TheSource.metro.net
330 Citations Handed Out To Drivers & Pedestrians In Blue Line Sting
LAist
Active Design Guidelines: A New Definition For Sustainable Cities
Urban Omnibus
An Analysis Of Transportation For America's Jobs Proposals
Economic Policy Institute
The Backbone Bikeway Network – Valley Edition
Jeremy Grant
Camera Plan To Catch Speeders Stalls In California
Sacramento Bee
Car-Sharing Membership Grew By 117% In North America Between 2007-2009
Treehugger
Full-Text Report
DOT Pushes Stimulus Payouts To $8.8 Billion
Journal of Commerce
Golden State Kicks In $20 Million For Hybrid Trucks And Buses
Fleet Owner
Highway Stimulus Inequities Shocking (The USDOT has disclosed that of the $48 billion in federal stimulus funds committed for highway construction thus far, only 2% were committed to disadvantaged and minority contractors)
Transportation Equity Network
Journey To The Center Of Manhattan (photo slideshow from construction 100 feet below Grand Central Station in preparation for central hub in 2016)
WNYC Radio
L.A. County Red-Light Violation Fines Have Jumped 65% To $446, Times Review Finds
Los Angeles Times
More On The Ins And Outs Of New Starts Funding
LA Curbed
Next American Vanguard (annual conference for the next generation of urban leaders)
Next American City
Next American Vanguard’s Next Acts (updates on previous vanguards)
Officials Approve Plans For Expo Line Route On Westside: Some Neighborhoods Disagree With Proposal And Want Parts Of The Route Underground
Los Angeles Times
Pasadena Comes Up With Plan To Keep Walkers, Bikers Safe
Pasadena Star-News
Portland Promotes Urban Cycling, But Costs Will Be High: The Eco-Conscious City Plans To Build More Than 680 Miles Of New Bikeways In The Coming Two Decades At A Cost Of $613 Million
Christian Science Monitor
Senate Dems To Call Up Jobs Bill Monday – With Transport Details TBA
DC StreetsBlog
States, Cities Target Handicap Parking Fraud
USA Today
Tour Of Restaurants Along Extended Gold Line
ABC-7
Transit Advertising And Transit Self-Esteem
Human Transit
Transport-Related Apps For Your Smartphone
The City Fix
Two Bike Stations To Open In California (Claremont and Covina Metrolink stations)
Bicycle Retailer And Industry News
Two Troubling Transportation Numbers For The Obama Administration
DC StreetsBlog
Updated STB Study: Railroads’ Rate Hikes Not A Market Power Play
Progressive Railroading
Wrap Up: Big Blue Bus Explains Proposed Fare Hikes, Presents Bus Stop Redevelopment At Annual Community Meeting; Bus riders Ask Amusing Questions
Be A Green Commuter
2/04/2010
Transportation Headlines for Thursday February 4, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
Alameda Corridor Debt Is Downgraded
Los Angeles Times
All Aboard Expo To The Westside
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, 3rd District
Angeles Crest Highway To Remain Closed Through Late March
Los Angeles Times
Are You Following News And Announcements On Twitter?
Metro Transportation Library Twitter
Backers Of Maglev Train Say Chinese Bank Prepared To Fund Project
Las Vegas Sun
Cities Take A Spin With Bike Sharing
American Public Media Marketplace
A Conservative Makes The Case For Mass Transit (But Not High Speed Rail)
Infrastructurist
Editorial: Westside Residents Need, And Yet Oppose, Traffic Relief: An Extension Of The Expo Light-Rail Line Should Be Approved
Los Angeles Times
El Monte Transit Village Project Loses Another Federal Grant
Pasadena Star-News
Expect Plenty Of Debate Before [Today’s] Vote On The Expo Line FEIR
LA StreetsBlog
Expo Construction Authority To Vote On Westside Light Rail EIR For Phase Two
Argonaut
Groups Prepare To Fight Over Train To Santa Monica
LAist
Haste Makes Waste: Cutting Speed Boosts Drivers' Life Expectancy - Study
MSN
Los Angeles Might Expand Red-Light Camera Program
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Might Expand Use Of Zipcars: The Pilot Car-Sharing Program, Primarily In Use At UCLA And USC, Is Deemed Enough Of A Success That The City Wants To Take It Further
Los Angeles Times
New Public Transit Options Open Up For Campus
UCLA Today
The Obama Urban Vision: Can It Come To Pass?
