TheSource.metro.net
$4.5 Million To Fund Sound Wall Design
La Canada Valley Sun
Big Blue Bus Announces Next Phase Of Its Bus Stop Redevelopment Project Around City
Santa Monica Argonaut
A Bike-Ped State Of The Union: 9.6% Of Trips, 1.2% Of Federal Funding
DC StreetsBlog
Busway Extension Gets Boost From MTA: Local Funds Will Be Used To Keep The Orange Line Advancing
Los Angeles Daily News
The Cable-Car Test
Antiplanner
Californians Bucked Trend, Consuming Less Gas, Says Report
LAist
Car Sharing Program A Success, But Plans To Expand Are Tentative
LAist
Expo Timetable Stays On Track, But Faces Hurdle
Santa Monica Daily Press
Has Sprawl Recovered Enough For The National Economy? (new study shows that car-dependent communities have statistically higher rates of mortgage foreclosure than those with multiple transportation options)
New Republic
Full-Text Report: Reducing Foreclosures And Environmental Impacts Through Location-Efficient Neighborhood Design (4p. PDF)
High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program: National Summary Of Selected Projects (map : recipients and funding)
U.S. Department of Transportation
Intelligent Transportation Systems: U.S. Not Leading The Pack
Government Technology
Issues Related To The 2010 Reauthorization: Testimony Before The Subcommittee On Aviation, Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure, House Of Representatives (25p. PDF)
National Transportation Safety Board
LADOT: Car Sharing A Hit At UCLA, USC. No Plans To Broaden The Program Or Encourage Competition To ZipCar
LA StreetsBlog
L.A. Officials Recommend Privatizing 10 Public Parking Garages: Analysts Estimate That Letting Private Firms Run The Lots Could Enable The City To Quickly Raise Between $100 Million And $200 Million To Help Close A Budget Shortfall
Los Angeles Times
L.A. To Study Ways To Protect Bicyclists, Considers “Bill Of Rights”
Los Angeles Times
MTA Explores 710 Tunnel Financing: Decision Puts Opponents Of Proposed 710 Freeway Project At Unease
Glendale News Press
MTA, LADOT Contemplate Cutting Routes: Students Without Cars Could Soon Find Themselves With Even Fewer Options For Getting Around Los Angeles
USC Daily Trojan
Nevada Not Included On List For High-Speed Rail Projects (announcement could be beneficial for the DesertXpress plan to connect Las Vegas with Victorville)
Las Vegas Sun
New Report: Biking And Walking Could Save Lives (states with lowest levels of biking and walking have higher traffic fatalities and chronic disease)
The City Fix
Alliance For Biking & Walking Press Release
Fact Sheet (2p. PDF)
Full-Text Report (196p. PDF)
New Report Links Homeowners’ Auto Dependence With Foreclosure Risk
DC StreetsBlog
Obama To Biden: Talk To Me About High Speed Rail
LAist
RFID Enables Biking System
RFID News
State Lawmakers Take Aim At Free Parking (there is too much of it, they say, and it encourages people to drive instead of taking the bus, walking or bicycling - a Senate proposal would prompt cities and businesses to reduce its availability)
Los Angeles Times
State Of The Union: Billions Of Dollars For High-Speed Rail, But What About Other Modes Of Transport?
The City Fix
State Of The Union: Let’s Fix-It-First And Fix-It-For-All
EDF Way2Go Blog
Stimulus Money Will Spur Construction On California High-Speed Rail Project, Officials Say
Los Angeles Times
Thinking Through The Right Transportation In The Right Place At The Right Time
Planetizen
1/28/2010
Transportation Headlines for Thursday January 28, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
And The High Speed Rail Cash Goes To...
Infrastructurist
Bay Area Transit Brouhaha A Harbinger For LA?
