Blue Line At 20: Looking Back At Early Service Between Los Angeles And Long Beach (1902-1961)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Boyle Heights Farmers Market Debuts (Starts today and continues every Friday 3pm - 8pm, at Mariachi Plaza Metro Gold Line Station)
NBC Los Angeles
Boyle Heights Farmers Market On Facebook
Broadway Streetcar Loses Out On Federal Funding: Only Six Of 65 Applicants Get Money As Los Angeles Misses $25 Million Proposal
Los Angeles Downtown News
California High-Speed Rail Authority Okays Study Of Shared-Track Option On Los Angeles To Anaheim Run
PR Newswire
Car-Dependent States Hit Hardest By Obesity Epidemic
StreetsBlog DC
EPA Declares L.A. River "Traditional Navigable Waters"
Los Angeles Times
Feds Announce Winners Of $293 Million In Transit Grants
StreetsBlog DC
Complete Project List: Urban Circulator/Bus And Bus Livability Projects Descriptions
U.S. Federal Transit Administration
A Friendly Note From Me To Metro ("Three humble suggestions for things you can do with my extra 25 cents a ride.")
Blogging L.A.
Happy Endings: Judge Rules Traffic Calming Measures Put Back In Holmby-Westwood
StreetsBlog LA
High-Speed Rail Board Takes No Action On Ridership Issue
Voice Of OC
How Much New Vitality Would The Downtown Business Community Enjoy If Streetcars Started Running Again? (poll)
Los Angeles Business Journal
Mobile Apps Work To Make Walking Safer
The City Fix
Most Liveable City: Munich (video : "Munich is a place where wealth and prosperity are reinvested in transport, infrastructure and environmental initiatives.")
Monocle
New Clearinghouse Of Worldwide Transit Research (Monash University, Victoria, Australia)
Transit Wire
World Transit Research Website
New Transit Solutions Promise Jobs Now, Livability Gains For Years To Come
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Now, System That Locates, Guides Drivers To Car Park Spaces
Sify News
Opinion: Keep Fighting To Stop 710 Tunnel
La Canada Valley Sun
Plan For Ads At Riverside County Train Stations On Track
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Santa Monica Likely To Vote On Increasing Sales Tax To 10.25%
LAist
Should Cities Be Run Like Software?
Infrastructurist
Sidestepping Voter Intent By Siphoning Off Gas Taxes?
Orange County Register
Streetcar Planned For Downtown Not Included In Latest Round Of Federal Funding
LAist
Transit-Oriented Development Doesn't Just Happen! (A developer's perspective on what it takes to make TOD a reality at Urban Land Institute Los Angeles' recent TOD conference)
The Planning Report
Urban Circulator Grants Promise Better Rail And Bus Service To A Select Group Of Cities
Transport Politic
7/08/2010
Gold Line Funding, Westwood/UCLA Station, What CicLAvia Might Look Like, Fare Evaders, New SFV COG & More
Advice For Riding Transit At Night Alone
UCLA Be A Green Commuter!
Active Transportation, More Walking And Biking Can Help Us Confront Obesity
Transportation For America
Bikeability And The Twenty-Minute Neighborhood: How Infrastructure And Destinations Influence Bicycle Accessibility (47p. PDF)
Portland State University Initiative For Bicycle & Pedestrian Innovation
Budget Plans Approved For Metro System With Westwood/UCLA Stop
UCLA Daily Bruin
Charlotte Does Light Rail Right
Grist
Facebook Page Allows Airing Of Grievances On Wilshire Bus Lane
Curbed LA
Brentwood Community Council Facebook Page
Freight Index Jumps 9.1 Percent In June
Journal Of Commerce
Gold Line Light Rail Extension Gets More Funding
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Lesson From Paris: Being Bicycle-Friendly Takes Much More Than Rentals
Blog Downtown
Light Rail For L.A.'s Westside
The City Fix
The National Bicycling And Walking Study: 15-Year Status Report (24p. PDF)
U.S. DOT Federal Highway Administration Pedestrian And Bicycle Information Center
A New Plan For High-Speed Rail: Require Freight Rail Carriers To Offer Passsenger Service Again
Baltimore Sun
New San Fernando Valley COG Enables Valley "Place"-Making
The Planning Report
Promising Practices And Solutions In Accessible Transportation: Online Conference On Accessible Transportation (August 2-5, 2010)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Secret Stations And Boyhood Love On The Paris Metro
National Public Radio
Take That, Fare Evaders!
Plus Metro
U.S. Transit Capital Funding: A Big Picture?
Human Transit
Valley Council To Get Started (San Fernando Valley Council of Governments to hold first meeting today)
Los Angeles Daily News
What CicLAvia Might Look Like: Scenes From "Oaklavia" And Other Car-Free Street Events
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Will HSR Become Just One Of Many Unfinished "Pilot Projects"?