Citiwire
Alameda Corridor Debt Is Downgraded
Los Angeles Times
All Aboard Expo To The Westside
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, 3rd District
Angeles Crest Highway To Remain Closed Through Late March
Los Angeles Times
Are You Following News And Announcements On Twitter?
Metro Transportation Library Twitter
Backers Of Maglev Train Say Chinese Bank Prepared To Fund Project
Las Vegas Sun
Cities Take A Spin With Bike Sharing
American Public Media Marketplace
A Conservative Makes The Case For Mass Transit (But Not High Speed Rail)
Infrastructurist
Editorial: Westside Residents Need, And Yet Oppose, Traffic Relief: An Extension Of The Expo Light-Rail Line Should Be Approved
Los Angeles Times
El Monte Transit Village Project Loses Another Federal Grant
Pasadena Star-News
Expect Plenty Of Debate Before [Today’s] Vote On The Expo Line FEIR
LA StreetsBlog
Expo Construction Authority To Vote On Westside Light Rail EIR For Phase Two
Argonaut
Groups Prepare To Fight Over Train To Santa Monica
LAist
Haste Makes Waste: Cutting Speed Boosts Drivers' Life Expectancy - Study
MSN
Los Angeles Might Expand Red-Light Camera Program
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Might Expand Use Of Zipcars: The Pilot Car-Sharing Program, Primarily In Use At UCLA And USC, Is Deemed Enough Of A Success That The City Wants To Take It Further
Los Angeles Times
New Public Transit Options Open Up For Campus
UCLA Today
The Obama Urban Vision: Can It Come To Pass?
Citiwire
2/03/2010
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday February 3, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
Bay Area's TransLink Sees Its 16-Year One Card Goal Within Reach
Contactless News
Big Blue Bus Cash Fare Could Go Up To $1.25
Green LA Girl
Businesses Take Responsibility For Advancing Sustainable Transportation
The City Fix
City Panel Recommends Moving Forward With Privatization Of City Parking Garages
LAist
Comparing The Country's Largest Public Transit Systems (interactive infographic)
GOOD
Federal Transit Administration Unveils Capital Projects Recommended For Major Financing
Transport Politic
For 2011, FTA Shifts Focus Away From Project Cost-Effectiveness Index And Towards Local Financing Commitment
Transport Politic
How Much Security Do We Need On U.S. High Speed Rail?
Infrastructurist
L.A. Activists Float Idea Of "Freeway" System For Bikes
Los Angeles Times
Mall Says No More Free Parking For Foothill Transit Riders
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Metro Gold Line (budget cuts compel students on a field trip to learn about transportation options in their neighborhood)
Roosevelt High School Rough Rider Blog
Mobile Augmented Reality: Apps That Will Change The Way We See The World
GigaOm
A Modest Proposal: Ask Developers To Help Pay For Better Transport
DC StreetsBlog
MTA Legal Dealings Called "Shocking:" Ridley-Thomas Cites "Extraordinary" $30M In Fees Over Red Line Case
Los Angeles Daily News
Obama Introduces Proposed FY 2011 Budget; Transportation Appropriations Stay Largely Intact
Transport Politic
Parking Operators Owe The City Nearly $100 Million
LAist
Public Art Needed For MTA's Orange Line Extension
Southern California Public Radio
Pursuing The Next Big Thing: Many Agencies And Towns Are On Facebook And Twitter - BART Jumped Ahead By Integrating A Growing Social Game To Promote Transit
Governing
Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is: Helps Get Federal Bucks
CityWatch
Technology Obsessions In The U.S. National Transit Database
Human Transit
Underground Connector Up For Metro OK
Blog Downtown
Bay Area's TransLink Sees Its 16-Year One Card Goal Within Reach
Contactless News
Big Blue Bus Cash Fare Could Go Up To $1.25
Green LA Girl
Businesses Take Responsibility For Advancing Sustainable Transportation
The City Fix
City Panel Recommends Moving Forward With Privatization Of City Parking Garages
LAist
Comparing The Country's Largest Public Transit Systems (interactive infographic)
GOOD
Federal Transit Administration Unveils Capital Projects Recommended For Major Financing
Transport Politic
For 2011, FTA Shifts Focus Away From Project Cost-Effectiveness Index And Towards Local Financing Commitment
Transport Politic
How Much Security Do We Need On U.S. High Speed Rail?