LA Curbed
Board Members Predict Even Feds’ Threats Can’t Derail Oakland Airport Connector
SF Weekly
Breaking News: CA Gets $2.35 Billion Stimulus For HSR And Other Passenger Rail
California High Speed Rail Blog
Fact Sheet On The California High-Speed Train American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Application (2p. PDF)
California Northern Railroad Converts To Green Locomotives
Sacramento Bee
California To Get $2.25 Billion In High-Speed Rail Funding: The Federal Stimulus Grant, The Largest For Any State, Is Intended To Help The Anaheim-To-San Francisco Project To Fruition
Los Angeles Times
EPA Sets Stricter Air-Quality Standards Near Roads
Wall Street Journal
Exercising And Transportation Policy
American Prospect
Explaining International IT Application Leadership: Intelligent Transportation Systems (58p. PDF)
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Following Noise Complaints, LAPD Halts 24-Hour Construction Of Westside Rail Line
Los Angeles Times
How the LA Metro Is Part Of The “Green” Mass Transportation Movement
Travelin’ Local
Irvine Spending $19 Per Rider On City-Run Bus System
Orange County Register
Metro Eyes Hollywood & Koreatown, City Envisions Downtown & USC For Bicycle Sharing Programs
LAist
Next Steps After Copenhagen: Transportation (wrap-up of key messages from EMBARQ’s Transforming Transportation 2010)
World Resources Institute
One More Reason To Dig TIGER: Transit And Roads On The Same Footing
DC StreetsBlog
Port Of Los Angeles Fights Crime With Mobile Video
CIO
State, Federal Officials Tout Long-Term Transportation Plans (Rep. Oberstar and Secy. LaHood speak out on the “Surface Transportation Reauthorization Outreach Tour”)
Finance & Commerce
Traffic Info Line Now Live In Inland Area
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Transit Riders Launch Grassroots Lobbying Push In Dire Political Climate
DC StreetsBlog
And The High Speed Rail Cash Goes To...
Infrastructurist
Bay Area Transit Brouhaha A Harbinger For LA?
LA Curbed
Board Members Predict Even Feds’ Threats Can’t Derail Oakland Airport Connector
SF Weekly
Breaking News: CA Gets $2.35 Billion Stimulus For HSR And Other Passenger Rail
California High Speed Rail Blog
Fact Sheet On The California High-Speed Train American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Application (2p. PDF)
California Northern Railroad Converts To Green Locomotives
Sacramento Bee
California To Get $2.25 Billion In High-Speed Rail Funding: The Federal Stimulus Grant, The Largest For Any State, Is Intended To Help The Anaheim-To-San Francisco Project To Fruition
Los Angeles Times
EPA Sets Stricter Air-Quality Standards Near Roads
Wall Street Journal
Exercising And Transportation Policy
American Prospect
Explaining International IT Application Leadership: Intelligent Transportation Systems (58p. PDF)
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Following Noise Complaints, LAPD Halts 24-Hour Construction Of Westside Rail Line
Los Angeles Times
How the LA Metro Is Part Of The “Green” Mass Transportation Movement
Travelin’ Local
Irvine Spending $19 Per Rider On City-Run Bus System
Orange County Register
Metro Eyes Hollywood & Koreatown, City Envisions Downtown & USC For Bicycle Sharing Programs
LAist
Next Steps After Copenhagen: Transportation (wrap-up of key messages from EMBARQ’s Transforming Transportation 2010)
World Resources Institute
One More Reason To Dig TIGER: Transit And Roads On The Same Footing
DC StreetsBlog
Port Of Los Angeles Fights Crime With Mobile Video
CIO
State, Federal Officials Tout Long-Term Transportation Plans (Rep. Oberstar and Secy. LaHood speak out on the “Surface Transportation Reauthorization Outreach Tour”)
Finance & Commerce
Traffic Info Line Now Live In Inland Area
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Transit Riders Launch Grassroots Lobbying Push In Dire Political Climate
DC StreetsBlog
1/27/2010
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday January 27, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
6 Cities That could Easily Be Car “Lite” Or Car Free (only one is in the US, and it’s in California)
Treehugger
Airport Connector Doomed, But Will Bay Area Get Its Stimulus Funding Back?
San Francisco Chronicle
BART launches API to spur innovation in transit app development
BART Press Release
Designing Bicycle Cities: Planning Clearly-Marked Urban Biking Systems Can Help us Educate Car Drivers And Decrease Cycling Accidents
GOOD
Does Your City Need A Web 2.0 Makeover? Act Now
Government Technology
Code For America
Fifty Years On The New York City Subway
Fans In A Flashbulb: International Center of Photography
Government Bans Texting By Truck And Bus Drivers
New York Times
How To Make LA Safe, Effective And More Enjoyable For Cyclists
LA StreetsBlog
Major Smart Card Market Players Join Forces To Advance Open And Secure Public Transport Smart Card Applications
Mass Transit Magazine
More Teens Are Choosing To Wait To Get Driver’s Licenses
Washington Post
Senate Weights $14B For Roads, $7.5B For Transit In Jobs Bill
DC StreetsBlog
Transbay Project Receives $171 Million Federal Loan
San Francisco Chronicle
Transit: You Can’t Work If You Can’t Get There
New Republic
Unemployment And The Transit Imperative
Human Transit
Ventura Is First In Southern Cal To Get Hybrid Bus (school bus)
Ventura County Star
Vroom! Speed Limit Increases In Front Of City Council
LA StreetsBlog
6 Cities That could Easily Be Car “Lite” Or Car Free (only one is in the US, and it’s in California)
Treehugger
Airport Connector Doomed, But Will Bay Area Get Its Stimulus Funding Back?
