Arcadia Revises Downtown Vision
Pasadena Star-News
Buses Of The Future Unveiled At Vancouver Convention
Vancouver Sun
California Transit Agency Earns National Marketing Award For Cost Saving Text Messaging Program: Orange County Transportation Authority Edges Out Global Brands To Earn Title Of "Best Use Of Mobile Marketing: Relationship Building"
Business Wire
Can The Richest Neighborhoods Be Exempt From Bus Lanes? ("Richer cities Santa Monica and Beverly Hills are already not participating in the bus-only lane. Now, Metro and LA DOT must decide whether the richest section of the City of Los Angeles that the bus lane passes through will also be exempt.")
LA Subway Blog
Carmakers' Next Problem: Generation Y - People In Their Teens And Twenties Are More Interested In Gadgets Than Cars
MSNBC
China Completes World's Longest Bullet Line
Infrastructurist
Connection Penalties As "De Facto Redlining"?
Human Transit
Connection Fare Penalties: Why They Happen
Human Transit
Dutch Planners School U.S. Cities On Bikeability
StreetsBlog DC
Eastside Gold Line Reaches One Year Milestone ("One year later, it appears many East L.A. and Boyle Heights residents, as well as people from the surrounding communities, have adopted the light rail into their routines, local excursions and community activity commitments.")
EGP News
Federal Transit Programs: Federal Transit Administration Has Opportunities To Improve Performance Accountability
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Full-Text Report (46p. PDF)
Highways And Labor Markets
Planetizen
LADOT Westside Mobility Plan Study
Westside Today
Los Angeles In Maps & The Curious Case Of Miss Laura J. Whitlock
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Metro America's Commuting Methods: The Interactive Edition
Infrastructurist
Interactive: State Of Metropolitan America Indicator Map
Brookings
The New New Urbanists: Los Angeles' High School Of Urban Planning Welcomes Its Freshman Class (East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy of Urban Planning)
Metropolis
New Supermarket Coming To Downtown: Rio Ranch To Open Chinatown Area Grocery Store In 2011
Los Angeles Downtown News
NIMBY's In Westwood Threaten Wilshire BRT Project West Of Beverly Hills
StreetsBlog LA
Our View: Taking The Free From Our Freeways
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Project Delays Keep L.A. Metro's Budget In The Black
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Should Angels Flight Increase Its Quarter Fare?
Blog Downtown
Sustainable Housing, 30/10 And Public Transit In LA
Huffington Post
Train Makers Rail Against China's High-Speed Designs
Wall Street Journal
Villaraigosa Proposes Free Field Trip Travel For Students On MTA
Daily Breeze
Wilshire Bus Lane Battle On The Horizon
Curbed LA
Today's Headlines - more at Metro
11/19/2010
11/18/2010
Best Transpo Inventions For 2010, Metrolink's New Railcars, OC Clean Tech, Perils Of Low Base Fares, Downtown Auto District & More
The 50 Best Inventions Of 2010 (A look at the 10 related to transportation)
Report: Letting Transit Tax Benefit Expire Will Throw Riders From The TrainTime
Amtrak's Beef-Powered Train
Google's Driverless Car
Martin Jetpack
Edison 2
Anthro Electric Car
Electric-Car Charging Stations
The Straddling Bus
Road-Embedded Rechargers
Terrafugia Transition
The Plastic Bottle Boat
57, 10 Freeways Listed As Candidates For Toll Lanes
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Achieving Traffic Safety Goals In The United States: Lessons From Other Nations (188p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board Special Report
City Debuts System To Improve Traffic Flow ("Murrieta has opened a new traffic-management nerve center in City Hall that allows technicians to manipulate traffic signals in real time.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
DC's Bike Share Proliferation
Commute By Bike
Downtown Auto District Made Official
Los Angeles Downtown News
European Carmakers Get Into The Bicycle Business
StreetsBlog Network
How Much Money Does Public Transportation Save?
