$8 Billion Rail Funding Offers Hope For Design Firms
Building Design + Construction
Amtrak To Congress: Liability Is A Nationwide Concern
Railway Age
The Art Of "Seduction" In Public Transportation (Seducing potential passengers with the latest innovations)
IBM Smarter Planet Blog
Black Lung Lofts: Many Children Being Raised In L.A.’s Hip, New Freeway-Adjacent Housing Are Damaged For Life
LA Weekly
Calif. Passes Gas Tax Changes To Help $20B Deficit
Business Week
Can We Design Cities For Happiness?
Shareable
City Has New Ride (Foothill Boulevard shuttle)
La Canada Valley Sun
DIY Bus Tracker Display (makes it easy for anyone with some computer savvy to show estimated bus arrival times on a display in a building lobby, a storefront window, etc.)
Transit Chicago
Downtown Parking Changes Underway (Parking for 3 hours in downtown Santa Monica and not paying a dime for the privilege is soon to be a thing of the past)
Santa Monica Daily Press
How To Make High Speed Rail Fail: Don't Connect The Lines
Infrastructurist
LaHood Faces Off With GOP Senator Over High-speed Rail, Livability
StreetsBlog DC
Lost In Penn Station: Why Are The Signs At The Nation’s Busiest Train Hub So Confusing?
Slate
Obama "Principles" Coming In 90 Days (new multi-year transportation bill)
Bond Buyer
Pasadena Bicycle Master Plan: Let's Do More!
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Pilgrim On A Biking Mission
Los Angeles Times
A Plan To Send Flight Data Somewhere Off The Plane
New York Times
Property Owners May Pay For L.A. Sidewalk Repairs
Los Angeles Daily News
Railroad Experts Focus On Efficiency (report from 15th annual Association of American Railroads Research Review)
Pueblo Chieftain
Riding Public Transit Saves Individuals $9,215 Annually (Transit riders now save $715 more per year compared to last year at this time as the cost of gas has increased 77-cents per gallon)
APTA
SEC Halts Ponzi Scheme Targeting Retired L.A. Bus Drivers
Article Ant
The Secret Language Of Signs: They’re The Most Useful Thing You Pay No Attention To – Start Paying Attention
Slate
Skype On A Train (Will a reliable wi-fi connection lure road warriors onto the rails?)
Globe And Mail
Solar-Roofed Bus Cleans The Air Inside And Out
Wired
Stimulus As Policy Lab
New Republic
Survey: Munich Has Europe’s Best Public Transportation; Paris, London Lag
USA Today
Urban Resilience Planning For Dummies
Green Flow
Who's Poor In America? US Tweaks How It Defines Poverty (Experts say it’s a giant step forward from the old poverty threshold, which is based on a 1955 cost of an emergency food diet and does not factor in several considerations, including transportation)
Christian Science Monitor
Will Antonio's 30/10 Gambit For LA Transit Work?
CityWatch LA
3/04/2010
Transportation Headlines for Thursday March 4, 2010
And, Cut! Money Woes Delay A TV Reality Show On Subway Workers
New York Times
And Now, For Something Completely Different (Paris-based architecture firm dreams up freeway cap park proposal)
StreetsBlog LA
Become A Fan Of Metro Westside Subway Extension On Facebook
Facebook
Blumenauer Acts To Make Active Transportation Safer, Easier, And More Accessible
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR)
California Transportation Activist Found Dead In Creek (Ken Gosting, former advisor to Gov. Jerry Brown)
Associated Press
Caltrans Responds To Analyst’s Report That It Needs To Cut Jobs
Sacramento Bee
City Hall Wants Drivers To Share (carsharing program in Santa Monica)
Santa Monica Daily Press
Do Environmental Regulations Hurt The Economy?: Environmental Regulations Have Transformed California’s Economy But It’s Not Always Clear If The Result Was Positive
Governing
Feedback From DASH Hearings: Cuts Bad, Hikes Reasonable
StreetsBlog LA
Halt In Federal Highway Program Reveals Lobby’s Larger Frustrations
Center For Public Integrity
Industry Groups Decry Non-Highway Earmarking
Fleet Owner
Meet The Guy Who Fixed The Little Tokyo Gold Line Station
Curbed LA
A New Plan For Transportation: President Obama’s Transportation Plan Considers Economic Development For Low-Income Communities Across The U.S.
