TheSource.metro.net
Caltrans To Report To Public On 710 Tunnel Study
Pasadena Star-News
Evaluating Transportation Economic Development Impacts: Understanding How Transport Policy And Planning Decisions Affect Employment, Incomes, Productivity, Competitiveness, Property Values And Tax Revenues (97p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Finding The Rail Line Bucks To Get LA To LAX In 2010
CityWatch
First Couple Of Public Transportation
LA Weekly
For Better Or Worse, Webster’s Word Of The Year 2009: Distracted Driving
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Funding Problems Could Delay 7th St. Freeway Reconfiguration
Long Beach Press-Telegram
A Grand Gateway For Denver’s Transit Users
Transport Politic
High-Speed Rail Authority Head To Retire In March
Sacramento Bee
Highway Barriers Stifle Sound, Sight, And Soot
U.S. National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Improved Sepulveda Boulevard Makes Its Debut
Los Angeles Times
LA Traffic Tips And Shortcuts
Huffington Post
Little Truck, Big Job, For Westside Subway Planning
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, 3rd District
Los Angeles Tops List Of 99 Metros Losing Jobs
Los Angeles Business Journal
Public Transit Best Vehicle For Economic Recovery
Progressive States Network
Record Year For Muni Bond Sales Seen As N.Y. MTA Preps Offering (round-up of issuers of Build America Bonds)
Business Week
Reducing Traffic Congestion And Improving Travel Options In Los Angeles
NewGeography
Statewide/Local Advocates Slam Schwarzenegger’s Rumored End-Around Cut On Transit Funding
LA StreetsBlog
Study: Almost Half Of PCH Intersections In South Bay Need Fixing
Daily Breeze
Transport Economist Challenges Claim That “VMT Causes Growth” (vehicle miles traveled)
DC StreetsBlog
The U.S. Transportation Financing Crisis: A Snapshot From The States
LA StreetsBlog
Waiting For Multi-Year Legislation (For cash-strapped state and local governments with critical transportation infrastructure needs, the coming year will be bittersweet)
Bond Buyer
1/07/2010
Transportation Headlines for Thursday January 7, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
Advisory Committee For Gold Line Eastside Extension Meets Next Thursday (Jan. 14, 2010)
LA StreetsBlog
Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension Review Advisory Committee website
Bike Master Plan Comments Due Friday: Here’s Mine
LA StreetsBlog
City To Uncle Sam: Can We Borrow A Few Billion For New Trains?
LA Curbed
Devastation In The Aftermath Of California’s Transit Funding Crisis
California Transit Association
Dodd And Dorgan Retiring: The Consequences For Transportation Policy
DC StreetsBlog
Enterprises Are Key To Smarter US Transportation
Internet Evolution
How Google And Portland’s TriMet Set The Standard For Open Transit Data
SF StreetsBlog
I-405 Expansion in LA Offers a Case Study of the Fundamental Law of Traffic Congestion
Environmental and Urban Economics
Initiative Launched To Protect CA Transportation Funds
Planetizen
L.A., Long Beach Ports Fight To Stay Dominant
Los Angeles Times
New Report Finds American Auto Fleet Shrinking
DC StreetsBlog
Omnitrans Gains New CEO: One-Time Mechanic Says He Aims To Boost Ridership
San Bernardino Sun
Should Drivers Be Taxed By The Mile?
Houston Chronicle
Tales From A Bus In Los Angeles
Huffington Post
Transit Committee Favors Naming Rights (San Diego County’s North County Transit District marketing committee recommends naming rights for train stations)
North County Times
Troubling Silence On Transit In Gov's State Of The State Address
LA StreetsBlog
Washington State GIS Transportation Repository Takes Long Road
Government Technology
What’s A Computer Doing On This Bus? (Singapore outfits bus with laptops, monitor, and printer)
Asia One
Why America Needs Trains (by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden)
Huffington Post
With Congestion Pricing, Saving Time Trumps Reducing Pollution
LA StreetsBlog
You Can Drive 55: How A National Speed Limit Could Improve Our Lives
GOOD
Advisory Committee For Gold Line Eastside Extension Meets Next Thursday (Jan. 14, 2010)
LA StreetsBlog
Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension Review Advisory Committee website
Bike Master Plan Comments Due Friday: Here’s Mine
LA StreetsBlog
City To Uncle Sam: Can We Borrow A Few Billion For New Trains?