The City Fix
Is This Battery-Powered Subcompact The Future Of Car Sharing?
StreetsBlog Network
LADOT G.M. Search: StreetsBlog's Fab Four Of Fresh Faces That Should Be Considered
StreetsBlog LA
"Mapnificent": Your Freedom To Roam
Human Transit
Midterms Threaten Obama's Rail Plans
New York Times
National High Speed Rail Plan Unveiled, Despite Political Roadblocks
Reuters
New Rotem Cars Are "Ready To Roll"
Metrolink Trains Blog
Nothing Is Simple Down By The River
Blog Downtown
Orange County Hits Pay Dirt With Clean-Tech Industry: The Area Is Attracting Many Companies Focusing On Green Energy And Transportation. It Already Boasts About 300 Such Firms With 20,000 Jobs, Business Groups Say
Los Angeles Times
The Peril Of Low Base Fares ("Los Angeles County transit agencies also labor under a peculiar funding arrangement in which a certain countywide funding source is allocated according to fare revenue divided by base fare. So if you keep your base fare down (by charging for "extras," such as connections) you get more money from the county!")
Human Transit
Port Of Long Beach And Vision Sign Agreement For Zero Emission Truck Demonstration
Market Watch
Public Transportation Prices In 80 Worldwide Cities
Price Of Travel
Amtrak's Beef-Powered Train
Google's Driverless Car
Martin Jetpack
Edison 2
Anthro Electric Car
Electric-Car Charging Stations
The Straddling Bus
Road-Embedded Rechargers
Terrafugia Transition
The Plastic Bottle Boat
57, 10 Freeways Listed As Candidates For Toll Lanes
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Achieving Traffic Safety Goals In The United States: Lessons From Other Nations (188p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board Special Report
City Debuts System To Improve Traffic Flow ("Murrieta has opened a new traffic-management nerve center in City Hall that allows technicians to manipulate traffic signals in real time.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
DC's Bike Share Proliferation
Commute By Bike
Downtown Auto District Made Official
Los Angeles Downtown News
European Carmakers Get Into The Bicycle Business
StreetsBlog Network
How Much Money Does Public Transportation Save?
The City Fix
Is This Battery-Powered Subcompact The Future Of Car Sharing?
StreetsBlog Network
LADOT G.M. Search: StreetsBlog's Fab Four Of Fresh Faces That Should Be Considered
StreetsBlog LA
"Mapnificent": Your Freedom To Roam
Human Transit
Midterms Threaten Obama's Rail Plans
New York Times
National High Speed Rail Plan Unveiled, Despite Political Roadblocks
Reuters
New Rotem Cars Are "Ready To Roll"
Metrolink Trains Blog
Nothing Is Simple Down By The River
Blog Downtown
Orange County Hits Pay Dirt With Clean-Tech Industry: The Area Is Attracting Many Companies Focusing On Green Energy And Transportation. It Already Boasts About 300 Such Firms With 20,000 Jobs, Business Groups Say
Los Angeles Times
The Peril Of Low Base Fares ("Los Angeles County transit agencies also labor under a peculiar funding arrangement in which a certain countywide funding source is allocated according to fare revenue divided by base fare. So if you keep your base fare down (by charging for "extras," such as connections) you get more money from the county!")
