22 Cities That May Have New Streetcar Lines Within 2 Years
Scientific American
Back To The City (The suburbanization of business headquarters may be coming to an end. "Research...shows that out of a number of daily activities, commuting has the most negative effect on people’s moods. And economists...found that commuters who live an hour away from work would need to earn 40% more money than they currently do to be as satisfied with their lives as non-commuters.")
Harvard Business Review
"Cadillac Of Steam" To Ride The Rails Again
Los Angeles Times
California High-Speed Rail Plan Troubled, Official Warns: The State Auditor Cites Poor Planning And Uncertain Funding. She Says The Result Could Be Delays Or A Failure To Complete The System
Los Angeles Times
High-Speed Rail Authority: It Risks Delays Or An Incomplete System Because Of Inadequate Planning, Weak Oversight, and Lax Contract Management (Full-Text Report From California State Auditor : 52p. PDF)
China Still Interested In CA HSR - But So Are Others
California High Speed Rail Blog
Council Delays Vote On Bus Fare Increase
Santa Monica Daily Press
Expo Line: LA Planning Yet To Get On Board
CityWatch
Heads Up: Street Closures In Downtown & Westwood For May Day Immigration Rallies
LAist
Hollywood & Vine Case Study Panel Discussion (May 5 : "Hollywood & Vine, one of the largest mixed-use, transit-oriented projects in LA, encompasses an entire city block on the Walk of Fame...includes transit improvements at the Hollywood/Vine Metro Red Line Station.")
Urban Land Institute
Inland Corruption Probes Linked To Push For Legislation ("Boards of local government appointees, such as Riverside County's transportation agency, someday could eject members facing criminal charges under a bill approved Wednesday by a state Assembly committee.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
LEED For Neighborhood Development Formally Launches To Promote Smart, Sustainable Land Use
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
March Expected To Snarl Traffic Saturday: Labor And Immigration Rally To Cause Delays In Historic Core, Civic Center
Los Angeles Downtown News
Microsoft Introduces Social Media Directory For State And Local Government
Government Technology
National Train Day Is Saturday, May 8, 2010
National Train Day
Events Scheduled At Los Angeles Union Station
Public Transit? In L.A.? ("Public Transportation in LA might sound like a contradiction, but for over 25 years LA has been building a system which looks like it is coming into its own. See images of the public transit lifestyle of Angelinos in the MetroRiderLA group. Also, the Metro Library And Archive's Photostream has fascinating images of the historic and emerging transit lines of Los Angeles.")
Flickr Blog
Quick Hit: How Bad Is The City's Pothole Problem?
StreetsBlog LA
RITA Speaks: What Technology Can Do For Transportation Safety (Research and Innovative Technology Administration)
StreetsBlog DC
The Road Gang: Roadbuilding Lobby Wary As Livability Advocates Gain Momentum
Center For Public Integrity
San Diego Plans Extension To Its Trolley Network, Mostly Skipping Over Inner City
Transport Politic
San Diego: The Rail-Bus Balance
Human Transit
State Bullet Train Might Take A Detour Under Dodger Stadium
Eastsider LA
Through The Grapevine: Streams Of Transit In Southern California's Great Pass (exhibit)
Center For Land Use Interpretation (Culver City)
Transportation Agency Gets State Funding for 405, 22 Freeway Project
Contra Costa Times
Streetcars Are Making A Comeback, Thanks Largely To Obama
Clean Technica
What Do These Things Have In Common: Smog, Highway Widenings, And Congestion?
StreetsBlog LA
4/29/2010
Transportation Headlines for Thursday April 29, 2010
10% Set Aside Passes, LADOT Makes The Case That It Needs Reform
StreetsBlog LA
Agencies May Not Like Facebook's New "Like" Feature: Changes To Social Networking Site Pose Questions For Agencies, Says One Privacy Expert
Federal Computer Week
Bicycles And The "Immigrant Effect" ("Although L.A. County has the largest concentration of immigrants in the U.S., immigrant community outreach has not been incorporated into city planning. In fact, an Internet survey was the most significant element of the public participation process for the bike plan revision.")
