Adding Cabbie Know-How To Online Maps: Nobody Knows How To Get Around A City Like A Taxi Driver - A New Method for Creating Online Maps Taps Into That Expertise
Technology Review
As A New Congress Sets Up Shop, Questions About The Future Of Transportation Funding
Transport Politic
Asleep At The Wheel: The Prevalance And Impact Of Drowsy Driving (16p. PDF)
AAA Foundation For Traffic Safety
California Investigates Bullet Train Agency Officials: The Inquiry Focuses On Overseas Trips Paid For By Foreign Governments Jockeying To Help Their Homeland Firms Secure State Contracts
Los Angeles Times
China's First Driverless Subway Lines Opens
Mass Transit
Could A Coal-N-Highways Dem Take Overstar's Place On Transpo Committee?
StreetsBlog DC
Derailed: Why High-Speed Trains Haven't Caught On In The U.S.
Fox Business
El Monte Takes On $22M In Debt To Advance Transit Village
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Estimated State Budget Deficit Reaches $25.4 Billion: The Economy, New Restrictions Approved By Voters, Phantom Savings In The Budget And The End Of Temporary Taxes Add To Gloomy Forecast By Legislative Analyst's Office For The Next 18 Months
Los Angeles Times
Event To Teach Bruins How To Travel L.A. Without Car
UCLA Daily Bruin
Five Social Media Transit Apps That Can Get You A Date
AltTransport
High Speed Rail Could Ask Planes And Trains To Work Together (a look at the sensibility of rail vs. flying short distances, and how JetBlue and Southwest executives differ on the comparison)
Marketplace
How Viable Is High-Speed Rail In California?
Marketplace
Litigation A Major Expense For MTA: Audit Finds Agency's Legal Costs Are Soaring, With Lax Oversight
Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles School Buses Getting Greener
School Transportation News
Mapnificent: How Far Can You Go In 15 Minutes? ("Mapnificent is less of a trip planner and more of a tool for figuring out larger-scale mobility. You can pick a point on a map and select a time from the point that you could use public transit, walking or biking to get there. For example, the map tells you where you could live or work within a commute of 30 minutes using public transit.")
The City Fix
Measure R Dollars At Work: Massive Widening For I-5 Near Santa Clarita
StreetsBlog LA
MTA Audit Finds Big Legal Spending With Little Oversight: The L.A. County Transit Agency's Attorneys Spent Millions On Legal Contracts Without Board Approval And Lacked Protocols To Control The Costs Of Prolonged Litigation, A Review Finds
Los Angeles Times
New Buses To Ease Overcrowding (Sunshine Shuttle Service in South Whittier)
Downey Patriot
Oil Is Going To US$300 A Barrel, Peak Oil Coming Soon
Financial Post
Our Stagnant Gas Tax Rate Is Making The Deficit Worse
StreetsBlog DC
The Playlist Does The Locomotion: Notable Train Films
Indie Wire
The Power Of The Pursestrings Shifts To A Livability Denier In The House
StreetsBlog DC
Preparing The Automobile City For High-Speed Rail ("It’s up to Roger Sherman, AIA, to find a way to make high-speed rail mass transit work in car-obsessed Los Angeles...Sherman is currently working with three sites in the Los Angeles area: Anaheim, Norwalk, and Burbank. For each, he is developing a series of scenarios that can be implemented given certain variable criteria.")
American Institute Of Architects
Reconnecting America Releases Analysis Of Federal Sustainable Community Grants: Report Details The Innovative Ideas, Common Themes And Unique Concepts Found In The Applications
Reconnecting America
Richard Branson's New High-Speed Project
Forbes
Scooter Style (In Los Angeles, "Scooters are being turned to by Downtowners not just for being stylish, but also as a functional way to move around.")
Blog Downtown
S.F. May Hit Drivers With Variety Of Tolls (which could total as much as $1,560 a year)
San Francisco Chronicle
Tensions With States Grow Over High-Speed Rail
Reuters
Think Public Transportation Isn't A Social Justice Issue? Think Again ("Public transportation speaks volumes about a society. It speaks about racism, economic injustice and the patterns of historical development as a nation -- economic, social, cultural, political, environmental -- which are embedded in a transportation system many people take for granted.")
Huffington Post
U.S. Department Of Transportation Supports Walk-Friendly Communities
The City Fix
U.S. Trade Deficit Joined At Hip To U.S. Oil Dependence
StreetsBlog Network
What Does It Take To Win A Planning Grant From The Feds?
StreetsBlog DC
With Oberstar Out, Who Will Be Top Dem On Transportation Committee?
Infrastructurist