Infrastructurist
L.A. Activists Float Idea Of "Freeway" System For Bikes
Los Angeles Times
Mall Says No More Free Parking For Foothill Transit Riders
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Metro Gold Line (budget cuts compel students on a field trip to learn about transportation options in their neighborhood)
Roosevelt High School Rough Rider Blog
Mobile Augmented Reality: Apps That Will Change The Way We See The World
GigaOm
A Modest Proposal: Ask Developers To Help Pay For Better Transport
DC StreetsBlog
MTA Legal Dealings Called "Shocking:" Ridley-Thomas Cites "Extraordinary" $30M In Fees Over Red Line Case
Los Angeles Daily News
Obama Introduces Proposed FY 2011 Budget; Transportation Appropriations Stay Largely Intact
Transport Politic
Parking Operators Owe The City Nearly $100 Million
LAist
Public Art Needed For MTA's Orange Line Extension
Southern California Public Radio
Pursuing The Next Big Thing: Many Agencies And Towns Are On Facebook And Twitter - BART Jumped Ahead By Integrating A Growing Social Game To Promote Transit
Governing
Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is: Helps Get Federal Bucks
CityWatch
Technology Obsessions In The U.S. National Transit Database
Human Transit
Underground Connector Up For Metro OK
Blog Downtown
2/02/2010
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday February 2, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
At Long Last, Clear Messages For High-Speed Rail
Wired
Better Bikeways: Turning A City Street Into A Bike Corridor (4th Street, Los Angeles)
GOOD
Building High Speed Rail Isn't A Bolshevik Plot
Huffington Post
Carjacked: The Culture Of The Automobile And Its Effect On Our Lives (interview with author Tim Halbur)
Planetizen
Gerald Desmond Bridge May Be Replaced
Daily Breeze
Hollywood & Highland, ArcLight & Other Public Parking Lots Could Soon Be Run By Private Entities
LAist
How The New Apple iPad (And Other Mobile Tech) Changes The Commuting Equation
New Geography
LaHood Talks Budget: “Very Bright” Future For Infrastructure Fund
DC StreetsBlog
Mayor Seeks Subway To Sea Funding
Los Angeles Daily News
Obama's High-Speed Rail Plan: It Could Be Transformative, But Stations (And Architecture) Matter As Much As Speed
Chicago Tribune
Thoughts On The Guerrilla Sharrows In Northeast L.A.
LA StreetsBlog
U.S. DOT Names The Transit Projects Set For Federal Funding
DC StreetsBlog
Vote To Take Train From Culver City To Santa Monica Set For Thursday
LAist
The W Hotel & Residences - An Urban Complexity: The New Complex Is One Part Hollywood Vanity And One Part Subway Plaza
Los Angeles Times
Where Are My Bus Shelters?
CityWatch
White House Budget Includes $530M For Local Sustainability, $1B For HSR
DC StreetsBlog
White House Budget Seeks $4B For Transportation Infrastructure Bank
New York Times
White House Transportation Budget: What’s In Line For The Axe?