Public Radio International
Officials Call For Action In Extending Green Line Closer To LAX
Real Camino
Opinion: A High-Speed Rail System That Wouldn't Serve Californians - The Focus Should Be On Developing Intra-Urban Rail Networks, Not Connecting Far-Flung Regions Of The State
Los Angeles Times
Railroad Industry Weathers Recession, But Seen Facing Serious Policy Challenges
Supply & Demand Chain
Tri-Met Adds Five New Transit Titles To App Center
Oregonian
Wasted Stimulus (mapping a positive correlation between federal stimulus investment and lack of local population density, attributing the relationship to highway spending)
New York Times
New York Times
And Now, For Something Completely Different (Paris-based architecture firm dreams up freeway cap park proposal)
StreetsBlog LA
Become A Fan Of Metro Westside Subway Extension On Facebook
Blumenauer Acts To Make Active Transportation Safer, Easier, And More Accessible
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR)
California Transportation Activist Found Dead In Creek (Ken Gosting, former advisor to Gov. Jerry Brown)
Associated Press
Caltrans Responds To Analyst’s Report That It Needs To Cut Jobs
Sacramento Bee
City Hall Wants Drivers To Share (carsharing program in Santa Monica)
Santa Monica Daily Press
Do Environmental Regulations Hurt The Economy?: Environmental Regulations Have Transformed California’s Economy But It’s Not Always Clear If The Result Was Positive
Governing
Feedback From DASH Hearings: Cuts Bad, Hikes Reasonable
StreetsBlog LA
Halt In Federal Highway Program Reveals Lobby’s Larger Frustrations
Center For Public Integrity
Industry Groups Decry Non-Highway Earmarking
Fleet Owner
Meet The Guy Who Fixed The Little Tokyo Gold Line Station
Curbed LA
A New Plan For Transportation: President Obama’s Transportation Plan Considers Economic Development For Low-Income Communities Across The U.S.
Public Radio International
Officials Call For Action In Extending Green Line Closer To LAX
Real Camino
Opinion: A High-Speed Rail System That Wouldn't Serve Californians - The Focus Should Be On Developing Intra-Urban Rail Networks, Not Connecting Far-Flung Regions Of The State
Los Angeles Times
Railroad Industry Weathers Recession, But Seen Facing Serious Policy Challenges
Supply & Demand Chain
Tri-Met Adds Five New Transit Titles To App Center
Oregonian
Wasted Stimulus (mapping a positive correlation between federal stimulus investment and lack of local population density, attributing the relationship to highway spending)
New York Times
3/03/2010
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday March 3, 2010
ArtCycle Returns To East Hollywood On March 13th, Bigger And Better Than Ever
StreetsBlog LA
Big Plans, Empty Pockets (The desire to create walkable neighborhoods is alive in cities around the U.S., but the recession has made it difficult or impossible to follow through)
Washington Examiner
Create A Car-Free Sunday In The Capital Of Car Culture - Without Spending A Dime
Biking In LA
Deadline Approaching For Aspiring Orange Line Artists
Curbed LA
Families And Children On Transit
Human Transit
Federal Transit Administration's New Livable And Sustainable Communities Website
Federal Transit Administration
Heads Up: Oscars To Affect Red Line Subway Service & Buses
LAist
Is VP Joe Biden's Public Love Of Amtrak Putting Him In A Compromising Position?
Mediaite
Keeping Hope That A Voice Can Reverse Transit Cuts
New York Times
Metro Fixes The Little Tokyo Station
Plus Metro
New Expo Line Canopies At USC
Curbed LA
Safer Rail Cars Arrive (new generation of crash-resistant Metrolink rail cars designed to minimize damage, injuries and death in the event of a collision)
Los Angeles Daily News
Sharrows In June, Los Angeles Finally Gets On Board
StreetsBlog LA
TCS: Disputed Transport Provision In Jobs Bill Rewarded Political Clout
StreetsBlog DC
We Have No More Federal Transportation Law, And That's Bad
Infrastructurist
StreetsBlog LA
Big Plans, Empty Pockets (The desire to create walkable neighborhoods is alive in cities around the U.S., but the recession has made it difficult or impossible to follow through)
Washington Examiner
Create A Car-Free Sunday In The Capital Of Car Culture - Without Spending A Dime
Biking In LA
Deadline Approaching For Aspiring Orange Line Artists
Curbed LA
Families And Children On Transit
Human Transit
Federal Transit Administration's New Livable And Sustainable Communities Website
Federal Transit Administration
Heads Up: Oscars To Affect Red Line Subway Service & Buses
LAist
Is VP Joe Biden's Public Love Of Amtrak Putting Him In A Compromising Position?
Mediaite
Keeping Hope That A Voice Can Reverse Transit Cuts
New York Times
Metro Fixes The Little Tokyo Station
Plus Metro
New Expo Line Canopies At USC
Curbed LA
Safer Rail Cars Arrive (new generation of crash-resistant Metrolink rail cars designed to minimize damage, injuries and death in the event of a collision)
Los Angeles Daily News
Sharrows In June, Los Angeles Finally Gets On Board
StreetsBlog LA
TCS: Disputed Transport Provision In Jobs Bill Rewarded Political Clout
StreetsBlog DC
We Have No More Federal Transportation Law, And That's Bad
Infrastructurist
3/02/2010
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday March 2, 2010
Burbank Debates HSR Station Location
California High Speed Rail Blog
Could A New Kind Of Fuel Tax Help Break The Senate Climate Deadlock?