Human Transit
Port Of Long Beach And Vision Sign Agreement For Zero Emission Truck Demonstration
Market Watch
Public Transportation Prices In 80 Worldwide Cities
Price Of Travel
StreetsBlog
The Case To Maintain The Commuter Benefit Gap (6p. PDF)
Transit Center
South Pasadena Officials To Further Discuss 710 Freeway Extension
Pasadena Star-News
Transportation Reauthorization Bill Headed For Yet Another Extension
School Transportation News
Yaroslavsky, Katz Demand Changes To Wilshire Rapid Bus Lane Project
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
11/17/2010
Expo Won't Be Aqua, Alameda Corridor East , No Rail On Wilshire, GPS Risks, New Transpo Safety Campaign, Pedestrian Advocacy & More
Announcing The Subway Announcement Lady
New York Times
Pending Expiration Of The Federal Commuter Tax Benefit Presents Mass Transit Riders With Financial Challenges In 2011, Finds New TransitCenter Economic Report
Business Wire
Rail System Still Needs Identification Requirements
Government Security News
Taxis: The New Frontier Of Sustainable Transportation
The City Fix
TCRP Study Of Social Media: Want To Take Part?
Transit Wire
Tools To Help Companies Manage Their Social Media ("A small suite of emerging technologies is offering solutions to help companies manage their social media presence, by archiving business communications or managing individual employees posts on sites like Twitter and Facebook.")
New York Times
Transportation Official To Step Down From High-Speed Rail Panel: Richard Katz, Who Also Serves On The Boards Of The L.A. County MTA And The Metrolink Commuter System, Will Leave His Post Dec. 1
Los Angeles Times
U.S. Falls Behind Other Nations In Reducing Traffic Fatalities And Injuries; Report Identifies Safety Strategies That Could Succeed In U.S.
News From The National Academies
Waze Combines Crowdsourced GPS And Pac-Man
Wired
New York Times
Bachmann: Transportation Projects Shouldn't Be Earmarks
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Beijing-LA Alliance To Fight Traffic ("In an unusual alliance, the transportation agencies of Los Angeles and Beijing have come together to swap ideas on how best to get people walking, biking and riding public transit." MTA Deputy CEO Paul Taylor discusses)
KCRW
China Leads World In High-Speed Rail Tracks (and is on the verge of having more HSR tracks than the rest of the world put together)
NPR
Development's Traffic Impact Questioned: NBC Universal's Expansion Plan Assumes Public Transportation Use, Officials Said
Burbank Leader
Don't Call It The Aqua Line: It's The Aqua-Colored Expo Line
Curbed LA
Downtown Parking May Change: City Officials Are Looking Into Plan To Ease Requirements To Attract Businesses
Glendale News-Press
Editorial: MTA's Legal Trouble
Daily Breeze
Editorial: Paying To Use Those Carpool Lanes
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Joins Call For Redirecting HSR Money
California High Speed Rail Blog
GPS Addict? It May Be Eroding Your Brain
MSNBC
The Horrors Of "Transferring," Circa 1974
Human Transit
How Pedestrian! The Walking Movement Flexes Its Muscle
StreetsBlog DC
LA Transportation Officials Unveil New Airport, Train Station Safety Campaign
Southern California Public Radio
Lawmakers Seek More Rail Money For California: Senators Say California Would Gladly Take Funds For High-Speed Rail Passed On By Other States
ABC News
Light Rail On Wilshire? Why, That Would Be Illegal!
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
London Unveils New High-Tech Double-Decker Bus
USA Today
McConnell Earmark Ban Support Could Mean Even Less For Transpo
Transportation Nation
More Security Sought At Perris, Corona Transit Centers
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Oberstar Says Farewell, Talks About Future Of Infrastructure Debate
Trucking Info
Oberstar's Final Words Of Wisdom
StreetsBlog DC
Our View: Help ACE Finish What It Started (Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Beijing-LA Alliance To Fight Traffic ("In an unusual alliance, the transportation agencies of Los Angeles and Beijing have come together to swap ideas on how best to get people walking, biking and riding public transit." MTA Deputy CEO Paul Taylor discusses)
KCRW
China Leads World In High-Speed Rail Tracks (and is on the verge of having more HSR tracks than the rest of the world put together)
NPR
Development's Traffic Impact Questioned: NBC Universal's Expansion Plan Assumes Public Transportation Use, Officials Said
Burbank Leader
Don't Call It The Aqua Line: It's The Aqua-Colored Expo Line
Curbed LA
Downtown Parking May Change: City Officials Are Looking Into Plan To Ease Requirements To Attract Businesses
Glendale News-Press
Editorial: MTA's Legal Trouble
Daily Breeze
Editorial: Paying To Use Those Carpool Lanes
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Joins Call For Redirecting HSR Money
California High Speed Rail Blog
GPS Addict? It May Be Eroding Your Brain
MSNBC
The Horrors Of "Transferring," Circa 1974
Human Transit
How Pedestrian! The Walking Movement Flexes Its Muscle
StreetsBlog DC
LA Transportation Officials Unveil New Airport, Train Station Safety Campaign
Southern California Public Radio
Lawmakers Seek More Rail Money For California: Senators Say California Would Gladly Take Funds For High-Speed Rail Passed On By Other States
ABC News
Light Rail On Wilshire? Why, That Would Be Illegal!
