2/19/2010
Transportation Headlines for Friday February 19, 2010
America's High-Speed Rail Options Remain Strong (88% of Americans are open to high-speed rail travel for long-distance travel)
PR Newswire
Bay Area's Oakland Airport Connector Project Loses More Federal Funding (After losing $70 million in stimulus funds last week because it failed to satisfy the Federal Transit Administration's minority and equity standards for federal funding, BART lost another $25 million it was expecting from TIGER to secure further federal loans to build the nearly $500 million OAC)
DC StreetsBlog
Blog's Ambitious Goal Of Yelping LA's 17,000 Transit Stops
Curbed LA
Cell Phones In Public Transportation
Mass Transit
A Day After Their TIGER Win, Freight Railroads Carve Out More Turf
DC StreetsBlog
Editorial: Unsafe At Any Speed: Governor’s Freeway Advertising Plan Rightly Deserves To Crash And Burn
Los Angeles Daily News
Eyeing High-Speed Rail, Siemens Buys 20 Acres Next To Its California Rail Plant
San Francisco Examiner
How do Americans Get To Work? Transit Patterns In Major Cities (infographic for eight major U.S. cities)
Infrastructurist
Lag In Intelligent Transportation Could Hurt Economy
Wired
Large Landslide Shuts Down Transitions Between 3 Freeways
LAist
Lower Speeds Means Safer Streets
Next American City
North America’s Newest And Largest Year-Round Service Opens In Mexico City
Bike-Sharing Blog
O.C. Seeking Solutions To 55 Freeway Gridlock
Los Angeles Times
Parking Bombs (the urban destruction caused by parking)
The Overhead Wire
Positive Train Control: Strategies For A Smooth Deployment (upcoming webinar)
Progressive Railroading
Railroads Have Until April 16 To Submit [Positive Train Control] Roll-Out Plans
Progressive Railroading
Ruins Of Electric Train Turned Into Terribly Cool Amusement Park (Lima, Peru)
TreeHugger
U.S. Needs Stronger Transit-Rail Cars After Crashes, Board Says
Business Week
Washington’s Investment In Faster Bus Service Should Be A National Model
Transport Politic
2/18/2010
Transportation Headlines for Thursday February 18, 2010
Arnold Schwarzenegger Promotes HSR - Will His Successors Do The Same?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Bulk Of Stimulus Spending Yet To Come: Most Cash So Far Has Gone To Services, Government Jobs; Infrastructure Surge Unlikely To Put Big Dent In Unemployment
Wall Street Journal
Does The Road To Bike Equality Run Through The Courts?
Biking In LA
Freight Rail, Streetcars Are Tops In Stimulus’ TIGER Chase
LA StreetsBlog
Frequency And Freedom On Driverless Rapid Transit
Human Transit
Gold Line Tour Unveils East L.A. Treasures (Part 2 of tour)
ABC-7
Gov. Hopes Future Carpool Lane On 405 Eases Traffic (and hopes for more, such as double-decking one day)
Los Angeles Daily News
High Speed Trains In US To Be Slower Than Those In Europe, Asia
Trains For America
How Do I Become A Transit Planner?
Human Transit
How Many Potholes Can You Fill With No Budget?
LAist
Kid Busted By The Food Cops (14-year-old cited for unlawfully eating Cheetos on Big Blue Bus)
Santa Monica Daily Press
Local Officials Balk at State Granting Them Power To Enact Transit Fee
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Los Angeles Joins [San Fernando] Council Of Governments
San Fernando Valley Business Journal
Mayor's 30/10 Plan For Measure R Transit Projects Explained
LA StreetsBlog
Moving LA: There’s A Train A Comin’
Huffington Post
Moving Through The Recession, Part 1: Trends In Transit Ridership
The City Fix
Rail And Transit Benefit, Highways Lose Out In TIGER Grant Distribution
Transport Politic
Rail Expert Reutter: White House Misfired On High-Speed Rail Stimulus
DC StreetsBlog
Railroad Yards Still Help Propel Local Economies
Redlands Daily Facts
Road And Transit Groups Join Boxer To Push For Senate Jobs Bill
LA StreetsBlog
Simplifying The Open Transit Data Debate: A Comprehensive Guide To Providing Real-Time Information To Your Passengers
Fleet Beat
Printer-Friendly version (6p. PDF)
T4 Jobs Proposal Would Create Nearly Half A Million Jobs, According To Economic Policy Institute
Transportation For America
Proposed Funding For Transportation Infrastructure Within Senate Jobs Bill ($35.4 Billion)
Transportation For America
The TIGER Grants: Which States Were The Big Winners?
