Blue Ribbon Transit Committee Mails It In ("The MTA panel charged with creating a new vision for public transportation in the region delivers a busload of status quo.")
Los Angeles Times
Car-Sharing Gaining Momentum, Maybe Saving The World
Infrastructurist
City Of Los Angeles Allegedly Writing Thousands Of Bogus Parking Tickets
LA Weekly
Fighting Carbon Emissions: Cities Take the Lead - From Los Angeles To Amsterdam, City Hall Is Becoming The Best Hope For Climate Action
Business Week
The Highway-Transit Alliance Strains The Senate Energy Legislation
Transport Politic
LAXCarShare: Car Sharing Returns To Los Angeles Neighborhoods
Green LA Girl
LEDs Lead The Charge Of The Lights Brigade In L.A.
Los Angeles Times
Miles Driven For Shopping Continues To Climb, But Pace Slows
New Rules Project: Designing Rules As If Community Matters
On Standard Street Grids
Human Transit
Opinion: 710 Tunnel Vote Changes Project Dynamic
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Seattle's Waterfront Streetcar: Not Coming Back?
Human Transit
Shoup's Parking Agenda Is More Profound Than You Think
Reinventing Urban Transport
State DOT Leaders' Perspectives Featured On New Transportation TV Video
AASHTO
Ten Suggestions For Those Who Write About Local GIS Implementations
Directions Magazine
[Today's] Big Urban Land Institute Conference Looks At 4 TOD's (Monrovia Station Square Transit Village, Blue Line Slauson Station, Green Line Vermont Station, Jordan Downs)
StreetsBlog LA
Urban Land Institute TOD Summit 2010 webpage
The Transit Industry's Mystifying Protest Of A Transit-Friendly Energy Bill
Mobilizing The Region
Transit Leaders And DOT Administrators Discuss The Future Of Rail Transit
APTA
Transit Maps In The Palm Of Your Hand (No Refolding Required)
New York Times
Union Pacific's William Van Trump, Norfolk Southern's Ray Rumsey Talk Positive Train Control (PTC) At RSSI
Progressive Railroading
Walking In L.A.: What Is Happiness And Can It Run You Over? (Part 8 in a series, focusing on Sunset Boulevard)
GOOD
6/04/2010
6/03/2010
710 Tunnel Foes Unite, Fate Of Spring St. Viaduct, Africa's First HSR, Decline In Youth Drivers & More
54 Years Ago: Tree Planting Advocated For Downtown
Blog Downtown
710 Tunnel Foes Unite: Approval Of Environmental Study Stokes Opponents' Concerns
La Canada Valley Sun
$239,000 Conductor Among [New York] M.T.A.'s 8,000 Six-Figure Workers
New York Times
Amtrak To Offer Free Wireless On Acela Express Trains
New Jersey Star-Ledger
Bombadier Demos Technology To Improve Track Worker Safety
Metro Magazine
Farmdale Station Idea For Expo Still Getting No Love From Locals
Curbed LA
Fight Over Fate Of Historic North Spring Street Viaduct Heads To Council (Historic elements that make up the 1928 viaduct, one of eleven river spans to officially be declared a Historic Cultural Monument in January of 2008. The North Spring Street structure connects the Los Angeles State Historic Park with Lincoln Heights)
Blog Downtown
The Great Shift Away From Driving
California High Speed Rail Blog
Is Digital Revolution Driving Decline In U.S. Car culture?: Shift Toward Fewer Young Drivers Could Have Repercussions For All Marketers
Advertising Age
Long Beach Transit Cuts Will Increase Time Waiting For Buses
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Measure R Independent Taxpayers Oversight Committee Of Metro Meets Thursday
StreetsBlog LA
A More Cheerful New York Subway Map (design review)
New York Times
Pasadena Builds A Road Through A Tunnel - 40 Years Later (Kinneloa Avenue at 210 Freeway)
Pasadena Star-News
Research Improving Sensor Technology For Bridges And Roadways
Government Technology
SFMTA Explores Demand-Based Parking Meters
San Francisco Examiner
Spotlight On The World Cup: South Africa Boosts City Transit Systems (Africa's first high-speed rail line opens June 8)
The City Fix
Superclogger: Freeway Theater For Traffic Jams
GOOD
Transit Agency Cooperation In Mid-Century L.A. (Or Lack Thereof)...