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
London Unveils New High-Tech Double-Decker Bus
USA Today
McConnell Earmark Ban Support Could Mean Even Less For Transpo
Transportation Nation
More Security Sought At Perris, Corona Transit Centers
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Oberstar Says Farewell, Talks About Future Of Infrastructure Debate
Trucking Info
Oberstar's Final Words Of Wisdom
StreetsBlog DC
Our View: Help ACE Finish What It Started (Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Pending Expiration Of The Federal Commuter Tax Benefit Presents Mass Transit Riders With Financial Challenges In 2011, Finds New TransitCenter Economic Report
Business Wire
Rail System Still Needs Identification Requirements
Government Security News
Taxis: The New Frontier Of Sustainable Transportation
The City Fix
TCRP Study Of Social Media: Want To Take Part?
Transit Wire
Tools To Help Companies Manage Their Social Media ("A small suite of emerging technologies is offering solutions to help companies manage their social media presence, by archiving business communications or managing individual employees posts on sites like Twitter and Facebook.")
New York Times
Transportation Official To Step Down From High-Speed Rail Panel: Richard Katz, Who Also Serves On The Boards Of The L.A. County MTA And The Metrolink Commuter System, Will Leave His Post Dec. 1
Los Angeles Times
U.S. Falls Behind Other Nations In Reducing Traffic Fatalities And Injuries; Report Identifies Safety Strategies That Could Succeed In U.S.
News From The National Academies
Waze Combines Crowdsourced GPS And Pac-Man
Wired
11/16/2010
WeHo Transit Corridor, Congestion Pricing, L.A. Great Walk, Port Recovery, Brick "Road Carpet" & More
AEG Wants A Green Stadium For Downtown L.A.: No New Parking Required
StreetsBlog LA
Amazing Brick Machine Rolls Out Roads Like Carpet
Inhabitat
Editorial: Get Ventura County On A Faster Transit Track
Pacific Coast Business Times
Five Sustainable Building Materials That Could Transform Construction
This Big City
From The Nation's Railroads, Some Positive Economic Signs
Los Angeles Times
Rail Time Indicators: A Review Of Key Economic Trends Shaping Demand For Rail Transportation (34p. PDF)
Association Of American Railroads
The Great Los Angeles Walk, 2010 (Saturday, November 20 : Wilshire Boulevard, 15.6 Miles, Pershing Square to the Pacific Ocean)
Great LA Walk
Curating The City: Explore Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles Conservancy
How The Unions Can Help LA Pay For The Wilshire Subway Extension
Huffington Post
Hwy. 101 Widening Foes File 3 Appeals ("The project involves converting the highway from a four-lane expressway into a six-lane freeway...At issue is whether the County Board Of Supervisors acted lawfully when it approved the $116 million project in September")
Ventura County Star
In Cutting Bus Stops, San Francisco Points Towards A More Efficient Bus System
Transport Politic
LA Metrolink Launches New Mobile Website
Railway Track And Structures
MTA Considering More Freeway Toll Lanes To Reduce Congestion
Los Angeles Times
New Report: U.S. Interstate Bullet System Achievable By 2050
Infrastructurist
A Track Record Of Success: High-Speed Rail Around The World And Its Promise For America (53p. PDF)
U.S. PIRG Education Fund
Op-Ed: Scrutiny Will Keep MTA Finances On Correct Path
Los Angeles Business Journal
Outlook For Highway Reauthorization Unclear After Election
Trucking Info
Ports Of L.A. And Long Beach Post 18% Growth In Container Traffic: The Combined Cargo Total For October Compared With A Year Earlier Offers A Better-Than-Expected Sign Of Recovery
