74-Year-Old Tagger Pleads No Contest To Misdemeanor Vandalism (MTA buses)
Los Angeles Times
710 Tunnel Project Takes Big Step Forward Despite Protest Meeting Takeover
Pasadena Star-News
California Receives Some FRA Planning Money
California High Speed Rail Blog
CHSRA Looking At Just One San Fernando Valley Station - At Burbank Airport
California High Speed Rail Blog
Council Moves To Slow Down Traffic In Two Well Off Residential Areas
StreetsBlog LA
Federal Highway Administration Launches New Technology Tool To Pinpoint Freight Congestion
U.S. DOT Office Of Public Affairs
First Round Of High Speed Rail Funds Flowing To States
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff Delivers Tough Love To Transit Advocates
Urbanophile
Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Cindy McKim Director Of Department Of Transportation
Office Of The Governor
Helping Those Who Help Themselves (pilot programs in transportation financing)
New Republic
LaHood Envisions The Future Of Transportation
National Public Radio
Metrolink's New CEO Wants To Make Commuter Rail An Experience That Will "Wow" You
LAist
MTA Board Approves New Studies Of 710 Extension (The measure calls for the MTA to hire a consultant to explore options for relieving congestion, improving safety and addressing concerns in building the link from Alhambra to Pasadena)
Los Angeles Times
MTA Considers Green Line Extension
Beach Reporter
Passenger Rail Symposium, Day 1: Hooray For High Speed Rail
StreetsBlog LA
Personal Car Sharing: Save The Environment Without Moving A Muscle
Environmental Defense Fund Way2Go Blog
Running On Empty (video : time-lapse photography of car-less Los Angeles)
Ross Ching via Vimeo
Schwarzenegger Appointee Dumped After Voting Against Administration
Los Angeles Times
Social Media Enabled Instant Organizing For Streetcars
Greater Greater Washington
There's More To Life Than Transit Expansion
Transport Politic
TriMet Offers "Augmented Reality" For Riders With IPhones
Oregonian
Walking In L.A.: Transit Activism Is Cooler Than You Think (Part 6 in the series includes stairway walks of Los Angeles)
GOOD
5/28/2010
5/27/2010
Gas Tax Hidden Costs, Westside Subway, Emergency Transit Bill, OC Carpool Project & More
710 Tunnel Vote Coming At Thursday's MTA Meeting
Pasadena Star-News
Downtown's Civic Park Likely Finished By Mayan Apocalypse
Curbed LA
Emergency Transit Funding Bill Introduced, Tell Your Senators To Support It
Transportation For America
Glendale's Glendale Narrows Riverwalk Coming Soon
L.A. Creek Freak
Fairmont Avenue Extension Project
City Of Glendale Public Works
Hand-Held Museums: Is The Future Of History On Your Phone?
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Is The Low Gas Tax Costing You More Money On Car Repairs?
Infrastructurist
Metro Chimes In On Bus Riders Union Hunger Strike
LAist
Metro/LADOT Prefers The Imports Over The Locals ("Los Angeles is the largest city in the most populated state in the most powerful country in the world, and yet when it comes to transportation planning, apparently the experts are nowhere to be found.")
SoapBox LA
Plan: Tolls On All Seattle-Area Freeways By 2030
Seattle Times
Shaky Economy Still Keeping Americans Off The Road (Americans driving at 2005 levels)
USA Today
Westwood Residents To Metro: Bring Us The Subway! Please Be Careful!
LA Subway Blog
When Stop Signs Stop Working
StreetsBlog Network
Work To Connect Car-Pool Lanes On I-405, I-605, 22
Orange County Register
Would Your Hellish Commute Be Less Hellish If It Were A Game?
Curbed LA
Waze Los Angeles
Pasadena Star-News
Downtown's Civic Park Likely Finished By Mayan Apocalypse
Curbed LA
Emergency Transit Funding Bill Introduced, Tell Your Senators To Support It
Transportation For America
Glendale's Glendale Narrows Riverwalk Coming Soon
L.A. Creek Freak
Fairmont Avenue Extension Project
City Of Glendale Public Works
Hand-Held Museums: Is The Future Of History On Your Phone?