California High Speed Rail Blog
UCLA Be A Green Commuter!
Active Transportation, More Walking And Biking Can Help Us Confront Obesity
Transportation For America
Bikeability And The Twenty-Minute Neighborhood: How Infrastructure And Destinations Influence Bicycle Accessibility (47p. PDF)
Portland State University Initiative For Bicycle & Pedestrian Innovation
Budget Plans Approved For Metro System With Westwood/UCLA Stop
UCLA Daily Bruin
Charlotte Does Light Rail Right
Grist
Facebook Page Allows Airing Of Grievances On Wilshire Bus Lane
Curbed LA
Brentwood Community Council Facebook Page
Freight Index Jumps 9.1 Percent In June
Journal Of Commerce
Gold Line Light Rail Extension Gets More Funding
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Lesson From Paris: Being Bicycle-Friendly Takes Much More Than Rentals
Blog Downtown
Light Rail For L.A.'s Westside
The City Fix
The National Bicycling And Walking Study: 15-Year Status Report (24p. PDF)
U.S. DOT Federal Highway Administration Pedestrian And Bicycle Information Center
A New Plan For High-Speed Rail: Require Freight Rail Carriers To Offer Passsenger Service Again
Baltimore Sun
New San Fernando Valley COG Enables Valley "Place"-Making
The Planning Report
Promising Practices And Solutions In Accessible Transportation: Online Conference On Accessible Transportation (August 2-5, 2010)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Secret Stations And Boyhood Love On The Paris Metro
National Public Radio
Take That, Fare Evaders!
Plus Metro
U.S. Transit Capital Funding: A Big Picture?
Human Transit
Valley Council To Get Started (San Fernando Valley Council of Governments to hold first meeting today)
Los Angeles Daily News
What CicLAvia Might Look Like: Scenes From "Oaklavia" And Other Car-Free Street Events
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Will HSR Become Just One Of Many Unfinished "Pilot Projects"?
California High Speed Rail Blog
7/07/2010
Revolutionizing The Bus, Expo Line TOD, Federal Transportation Tax, Retrofitting Suburbia, 1922 L.A. Traffic Relief & More
1922 Los Angeles: Unprecedented Growth, Congestion And A Plan For Relief
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
CalTrans Fail? (New signage announces 5-10-60 "Fyws")
Curbed LA
Council Set To Finalize LUCE (Santa Monica Land Use and Circulation Element)
Santa Monica Daily Press
Derided No More, Suburban Life Is Turning Serious (Academia is slowly embracing suburban studies as a legitimate field of scholarly inquiry)
Associated Press
A Desire For More Streetcars: More Than Half A Century After The Streetcar's Heyday, This Transportation Mode Is Poised To Make A Comeback
Governing
Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting Suburbia (video : noted architect and Congress For New Urbanism Board Member discusses transforming "underperforming asphalt properties" into walkable, sustainable vital centers of community)
Ted: Ideas Worth Spreading
Flip Flop: Parts Of Orange County May Become L.A. County, And Vice Versa
LAist
Gas Taxes Give Us A Break At The Pump
USA Today
How Social Media Is Changing The Way Government Does Business
Mashable
In Westside Los Angeles, A Rail Line Stirs A Revival ("In addition to removing tens of thousands of cars from the road — 64,000 daily riders by 2030, according to transit authorities — the 15.6-mile Expo Line is expected to spawn a variety of mixed-use real estate projects, as some of the city’s previous rail lines have done.")
New York Times
Is This The Sustainable City Of The Future?
Guardian (London)
Keep The Traditional California Dream, Or Is It Time For A New Vision?
Fresno Bee
Potential Rail Car Cost-Saving Strategies Exist (41p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Public Works + Twitter = Cost-Cutting Info Sharing
LAist
Separation Of Vehicles: CMV-Only Lanes (108p. PDF)
National Cooperative Freight Research Program
Slideshow: 12 Worst Government Websites (The list includes two federal transportation sites, as well as the City of Los Angeles)
Information Week
Subway On The Street: The [New York] MTA Has A Simple, Not Very Expensive Ticket For Improving How The City Gets Around - Revolutionize The Bus
New York Magazine
What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options? Results From A National Survey: Research Brief (2p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Full-Text Report (65p. PDF)
What's Alan Lowenthal's HSR Game?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Will New York's Bus Rapid Transit System Cause A Bus Revolution?
