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1/26/2011

30/10 Revisited, State Of The Union, Metrolink Double Tracking, Statewide Transportation Planning, Infrastructure Naming Rights & More

2011 Sustainable Transport Award: Developing Cities Serve As Model Of Progress For U.S.
The City Fix

The 30/10 Initiative Revisited
Huffington Post

Administration Readies Transportation Plan
Associated Press

California To Audit 18 Redevelopment Agencies: Controller John Chiang Says His Agency Will Look At The Books Of Local Entities Charged With Improving Blight. The Governor Wants To Use The Billions Controlled By The Agencies To Pay For Schools And Basic Services
Los Angeles Times

Cheviot Hills Homeowners Preemptively Declare Victory Obstructing Expo Bike Path
StreetsBlog LA

CHSRA Proposed Aerial Structure Along I-10 In San Gabriel Valley
California High Speed Rail Blog

Editorial: A Clearing Traffic Pattern
Daily Breeze

GAO: Transportation Spending An Investment With Uncertain Returns
Mobilizing The Region
Statewide Transportation Planning: Opportunities Exist To Transition To Performance-Based Planning And Federal Oversight (72p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Highlights (PDF)
Summary

Higher Financial Liability Cap Sought For Chatsworth Metrolink Crash Victims: Republican Rep. Elton Gallegly Asks For An Increase From $200 Million To $275 Million And Says Chatsworth Crash Victims May Need More
Los Angeles Times

Is Your Company Prepared For $5 Gallon Gas?
Environmental Defense Fund Way2Go Blog

LA-SD High Speed Rail Link Scores High In New Study: Alternatives For High Speed Rail In San Diego To Be Unveiled
San Diego Union-Tribune

Long Beach Streets Prepare For Congestion As Freeway Construction Continues
Long Beach Post

Metrolink's Antelope Valley Service Could Improve With Double Tracking Project
KCET

More Mass Transit Agencies Consider Selling Station Naming Rights
Smart Planet

Motion And Mishaps In Our Rail Transportation Network
CityWatch

New Infrastructure Strategy: Yes, Build -- But
Citiwire

Obama Aims To Boost Infrastructure Spending
Wall Street Journal

Obama: 80 Percent Of Americans Should Have Access To High Speed Rail By 2036
Transportation Nation

Obama: Europe And Russia Invest More In Roads And Railways Than We Do
StreetsBlog DC

Pedaling Into The Future: There's A Movement Afoot In The South Bay To Make Bicycling As A Means Of Transportation Easier And Safer
Manhattan Beach Patch

Should We Sell Naming Rights To Infrastructure?
Infrastructurist

Speeding High Efficiency Truck Adoption: Recommended Policies, Incentives And Investments (38p. PDF : "The goal of this report is to identify the best incentives and complementary policies to overcome technology and market barriers and support an accelerated transition to more‐efficient, cleaner trucks.")
CalStart

Study: Roads Are Safer In Urban Areas
USA Today

Time To Talk Trains On The Westside: The Extension Project Would Bring Underground Trains Across The Miracle Mile And Fairfax Districts, Beverly Hills And Century City, Then Across Westwood
NBC Los Angeles

Transit's Product: Mobility Or Access?
Human Transit

Uphill Battle For Panel Chief On Transportation Funding
Wall Street Journal

Wherever You Want To Go: Four Films About The Future Of Mobility (Four documentary films coming in February speak to the future of mobility in a variety of transportation modes)
BMW

Will Figueroa Street Be Los Angeles' First Truly Complete Street?
StreetsBlog LA