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Is The Low Gas Tax Costing You More Money On Car Repairs?
Infrastructurist
Metro Chimes In On Bus Riders Union Hunger Strike
LAist
Metro/LADOT Prefers The Imports Over The Locals ("Los Angeles is the largest city in the most populated state in the most powerful country in the world, and yet when it comes to transportation planning, apparently the experts are nowhere to be found.")
SoapBox LA
Plan: Tolls On All Seattle-Area Freeways By 2030
Seattle Times
Shaky Economy Still Keeping Americans Off The Road (Americans driving at 2005 levels)
USA Today
Westwood Residents To Metro: Bring Us The Subway! Please Be Careful!
LA Subway Blog
When Stop Signs Stop Working
StreetsBlog Network
Work To Connect Car-Pool Lanes On I-405, I-605, 22
Orange County Register
Would Your Hellish Commute Be Less Hellish If It Were A Game?
Curbed LA
Waze Los Angeles
5/26/2010
Metro Rapid For Venice Blvd, Expo Phase I, Pod Cars, Offshore Drilling And HSR & More
Airport Planners Look To A Futuristic Transit Solution: "Pod Cars"
San Jose Mercury News
A BART Rider's List Of Least-Favorite Commuters
Contra Costa Times
Bike To Work Wrap: Thanks To Metro And LAPD, But Where's Our Bike Plan?
StreetsBlog LA
Bus Riders Hand Out Bags Of Groceries Symbolizing Cost Of MTA Fare Hikes
Los Angeles Daily News
Crackdown On Dirty Trucks Skirting Rules At The Port Of L.A.
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
D.C. Rings In Bike To Work Day With Big Bike-Sharing Announcement
StreetsBlog DC
Expo Phase I Coming June 1, "The Last Battle Of Farmdale"
StreetsBlog LA
How Portland Sold Its Banks On Walkable Development
StreetsBlog
In Defense Of Los Angeles
The Atlantic
Irvine To Get $121 Million For Citywide Public Transit
Voice Of OC
LaHood: Tolls Can Pay For Transportation Bill
Transportation Nation
The Man Who Could Unsnarl Manhattan's Traffic (The data-driven key to New York congestion. Charles Komanoff has been trying to measure how traffic affects the city and its people, from time lost to money spent. He also has an eye on how understanding the patterns of transportation in the city can help improve its flows)
Wired
Metro Rapid Service Coming To Venice Boulevard
StreetsBlog LA
O.C. Grand Jury Criticizes Santa Ana Council Over Transportation Contract: A Report Says The Bulk Of A $4.85-Million Consulting Agreement For A Streetcar Project Went To A Firm That Experts Had Rated The Least Qualified Of All The Bidders
Los Angeles Times
Offshore Oil Drilling And High Speed Rail
California High Speed Rail Blog
San Mateo County May Require Employers To Give Commuters Incentives To Use Transit
San Jose Mercury News
Tracking The Fault Lines Between Public And Private Transit Operators
StreetsBlog DC
Traditional Railway Battles High-Speed Foe With Lunch Boxes
Focus Taiwan
Transit And The Hierarchy Of Needs (Which features of a technology or transit plan are truly essential in motivating ridership vs. which are just really nice? People care about a particular set of needs only if lower-level needs are met.)
Human Transit
Walking In L.A.: Race And Rail Lines (series author Ryan Bradley explores Compton and Watts)
GOOD
When Passengers Spit, Bus Drivers Take Months Off
New York Times
San Jose Mercury News
A BART Rider's List Of Least-Favorite Commuters
Contra Costa Times
Bike To Work Wrap: Thanks To Metro And LAPD, But Where's Our Bike Plan?