Infrastructurist
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
CalTrans Fail? (New signage announces 5-10-60 "Fyws")
Curbed LA
Council Set To Finalize LUCE (Santa Monica Land Use and Circulation Element)
Santa Monica Daily Press
Derided No More, Suburban Life Is Turning Serious (Academia is slowly embracing suburban studies as a legitimate field of scholarly inquiry)
Associated Press
A Desire For More Streetcars: More Than Half A Century After The Streetcar's Heyday, This Transportation Mode Is Poised To Make A Comeback
Governing
Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting Suburbia (video : noted architect and Congress For New Urbanism Board Member discusses transforming "underperforming asphalt properties" into walkable, sustainable vital centers of community)
Ted: Ideas Worth Spreading
Flip Flop: Parts Of Orange County May Become L.A. County, And Vice Versa
LAist
Gas Taxes Give Us A Break At The Pump
USA Today
How Social Media Is Changing The Way Government Does Business
Mashable
In Westside Los Angeles, A Rail Line Stirs A Revival ("In addition to removing tens of thousands of cars from the road — 64,000 daily riders by 2030, according to transit authorities — the 15.6-mile Expo Line is expected to spawn a variety of mixed-use real estate projects, as some of the city’s previous rail lines have done.")
New York Times
Is This The Sustainable City Of The Future?
Guardian (London)
Keep The Traditional California Dream, Or Is It Time For A New Vision?
Fresno Bee
Potential Rail Car Cost-Saving Strategies Exist (41p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Public Works + Twitter = Cost-Cutting Info Sharing
LAist
Separation Of Vehicles: CMV-Only Lanes (108p. PDF)
National Cooperative Freight Research Program
Slideshow: 12 Worst Government Websites (The list includes two federal transportation sites, as well as the City of Los Angeles)
Information Week
Subway On The Street: The [New York] MTA Has A Simple, Not Very Expensive Ticket For Improving How The City Gets Around - Revolutionize The Bus
New York Magazine
What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options? Results From A National Survey: Research Brief (2p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Full-Text Report (65p. PDF)
What's Alan Lowenthal's HSR Game?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Will New York's Bus Rapid Transit System Cause A Bus Revolution?
Infrastructurist
7/06/2010
Over The Grapevine, Shaping L.A., Dump The Pump Wrap-Up, Writing Congress About 30/10, Oldest Pullman Porter & More
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America's Veterans Need More And Better Transportation Options
Transportation For America
Are Blue Bikelanes Better Than Black?
Treehugger
Art Review: "Through The Grapevine" At The Center For Land Use Interpretation ("The stars of show are the three roadways: the Ridge Route from 1915, Highway 99 from 1933 and Interstate 5 from 1970.")
Los Angeles Times
BART Plan Exposes City's Challenges
Wall Street Journal
Bicycle Highways: Should Cities Build Specialized Roadways For Cyclists?
Slate
California Salivates As Obama Administration Offers $2.3 Billion For High-Speed Rail
San Mateo County Times
Car Ownership Or Ease Of Driving: Which Is the Real Challenge?
The City Fix
Dumping The Pump: U.S. Transit Agencies Respond (a representative round-up of creative activities during the 5th Annual Dump The Pump Day on June 17)
Passenger Transport
How The Media Gets High Speed Rail Wrong
California High Speed Rail Blog
Inland Empire Commuters Hit The Road: A Study Shows Riverside County Residents Are Trekking To LA And San Diego Because Jobs Close To Home Are Hard To Find
NBC Los Angeles
The Latest Employment Report: Construction Jobs Get Hammered
Infrastructurist
Live Tube Map Halted As TfL Hit By 50-Fold Growth In Web Calls: Temporary Halt Put On Newly Introduced API Feed As Implementations Catch The London Open Data Experiment Unprepared For Demand
Guardian (London)
Metro-FlickrLA: Pacific Electric Painted Metro Blue Line Train
MetroRider LA
Metro-FlickrLA: Wilshire-Western Station
MerroRider LA
NAVTEQ: A Growing Interest In Transit Data
GPS Business News
Oldest Living Pullman Porter Looks Back: Lee Wesley Gibson, 100, Began Working For Union Pacific In 1936
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Shaping The City Of L.A.-- With A New City Planning Director To Be Named Soon, It's Time To Streamline The Land Use Process And Make It Smarter And More Efficient -- For Los Angeles To Finally Take Charge Of Its Cityscape
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Time To Change The Map On High-Speed Rail?
San Jose Mercury News
Santa Monica Introduces "Sharrows" On 14th Street: "Sharrows," Or "Shared Lane Arrows," Are One Of The Elements Of A Larger Bike Plan That Santa Monica Is Developing
Los Angeles Times
Taiwan High-Speed Posts First Operating Profit
International Railway Journal
Technology Innovations Cut Costs, Boost Safety In Public Transportation; New Processes Add Visibility, Collision Warning, Antibacterial Support
Passenger Transport
Tube Line Sales Completed
Railway Gazette (U.K.)