DC StreetsBlog
DOT Budget Isn’t Keeping Up With Need For Road, Bridge Repairs
Federal Times
Downtown Parking Ban To Ease Traffic (Efforts to ban downtown parking in Los Angeles recounted in news stories from 1920 and 1908)
Los Angeles Times
Federal Transportation Law Expired Over The Weekend: What Next?
DC StreetsBlog
Free Money Inspires Los Angeles' Activists And Urbanists
Curbed LA
Gasoline Consumption Continues To Decline
LAist
Heated Debate Over High-Speed Train Station In Burbank
Examiner
Introducing The 2010 Sustainable Transportation Action Research Team (students working with UCLA Transportation on bike and pedestrian issues)
Be A Green Commuter!
Looking For Bike Parking At L.A. Live
L.A. Eco-Village Blog
[D.C.] Metro’s Mixing Of Signal Part Brands Could Have Caused Crash, Maker Tells NTSB
Washington Post
New Push On Transit-Rail Safety Rules
Wall Street Journal
The Not-So-Fast Track For High-Speed Rail (Federal money is making high-speed rail possible, but state governments are unsure if they can afford to operate and maintain the systems once they are in place)
Stateline
Off-Ramps & People-Movers & Monorails, Oh My... (connecting Anaheim's proposed ARTIC transit center to Disneyland)
TransitRider OC
One-Time TSA Nominee Resigns From Police Post At L.A. World Airports
Los Angeles Times
Political Games Disrupt Key Transportation Programs
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
The Ports Challenge
Huffington Post
Preaching To The Choir: Metro And 30/10 Revisited
Huffington Post
Pre-Paid Cards And The Transit Industry
Smart Card Alliance
Full-Text Report: A Guide To Pre-Paid Cards For The Transit Industry - A Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council White Paper (36p. PDF)
Riding The Bus Changes Her View: A Self-Described “Snob” Makes The Switch To Public Transit – Though Frustrating, It Proves Enriching In Ways She Never Expected
Los Angeles Times
Her New Blog: Snob On A Bus
Transportation Agencies Lay Off 2,000 As Funds Expire
Business Week
We Gotta Clean Up: Freight Transportation’s Hidden Cost To Health And The Planet
Environmental Defense Fund Way2Go Blog
What Should The Gas Tax Pay For? (panel of experts discuss key issues)
National Journal Transportation Blog
California High Speed Rail Blog
Could A New Kind Of Fuel Tax Help Break The Senate Climate Deadlock?
DC StreetsBlog
DOT Budget Isn’t Keeping Up With Need For Road, Bridge Repairs
Federal Times
Downtown Parking Ban To Ease Traffic (Efforts to ban downtown parking in Los Angeles recounted in news stories from 1920 and 1908)
Los Angeles Times
Federal Transportation Law Expired Over The Weekend: What Next?
DC StreetsBlog
Free Money Inspires Los Angeles' Activists And Urbanists
Curbed LA
Gasoline Consumption Continues To Decline
LAist
Heated Debate Over High-Speed Train Station In Burbank
Examiner
Introducing The 2010 Sustainable Transportation Action Research Team (students working with UCLA Transportation on bike and pedestrian issues)
Be A Green Commuter!
Looking For Bike Parking At L.A. Live
L.A. Eco-Village Blog
[D.C.] Metro’s Mixing Of Signal Part Brands Could Have Caused Crash, Maker Tells NTSB
Washington Post
New Push On Transit-Rail Safety Rules
Wall Street Journal
The Not-So-Fast Track For High-Speed Rail (Federal money is making high-speed rail possible, but state governments are unsure if they can afford to operate and maintain the systems once they are in place)
Stateline
Off-Ramps & People-Movers & Monorails, Oh My... (connecting Anaheim's proposed ARTIC transit center to Disneyland)
TransitRider OC
One-Time TSA Nominee Resigns From Police Post At L.A. World Airports
Los Angeles Times
Political Games Disrupt Key Transportation Programs
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
The Ports Challenge
Huffington Post
Preaching To The Choir: Metro And 30/10 Revisited
Huffington Post
Pre-Paid Cards And The Transit Industry
Smart Card Alliance
Full-Text Report: A Guide To Pre-Paid Cards For The Transit Industry - A Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council White Paper (36p. PDF)
Riding The Bus Changes Her View: A Self-Described “Snob” Makes The Switch To Public Transit – Though Frustrating, It Proves Enriching In Ways She Never Expected
Los Angeles Times
Her New Blog: Snob On A Bus
Transportation Agencies Lay Off 2,000 As Funds Expire
Business Week
We Gotta Clean Up: Freight Transportation’s Hidden Cost To Health And The Planet
Environmental Defense Fund Way2Go Blog
What Should The Gas Tax Pay For? (panel of experts discuss key issues)
National Journal Transportation Blog
3/01/2010
Transportation Headlines for Monday March 1, 2010
The Big Question: What Is The Purpose Of Federal Transportation Spending?
