Amtrak To Let Passengers Bring Guns On Most Trains
Sacramento Bee
Borrowing From Matt Yglesias, California's High-Speed Train May Be Positive
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
C-Minus For Safety, But LA Bridges "In Good Shape"
CBS Los Angeles
California's Confusing Choice For Its First Stretch Of High-Speed Rail ("If you're going to do the Central Valley first, why not at least try to link Fresno to the larger city of Bakersfield? Here's why...")
GOOD
California Would Feel Federal Transit Spending Cuts ("In California’s urban regions – which is where our transportation policy is made – the focus is increasingly on modes other than private automobiles. California is an urban state and grows more so by the year. There’s a recognition that we cannot build out way out of urban congestion with highways and roads, which is precisely what many land use planners have been saying for decades.")
California Planning & Development Report
Cash-strapped MTA To Eliminate 9 Bus Lines
Daily Breeze
Concerns About Safety? Muggings? LAPD Announces "Zero Tolerance" On Downtown Jaywalkers
StreetsBlog LA
Destination 2035: Moving Toward A Greener Tomorrow (OCTA Draft Long Range Plan : 174p. PDF)
OCTA
Draft Executive Summary (8p. PDF)
Slideshow (13p. PDF)
Editorial: High-Speed Boondoggle Could Derail
Orange County Register
Expo's Farmdale Stop Clears Hurdle, Station Construction Can Start
Curbed LA
Failure To Extend Transit Commuter Benefits Equals Higher Costs For The Middle Class
APTA Press Release
The Final Push To Preserve An Important Benefit For Transit Riders
StreetsBlog Network
Full Speed Ahead: Creating Green Jobs Through Freight Rail Expansion (16p. PDF)
Blue Green Alliance ; Economic Policy Institute
Helping Scandal-Plagued Bell: Here Come The Urban Planners
Curbed LA
High-Speed Rail Projects Land In Tug Of War Between Governors
USA Today
Honda LA Marathon Unveils 2011 Course: Stadium To The Sea 2.0 (Sunday, March 20 : "Race to be more runner-friendly, add loops through Chinatown & Little Tokyo; starts at Dodger Stadium, finishes just steps from the Santa Monica Pier.")
Honda LA Marathon Press Release
Course Map
Honda LA Marathon
Animated Fly-Through Map (video)
via YouTube
In Los Angeles, A Subway System Grows
Second Avenue Sagas
Lather, Rinse, Repeat ("it’s been the same messages to be revisited, repeated and rehashed for those new to the subject of why we don’t have an coherent transit network to serve the entire City and County of Los Angeles.")
CityWatch
Napolitano Eyes Tighter Security For Trains, Ships, Mass Transit
Fox News
An Odd Twist In A Tale Of Honesty: After A Seriously Ill Vietnam Vet Turns In Nearly $1,000 He Finds On An MTA Bus, The Transit Agency At First Says He Can Keep The Money If It Is Not Claimed. But Later He's Told That's Against Policy
Los Angeles Times
Officials Mark Start Of Esplanade Improvement Project
Daily Breeze
Studies Show The Connection Between Travel Times To Food Stores And Public Health
The City Fix
The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access To Healthy Food And Why It Matters (44p. PDF)
PolicyLink ; The Food Trust
Tis The Season For Tickets: LAPD Plans Holiday Crackdown On Jaywalking And Other Offenses
Los Angeles Downtown News
Traffic Signal Retiming Practices In The United States (92 p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Where The Rubber Meets The Rails: BART To San Jose Will Ride On Old Tires
San Jose Mercury News