San Francisco Chronicle
BART launches API to spur innovation in transit app development
BART Press Release
Designing Bicycle Cities: Planning Clearly-Marked Urban Biking Systems Can Help us Educate Car Drivers And Decrease Cycling Accidents
GOOD
Does Your City Need A Web 2.0 Makeover? Act Now
Government Technology
Code For America
Fifty Years On The New York City Subway
Fans In A Flashbulb: International Center of Photography
Government Bans Texting By Truck And Bus Drivers
New York Times
How To Make LA Safe, Effective And More Enjoyable For Cyclists
LA StreetsBlog
Major Smart Card Market Players Join Forces To Advance Open And Secure Public Transport Smart Card Applications
Mass Transit Magazine
More Teens Are Choosing To Wait To Get Driver’s Licenses
Washington Post
Senate Weights $14B For Roads, $7.5B For Transit In Jobs Bill
DC StreetsBlog
Transbay Project Receives $171 Million Federal Loan
San Francisco Chronicle
Transit: You Can’t Work If You Can’t Get There
New Republic
Unemployment And The Transit Imperative
Human Transit
Ventura Is First In Southern Cal To Get Hybrid Bus (school bus)
Ventura County Star
Vroom! Speed Limit Increases In Front Of City Council
LA StreetsBlog
1/26/2010
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday January 26, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
2010 LA Street Summit: Biking, Walking And Beyond
Be A Green Commuter
Anti-Transit Freeway/Tollway-Building Politician Now In Charge Of OCTA: Welcome, Tustin Mayor Jerry Amante
TransitRiderOC
California High-Speed Rail Project’s Flaws Publicized
Sacramento Bee
Chandler Blvd. Speed Limit Should Increase From 35 To 45 MPH, Study Recommends
LAist
D.C. Art Activists See Old Trolley Station As Buried Treasure
Washington Post
Downtown’s Grand Avenue Now A Candidate For Eli Broad’s Art Museum
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: Managing L.A.'s Mass Transit: The MTA Needs To Boost Fares And Make Other Moves To Cope With A Structural Deficit
Los Angeles Times
Fast Track The Future: A High-Speed Rail Agenda for America
Progressive Fix
Full-text policy memo (12p. PDF)
Gas Tax Ignorance Revisited: Are Vehicle Mileage Fees The Answer?
Infrastructurist
Into Performance-Based Transportation Policy (experts weigh in on how to develop effective and practical performance measures, as well as what data, resources and institutional changes will be needed)
National Journal Transportation Blog
Ken Greenberg On The Future Of Urban Planning (cycling, shifting demographics, and the end of the lifespan for much of the post-WWII highway infrastructure)
Metropolis
L.A. May Boot More Cars To Ease Shortfall
Los Angeles Daily News
LA StreetSummit 2010 website (LA Trade Tech College : March 20, 2010)
LA StreetSummit
Long Beach Makes Way For Bicycles: The City Is Proactive In Becoming More Cyclist Friendly, Even Creating "Sharrows" For Bikes To Share Lanes - And 20 Miles Of New Bike Lanes Are Coming Soon
Los Angeles Times
New York: Cutting Service Without Cutting Mobility
Human Transit
OCTA Chairman Jerry Amante And CEO Will Kempton Share Their 2010 Transportation Goals (audio)
AudioBoo
Officials Rally Against 710 Extension
Glendale News Press
Plane Crazy? Meet The Academic Who Will Spend The Next Year Living In An Airport
Daily Mail (London)
Santa Monica Newspaper Makes Its Feelings Known On Bergamot Development
LA Curbed
Saving Money By Cutting Traffic (a look at the traffic in major U.S. metropolitan areas, as well as what the municipalities are doing to combat the congestion)
GOOD
A Spending Freeze: President Obama's Appeal To Fiscal Conservatives Is Likely To Result In Little Substantial Change, But It's Exactly The Wrong Message
Transport Politic
States Go After Texting Drivers
USA Today
Stimulus Payouts Through DOT Reach $8.26 Billion
Journal Of Commerce