Infrastructurist
Urban Form, Behavior Energy Modeling In China: Sim City For Real? (The US Department of Energy has created a software tool not unlike Sim City that can project scenarios for an actual population's energy, transportation and fuel needs. The software made its debut recently modeling a development in Jinan, China)
Common Current
Who Lost Out In The Bid For A Piece Of TIGER Transportation Stimulus
DC StreetsBlog
Wishing Green To Succeed – In A Future That’s Red (the federal government’s sustainable urbanism challenge)
Citiwire
California High Speed Rail Blog
Bulk Of Stimulus Spending Yet To Come: Most Cash So Far Has Gone To Services, Government Jobs; Infrastructure Surge Unlikely To Put Big Dent In Unemployment
Wall Street Journal
Does The Road To Bike Equality Run Through The Courts?
Biking In LA
Freight Rail, Streetcars Are Tops In Stimulus’ TIGER Chase
LA StreetsBlog
Frequency And Freedom On Driverless Rapid Transit
Human Transit
Gold Line Tour Unveils East L.A. Treasures (Part 2 of tour)
ABC-7
Gov. Hopes Future Carpool Lane On 405 Eases Traffic (and hopes for more, such as double-decking one day)
Los Angeles Daily News
High Speed Trains In US To Be Slower Than Those In Europe, Asia
Trains For America
How Do I Become A Transit Planner?
Human Transit
How Many Potholes Can You Fill With No Budget?
LAist
Kid Busted By The Food Cops (14-year-old cited for unlawfully eating Cheetos on Big Blue Bus)
Santa Monica Daily Press
Local Officials Balk at State Granting Them Power To Enact Transit Fee
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Los Angeles Joins [San Fernando] Council Of Governments
San Fernando Valley Business Journal
Mayor's 30/10 Plan For Measure R Transit Projects Explained
LA StreetsBlog
Moving LA: There’s A Train A Comin’
Huffington Post
Moving Through The Recession, Part 1: Trends In Transit Ridership
The City Fix
Rail And Transit Benefit, Highways Lose Out In TIGER Grant Distribution
Transport Politic
Rail Expert Reutter: White House Misfired On High-Speed Rail Stimulus
DC StreetsBlog
Railroad Yards Still Help Propel Local Economies
Redlands Daily Facts
Road And Transit Groups Join Boxer To Push For Senate Jobs Bill
LA StreetsBlog
Simplifying The Open Transit Data Debate: A Comprehensive Guide To Providing Real-Time Information To Your Passengers
Fleet Beat
Printer-Friendly version (6p. PDF)
T4 Jobs Proposal Would Create Nearly Half A Million Jobs, According To Economic Policy Institute
Transportation For America
Proposed Funding For Transportation Infrastructure Within Senate Jobs Bill ($35.4 Billion)
Transportation For America
The TIGER Grants: Which States Were The Big Winners?
Infrastructurist
Urban Form, Behavior Energy Modeling In China: Sim City For Real? (The US Department of Energy has created a software tool not unlike Sim City that can project scenarios for an actual population's energy, transportation and fuel needs. The software made its debut recently modeling a development in Jinan, China)
Common Current
Who Lost Out In The Bid For A Piece Of TIGER Transportation Stimulus
DC StreetsBlog
Wishing Green To Succeed – In A Future That’s Red (the federal government’s sustainable urbanism challenge)
Citiwire
2/17/2010
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday February 17, 2010
$70M Transit Breakthrough In Restoring Civil Rights Title VI
Labor/Community Strategy Center
Airport Transit Center Advances: Commissioners Move Measure Centralizing Transportation To Burbank Council
Glendale News Press
Among Large Cities, San Jose And D.C. Lead In Well-Being (8 out of 10 metro regions ranked "happiest" by new Gallup well-being index have transit networks)
Gallup
Can Living Near A Train Station Save You From Disclosure? Mortgage Defaults Higher In Neighborhoods Dependent On Driving, Research Shows
Chicago Sun-Times
Catching A Bus? There’s An App For that (Chicago’s CTA launches “Transit Genie” iPhone application)
Chicago Flame
Transit Genie
The Economic Potential Of Portland’s New Bike Plan
DC StreetsBlog
FTA Kills Plan To Use Stimulus Funds For Oakland Airport Connector: $70 Million Will Be Redistributed For Operating Funds At Cash-Strapped Local Agencies; Fate Of $422 Million More Also Committed To The Project Is Unclear
Transport Politic
Gas For $8.87 A Gallon? You've Got To Be Kidding
Pasadena Star-News
Is Bigger Better? "Monster" Trains Vs. Freight Trains: In January, Union Pacific Tested A 3.5-Mile Long "Monster" Train, Using Extra Locomotives To Distribute Power Efficiently - Just What Are Monster Trains, And How Are They Different From Conventional Long-Haul Freight Trains?