StreetsBlog LA
Bus Riders Hand Out Bags Of Groceries Symbolizing Cost Of MTA Fare Hikes
Los Angeles Daily News
Crackdown On Dirty Trucks Skirting Rules At The Port Of L.A.
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
D.C. Rings In Bike To Work Day With Big Bike-Sharing Announcement
StreetsBlog DC
Expo Phase I Coming June 1, "The Last Battle Of Farmdale"
StreetsBlog LA
How Portland Sold Its Banks On Walkable Development
StreetsBlog
In Defense Of Los Angeles
The Atlantic
Irvine To Get $121 Million For Citywide Public Transit
Voice Of OC
LaHood: Tolls Can Pay For Transportation Bill
Transportation Nation
The Man Who Could Unsnarl Manhattan's Traffic (The data-driven key to New York congestion. Charles Komanoff has been trying to measure how traffic affects the city and its people, from time lost to money spent. He also has an eye on how understanding the patterns of transportation in the city can help improve its flows)
Wired
Metro Rapid Service Coming To Venice Boulevard
StreetsBlog LA
O.C. Grand Jury Criticizes Santa Ana Council Over Transportation Contract: A Report Says The Bulk Of A $4.85-Million Consulting Agreement For A Streetcar Project Went To A Firm That Experts Had Rated The Least Qualified Of All The Bidders
Los Angeles Times
Offshore Oil Drilling And High Speed Rail
California High Speed Rail Blog
San Mateo County May Require Employers To Give Commuters Incentives To Use Transit
San Jose Mercury News
Tracking The Fault Lines Between Public And Private Transit Operators
StreetsBlog DC
Traditional Railway Battles High-Speed Foe With Lunch Boxes
Focus Taiwan
Transit And The Hierarchy Of Needs (Which features of a technology or transit plan are truly essential in motivating ridership vs. which are just really nice? People care about a particular set of needs only if lower-level needs are met.)
Human Transit
Walking In L.A.: Race And Rail Lines (series author Ryan Bradley explores Compton and Watts)
GOOD
When Passengers Spit, Bus Drivers Take Months Off
New York Times
5/25/2010
Crenshaw Corridor, HSR At BUR?, Fillmore Station Remodel, BRT, Amtrak Wifi & More
Amtrak's Wifi Failures
The Economist
Cal Expo Monorail Saved
Sacramento Bee
Cars Suck ("In almost every instance where we rely on a car, we could be using an alternative mode of transportation.")
Daily Kos
Coming To A Head: Expo Line Farmdale Station
Curbed LA
Competing LA-Vegas Train Emerges, But Union Pacific Breaks Up The Party
Curbed LA
Editorial: A High-Speed Ride To Nowhere: Californians Love The Idea Of A Bullet Train But They Won't Like What It Costs
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Feds To Start Scoring Transportation Potential Of Housing Grant Applicants
StreetsBlog DC
Fillmore Gold Line Station Remodel Almost Complete
Brigham Yen
Is Seattle's Downtown Ride Free Area In Jeopardy?
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Light Rail Line Raises Concern In Local City (Crenshaw Transit Corridor)
USC Annenberg South Los Angeles Report
Obama's Fuel Economy Announcement: A Gift To Truckers' Kids
Environmental Defense Fund Way2Go Blog
Peter Calthorpe's Vision For California: Save The Cities, Save The World (California Assembly Bill 32, the law mandating a state-wide reduction in carbon emissions, is the key to pushing through great urbanism)
Fast Company
Rail Official Eye Airport: Transportation Authority Is Considering A Station At Bob Hope For Planned High-Speed System
Glendale News Press
Reclaiming The Streets (explores how bus rapid transit systems and other innovations are transforming transportation in cities across the world)
Grist
Solving Urban Challenges With Open Data (IBM has been busy repositioning itself for several years around the idea of using the technology and process management techniques it specializes in to help develop solutions for some of the enormous social challenges of the world - many of which are concentrated around cities - including traffic, energy use, and public safety)
Next American City
Times Editorial: People That Object To Highway Projects Too Provincial, Victims Of Bizarre Thoughts
StreetsBlog LA
Traffic Paint Shortage Threatens Roadwork
New York Times
Walking In L.A.: Trees As Sidewalk Vandals
GOOD
What Do You Think Of DOT's Draft Strategic Plan?