Thursday Is HSR Stimulus Day (the federal government will announce the recipients of $8 billion in HSR stimulus funds)
California High Speed Rail Blog
Times Covers Coming Metro Cuts, Avoids Mentioning Pols By Name
LA StreetsBlog
Transit In Mexico City Beats Most U.S. Cities (including Los Angeles)
Straight Outta Suburbia
Transportation Deputy Gives Up Infamous Hummer
LA Curbed
What $36 Billion Buys: Not Enough (contractors and construction industry officials on new hiring in transportation)
CNN
2010 LA Street Summit: Biking, Walking And Beyond
Be A Green Commuter
Anti-Transit Freeway/Tollway-Building Politician Now In Charge Of OCTA: Welcome, Tustin Mayor Jerry Amante
TransitRiderOC
California High-Speed Rail Project’s Flaws Publicized
Sacramento Bee
Chandler Blvd. Speed Limit Should Increase From 35 To 45 MPH, Study Recommends
LAist
D.C. Art Activists See Old Trolley Station As Buried Treasure
Washington Post
Downtown’s Grand Avenue Now A Candidate For Eli Broad’s Art Museum
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: Managing L.A.'s Mass Transit: The MTA Needs To Boost Fares And Make Other Moves To Cope With A Structural Deficit
Los Angeles Times
Fast Track The Future: A High-Speed Rail Agenda for America
Progressive Fix
Full-text policy memo (12p. PDF)
Gas Tax Ignorance Revisited: Are Vehicle Mileage Fees The Answer?
Infrastructurist
Into Performance-Based Transportation Policy (experts weigh in on how to develop effective and practical performance measures, as well as what data, resources and institutional changes will be needed)
National Journal Transportation Blog
Ken Greenberg On The Future Of Urban Planning (cycling, shifting demographics, and the end of the lifespan for much of the post-WWII highway infrastructure)
Metropolis
L.A. May Boot More Cars To Ease Shortfall
Los Angeles Daily News
LA StreetSummit 2010 website (LA Trade Tech College : March 20, 2010)
LA StreetSummit
Long Beach Makes Way For Bicycles: The City Is Proactive In Becoming More Cyclist Friendly, Even Creating "Sharrows" For Bikes To Share Lanes - And 20 Miles Of New Bike Lanes Are Coming Soon
Los Angeles Times
New York: Cutting Service Without Cutting Mobility
Human Transit
OCTA Chairman Jerry Amante And CEO Will Kempton Share Their 2010 Transportation Goals (audio)
AudioBoo
Officials Rally Against 710 Extension
Glendale News Press
Plane Crazy? Meet The Academic Who Will Spend The Next Year Living In An Airport
Daily Mail (London)
Santa Monica Newspaper Makes Its Feelings Known On Bergamot Development
LA Curbed
Saving Money By Cutting Traffic (a look at the traffic in major U.S. metropolitan areas, as well as what the municipalities are doing to combat the congestion)
GOOD
A Spending Freeze: President Obama's Appeal To Fiscal Conservatives Is Likely To Result In Little Substantial Change, But It's Exactly The Wrong Message
Transport Politic
States Go After Texting Drivers
USA Today
Stimulus Payouts Through DOT Reach $8.26 Billion
Journal Of Commerce
Thursday Is HSR Stimulus Day (the federal government will announce the recipients of $8 billion in HSR stimulus funds)
California High Speed Rail Blog
Times Covers Coming Metro Cuts, Avoids Mentioning Pols By Name
LA StreetsBlog
Transit In Mexico City Beats Most U.S. Cities (including Los Angeles)
Straight Outta Suburbia
Transportation Deputy Gives Up Infamous Hummer
LA Curbed
What $36 Billion Buys: Not Enough (contractors and construction industry officials on new hiring in transportation)
CNN
1/25/2010
Transportation Headlines for Monday January 25, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
Can Slime Mold Solve Traffic Jams? (a species of gelatinous amoeba could help urban planners design better road systems to reduce traffic congestion)
Fox News
Could Eli Broad's Art Museum Be Headed To Grand Avenue?