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The Variety Of American Grids
Greater Greater Washington
Blog Downtown
710 Tunnel Foes Unite: Approval Of Environmental Study Stokes Opponents' Concerns
La Canada Valley Sun
$239,000 Conductor Among [New York] M.T.A.'s 8,000 Six-Figure Workers
New York Times
Amtrak To Offer Free Wireless On Acela Express Trains
New Jersey Star-Ledger
Bombadier Demos Technology To Improve Track Worker Safety
Metro Magazine
Farmdale Station Idea For Expo Still Getting No Love From Locals
Curbed LA
Fight Over Fate Of Historic North Spring Street Viaduct Heads To Council (Historic elements that make up the 1928 viaduct, one of eleven river spans to officially be declared a Historic Cultural Monument in January of 2008. The North Spring Street structure connects the Los Angeles State Historic Park with Lincoln Heights)
Blog Downtown
The Great Shift Away From Driving
California High Speed Rail Blog
Is Digital Revolution Driving Decline In U.S. Car culture?: Shift Toward Fewer Young Drivers Could Have Repercussions For All Marketers
Advertising Age
Long Beach Transit Cuts Will Increase Time Waiting For Buses
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Measure R Independent Taxpayers Oversight Committee Of Metro Meets Thursday
StreetsBlog LA
A More Cheerful New York Subway Map (design review)
New York Times
Pasadena Builds A Road Through A Tunnel - 40 Years Later (Kinneloa Avenue at 210 Freeway)
Pasadena Star-News
Research Improving Sensor Technology For Bridges And Roadways
Government Technology
SFMTA Explores Demand-Based Parking Meters
San Francisco Examiner
Spotlight On The World Cup: South Africa Boosts City Transit Systems (Africa's first high-speed rail line opens June 8)
The City Fix
Superclogger: Freeway Theater For Traffic Jams
GOOD
Transit Agency Cooperation In Mid-Century L.A. (Or Lack Thereof)...
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The Variety Of American Grids
Greater Greater Washington
6/02/2010
Emergency Operating Aid For Transit?, L.A. Traffic: The Data Driven City, National Intelligent Transportation Vision, Industrial Arts District & More
AFL-CIO Flexing Its Muscle For Senate Transit Operating Aid Bill
StreetsBlog DC
CHSRA's Backup Funding Plans Show Need To Win Federal Funding
California High Speed Rail Blog
City Hall's One-Time Neighbor
Blog Downtown
Dinky Or Bus? A Town Is Torn (The Princeton Dinky Line, the nation's shortest regularly scheduled commuter route, is threatened with closure and replacement with bus service. It has operated since May, 1865)
New York Times
Dozens Of Bicyclists Ride To USDOT Friday To Tell Secretary LaHood "Thanks"
Transportation For America
Envisioning The Industrial Arts District: City Officials Ponder Recommendations For Transforming The "Cleantech Corridor"
Los Angeles Downtown News
Extreme Makeover: Reinventing The Parking Lot
Time
Golden Gate Bridge To Charge Carpoolers $3 Toll (carpoolers lose free ride on all Bay Area bridges)
San Francisco Chronicle
How To Ride Transit To UCLA & A Call For Reviews
UCLA Be A Green Commuter!
Guide To Public Transit At UCLA
UCLA Public Transit Main Page
Increasing The Number Of Freeway Lanes Is Not A Cost Effective Way To Reduce Traffic Congestion
Bike San Diego
Is Cycling's Critical Mass In Critical Condition?