Los Angeles Times
Santa Monica Gears Up For The Season With New Traffic Strategies
LAist
Some Like It HOT: Metro Studying More Roads For Congestion Pricing
StreetsBlog LA
State Projects Will Drive Funding For High-Speed Rail
Washington Post
A Train To Somewhere (Three Los Angeles examples of very short rail lines - The Grove, The Getty, Angels Flight - suggest that seemingly pointless but fun point-to-point transit systems could be the best way to use transit to improve urban areas)
Gelato Baby
What Now For The West Hollywood Transit Corridor?
StreetsBlog LA
Who's Driving This Public Transit System? ("Most experts conclude that transportation infrastructure does not lend itself to complete privatization because transport systems have network effects (economies of scale and scope) and external impacts, so pure privatization without regulation or subsidy generally leads to an inefficient transport system. Some functions can be contracted out, but most experts recommend that governments maintain strategic planning, management and performance standards, and provide subsidies needed to achieve strategic objectives.")
Planetizen
StreetsBlog LA
Amazing Brick Machine Rolls Out Roads Like Carpet
Inhabitat
Editorial: Get Ventura County On A Faster Transit Track
Pacific Coast Business Times
Five Sustainable Building Materials That Could Transform Construction
This Big City
From The Nation's Railroads, Some Positive Economic Signs
Los Angeles Times
Rail Time Indicators: A Review Of Key Economic Trends Shaping Demand For Rail Transportation (34p. PDF)
Association Of American Railroads
The Great Los Angeles Walk, 2010 (Saturday, November 20 : Wilshire Boulevard, 15.6 Miles, Pershing Square to the Pacific Ocean)
Great LA Walk
Curating The City: Explore Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles Conservancy
How The Unions Can Help LA Pay For The Wilshire Subway Extension
Huffington Post
Hwy. 101 Widening Foes File 3 Appeals ("The project involves converting the highway from a four-lane expressway into a six-lane freeway...At issue is whether the County Board Of Supervisors acted lawfully when it approved the $116 million project in September")
Ventura County Star
In Cutting Bus Stops, San Francisco Points Towards A More Efficient Bus System
Transport Politic
LA Metrolink Launches New Mobile Website
Railway Track And Structures
MTA Considering More Freeway Toll Lanes To Reduce Congestion
Los Angeles Times
New Report: U.S. Interstate Bullet System Achievable By 2050
Infrastructurist
A Track Record Of Success: High-Speed Rail Around The World And Its Promise For America (53p. PDF)
U.S. PIRG Education Fund
Op-Ed: Scrutiny Will Keep MTA Finances On Correct Path
Los Angeles Business Journal
Outlook For Highway Reauthorization Unclear After Election
Trucking Info
Ports Of L.A. And Long Beach Post 18% Growth In Container Traffic: The Combined Cargo Total For October Compared With A Year Earlier Offers A Better-Than-Expected Sign Of Recovery
Los Angeles Times
Santa Monica Gears Up For The Season With New Traffic Strategies
LAist
Some Like It HOT: Metro Studying More Roads For Congestion Pricing
StreetsBlog LA
State Projects Will Drive Funding For High-Speed Rail
Washington Post
A Train To Somewhere (Three Los Angeles examples of very short rail lines - The Grove, The Getty, Angels Flight - suggest that seemingly pointless but fun point-to-point transit systems could be the best way to use transit to improve urban areas)
Gelato Baby
What Now For The West Hollywood Transit Corridor?