DC StreetsBlog
Who Will Build Our HSR Trains? The Pundits Discuss (video)
Fox Business via Infrastructurist
Zipcar-DOT College Collaboration Getting Crazy Use, Parking Tickets
LA Curbed
At Long Last, Clear Messages For High-Speed Rail
Wired
Better Bikeways: Turning A City Street Into A Bike Corridor (4th Street, Los Angeles)
GOOD
Building High Speed Rail Isn't A Bolshevik Plot
Huffington Post
Carjacked: The Culture Of The Automobile And Its Effect On Our Lives (interview with author Tim Halbur)
Planetizen
Gerald Desmond Bridge May Be Replaced
Daily Breeze
Hollywood & Highland, ArcLight & Other Public Parking Lots Could Soon Be Run By Private Entities
LAist
How The New Apple iPad (And Other Mobile Tech) Changes The Commuting Equation
New Geography
LaHood Talks Budget: “Very Bright” Future For Infrastructure Fund
DC StreetsBlog
Mayor Seeks Subway To Sea Funding
Los Angeles Daily News
Obama's High-Speed Rail Plan: It Could Be Transformative, But Stations (And Architecture) Matter As Much As Speed
Chicago Tribune
Thoughts On The Guerrilla Sharrows In Northeast L.A.
LA StreetsBlog
U.S. DOT Names The Transit Projects Set For Federal Funding
DC StreetsBlog
Vote To Take Train From Culver City To Santa Monica Set For Thursday
LAist
The W Hotel & Residences - An Urban Complexity: The New Complex Is One Part Hollywood Vanity And One Part Subway Plaza
Los Angeles Times
Where Are My Bus Shelters?
CityWatch
White House Budget Includes $530M For Local Sustainability, $1B For HSR
DC StreetsBlog
White House Budget Seeks $4B For Transportation Infrastructure Bank
New York Times
White House Transportation Budget: What’s In Line For The Axe?
DC StreetsBlog
Who Will Build Our HSR Trains? The Pundits Discuss (video)
Fox Business via Infrastructurist
Zipcar-DOT College Collaboration Getting Crazy Use, Parking Tickets
LA Curbed
2/01/2010
Transportation Headlines for Monday February 1, 2010
TheSource.metro.net
Airlines Must Team Up With Rail To Ease Congestion
Wired
All Aboard High-Speed Politics
Washington Post
Angels Flight Closure Hits Nine Years: As Railway Remains Grounded, City Official Calls Lack Of Progress "Pathetic"
Los Angeles Downtown News
Biden Says High-Speed Rail Money Ignored Politics: Was He Right?
LA StreetsBlog
The “Bike-Ped.” State Of The Union Has Some Interesting Information For L.A. County
L.A. StreetsBlog
Brainstorming A Better Commute (developers meet with MassDOT officials to brainstorm apps that use real-time data, resulting in ideas ranging from smart-card frequent-commuter rewards to bus arrival times on a wristwatch)
Boston Globe
California Cellphone Rules Don’t Appear To Be Reducing Car Accidents, Study Finds
Los Angeles Times
Can High-Speed Rail Succeed In America?
Time
Car Sharing In High Demand: Demand For ZipCar Service "Bursting At The Seams"
NBC-4
Clicklist: Living Car-Free
Green LA Girl
Corona Transit Goes Solar
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Gold Line Expansion Project Coming In Summer?
MyFox LA
Gold Line Extension Looks On Track for June Ground-Breaking, Officials say
Pasadena Star-News
If Your Bus Is Late, Should The Agency Pay?