Treehugger
Keeping Tracks: Another Railway Company Unveils Plans For Train Routes From LV
Las Vegas Business Press
Kids Lose Safe Ride Home With DASH Cuts
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
King Of The Road (interview with John Fisher, head of transportation engineering at LADOT)
The Atlantic
M.T.A.'s Budget Ills Are Worse Than Accounts Of Spitting
New York Times
Musings On Trends And Challenges Of Increased Traffic Use
StreetsBlog LA
National Intelligent Transportation Vision Begins To Take Shape (Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission intends to use wireless technology developed through the USDOT's IntelliDrive project to automatically detect how many passengers are in a vehicle, give drivers estimated commute times, and calculate and charge toll fees)
Government Technology
Regional Transportation Authorities Are Not Necessarily The Solution To The Urban-Suburban Divide
Transport Politic
Route 66 Hearings To Begin
Los Angeles Times
Should Mass Transit Get $2 Billion In Emergency Operating Aid?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Tech Tries To Solve SF Parking
San Francisco Chronicle
Walking In L.A.: The Data Driven City (part 7 in a series, focusing on ATSAC, Los Angeles' Automated Traffic Surveillance And Control Center)
GOOD
White House To Tie Together Mapping And Data Sites
NextGov
Younger People Driving Less, Auto Industry Getting Nervous
StreetsBlog Network
StreetsBlog DC
CHSRA's Backup Funding Plans Show Need To Win Federal Funding
California High Speed Rail Blog
City Hall's One-Time Neighbor
Blog Downtown
Dinky Or Bus? A Town Is Torn (The Princeton Dinky Line, the nation's shortest regularly scheduled commuter route, is threatened with closure and replacement with bus service. It has operated since May, 1865)
New York Times
Dozens Of Bicyclists Ride To USDOT Friday To Tell Secretary LaHood "Thanks"
Transportation For America
Envisioning The Industrial Arts District: City Officials Ponder Recommendations For Transforming The "Cleantech Corridor"
Los Angeles Downtown News
Extreme Makeover: Reinventing The Parking Lot
Time
Golden Gate Bridge To Charge Carpoolers $3 Toll (carpoolers lose free ride on all Bay Area bridges)
San Francisco Chronicle
How To Ride Transit To UCLA & A Call For Reviews
UCLA Be A Green Commuter!
Guide To Public Transit At UCLA
UCLA Public Transit Main Page
Increasing The Number Of Freeway Lanes Is Not A Cost Effective Way To Reduce Traffic Congestion
Bike San Diego
Is Cycling's Critical Mass In Critical Condition?
Treehugger
Keeping Tracks: Another Railway Company Unveils Plans For Train Routes From LV
Las Vegas Business Press
Kids Lose Safe Ride Home With DASH Cuts
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
King Of The Road (interview with John Fisher, head of transportation engineering at LADOT)
The Atlantic
M.T.A.'s Budget Ills Are Worse Than Accounts Of Spitting
New York Times
Musings On Trends And Challenges Of Increased Traffic Use
StreetsBlog LA
National Intelligent Transportation Vision Begins To Take Shape (Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission intends to use wireless technology developed through the USDOT's IntelliDrive project to automatically detect how many passengers are in a vehicle, give drivers estimated commute times, and calculate and charge toll fees)
Government Technology
Regional Transportation Authorities Are Not Necessarily The Solution To The Urban-Suburban Divide
Transport Politic
Route 66 Hearings To Begin
Los Angeles Times
Should Mass Transit Get $2 Billion In Emergency Operating Aid?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Tech Tries To Solve SF Parking
San Francisco Chronicle
Walking In L.A.: The Data Driven City (part 7 in a series, focusing on ATSAC, Los Angeles' Automated Traffic Surveillance And Control Center)
GOOD
White House To Tie Together Mapping And Data Sites
NextGov
Younger People Driving Less, Auto Industry Getting Nervous
StreetsBlog Network
6/01/2010
Green Line NIMBYs, Raising The Gas Tax, Peak-Use Surcharges, Student ID Transit Passes, Building Your Own Subway & More
Backlash To Green Line Extension Already Kicking Off
Curbed LA
Combining Student IDs And Transit Passes: The Multi-Function, Multi-App Smart Card May Not Be Such A Mythical Beast
CR80 News
Cyclists Laud LaHood's Bike-Ped Advocacy
StreetsBlog DC
Getting More Real
I Will Ride
Hidden Health Costs Of Transportation
Grist
Latest Expo Line Signs Near Cheviot Hills, Land Buying Question
Curbed LA
Learning To Cope With Regulations On Transport Industry
San Bernardino Sun
2010 Southern California Transportation & Logistics Summit
Leonard Transportation Center, California State University, San Bernardino
The Livability Movement (A new set of strategies around the U.S. DOT's five-year strategic plan has generated a fair share of commentary...and controversy)
New Republic
A Manifesto For Sustainable Transport
World Streets
[D.C.] Metro Approves Broad Fare Increase, Peak-Use Surcharges
Washington Post
The Most Unusual Metro In The World ("Leonid Murlyanchik has been building his metro alone since 1984. All materials are bought for his retired fee. Construction is not over yet.")
