Today's Headlines - more at Metro

12/06/2010

BRT In Condo Canyon, Pacific Electric West Santa Ana Branch Corridor, Expo Contractor Award, Cornfield Park, 21 Coolest Roads, Steepest Street & More

21 Coolest Roads In The World (photo essay)
Huffington Post

110 Freeway Work To Speed Travel, But Only After Two More Years Of Construction
Blog Downtown

Artists And New Infrastructure Part Of Boyle Heights Improvement Project Along Gold Line ("Friday, Metro’s CEO and LA City Council member Jose Huizar kicked off a $12 million project to improve the infrastructure surrounding the new rail line.")
Southern California Public Radio

Augmented Reality Meets The MBTA: Introducing NextTrain T Tracker
BostInnovation

Battle Lines Drawn In Battle Over Fate Of Wilshire BRT In Condo Canyon
StreetsBlog LA

Big Blue Bus Gets A Big Green Thumbs Up: Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus Has Been Honored With The 2010 Project Of The Year Award From The Southern California Chapter Of The American Public Works Association (APWA)

Westside Today

A Bigger And Better Cornfield Park: State Parks Department To Unveil $18 Million Plan For 32-Acre Attraction
Los Angeles Downtown News

Bike Computer Study Proves Rush-Hour Cycling Is Faster Than Driving
Fast Company

California High-Speed Rail: Only 49 Little Hoovers Left
Examiner

Caltrans Repairing Angeles Crest Highways For Opening By The End Of the Year
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Cities' Fiscal Nightmares: What Next?
Citiwire

Could An "Oil Security Fee" And Increased Transportation Options Ensure Better Energy Security?
Transportation For America

Deficit Commission Pushes For Anti-Sprawl Reforms
Streetsblog LA

Does $100-A-Barrel Oil Threaten The Recovery?
The Atlantic

Drive Less, Pay Less: New Insurance Plans For California
LAist

Editorial: Our Pork-Barrel Bullet Train
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Email The Metro Board Of Directors To Express Your Support For The Wilshire Bus-Only Lane
LA Subway Blog

Expo Line Contractor Awarded $25-30 Million For Delays
LA Weekly

How Hyperlocal Media Are Taking Urban Planning To The Streets
Next American City

Is Transit Benefit Good Transportation Policy?
Washington Post

Meeting Set On Pacific Electric Right-Of-Way
Orange County Register
Pacific Electric Right-Of-Way / West Santa Ana Branch Corridor
Alternatives Analysis Project Overview
(6p. PDF)
Southern California Association Of Governments
Factsheet (PDF)
Pacific Electric Corridor Study Area Map

Metro Gets OK To Nix Bus-Only Lane Around Condo Canyon
Curbed LA

Metropolis II: Chris Burden's Elaborate "Portrait Of L.A." (With Hot Wheels)
GOOD

Muni Builds Case For Subway Need
San Francisco Chronicle

Pearl Harbor Day Train Ride Gives A Taste Of 1941: Along The Route From Los Angeles To San Diego, Passengers Interact With Actors In Period Dress And Talk With World War II Veterans
Los Angeles Times

Plan B: High-Speed Track Could Be Used By Conventional Trains
Bakersfield Californian

Playful Train Provides A Spark: Holiday Toy Express Chugs Through Glendale, Lifting Spirits And Gathering Gifts
Glendale News-Press

Some Thoughts About Amtrak And HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog

The Steepest Road On Earth Takes No Prisoners (It's not in Nepal or the Andes...it's in Pittsburgh!)
Wired

Supervisor Knabe To Deliver State Of The County Address On December 8
Long Beach Post

Transit Subsidy Will Drop $110/Month Unless Extended, APTA Warns
AASHTO Journal

Traveling Into The County's Future
Ventura County Star

TreePeople's Urban Forest Principles Guide Retrofit Of L.A.
Planning Report

With New Grants Federal Railroad Administration Continues Its Pursuit Of Clean Transportation Options
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog

Zero Emission Container Moving System May Be Built -- Some Day, By-And-By, Or Maybe Not At All
Cunningham Report