US Bicycle Route System Begins Connecting America
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
USC Plans $900-Million Shopping And Residential Upgrade: Neighbors Are Divided On The Project, Which Would Replace University Village. Work Could Start In Two Years
Los Angeles Times
Washington Gets America's First Electric Highway
GOOD
What Does American Exceptionalism Mean For Livable Streets?
StreetsBlog DC
What Ever Happened To Public Transportation?
Huffington Post
Will High-Speed Rail Drive Business?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Working Families Brace For The Strain Of 20% Hike In Bus Fares
LA Beez
Writing Congress About LA's 30/10 Mass Transit And Jobs Initiative
Huffington Post
Our website explains our collections, services and research tools, contains links to numerous digital documents in our collections and provides up-to-the-minute subject bibliographies
Follow us on Twitter for the latest news from our vast network of colleagues and resources
Our Primary Resources Blog highlights new research and developments in transit and transportation, activity amongst our library and archive partners, and our historic collections related to Metro's mobility agenda
Our Flickr Photo Collection is an extensive visual history resource for Los Angeles transportation and continues to grow
Our YouTube Channel features contemporary and historic video of Los Angeles transit and transportation
Our Scribd document-sharing site promotes high-interest documents, publications, maps, historic employee newsletters and more
Join us on Facebook and MySpace to share information with friends and meet others in the transportation community!
America's Veterans Need More And Better Transportation Options
Transportation For America
Are Blue Bikelanes Better Than Black?
Treehugger
Art Review: "Through The Grapevine" At The Center For Land Use Interpretation ("The stars of show are the three roadways: the Ridge Route from 1915, Highway 99 from 1933 and Interstate 5 from 1970.")
Los Angeles Times
BART Plan Exposes City's Challenges
Wall Street Journal
Bicycle Highways: Should Cities Build Specialized Roadways For Cyclists?
Slate
California Salivates As Obama Administration Offers $2.3 Billion For High-Speed Rail
San Mateo County Times
Car Ownership Or Ease Of Driving: Which Is the Real Challenge?
The City Fix
Dumping The Pump: U.S. Transit Agencies Respond (a representative round-up of creative activities during the 5th Annual Dump The Pump Day on June 17)
Passenger Transport
How The Media Gets High Speed Rail Wrong
California High Speed Rail Blog
Inland Empire Commuters Hit The Road: A Study Shows Riverside County Residents Are Trekking To LA And San Diego Because Jobs Close To Home Are Hard To Find
NBC Los Angeles
The Latest Employment Report: Construction Jobs Get Hammered
Infrastructurist
Live Tube Map Halted As TfL Hit By 50-Fold Growth In Web Calls: Temporary Halt Put On Newly Introduced API Feed As Implementations Catch The London Open Data Experiment Unprepared For Demand
Guardian (London)
Metro-FlickrLA: Pacific Electric Painted Metro Blue Line Train
MetroRider LA
Metro-FlickrLA: Wilshire-Western Station
MerroRider LA
NAVTEQ: A Growing Interest In Transit Data
GPS Business News
Oldest Living Pullman Porter Looks Back: Lee Wesley Gibson, 100, Began Working For Union Pacific In 1936
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Shaping The City Of L.A.-- With A New City Planning Director To Be Named Soon, It's Time To Streamline The Land Use Process And Make It Smarter And More Efficient -- For Los Angeles To Finally Take Charge Of Its Cityscape
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Time To Change The Map On High-Speed Rail?
San Jose Mercury News
Santa Monica Introduces "Sharrows" On 14th Street: "Sharrows," Or "Shared Lane Arrows," Are One Of The Elements Of A Larger Bike Plan That Santa Monica Is Developing
Los Angeles Times
Taiwan High-Speed Posts First Operating Profit
International Railway Journal
Technology Innovations Cut Costs, Boost Safety In Public Transportation; New Processes Add Visibility, Collision Warning, Antibacterial Support
Passenger Transport
Tube Line Sales Completed
Railway Gazette (U.K.)
US Bicycle Route System Begins Connecting America
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
USC Plans $900-Million Shopping And Residential Upgrade: Neighbors Are Divided On The Project, Which Would Replace University Village. Work Could Start In Two Years
Los Angeles Times
Washington Gets America's First Electric Highway
GOOD
What Does American Exceptionalism Mean For Livable Streets?
StreetsBlog DC
What Ever Happened To Public Transportation?
Huffington Post
Will High-Speed Rail Drive Business?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Working Families Brace For The Strain Of 20% Hike In Bus Fares
LA Beez
Writing Congress About LA's 30/10 Mass Transit And Jobs Initiative
Huffington Post
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