LA Curbed
Devastation In The Aftermath Of California’s Transit Funding Crisis
California Transit Association
Dodd And Dorgan Retiring: The Consequences For Transportation Policy
DC StreetsBlog
Enterprises Are Key To Smarter US Transportation
Internet Evolution
How Google And Portland’s TriMet Set The Standard For Open Transit Data
SF StreetsBlog
I-405 Expansion in LA Offers a Case Study of the Fundamental Law of Traffic Congestion
Environmental and Urban Economics
Initiative Launched To Protect CA Transportation Funds
Planetizen
L.A., Long Beach Ports Fight To Stay Dominant
Los Angeles Times
New Report Finds American Auto Fleet Shrinking
DC StreetsBlog
Omnitrans Gains New CEO: One-Time Mechanic Says He Aims To Boost Ridership
San Bernardino Sun
Should Drivers Be Taxed By The Mile?
Houston Chronicle
Tales From A Bus In Los Angeles
Huffington Post
Transit Committee Favors Naming Rights (San Diego County’s North County Transit District marketing committee recommends naming rights for train stations)
North County Times
Troubling Silence On Transit In Gov's State Of The State Address
LA StreetsBlog
Washington State GIS Transportation Repository Takes Long Road
Government Technology
What’s A Computer Doing On This Bus? (Singapore outfits bus with laptops, monitor, and printer)
Asia One
Why America Needs Trains (by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden)
Huffington Post
With Congestion Pricing, Saving Time Trumps Reducing Pollution
LA StreetsBlog
You Can Drive 55: How A National Speed Limit Could Improve Our Lives
GOOD
1/06/2010
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday January 6, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
Are [Transit-Oriented Developments] Over-Parked?
Reconnecting America
University of California Transportation Center Policy Brief (2p. PDF)
Full-text report (54p. PDF)
California Watchdog: Historic Reviews Slow Stimulus
Huffington Post
Cars, Community Gain Equal Footing From Living Streets
Washington Park: The Profile
The Case Against Bike Paths
LA StreetsBlog
Computers Guide Traffic Lights To Reduce Congestion For Commuters, Other Drivers
Washington Post
Crossing The Bay Again - But Not Necessarily With BART
Transport Politic
Environmental Reviews: Helpful (And Hurtful) to Many Ideologies
LA StreetsBlog
Facebook Site Takes A Look At Red-Light Camera Tickets
Public CEO
Federal Agencies May Have To Consider Climate Before They Act
Los Angeles Times
Group Urges Comment On City Bike Plan (Friday is last day to offer recommendations)
Los Angeles Downtown News
L.A. Seeks Federal Loan To Speed Measure R Projects
Los Angeles Daily News
LADOT: We’re Too Poor To Staff Bike Advisory Committee Meetings
LA StreetsBlog
Leadership From Columbus: A Great Transit Advocacy Website
Human Transit
New Contract Keeps Foothill Transit Buses Rolling
Southern California Public Radio
A Real L.A. Gift: Light Holiday Traffic (Sandy Banks speaks with LACMTA's Doug Failing and Transit Coalition's Bart Reed about this seasonal phenomenon)
Los Angeles Times
Stretch Of Grand Avenue May Be Transformed Into A Park: The Street Would Be Narrowed Between 9th And Olympic In Downtown L.A.'s South Park Neighborhood To Create Green Space For Residents
Los Angeles Times
Transit Fare Inflation Hitting Health Insurance-Like Levels?