National Journal Transportation Blog
The Economist
Cal Expo Monorail Saved
Sacramento Bee
Cars Suck ("In almost every instance where we rely on a car, we could be using an alternative mode of transportation.")
Daily Kos
Coming To A Head: Expo Line Farmdale Station
Curbed LA
Competing LA-Vegas Train Emerges, But Union Pacific Breaks Up The Party
Curbed LA
Editorial: A High-Speed Ride To Nowhere: Californians Love The Idea Of A Bullet Train But They Won't Like What It Costs
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Feds To Start Scoring Transportation Potential Of Housing Grant Applicants
StreetsBlog DC
Fillmore Gold Line Station Remodel Almost Complete
Brigham Yen
Is Seattle's Downtown Ride Free Area In Jeopardy?
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Light Rail Line Raises Concern In Local City (Crenshaw Transit Corridor)
USC Annenberg South Los Angeles Report
Obama's Fuel Economy Announcement: A Gift To Truckers' Kids
Environmental Defense Fund Way2Go Blog
Peter Calthorpe's Vision For California: Save The Cities, Save The World (California Assembly Bill 32, the law mandating a state-wide reduction in carbon emissions, is the key to pushing through great urbanism)
Fast Company
Rail Official Eye Airport: Transportation Authority Is Considering A Station At Bob Hope For Planned High-Speed System
Glendale News Press
Reclaiming The Streets (explores how bus rapid transit systems and other innovations are transforming transportation in cities across the world)
Grist
Solving Urban Challenges With Open Data (IBM has been busy repositioning itself for several years around the idea of using the technology and process management techniques it specializes in to help develop solutions for some of the enormous social challenges of the world - many of which are concentrated around cities - including traffic, energy use, and public safety)
Next American City
Times Editorial: People That Object To Highway Projects Too Provincial, Victims Of Bizarre Thoughts
StreetsBlog LA
Traffic Paint Shortage Threatens Roadwork
New York Times
Walking In L.A.: Trees As Sidewalk Vandals
GOOD
What Do You Think Of DOT's Draft Strategic Plan?
National Journal Transportation Blog
5/24/2010
Cleantech Corridor, 710 Freeway, Metrolink, "Original Downtown Regional Connector?," Party Train To Vegas & More
4 Plans Compete To Provide LA-Vegas Train Service
Associated Press
405 Reasons For Optimism
CityWatch
All Aboard For National Rail Symposium In Long Beach (May 23-28)
StreetsBlog LA
Colton Crossing Reveals Silver Lining
San Bernardino Sun
The Crash Of Carpooling
Seattle Weekly
Editorial: Interstate 710: A Chance To Close An L.A. Freeway Gap
Los Angeles Times
FRA Accepts Applications For State High-Speed Rail Planning
Transport Politic
Getting The Masses To Ride Mass Transit In L.A.
Huffington Post
Helping Rural Residents Use Google Transit
Reconnecting America
Is Location-Based Social Networking Practical In Spread-Out Los Angeles? Sure, You Can Beam Your Location Through Foursquare, Loopt Or Gowalla, But What's Unanswered Is Whether Anyone Is Likely To Face A Freeway For A Meet-Up
Los Angeles Times
LA Department Of Transportation To Recommend Fare Hikes
Southern California Public Radio
Los Angeles: Columnist's Insight Solves Everything
Human Transit
Many L.A. Transit Systems Never Got A Move On: The Funicular Cars Of Angels Flight Are Again Rattling Up And Down Bunker Hill, But Don't Expect Comebacks From The Camel Train, The Aerial Swallow Monorail Or Other Failed Conveyances From The Past
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink Locomotive Cameras Lead To Probes Of 2 Engineers
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink Secures $99M For Automatic Braking Systems
Southern California Public Radio
No Guarantee Local Workers Will Build Colton Crossing
Redlands Daily Facts
The "Original Downtown Regional Connector?": The 1954 Underground Bus Network Maps
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
An Outside Perspective: Urban Land Institute Takes Stock Of The Cleantech Corridor (interview with ULI Vice-President Tom Eitler)
Los Angeles Downtown News
Party Train To Vegas? Union Pacific Says "Not On Our Tracks!"