StreetsBlog LA
Who's Driving This Public Transit System? ("Most experts conclude that transportation infrastructure does not lend itself to complete privatization because transport systems have network effects (economies of scale and scope) and external impacts, so pure privatization without regulation or subsidy generally leads to an inefficient transport system. Some functions can be contracted out, but most experts recommend that governments maintain strategic planning, management and performance standards, and provide subsidies needed to achieve strategic objectives.")
Planetizen
11/15/2010
Expo & Real Estate, 5th & Flower Station, Gas Tax Hike Proposals, Transit And Sprawl, Taxi Safety & More
Arcadia To Vote On Updated General Plan ("City officials aim to set the stage for downtown revitalization by allowing residents to live in traditionally commercial areas around the future Gold Line station.")
Pasadena Star-News
BART Passed Over On Federal Loan For Airport Connector This Fiscal Year
StreetsBlog SF
Boosting Jobs With The Right Kind Of Housing And Transportation Efforts
New Republic
Budget Cuts Lead Cities To Bus Rapid Transit Over Rail
AltTransport
Buses, Bikes And Businesses Battle To Be King Of The Road ("San Francisco Muni...wants to establish 250 miles of transit-only lanes along roadways in The City and add 100 dedicated bike lanes. The goal is to move drivers out of their cars and also to increase the average speed of the transit system, which hovers at 8 mph now.")
San Francisco Examiner
Can We Ditch Our Cars And Embrace High-Speed Rail?
LAist
Clock Running Out On Montebello Railroad Crossing Project
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
The Community Plan Ordinance And Street-Level Planning: A Few False Alarms
CityWatch
Experts Say Sydney Could Learn From LA (''Let's look at a great example, which is Los Angeles...They have made tremendous investments in all kinds of mass transit - light rail, bus rapid transit, sometimes using the existing street grid, and they're doing some heavy
rail.")
Sydney Morning Herald
The Fifth And Flower Tumble: Loss Of Key Regional Connector Station Raises Worries In Downtown
Los Angeles Downtown News
Fuel Tax, Anyone? (an expert panel weighs in)
National Journal Transportation Blog
Is Los Angeles Ready For 30/10? (LA Neighbors United)
StreetsBlog LA
Los Angeles In Maps: What's Next?
KCET Departures
Los Angeles On $100 A Day ("Seven days and six nights without a car turned out to be not only possible but in many ways afforded me a more unfiltered view of Los Angeles than I would have gotten behind the wheel.")
New York Times
Many More Amtrak Services On Google Transit
Trillium Solutions
The Mean, Stupid And Expensive Capital Of The U.S.? Survey Says Los Angeles Is A Contender ("When it came to public transportation, pedestrian-friendliness and friendliness generally, Los Angeles ranked dead last among 35 major U.S. cities.")
Los Angeles Times
America's Favorite Cities
Travel + Leisure
NYC Transit Union Chief Seeks To Unmask Blogger ("A growing number of people are turning to courts to try to unmask their online detractors.")
Wall Street Union
Proposed Gas Tax Increase Fires Up Debate
CNN Money
The Quest For Oregon's "Next Top (Transportation) Model"
Bike Portland
SF Considers Downtown Congestion Pricing
KGO-7
State's Taxi Industry Seen As "Wild West Of Safety" ("Thousands of Californians ride in taxi cabs every day, but the industry is far less regulated than virtually every other form of public transportation.")