Blog Downtown
DOT Joins Haiti Relief Efforts
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Feds On New Miami HOT Lanes: Good For Transit
DC StreetsBlog
Gov.'s Newest Transit Raid Receiving A Frosty Reception
LA StreetsBlog
L.A. County Transit Agency Projects Historic Budget Shortfall: A Broad Array Of Options Is On The Table For Bridging The Gap, Which Is Blamed On Cuts In State Funding And A Drop In Ridership - Major Expansion Projects Are Unlikely To Be Severely Affected
Los Angeles Times
Maglev Train Backers Woo Contractors With Promise Of Jobs
Las Vegas Sun
Main Street Chases Transportation Money: Why 650 Local Governments Use Lobbyists To Get Cash For Buses, Trains, And Roads
The Center For Public Integrity
Metro's TAP Card Embezzlement Scam
The Bus Bench
NTSB Determines Engineer's Failure To Observe And Respond To Red Signal Caused 2008 Chatsworth Accident; Recorders In Cabs Recommended
NTSB Press Release
Report Summary of Findings
Omnitrans Bus Riders Brace For More Hikes
Contra Costa Times
Open TripPlanner Project (When finished, the multi-modal trip planner software will plan journeys by a combination of biking, walking, and transit in the areas where it has been implemented)
Trillium Solutions
Railroads Signal A Tepid US Economic Recovery: Major Freight Railroads Report Lower Profit As Weak Economy Continues To Limit Shipping Demand
ABC News
Riding The Rails: The Gold Line's Eastside Extension
Franklin Avenue
Successful "Fiasco:" Chicago's Parking Meter Mishap - Critics Call Chicago's Privatization Of Parking Meters An Epic Failure, But Could It Be It's An Epic Success?
Governing
U.S. Transit Needs An "Emergency Operations Fund"
Human Transit
US Transportation Secretary Urges Swift Passage Of Jobs Plan
NASDAQ
White House Restarts Search For TSA Head
Wall Street Journal
You Can't Fight The State DOT -- Or Can You? (how citizens can exert political and technical influence over large transit agencies)
Urbanophile
Can Slime Mold Solve Traffic Jams? (a species of gelatinous amoeba could help urban planners design better road systems to reduce traffic congestion)
Fox News
Could Eli Broad's Art Museum Be Headed To Grand Avenue?
Blog Downtown
DOT Joins Haiti Relief Efforts
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Feds On New Miami HOT Lanes: Good For Transit
DC StreetsBlog
Gov.'s Newest Transit Raid Receiving A Frosty Reception
LA StreetsBlog
L.A. County Transit Agency Projects Historic Budget Shortfall: A Broad Array Of Options Is On The Table For Bridging The Gap, Which Is Blamed On Cuts In State Funding And A Drop In Ridership - Major Expansion Projects Are Unlikely To Be Severely Affected
Los Angeles Times
Maglev Train Backers Woo Contractors With Promise Of Jobs
Las Vegas Sun
Main Street Chases Transportation Money: Why 650 Local Governments Use Lobbyists To Get Cash For Buses, Trains, And Roads
The Center For Public Integrity
Metro's TAP Card Embezzlement Scam
The Bus Bench
NTSB Determines Engineer's Failure To Observe And Respond To Red Signal Caused 2008 Chatsworth Accident; Recorders In Cabs Recommended
NTSB Press Release
Report Summary of Findings
Omnitrans Bus Riders Brace For More Hikes
Contra Costa Times
Open TripPlanner Project (When finished, the multi-modal trip planner software will plan journeys by a combination of biking, walking, and transit in the areas where it has been implemented)
Trillium Solutions
Railroads Signal A Tepid US Economic Recovery: Major Freight Railroads Report Lower Profit As Weak Economy Continues To Limit Shipping Demand
ABC News
Riding The Rails: The Gold Line's Eastside Extension
Franklin Avenue
Successful "Fiasco:" Chicago's Parking Meter Mishap - Critics Call Chicago's Privatization Of Parking Meters An Epic Failure, But Could It Be It's An Epic Success?
Governing
U.S. Transit Needs An "Emergency Operations Fund"
Human Transit
US Transportation Secretary Urges Swift Passage Of Jobs Plan
NASDAQ
White House Restarts Search For TSA Head
Wall Street Journal
You Can't Fight The State DOT -- Or Can You? (how citizens can exert political and technical influence over large transit agencies)
Urbanophile
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