Miller-McCune
A Bronx Tale About Mass Transit: Take Note, Los Angeles ("Though I'd come to N.Y. for the Project For Public Spaces training, it was the DOT transit and public space projects and Sadik-Khan's leadership that captured my imagination.")
Huffington Post
California Poised To Allow Personal Vehicle Sharing Resources
StreetsBlog SF
Car-Sharing Resources Online
Carsharing.Net
Cities Blazing A Green Trail
CNN
Lousy Roads Cost You $335 Annually
Wired
On Emissions, CA Lawmaker Questions Whether CA Should Lead The Way
StreetsBlog DC
Our View: Foothill Transit Fare Hike May Be Necessary
Pasadena Star-News
The Problem(s) With Westlake MacArthur Park
StreetsBlog LA
Quick How To: Airport Transit (recommendations for public transit from Inland Empire to all five major Los Angeles area airports)
Riding in Riverside
Residents Take Notice As LED Streetlights Take Over L.A.
LAist
Silver Streak: Amtrak's Beef-Powered Passenger Train Debuts
Fast Company
Texting While Driving Is Increasing, Auto Club Study Finds
LAist
Train Stopped Safely By "Dead Man" Feature
New York Times
Transportation Project Bids Fall Amid Recession
San Francisco Chronicle
UCR-Area Residents Sound Off On Lack Of Noise Prevention With Perris Train Project
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Who's To Blame For Our Crumbling Roads Bridges? Democracy, For One
Infrastructurist
Road Work Ahead: Holding Government Accountabe For Fixing America's Crumbling Roads And Bridges (57p. PDF)
U.S. PIRG Education Fund
The World's 18 Strangest Airports (photo gallery)
Popular Mechanics
StreetsBlog LA
Agencies May Not Like Facebook's New "Like" Feature: Changes To Social Networking Site Pose Questions For Agencies, Says One Privacy Expert
Federal Computer Week
Bicycles And The "Immigrant Effect" ("Although L.A. County has the largest concentration of immigrants in the U.S., immigrant community outreach has not been incorporated into city planning. In fact, an Internet survey was the most significant element of the public participation process for the bike plan revision.")
Miller-McCune
A Bronx Tale About Mass Transit: Take Note, Los Angeles ("Though I'd come to N.Y. for the Project For Public Spaces training, it was the DOT transit and public space projects and Sadik-Khan's leadership that captured my imagination.")
Huffington Post
California Poised To Allow Personal Vehicle Sharing Resources
StreetsBlog SF
Car-Sharing Resources Online
Carsharing.Net
Cities Blazing A Green Trail
CNN
Lousy Roads Cost You $335 Annually
Wired
On Emissions, CA Lawmaker Questions Whether CA Should Lead The Way
StreetsBlog DC
Our View: Foothill Transit Fare Hike May Be Necessary
Pasadena Star-News
The Problem(s) With Westlake MacArthur Park
StreetsBlog LA
Quick How To: Airport Transit (recommendations for public transit from Inland Empire to all five major Los Angeles area airports)
Riding in Riverside
Residents Take Notice As LED Streetlights Take Over L.A.