DC StreetsBlog
Understanding The Rise And Fall Of Urban Economies
Seeking Alpha
U.S. Car Ownership Shifts Into Reverse
Globe and Mail
Ventura Plans To Begin Several Road Projects This Year
Ventura County Star
The Web 2.0 Paper Trail Problem (As more public agencies use social media tools like Facebook and Twitter, their IT officials are trying to determine whether those communications should be archived — and how to do it)
Governing
West Hollywood Shows Us How To Use Stimulus Funds To Make A Difference
LA StreetsBlog
Westwood One Acquires Sigalert
Los Angeles Business Journal
When The Streetcars Return
LA Metblogs
Whittier Plans To Install New Bus Stops
Whittier Daily News
Are [Transit-Oriented Developments] Over-Parked?
Reconnecting America
University of California Transportation Center Policy Brief (2p. PDF)
Full-text report (54p. PDF)
California Watchdog: Historic Reviews Slow Stimulus
Huffington Post
Cars, Community Gain Equal Footing From Living Streets
Washington Park: The Profile
The Case Against Bike Paths
LA StreetsBlog
Computers Guide Traffic Lights To Reduce Congestion For Commuters, Other Drivers
Washington Post
Crossing The Bay Again - But Not Necessarily With BART
Transport Politic
Environmental Reviews: Helpful (And Hurtful) to Many Ideologies
LA StreetsBlog
Facebook Site Takes A Look At Red-Light Camera Tickets
Public CEO
Federal Agencies May Have To Consider Climate Before They Act
Los Angeles Times
Group Urges Comment On City Bike Plan (Friday is last day to offer recommendations)
Los Angeles Downtown News
L.A. Seeks Federal Loan To Speed Measure R Projects
Los Angeles Daily News
LADOT: We’re Too Poor To Staff Bike Advisory Committee Meetings
LA StreetsBlog
Leadership From Columbus: A Great Transit Advocacy Website
Human Transit
New Contract Keeps Foothill Transit Buses Rolling
Southern California Public Radio
A Real L.A. Gift: Light Holiday Traffic (Sandy Banks speaks with LACMTA's Doug Failing and Transit Coalition's Bart Reed about this seasonal phenomenon)
Los Angeles Times
Stretch Of Grand Avenue May Be Transformed Into A Park: The Street Would Be Narrowed Between 9th And Olympic In Downtown L.A.'s South Park Neighborhood To Create Green Space For Residents
Los Angeles Times
Transit Fare Inflation Hitting Health Insurance-Like Levels?
DC StreetsBlog
Understanding The Rise And Fall Of Urban Economies
Seeking Alpha
U.S. Car Ownership Shifts Into Reverse
Globe and Mail
Ventura Plans To Begin Several Road Projects This Year
Ventura County Star
The Web 2.0 Paper Trail Problem (As more public agencies use social media tools like Facebook and Twitter, their IT officials are trying to determine whether those communications should be archived — and how to do it)
Governing
West Hollywood Shows Us How To Use Stimulus Funds To Make A Difference
LA StreetsBlog
Westwood One Acquires Sigalert
Los Angeles Business Journal
When The Streetcars Return
LA Metblogs
Whittier Plans To Install New Bus Stops
Whittier Daily News
1/05/2010
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday January 5, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
Airlines Choose Alternative Fuels En Masse
Wired
APTA: Economic Slump Hitting Transit Ridership…But Not In L.A.
LA StreetsBlog
Are High-Speed Trains The Future Of Travel? (video interview: Maglev 2000 inventor Jim Powell)
Fox Business
Bills To Curb Distracted Driving Gain Momentum
CNET
Death To Dead Ends: Will The New Suburbia Omit Cul-De-Sacs?
Fast Company
Gold Line Riders Tour Nacimientos
Los Angeles Times
How About A Rail Line All The Way To LAX In 2010?
CityWatch
Integrating The Transportation Network Through Energy Credits
Transport Politic
LA's Best Bike Plan - "Bringing Home The Bacon!"