Human Transit
In The Case Of MTA Vs. Tutor-Saliba
LA Observed
Investment, Not Spending
California High Speed Rail Blog
Is Obama Spending The High-Speed Rail Money Wisely?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Las Vegas Monorail Has Few Profitable Options: Despite Bleak Financial Picture, CEO Still hopes To Expand Line To Airport
Las Vegas Sun
Many High-Speed Rail Jobs Could Go To Foreign Companies With Fast-Train Experience
Canadian Business
More From The W Hollywood: All About The Metro Station
LA Curbed
No Bullet Train Money For SD, Riverside Counties
North County Times
Not All CA HSR Advocates Are Happy With Stimulus Decisions
California High Speed Rail Blog
Riverside County Launches 511 Service
Palm Springs Desert Sun
The Runaway Subsidy Train
Wall Street Journal
State Lawmaker Looks To End Free Parking Spots
KABC-7
Talking Transport Security Trends (engineering and integration security systems across all transportation sectors)
Airport Technology
Tardy Transit? Tweet To The Top
Wired
To Encourage Bicycle Commuting, Cyclists Get Lunch Deals In Long Beach
LAist
Visualization’s Next Frontier: The Time Has Come For This Tool To Advance From Use As A Conceptual Exhibit To Full Integration Into the Project Development Process
Public Roads
When Doomsday No Longer Feels Dramatic (Most major transit cuts being announced by stressed agencies are more than a warning, but after years of averted service cuts, there is little public outrage now over actual reductions in operations)
Transport Politic
Who's Biking?: Choice Or Necessity
Honking In Traffic
Airlines Must Team Up With Rail To Ease Congestion
Wired
All Aboard High-Speed Politics
Washington Post
Angels Flight Closure Hits Nine Years: As Railway Remains Grounded, City Official Calls Lack Of Progress "Pathetic"
Los Angeles Downtown News
Biden Says High-Speed Rail Money Ignored Politics: Was He Right?
LA StreetsBlog
The “Bike-Ped.” State Of The Union Has Some Interesting Information For L.A. County
L.A. StreetsBlog
Brainstorming A Better Commute (developers meet with MassDOT officials to brainstorm apps that use real-time data, resulting in ideas ranging from smart-card frequent-commuter rewards to bus arrival times on a wristwatch)
Boston Globe
California Cellphone Rules Don’t Appear To Be Reducing Car Accidents, Study Finds
Los Angeles Times
Can High-Speed Rail Succeed In America?
Time
Car Sharing In High Demand: Demand For ZipCar Service "Bursting At The Seams"
NBC-4
Clicklist: Living Car-Free
Green LA Girl
Corona Transit Goes Solar
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Gold Line Expansion Project Coming In Summer?
MyFox LA
Gold Line Extension Looks On Track for June Ground-Breaking, Officials say
Pasadena Star-News
If Your Bus Is Late, Should The Agency Pay?
Human Transit
In The Case Of MTA Vs. Tutor-Saliba
LA Observed
Investment, Not Spending
California High Speed Rail Blog
Is Obama Spending The High-Speed Rail Money Wisely?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Las Vegas Monorail Has Few Profitable Options: Despite Bleak Financial Picture, CEO Still hopes To Expand Line To Airport
Las Vegas Sun
Many High-Speed Rail Jobs Could Go To Foreign Companies With Fast-Train Experience
Canadian Business
More From The W Hollywood: All About The Metro Station
LA Curbed
No Bullet Train Money For SD, Riverside Counties
North County Times
Not All CA HSR Advocates Are Happy With Stimulus Decisions
California High Speed Rail Blog
Riverside County Launches 511 Service
Palm Springs Desert Sun
The Runaway Subsidy Train
Wall Street Journal
State Lawmaker Looks To End Free Parking Spots
KABC-7
Talking Transport Security Trends (engineering and integration security systems across all transportation sectors)
Airport Technology
Tardy Transit? Tweet To The Top
Wired
To Encourage Bicycle Commuting, Cyclists Get Lunch Deals In Long Beach
LAist
Visualization’s Next Frontier: The Time Has Come For This Tool To Advance From Use As A Conceptual Exhibit To Full Integration Into the Project Development Process
Public Roads
When Doomsday No Longer Feels Dramatic (Most major transit cuts being announced by stressed agencies are more than a warning, but after years of averted service cuts, there is little public outrage now over actual reductions in operations)
Transport Politic
Who's Biking?: Choice Or Necessity
Honking In Traffic
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