Markings (8p. PDF : evaluation of MUTCD standards for marking indicating where motorists and bicyclists are expected to share the road)
Federal Highway Administration Tech Brief
Expo Update: FTA Gives Thumbs Up To Farmdale Station
StreetsBlog LA
Federal Transit Programs: Federal Transit Administration Has Opportunities To Improve Performance Accountability (46p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
A Future Gold Line Station: Once An Elegant Stop On The Santa Fe Line ("Built in 1925, the Santa Fe Station connected Monrovia with the rest of the San Gabriel Valley, and may receive a new lease on life with the construction of the Gold Line Foothill Extension.")
Monrovia Patch
Interactive Planning And A Q&A Session With Michael LoGrande
StreetsBlog LA
LAPD Charging Jaywalkers $191 In New Crackdown
Los Angeles Times
Metro To Eliminate Some Bus Lines In December
My Fox LA
Metrolink Positive Train Control System (video)
Metrolink via YouTube
More Progress Needed To Reduce Metrolink Collisions, Experts Say
Whittier Daily News
New And Notable: Los Angeles From The Air Then And Now, Makeshift Metropolis & Down The Asphalt Path
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
An Open Letter To The New Planning Director Of Los Angeles ("Do Good Planning": "A shift in how we plan our transportation creates the opportunity to revitalize neighborhoods around old and new rail stations and new and improved bus lines, and build new homes for people who live and work here; all while making Los Angeles a better place to live.")
Occidental College Urban & Environmental Planning Institute
Q&A With L.A.'s New Planning Director On December 1
Occidental College
Public Spending On Transportation And Water Infrastructure: A CBO Study (62p. PDF)
Congressional Budget Office
Read This: Local Governments Told To Buy New Street Signs - Federal Highway Administration Is Ordering Local Governments To Buy New Street Signs That They Say Are Easier To Read
ABC News
Santa Ana Has A Desire Named Streetcar
OC Weekly
Theft And Vandalism Just Not A Problem For American Bike-Sharing
Streetsblog
Traveling Down Wilshire: Better Options To Come
Southern California Public Radio
Under One Roof: CHP, Caltrans To Share Fontana Building
San Bernardino Sun
U.S. Department Of Transportation Calls For New Round Of Comments On Compliance Dates For Key Traffic Regulations
U.S. DOT
What Does Planning Director Have In Store For L.A.?
Los Angeles Times