English Russia
N. Spring St. Viaduct Threatened (public meeting June 2)
Los Angeles Conservancy
Los Angeles River Bridges
Los Angeles Conservancy
Oberstar: Let's Build On Our Success Building Main St.
Roll Call
An Overhaul Of An Underground Icon: Next Month, The [N.Y.] Metropolitan Transportation Authority Will Unveil A Resized, Recolored And Simplified Edition Of The Well-Known Map, Its First Overhaul In More Than A Decade (includes interactive comparisons to 1968, 1972, 1979 and 1998 versions)
New York Times
Passenger Rail Symposium, Day 2: Stations And Sprinters
StreetsBlog LA
SANBAG Presents The Big Picture
StreetsBlog LA
Executive Summary (34p. PDF)
State Redevelopment Association Fights Taking Of Local CRA Funds (Hundreds of projects are at risk after a recent Superior Court decision forced cities in California to hand over $1.7 billion to help balance the state budget)
The Planning Report
Walking Away From Oil Dependence, One Day At A Time
StreetsBlog Network
Where Trains Will Roam (video : As part of "Geek Week," Rachel Maddow goes underground to examine how New York's long-planned 2nd Avenue subway will be built)
MSNBC
Very cool tunnel excavation photos via Gothamist
Why We Should Raise The Gas Tax, The Pundits Discuss
Fox Business via Infrastructurist
With National Parks As The Draw, Luxury Railroad Plans 2011 Debut
National Parks Traveler
Curbed LA
Combining Student IDs And Transit Passes: The Multi-Function, Multi-App Smart Card May Not Be Such A Mythical Beast
CR80 News
Cyclists Laud LaHood's Bike-Ped Advocacy
StreetsBlog DC
Getting More Real
I Will Ride
Hidden Health Costs Of Transportation
Grist
Latest Expo Line Signs Near Cheviot Hills, Land Buying Question
Curbed LA
Learning To Cope With Regulations On Transport Industry
San Bernardino Sun
2010 Southern California Transportation & Logistics Summit
Leonard Transportation Center, California State University, San Bernardino
The Livability Movement (A new set of strategies around the U.S. DOT's five-year strategic plan has generated a fair share of commentary...and controversy)
New Republic
A Manifesto For Sustainable Transport
World Streets
[D.C.] Metro Approves Broad Fare Increase, Peak-Use Surcharges
Washington Post
The Most Unusual Metro In The World ("Leonid Murlyanchik has been building his metro alone since 1984. All materials are bought for his retired fee. Construction is not over yet.")
English Russia
N. Spring St. Viaduct Threatened (public meeting June 2)
Los Angeles Conservancy
Los Angeles River Bridges
Los Angeles Conservancy
Oberstar: Let's Build On Our Success Building Main St.
Roll Call
An Overhaul Of An Underground Icon: Next Month, The [N.Y.] Metropolitan Transportation Authority Will Unveil A Resized, Recolored And Simplified Edition Of The Well-Known Map, Its First Overhaul In More Than A Decade (includes interactive comparisons to 1968, 1972, 1979 and 1998 versions)
New York Times
Passenger Rail Symposium, Day 2: Stations And Sprinters
StreetsBlog LA
SANBAG Presents The Big Picture
StreetsBlog LA
Executive Summary (34p. PDF)
State Redevelopment Association Fights Taking Of Local CRA Funds (Hundreds of projects are at risk after a recent Superior Court decision forced cities in California to hand over $1.7 billion to help balance the state budget)
The Planning Report
Walking Away From Oil Dependence, One Day At A Time
StreetsBlog Network
Where Trains Will Roam (video : As part of "Geek Week," Rachel Maddow goes underground to examine how New York's long-planned 2nd Avenue subway will be built)
MSNBC
Very cool tunnel excavation photos via Gothamist
Why We Should Raise The Gas Tax, The Pundits Discuss
Fox Business via Infrastructurist
With National Parks As The Draw, Luxury Railroad Plans 2011 Debut
National Parks Traveler
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