CityWatch
More Editorial Page Folly
California High Speed Rail Blog
New Year Begins With Distracted Driving On The Media, Legislative Radar
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
No Streetsie Left Behind: Even More Awards For 2009
LA StreetsBlog
Rebranding TransLink
San Francisco Examiner
Rethinking Public Participation For Smart Growth
The City Fix
San Francisco Ready To Begin Construction On Transbay Terminal
Transport Politic
San Francisco Transbay Transit Center animation (video)
Schwarzenegger’s Folly: Rumored Budget Would Slash Transit Funds And Gas Tax
LA StreetsBlog
Smart Growth America Analysis Reveals Transportation Projects Create The Most Jobs At The Lowest Cost
Transportation For America
Press Release
Full-text report (13p. PDF)
The State Of Transportation (What were the three most important transportation developments of 2009, and what should be the top three transportation policy priorities of 2010, either for government at any level, or for the private sector?)
National Journal Transportation Blog
Three Years Of Bottlenecks On The 405
Los Angeles Daily News
Transit Agencies Upset By Governor Schwarzenegger's Plan To Divert Funds
SF StreetsBlog
Why Doesn’t The U.S. Have Decent Rail Service? Blame Democracy
Infrastructurist
Airlines Choose Alternative Fuels En Masse
Wired
APTA: Economic Slump Hitting Transit Ridership…But Not In L.A.
LA StreetsBlog
Are High-Speed Trains The Future Of Travel? (video interview: Maglev 2000 inventor Jim Powell)
Fox Business
Bills To Curb Distracted Driving Gain Momentum
CNET
Death To Dead Ends: Will The New Suburbia Omit Cul-De-Sacs?
Fast Company
Gold Line Riders Tour Nacimientos
Los Angeles Times
How About A Rail Line All The Way To LAX In 2010?
CityWatch
Integrating The Transportation Network Through Energy Credits
Transport Politic
LA's Best Bike Plan - "Bringing Home The Bacon!"
CityWatch
More Editorial Page Folly
California High Speed Rail Blog
New Year Begins With Distracted Driving On The Media, Legislative Radar
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
No Streetsie Left Behind: Even More Awards For 2009
LA StreetsBlog
Rebranding TransLink
San Francisco Examiner
Rethinking Public Participation For Smart Growth
The City Fix
San Francisco Ready To Begin Construction On Transbay Terminal
Transport Politic
San Francisco Transbay Transit Center animation (video)
Schwarzenegger’s Folly: Rumored Budget Would Slash Transit Funds And Gas Tax
LA StreetsBlog
Smart Growth America Analysis Reveals Transportation Projects Create The Most Jobs At The Lowest Cost
Transportation For America
Press Release
Full-text report (13p. PDF)
The State Of Transportation (What were the three most important transportation developments of 2009, and what should be the top three transportation policy priorities of 2010, either for government at any level, or for the private sector?)
National Journal Transportation Blog
Three Years Of Bottlenecks On The 405
Los Angeles Daily News
Transit Agencies Upset By Governor Schwarzenegger's Plan To Divert Funds
SF StreetsBlog
Why Doesn’t The U.S. Have Decent Rail Service? Blame Democracy
Infrastructurist
1/04/2010
Transportation Headlines for Monday January 4, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
The 2009 Capitol Hill Streetsies! Meet The Winners
DC StreetsBlog
2010: The Year Ahead In California HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
2010: The Year In Transit
MetroRider LA
Chokepoints For Effective Transit: The Example Of Seattle
Human Transit
Cities Collaborate For Gold Line Extension Along 60 Freeway
Whittier Daily News
City Of Alhambra's 2010 Rose Parade Float (Pacific Electric Red Car: "On Track In 2010")
Flickr
More information from the float builder
Cuts Proposed For Hollywood Area DASH Buses
Hollywood Unbound
Editorial: Bullet-Train Folly
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Freight Trains Make Big Comeback In Nation's Transportation Network: Warren Buffett's Recent Purchase Of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Shows The Renewed Importance Of Railroads In The Global Supply Chain
Los Angeles Times
LAX Is Permanently Closing Parking Lot B
Los Angeles Times
LED Signals Seen As Potential Hazard
New York Times
Los Angeles’ Red-Light Ticket Ripoff
LA Weekly
Openings And Construction Starts Planned For 2010
Transport Politic
Metro Gold Line May Extend More To East L.A.