DC StreetsBlog
Cleaning The Air At American Ports (The single largest source of air pollution in Southern California are the Ports of LA and Long Beach. Environmentalists, environmental justice advocates, and Teamsters are working together to replace offending diesel drayage trucks)
New York Times
The Compelling Case For The Cable Car
New Geography
Downtown Connector Study Excitement: Underground Option Added
LA Curbed
Downtown Streetcar Takes Big Steps Toward Reality
LAist
Fixing The Great Mistake Of Planning For Cars (video)
NY StreetsBlog
A Freeway Is Born (exhibition of historic photos)
Los Angeles Daily News
How Feasible Is Antonio Villaraigosa's 30/10 Gambit For Los Angeles Transit?
Transport Politic
It’s Come To This: Bake Sales For Transit
Publicola
LaHood Backs Feingold’s Plan To Cancel Unspent Transport Earmarks
DC StreetsBlog
LA Times Reports On HSR Controversy, Not HSR Facts
California High Speed Rail Blog
Metro Procures Environmental Consultant On Behalf Of Downtown L.A. Streetcar Project
Los Angeles Streetcar, Inc.
Opinion: Villaraigosa's 30/10 Vision - Washington Should Get Behind the Mayor's Transit Proposal For L.A.
Los Angeles Times
Opposition To Senate Extension Results In Looming Shutdown Of Federal Transportation Programs
Transportation For America
The Road To Recovery Runs Through The DOT (TIGER Infographic)
Fast Company
Road Transportation Emerges As Key Driver Of Warming In New Analysis From NASA
Science Daily
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus System May See Increase In Fares, Affecting UCLA Transportation
UCLA Daily Bruin
Should Metro Extend The Red/Purple Lines To Downtown’s Arts District?
LAist
Some Fear California's High-Speed Rail Won't Deliver On Early Promises: There's Concern That Local, State Or Federal Subsidies Would Be Needed As Projected Ticket Prices Between L.A. And San Francisco Have Almost Doubled, And Building Costs For The First Phase Have Grown
Los Angeles Times
Vancouver: Olympic Transit Payoffs
Human Transit
Will The Highway Trust Fund Shut Down?
League Of American Bicyclists
DC StreetsBlog
Cleaning The Air At American Ports (The single largest source of air pollution in Southern California are the Ports of LA and Long Beach. Environmentalists, environmental justice advocates, and Teamsters are working together to replace offending diesel drayage trucks)
New York Times
The Compelling Case For The Cable Car
New Geography
Downtown Connector Study Excitement: Underground Option Added
LA Curbed
Downtown Streetcar Takes Big Steps Toward Reality
LAist
Fixing The Great Mistake Of Planning For Cars (video)
NY StreetsBlog
A Freeway Is Born (exhibition of historic photos)
Los Angeles Daily News
How Feasible Is Antonio Villaraigosa's 30/10 Gambit For Los Angeles Transit?
Transport Politic
It’s Come To This: Bake Sales For Transit
Publicola
LaHood Backs Feingold’s Plan To Cancel Unspent Transport Earmarks
DC StreetsBlog
LA Times Reports On HSR Controversy, Not HSR Facts
California High Speed Rail Blog
Metro Procures Environmental Consultant On Behalf Of Downtown L.A. Streetcar Project
Los Angeles Streetcar, Inc.
Opinion: Villaraigosa's 30/10 Vision - Washington Should Get Behind the Mayor's Transit Proposal For L.A.
Los Angeles Times
Opposition To Senate Extension Results In Looming Shutdown Of Federal Transportation Programs
Transportation For America
The Road To Recovery Runs Through The DOT (TIGER Infographic)
Fast Company
Road Transportation Emerges As Key Driver Of Warming In New Analysis From NASA
Science Daily
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus System May See Increase In Fares, Affecting UCLA Transportation
UCLA Daily Bruin
Should Metro Extend The Red/Purple Lines To Downtown’s Arts District?
LAist
Some Fear California's High-Speed Rail Won't Deliver On Early Promises: There's Concern That Local, State Or Federal Subsidies Would Be Needed As Projected Ticket Prices Between L.A. And San Francisco Have Almost Doubled, And Building Costs For The First Phase Have Grown
Los Angeles Times
Vancouver: Olympic Transit Payoffs
Human Transit
Will The Highway Trust Fund Shut Down?
League Of American Bicyclists
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