Popular Mechanics
L.A. City Council Approves Support For A $30 Million 2-Mile Beach Bike Path
LAist
Mass Transit Announces Top Tech Innovations
Mass Transit
Meters Made Better: Poles As Bike Racks
New York Post
The OC Register Trots Out An Oil Company Executive To Attack HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
Pasadena To Unveil Master Bike Plan
Pasadena Star-News
Pico & Sepulveda Hot Again
CityWatch
Reader Response: Finding Extra Benefits To High-Speed Rail
Public CEO
Supervisors OK Grand Avenue Park Development
Los Angeles Daily News
This Electric Car Rides The Train (It is designed to be easily loaded on special rail transport cars for long trips)
CNET
Top Five Rude Behaviors Aboard Metro
Plus Metro
Transit, The Stimulus And Jobs In California: Three Times The Jobs At Half The Price
National Resources Defense Council Switchboard
What Do You Think Of Obama’s Transportation Budget Request? (panel of insiders discusses key issues)
National Journal Transportation Blog
What’s Wrong With America’s Ambivalence About Crumbling Infrastructure?
DC StreetsBlog
Labor/Community Strategy Center
Airport Transit Center Advances: Commissioners Move Measure Centralizing Transportation To Burbank Council
Glendale News Press
Among Large Cities, San Jose And D.C. Lead In Well-Being (8 out of 10 metro regions ranked "happiest" by new Gallup well-being index have transit networks)
Gallup
Can Living Near A Train Station Save You From Disclosure? Mortgage Defaults Higher In Neighborhoods Dependent On Driving, Research Shows
Chicago Sun-Times
Catching A Bus? There’s An App For that (Chicago’s CTA launches “Transit Genie” iPhone application)
Chicago Flame
Transit Genie
The Economic Potential Of Portland’s New Bike Plan
DC StreetsBlog
FTA Kills Plan To Use Stimulus Funds For Oakland Airport Connector: $70 Million Will Be Redistributed For Operating Funds At Cash-Strapped Local Agencies; Fate Of $422 Million More Also Committed To The Project Is Unclear
Transport Politic
Gas For $8.87 A Gallon? You've Got To Be Kidding
Pasadena Star-News
Is Bigger Better? "Monster" Trains Vs. Freight Trains: In January, Union Pacific Tested A 3.5-Mile Long "Monster" Train, Using Extra Locomotives To Distribute Power Efficiently - Just What Are Monster Trains, And How Are They Different From Conventional Long-Haul Freight Trains?
Popular Mechanics
L.A. City Council Approves Support For A $30 Million 2-Mile Beach Bike Path
LAist
Mass Transit Announces Top Tech Innovations
Mass Transit
Meters Made Better: Poles As Bike Racks
New York Post
The OC Register Trots Out An Oil Company Executive To Attack HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
Pasadena To Unveil Master Bike Plan
Pasadena Star-News
Pico & Sepulveda Hot Again
CityWatch
Reader Response: Finding Extra Benefits To High-Speed Rail
Public CEO
Supervisors OK Grand Avenue Park Development
Los Angeles Daily News
This Electric Car Rides The Train (It is designed to be easily loaded on special rail transport cars for long trips)
CNET
Top Five Rude Behaviors Aboard Metro
Plus Metro
Transit, The Stimulus And Jobs In California: Three Times The Jobs At Half The Price
National Resources Defense Council Switchboard
What Do You Think Of Obama’s Transportation Budget Request? (panel of insiders discusses key issues)
National Journal Transportation Blog
What’s Wrong With America’s Ambivalence About Crumbling Infrastructure?
DC StreetsBlog
2/16/2010
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday February 16, 2010
The Amazing Race: Season 16, Episode 1 (video : The first leg of the new season kicks off in Los Angeles, requiring 11 racing teams to get from downtown to LAX solely via public transportation)
CBS
Architect Proposes Conceptual Plan To Improve Parking, Traffic Challenges On Culver Boulevard
The Argonaut
The Bikeway Network (includes a collection of bikeway types illustrations)
Reconnecting America
China Sees Growth Engine In A Web Of Fast Trains
New York Times
Editorial: Giving Transit What It Needs - California Senate Democrats And Gov. Schwarzenegger Are Offering Plans To Gut Prop. 42 And Raise The Gas Excise Tax. Sounds Bad? Not Really
Los Angeles Times
The Future Of Cities In The Internet Era
Next American City
High-Speed Rail Cash Lays Congressional Track For Billions More To Follow
New York Times
How To Properly Cross Rail Tracks On Your Bike
LA StreetsBlog
In Seattle, As In Most Cities, Transit Works Best When It’s Not Highway-Bound
Transport Politic
Is Privatization Inherently Bad, Or Just Botched?