LAist
Silver Streak: Amtrak's Beef-Powered Passenger Train Debuts
Fast Company
Texting While Driving Is Increasing, Auto Club Study Finds
LAist
Train Stopped Safely By "Dead Man" Feature
New York Times
Transportation Project Bids Fall Amid Recession
San Francisco Chronicle
UCR-Area Residents Sound Off On Lack Of Noise Prevention With Perris Train Project
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Who's To Blame For Our Crumbling Roads Bridges? Democracy, For One
Infrastructurist
Road Work Ahead: Holding Government Accountabe For Fixing America's Crumbling Roads And Bridges (57p. PDF)
U.S. PIRG Education Fund
The World's 18 Strangest Airports (photo gallery)
Popular Mechanics
4/28/2010
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday April 28, 2010
Amtrak Runs Its First Biodiesel Train
Infrastructurist
BTS To Track Freight-Rail Yields As Transportation Indicator
Progressive Railroading
Community Transportation Expo (Long Beach, CA : May 23-28, 2010)
Community Transportation Association Of America
Conference Brochure (12p. PDF)
Developers Ride Culver City Line: Projects Now On Track Near Future Train Station
Los Angeles Business Journal
Do-It-Yourself Maps Of Real-Time Information
Human Transit
Expo Update: Farmdale Station, Color Code Issue
Curbed LA
Go Play On The Freeway!: Cap Park Proposals And A Look Back At The Highway Relationship To Park Planning In Los Angeles
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Los Angeles Is Still The Nation's Smoggiest City: The Metropolitan Area Averages More Than 140 Days A Year With Dangerous Ozone
Los Angeles Times
Railroad Study Assails Positive Train Control
Journal Of Commerce
Truth About The "Trip Down Market Street" Video On YouTube (the story behind the viral streetcar video that has been viewed 1.1 million times, filmed just days before much of San Francisco was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire)
Market Street Railway
Unlocking Gridlock (First in a three-part series titled Transportation Reboot: Restarting America's Most Essential Operating System, report explores what is changing in America and the impact of those changes on the demand for new transportation capacity)
AASHTO
Key Findings
Full-Text Report (48p. PDF)
U.S. PIRG Slams American Transportation Priorities As Roads Fall Apart
Transport Politic
US Railroads, Customers In Dispute Over Economic Benefits Of Safety Upgrades
Dow Jones Newswire
Villaraigosa's Parking Garage Revenue Plan Called Unrealistic By Budget Committee Members
Los Angeles Times
Infrastructurist
BTS To Track Freight-Rail Yields As Transportation Indicator
Progressive Railroading
Community Transportation Expo (Long Beach, CA : May 23-28, 2010)
Community Transportation Association Of America
Conference Brochure (12p. PDF)
Developers Ride Culver City Line: Projects Now On Track Near Future Train Station
Los Angeles Business Journal
Do-It-Yourself Maps Of Real-Time Information
Human Transit
Expo Update: Farmdale Station, Color Code Issue
Curbed LA
Go Play On The Freeway!: Cap Park Proposals And A Look Back At The Highway Relationship To Park Planning In Los Angeles
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Los Angeles Is Still The Nation's Smoggiest City: The Metropolitan Area Averages More Than 140 Days A Year With Dangerous Ozone
Los Angeles Times
Railroad Study Assails Positive Train Control
Journal Of Commerce
Truth About The "Trip Down Market Street" Video On YouTube (the story behind the viral streetcar video that has been viewed 1.1 million times, filmed just days before much of San Francisco was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire)
Market Street Railway
Unlocking Gridlock (First in a three-part series titled Transportation Reboot: Restarting America's Most Essential Operating System, report explores what is changing in America and the impact of those changes on the demand for new transportation capacity)
AASHTO
Key Findings
Full-Text Report (48p. PDF)
U.S. PIRG Slams American Transportation Priorities As Roads Fall Apart
Transport Politic
US Railroads, Customers In Dispute Over Economic Benefits Of Safety Upgrades
Dow Jones Newswire
Villaraigosa's Parking Garage Revenue Plan Called Unrealistic By Budget Committee Members
Los Angeles Times
4/27/2010
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday April 27, 2010
Bay Area Transit Up For Unprecedented Overhaul
San Francisco Chronicle
Burbank To Unveil New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus
LAist
Federal Transit Security Inspections: A Once-Every-Three Years Affair
StreetsBlog DC
Good Transportation Planning: It's Not Magic
StreetsBlog LA
How Much Gas Does Your State Use Per Person?
Infrastructurist
How Was The West Won? With Hospitality (A look at the Fred Harvey empire of railroad station restaurants that "civilized the Wild West")
National Public Radio
Merging Transportation And Land Use Planning At The Federal Level
Transport Politic
A National Network Of Bike Trails: It Could Happen
National Public Radio
Opinion: Beauty And The Bridge - L.A.'s Iconic 6th Street Bridge Is Failing And Needs To Be Replaced; Can We Come Up With Something Good?