ABC-7
More Budget Pain, Cuts Ahead For California In 2010
Huffington Post
Nighttime Freeway Closures On The 10, 605 Freeways This Week
LAist
One Day, I Will Be Able To Tweet Underground: Metro To Write RFP To Install Cell Service In Subway Tunnels
LA Subway Blog
Opinion: A Trainsportter's Guide To The Future Of The World
New York Times
Public-Transit Passengers Face Rough Ride: Agencies Nationwide Raise Fares, Cut Service As Budget Pressures Mount
Wall Street Journal
Sustainability Comes Of Age
New York Times
A Symbol Of Progress: Detroit's Striking New Transit Center Takes On Even Greater Significance As The City Suffers Its Most Serious Economic Blow
Metropolis Magazine
“Tell Your Story” To Members Of Congress (District Days, Jan. 6-8: opportunity to make sure members of Congress understand the importance of public transportation and the need for increased federal investment)
Passenger Transport
View From Los Angeles City Hall, Then And Now: The Changing Downtown Landscape As Captured By Two Photographers Shooting From The Observation Deck Nearly Six Decades Apart
Los Angeles Times
Year In Review: Year Of The Gold Line
I Will Ride
A Year Without Getting Into A Car
San Francisco Chronicle
The Year’s Top Transit News – State By State
Transport Politic
The 2009 Capitol Hill Streetsies! Meet The Winners
DC StreetsBlog
2010: The Year Ahead In California HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
2010: The Year In Transit
MetroRider LA
Chokepoints For Effective Transit: The Example Of Seattle
Human Transit
Cities Collaborate For Gold Line Extension Along 60 Freeway
Whittier Daily News
City Of Alhambra's 2010 Rose Parade Float (Pacific Electric Red Car: "On Track In 2010")
Flickr
More information from the float builder
Cuts Proposed For Hollywood Area DASH Buses
Hollywood Unbound
Editorial: Bullet-Train Folly
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Freight Trains Make Big Comeback In Nation's Transportation Network: Warren Buffett's Recent Purchase Of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Shows The Renewed Importance Of Railroads In The Global Supply Chain
Los Angeles Times
LAX Is Permanently Closing Parking Lot B
Los Angeles Times
LED Signals Seen As Potential Hazard
New York Times
Los Angeles’ Red-Light Ticket Ripoff
LA Weekly
Openings And Construction Starts Planned For 2010
Transport Politic
Metro Gold Line May Extend More To East L.A.
ABC-7
More Budget Pain, Cuts Ahead For California In 2010
Huffington Post
Nighttime Freeway Closures On The 10, 605 Freeways This Week
LAist
One Day, I Will Be Able To Tweet Underground: Metro To Write RFP To Install Cell Service In Subway Tunnels
LA Subway Blog
Opinion: A Trainsportter's Guide To The Future Of The World
New York Times
Public-Transit Passengers Face Rough Ride: Agencies Nationwide Raise Fares, Cut Service As Budget Pressures Mount
Wall Street Journal
Sustainability Comes Of Age
New York Times
A Symbol Of Progress: Detroit's Striking New Transit Center Takes On Even Greater Significance As The City Suffers Its Most Serious Economic Blow
Metropolis Magazine
“Tell Your Story” To Members Of Congress (District Days, Jan. 6-8: opportunity to make sure members of Congress understand the importance of public transportation and the need for increased federal investment)
Passenger Transport
View From Los Angeles City Hall, Then And Now: The Changing Downtown Landscape As Captured By Two Photographers Shooting From The Observation Deck Nearly Six Decades Apart
Los Angeles Times
Year In Review: Year Of The Gold Line
I Will Ride
A Year Without Getting Into A Car
San Francisco Chronicle
The Year’s Top Transit News – State By State
Transport Politic
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