Desert Sun
Transit Plaza Design Unveiled
Arcadia's Best
Transit's Role In Sprawl Repair ("What if we learned from Los Angeles's path? Instead of waiting until it's really expensive, as Los Angeles did, what if we take early, gradual, inexpensive steps to make our arterials safe and attractive for transit? That doesn't mean ripping up our single-family neighborhoods, but it does mean rethinking our arterials so that they're safe and attractive places for pedestrians, and so that they provide appropriate levels of priority to transit.")
Human Transit
VISTA Fares To Climb 25 Percent
Camarillo Acorn
Want A 15-Cent Gas Tax Hike? These Groups Do
Contracting Business
Westside Real Estate Agents Talking Expo With Clients
StreetsBlog LA
Pasadena Star-News
BART Passed Over On Federal Loan For Airport Connector This Fiscal Year
StreetsBlog SF
Boosting Jobs With The Right Kind Of Housing And Transportation Efforts
New Republic
Budget Cuts Lead Cities To Bus Rapid Transit Over Rail
AltTransport
Buses, Bikes And Businesses Battle To Be King Of The Road ("San Francisco Muni...wants to establish 250 miles of transit-only lanes along roadways in The City and add 100 dedicated bike lanes. The goal is to move drivers out of their cars and also to increase the average speed of the transit system, which hovers at 8 mph now.")
San Francisco Examiner
Can We Ditch Our Cars And Embrace High-Speed Rail?
LAist
Clock Running Out On Montebello Railroad Crossing Project
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
The Community Plan Ordinance And Street-Level Planning: A Few False Alarms
CityWatch
Experts Say Sydney Could Learn From LA (''Let's look at a great example, which is Los Angeles...They have made tremendous investments in all kinds of mass transit - light rail, bus rapid transit, sometimes using the existing street grid, and they're doing some heavy
rail.")
Sydney Morning Herald
The Fifth And Flower Tumble: Loss Of Key Regional Connector Station Raises Worries In Downtown
Los Angeles Downtown News
Fuel Tax, Anyone? (an expert panel weighs in)
National Journal Transportation Blog
Is Los Angeles Ready For 30/10? (LA Neighbors United)
StreetsBlog LA
Los Angeles In Maps: What's Next?
KCET Departures
Los Angeles On $100 A Day ("Seven days and six nights without a car turned out to be not only possible but in many ways afforded me a more unfiltered view of Los Angeles than I would have gotten behind the wheel.")
New York Times
Many More Amtrak Services On Google Transit
Trillium Solutions
The Mean, Stupid And Expensive Capital Of The U.S.? Survey Says Los Angeles Is A Contender ("When it came to public transportation, pedestrian-friendliness and friendliness generally, Los Angeles ranked dead last among 35 major U.S. cities.")
Los Angeles Times
America's Favorite Cities
Travel + Leisure
NYC Transit Union Chief Seeks To Unmask Blogger ("A growing number of people are turning to courts to try to unmask their online detractors.")
Wall Street Union
Proposed Gas Tax Increase Fires Up Debate
CNN Money
The Quest For Oregon's "Next Top (Transportation) Model"
Bike Portland
SF Considers Downtown Congestion Pricing
KGO-7
State's Taxi Industry Seen As "Wild West Of Safety" ("Thousands of Californians ride in taxi cabs every day, but the industry is far less regulated than virtually every other form of public transportation.")
Desert Sun
Transit Plaza Design Unveiled
Arcadia's Best
Transit's Role In Sprawl Repair ("What if we learned from Los Angeles's path? Instead of waiting until it's really expensive, as Los Angeles did, what if we take early, gradual, inexpensive steps to make our arterials safe and attractive for transit? That doesn't mean ripping up our single-family neighborhoods, but it does mean rethinking our arterials so that they're safe and attractive places for pedestrians, and so that they provide appropriate levels of priority to transit.")
Human Transit
VISTA Fares To Climb 25 Percent
Camarillo Acorn
Want A 15-Cent Gas Tax Hike? These Groups Do
Contracting Business
Westside Real Estate Agents Talking Expo With Clients
StreetsBlog LA
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