Los Angeles Times
Parking Initiative Could Cost City Hall Millions
Santa Monica Daily Press
Ridership On New York's Transit System Down, LA's Up
Curbed LA
San Bernardino's "Railroad Days" Celebrates An Era
San Bernardino Sun
Sci-Fi To Reality: Mass Transit In Our Lifetime
CityWatch
Thoughts On A Federal Policy For American Cities (including transportation)
Urbanophile
U.S. DOT Releases Rules For "TIGER II" Grants, Bringing HUD On Board
StreetsBlog DC
Villaraigosa Wants All Parking Meters To Be Credit Card Friendly
LAist
What We Know About Bike Infrastructure: People Want It
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Why Progressive Transportation Policies Are Good For Gearheads
Wired
San Francisco Chronicle
Burbank To Unveil New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus
LAist
Federal Transit Security Inspections: A Once-Every-Three Years Affair
StreetsBlog DC
Good Transportation Planning: It's Not Magic
StreetsBlog LA
How Much Gas Does Your State Use Per Person?
Infrastructurist
How Was The West Won? With Hospitality (A look at the Fred Harvey empire of railroad station restaurants that "civilized the Wild West")
National Public Radio
Merging Transportation And Land Use Planning At The Federal Level
Transport Politic
A National Network Of Bike Trails: It Could Happen
National Public Radio
Opinion: Beauty And The Bridge - L.A.'s Iconic 6th Street Bridge Is Failing And Needs To Be Replaced; Can We Come Up With Something Good?
Los Angeles Times
Parking Initiative Could Cost City Hall Millions
Santa Monica Daily Press
Ridership On New York's Transit System Down, LA's Up
Curbed LA
San Bernardino's "Railroad Days" Celebrates An Era
San Bernardino Sun
Sci-Fi To Reality: Mass Transit In Our Lifetime
CityWatch
Thoughts On A Federal Policy For American Cities (including transportation)
Urbanophile
U.S. DOT Releases Rules For "TIGER II" Grants, Bringing HUD On Board
StreetsBlog DC
Villaraigosa Wants All Parking Meters To Be Credit Card Friendly
LAist
What We Know About Bike Infrastructure: People Want It
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Why Progressive Transportation Policies Are Good For Gearheads
Wired
4/26/2010
Transportation Headlines for Monday April 26, 2010
2 Metrolink Trains Saved From Cuts
Orange County Register
10 Freeway Ramp Closures From Alhambra To El Monte To Begin In May
Pasadena Star-News
Artist Promotes "Subway Etiquette" With Guerrilla Campaign
Animal New York
Bill To Kill High-Speed Rail Project Is Revised, Advances In Legislature
Contra Costa Times
Budget 2011: More Data For Metros
New Republic
Congress To President Obama: HSR Needs Dedicated Funding Source
California High Speed Rail Blog
Downtown 101 Freeway Cap Park Moving Ahead, Meetings Scheduled
Curbed LA
Fast Cities, 2010
Fast Company
Oakland: Zero Emission Public Transit
San Francisco: Open-Source Government
For Earth Day, Long Beach Added 2-Miles Of Bicycle Lanes
LAist
I-10 Expansion To Force Ramp Closures (between 5 and 605)
ABC-7
If The City Finds Funds, Trolleys Could Cruise Through Town (Manhattan Beach)
Beach Reporter
Library Saves The Railroads (a library keeps the railroad rolling in rural Colorado)
Highlands Ranch Herald
A Look Back: Corona's First Train Depot Was A Hub Of Activity
Riverside Presss-Enterprise
Los Angeles Without Traffic -- In Pictures
Grist
Making Muni Faster And More Reliable Through Bus Stop Consolidation (video)
StreetFilms
Metrolink Fares Going Up 6 Percent
Los Angeles Daily News
The Metrolink Board Today Approved Preliminary Budget Actions
Metrolink Blog
OCTA: Putting A New Media Touch On Public Transit
Gov 2.0 Radio
A Park Atop 101 Freeway In Downtown? Park 101 Open House Set For May (Includes maps and renderings. "It will provide opportunities for the creation of new signature urban boulevards along First Street, Cesar Chavez Avenue, Sunset Boulevard, Alameda Avenue and Grand Avenue that will become models for future great streets throughout Los Angeles.")