LAist
Proposed CleanTech Corridor In Downtown L.A. Gets Boost: Land Use Experts From The Urban Land Institute Issue Recommendations For The Area Envisioned As A Hot Spot For Environmentally Sustainable Companies
Los Angeles Times
Public Transportation: Social Service Or Utility?
Santa Monica Lookout
Rick Caruso's Monorail Dreams, Possible Mayor Run
Curbed LA
Should We Redesign Our Bus Network? And How?
Human Transit
Train Station Searches, Simplified
Google Lat Long Blog
Truck Industry Welcomes Obama's Fuel Efficiency Plans For Big Rigs
Los Angeles Times
Two Wheels Work: Event Urges Commuters To Opt For Self-Propelled Transit
Burbank Leader
Associated Press
405 Reasons For Optimism
CityWatch
All Aboard For National Rail Symposium In Long Beach (May 23-28)
StreetsBlog LA
Colton Crossing Reveals Silver Lining
San Bernardino Sun
The Crash Of Carpooling
Seattle Weekly
Editorial: Interstate 710: A Chance To Close An L.A. Freeway Gap
Los Angeles Times
FRA Accepts Applications For State High-Speed Rail Planning
Transport Politic
Getting The Masses To Ride Mass Transit In L.A.
Huffington Post
Helping Rural Residents Use Google Transit
Reconnecting America
Is Location-Based Social Networking Practical In Spread-Out Los Angeles? Sure, You Can Beam Your Location Through Foursquare, Loopt Or Gowalla, But What's Unanswered Is Whether Anyone Is Likely To Face A Freeway For A Meet-Up
Los Angeles Times
LA Department Of Transportation To Recommend Fare Hikes
Southern California Public Radio
Los Angeles: Columnist's Insight Solves Everything
Human Transit
Many L.A. Transit Systems Never Got A Move On: The Funicular Cars Of Angels Flight Are Again Rattling Up And Down Bunker Hill, But Don't Expect Comebacks From The Camel Train, The Aerial Swallow Monorail Or Other Failed Conveyances From The Past
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink Locomotive Cameras Lead To Probes Of 2 Engineers
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink Secures $99M For Automatic Braking Systems
Southern California Public Radio
No Guarantee Local Workers Will Build Colton Crossing
Redlands Daily Facts
The "Original Downtown Regional Connector?": The 1954 Underground Bus Network Maps
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
An Outside Perspective: Urban Land Institute Takes Stock Of The Cleantech Corridor (interview with ULI Vice-President Tom Eitler)
Los Angeles Downtown News
Party Train To Vegas? Union Pacific Says "Not On Our Tracks!"
LAist
Proposed CleanTech Corridor In Downtown L.A. Gets Boost: Land Use Experts From The Urban Land Institute Issue Recommendations For The Area Envisioned As A Hot Spot For Environmentally Sustainable Companies
Los Angeles Times
Public Transportation: Social Service Or Utility?
Santa Monica Lookout
Rick Caruso's Monorail Dreams, Possible Mayor Run
Curbed LA
Should We Redesign Our Bus Network? And How?
Human Transit
Train Station Searches, Simplified
Google Lat Long Blog
Truck Industry Welcomes Obama's Fuel Efficiency Plans For Big Rigs
Los Angeles Times
Two Wheels Work: Event Urges Commuters To Opt For Self-Propelled Transit
Burbank Leader
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