Greater Greater Washington
LADOT And City Planning Revisit “The Errors Of The Past!”
SoapBox LA
Live Near A Freeway? Heart Disease Risk May Be Higher
Los Angeles Times
Study's Abstract
Metro CEO Art Leahy Talks Budget, Operations, Capital Projects
Planning Report
Monrovia To Explore Environmental Impacts Of Proposed Rail Maintenance Yard (for Metro Gold Line extension)
Pasadena Star-News
A New Traffic Sign: "Take Turns"
GOOD
Officials Question MTA's Spending On Protracted Legal Battle: The L.A. County Transit Agency Could Win About $15 Million In Damages From A 15-Year-Old Lawsuit Against Contractor Tutor-Saliba. The Agency Has Already Paid More Than Twice That In Legal Costs
Los Angeles Times
Olympic Transit System Hit With Bumps, Glitches
Washington Post
Olympics Host Vancouver Ranked World’s Most Liveable City (Los Angeles ranks 47th)
Reuters
Post-Copenhagen Planning: Sustainable Countries Taking The Initiative On Sustainable Transport
The City Fix
Public Transit Options Provide Alternative Options For UCLA Commuter Students
UCLA Daily Bruin
Ridley-Thomas Calls For Review Of Grade Crossing Policy
Planning Report
Should Ridership Data Be Online?
Human Transit
This Is How You'll Get There: Cars, Roads, And Parking Could Be Transformed Completely - The Technology Is There, But Is Society Ready?
American Prospect
Vancouver Winter Olympics: Winning A Gold For Transportation?
The City Fix
White House Economic Report Touts TIGER, High-Speed Rail, Transit
DC StreetsBlog
White House: Transit Inflation Outstripping Private Transportation
DC StreetsBlog
CBS
Architect Proposes Conceptual Plan To Improve Parking, Traffic Challenges On Culver Boulevard
The Argonaut
The Bikeway Network (includes a collection of bikeway types illustrations)
Reconnecting America
China Sees Growth Engine In A Web Of Fast Trains
New York Times
Editorial: Giving Transit What It Needs - California Senate Democrats And Gov. Schwarzenegger Are Offering Plans To Gut Prop. 42 And Raise The Gas Excise Tax. Sounds Bad? Not Really
Los Angeles Times
The Future Of Cities In The Internet Era
Next American City
High-Speed Rail Cash Lays Congressional Track For Billions More To Follow
New York Times
How To Properly Cross Rail Tracks On Your Bike
LA StreetsBlog
In Seattle, As In Most Cities, Transit Works Best When It’s Not Highway-Bound
Transport Politic
Is Privatization Inherently Bad, Or Just Botched?
Greater Greater Washington
LADOT And City Planning Revisit “The Errors Of The Past!”
SoapBox LA
Live Near A Freeway? Heart Disease Risk May Be Higher
Los Angeles Times
Study's Abstract
Metro CEO Art Leahy Talks Budget, Operations, Capital Projects
Planning Report
Monrovia To Explore Environmental Impacts Of Proposed Rail Maintenance Yard (for Metro Gold Line extension)
Pasadena Star-News
A New Traffic Sign: "Take Turns"
GOOD
Officials Question MTA's Spending On Protracted Legal Battle: The L.A. County Transit Agency Could Win About $15 Million In Damages From A 15-Year-Old Lawsuit Against Contractor Tutor-Saliba. The Agency Has Already Paid More Than Twice That In Legal Costs
Los Angeles Times
Olympic Transit System Hit With Bumps, Glitches
Washington Post
Olympics Host Vancouver Ranked World’s Most Liveable City (Los Angeles ranks 47th)
Reuters
Post-Copenhagen Planning: Sustainable Countries Taking The Initiative On Sustainable Transport
The City Fix
Public Transit Options Provide Alternative Options For UCLA Commuter Students
UCLA Daily Bruin
Ridley-Thomas Calls For Review Of Grade Crossing Policy
Planning Report
Should Ridership Data Be Online?
Human Transit
This Is How You'll Get There: Cars, Roads, And Parking Could Be Transformed Completely - The Technology Is There, But Is Society Ready?
American Prospect
Vancouver Winter Olympics: Winning A Gold For Transportation?
The City Fix
White House Economic Report Touts TIGER, High-Speed Rail, Transit
DC StreetsBlog
White House: Transit Inflation Outstripping Private Transportation
DC StreetsBlog
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