LAist
Plan For New Transbay Terminal In, Under Budget
San Francisco Chronicle
Savings Reported With New Bus System In Orange County
Mass Transit
Scientific Journal Recognizes High-Speed Rail Ridership Model: Method Of Estimating High-Speed Rail Demand Called A "Robust And Accurate Assessment"
PR Newswire
California Statewide Model For High-Speed Rail (26p. PDF)
Journal Of Choice Modeling
Should States Be Allowed To Commercialize Highway Rest Stops?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Smart Growth Incorporates Lessons From Planning Mistakes
Washington Post
Torrance Studies Ways To Reduce Train Horns, Establish "Quiet Zone"
Daily Breeze
Transit Officials Call For Billions In Security Funding
Mass Transit
Transit Projects May Be Sped Up: Initiative Aims To Help Pay For Expansions In 10 Years Instead Of 30
Glendale News-Press
U.S. High-Speed Rail's Ship Finally Comes In
Washington Post
Where Transit-Oriented Development May Be Failing
Curbed LA
Wilshire Bus Lane Project Could Be Completed By 2013
LAist
Orange County Register
10 Freeway Ramp Closures From Alhambra To El Monte To Begin In May
Pasadena Star-News
Artist Promotes "Subway Etiquette" With Guerrilla Campaign
Animal New York
Bill To Kill High-Speed Rail Project Is Revised, Advances In Legislature
Contra Costa Times
Budget 2011: More Data For Metros
New Republic
Congress To President Obama: HSR Needs Dedicated Funding Source
California High Speed Rail Blog
Downtown 101 Freeway Cap Park Moving Ahead, Meetings Scheduled
Curbed LA
Fast Cities, 2010
Fast Company
Oakland: Zero Emission Public Transit
San Francisco: Open-Source Government
For Earth Day, Long Beach Added 2-Miles Of Bicycle Lanes
LAist
I-10 Expansion To Force Ramp Closures (between 5 and 605)
ABC-7
If The City Finds Funds, Trolleys Could Cruise Through Town (Manhattan Beach)
Beach Reporter
Library Saves The Railroads (a library keeps the railroad rolling in rural Colorado)
Highlands Ranch Herald
A Look Back: Corona's First Train Depot Was A Hub Of Activity
Riverside Presss-Enterprise
Los Angeles Without Traffic -- In Pictures
Grist
Making Muni Faster And More Reliable Through Bus Stop Consolidation (video)
StreetFilms
Metrolink Fares Going Up 6 Percent
Los Angeles Daily News
The Metrolink Board Today Approved Preliminary Budget Actions
Metrolink Blog
OCTA: Putting A New Media Touch On Public Transit
Gov 2.0 Radio
A Park Atop 101 Freeway In Downtown? Park 101 Open House Set For May (Includes maps and renderings. "It will provide opportunities for the creation of new signature urban boulevards along First Street, Cesar Chavez Avenue, Sunset Boulevard, Alameda Avenue and Grand Avenue that will become models for future great streets throughout Los Angeles.")
LAist
Plan For New Transbay Terminal In, Under Budget
San Francisco Chronicle
Savings Reported With New Bus System In Orange County
Mass Transit
Scientific Journal Recognizes High-Speed Rail Ridership Model: Method Of Estimating High-Speed Rail Demand Called A "Robust And Accurate Assessment"
PR Newswire
California Statewide Model For High-Speed Rail (26p. PDF)
Journal Of Choice Modeling
Should States Be Allowed To Commercialize Highway Rest Stops?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Smart Growth Incorporates Lessons From Planning Mistakes
Washington Post
Torrance Studies Ways To Reduce Train Horns, Establish "Quiet Zone"
Daily Breeze
Transit Officials Call For Billions In Security Funding
Mass Transit
Transit Projects May Be Sped Up: Initiative Aims To Help Pay For Expansions In 10 Years Instead Of 30
Glendale News-Press
U.S. High-Speed Rail's Ship Finally Comes In
Washington Post
Where Transit-Oriented Development May Be Failing
Curbed LA
Wilshire Bus Lane Project Could Be Completed By 2013
LAist
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