Today's Headlines - more at Metro

1/18/2011

710 Tunnel As Cargo Rail, BHUSD Hires Firm To Oppose MTA, Redevelopment Fallout, Japan Looks At CAHSR, Reducing Transpo Greenhouse Emissions & More

BHUSD Retains Major National Firm To Oppose MTA
Beverly Hills Courier

Bicycle Advocates Thank LaHood, Talk Strategy
StreetsBlog DC

A Budget Bomb For Downtown: Offiicals Fear Brown's Cuts Will Kill Plans For Cleantech Corridor And More Affordable Housing
Los Angeles Downtown News

Chicago's Bus Tracker: Taking The Guesswork Out Of Waiting For The Bus
(video)
StreetFilms

Citywide List Of Projects CRA Wants To See Through
Curbed LA

Griffith Park Railroad: A Tiny Train To Nowhere
LAist

The Invisible Cyclists: Immigrants And The Bike Community ("For thousands of immigrants in Los Angeles, the bicycle is their primary means of transportation.")
GOOD
City Of Lights Program

Is Focus On Distracted Driving Going Down The Wrong Road
USA Today

Jerry Brown's Bid To Kill Redevelopment Agencies Sets Stage For Fierce Battle
Los Angeles Times

LADOT Bike Program Launches Facebook Page & Twitter Feed
LADOT Bike Blog

London's Bike Superhighways Are Incredibly Successful
GOOD

Mica's Goal: More Cars Off Of The Highway
StreetsBlog DC

New GOP Party Chief Not A High Speed Rail Fan (Reince Priebus, newly-elected head of the Republican National Committee)
Transportation Nation

New Report Examines Paths To Cleaner, More Secure U.S. Transportation Solutions
Pew Center On Global Climate Change Press Release
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Transportation (122p. PDF)
Pew Center On Global Climate Change
Pew's Greenwald Says Efficiency Improvements Could Lead To Significant Emission Cuts ("The transportation sector accounts for 27% of the nation's greenouse gas emissions." The new report is discussed in depth)
Environment & Energy Publishing

A New Wave Against 710 Tunnel: Former Port Worker Presents Plan To Scrap The Idea In Favor Of A High-Tech Cargo Rail
Glendale News-Press

No McMansions For Millennials ("Here’s what Generation Y doesn’t want: formal living rooms, soaker bathtubs, dependence on a car.")
Wall Street Journal

Opinion: California's High-Speed Rail Project Is On The Right Track (U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood)
Washington Post

Opinion: Let's Talk, Stranger: Why Our Subways Should Have Conversation Cars
New York Daily News

Project And Static On The Regional Connector: New Route In Little Tokyo, While Fifth And Flower Station Debate Continues
Los Angeles Downtown News

Questions Raised Over MTA Inspector General's Ability To Do Its Job: With Less Than Half The Staffing Of A Decade Ago, The MTA Inspector General's Unit Is Heading Into A Boom Time In Los Angeles County Transit Projects
Los Angeles Times

Redundancy In Transit Networks: A Good Thing?
Human Transit

A Road Diet For Main Street In Venice?: Bike Coalition, LADOT Make The Case Tonight
StreetsBlog LA

Shed No Tears For The Last Diesel Bus (Looking back at the first diesel fleet and the advent of Los Angeles' smog)
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District

A Snapshot Of City Priorities: Bike Applications To Metro's Call For Projects
StreetsBlog LA

State Won't Raid Public Transit Funds This Year
San Jose Mercury News

Streetcars Vs. Monorails: The Future Of Urban Transportation Looks A Lot Like The Past
Slate

Tonight's The Night: StreetsBlog Brings Interactive Planning To Pasadena
StreetsBlog LA

Transit Committee Backs Mega Station In Anaheim Amid Funding Questions
Los Angeles Times

Transportation Officials Seek Gas Tax Swap -- Again
Riverside Press-Enterprise

Tribute To MLK: Public Transportation As A Civil Right
The City Fix

"We'll Put Up Half The Money For California HSR" Says Japan's Ambassador To The United States
California High Speed Rail Blog

Why Streetscars? Evaluating The Alternative
The City Fix

Will The Remake Of California State Route 2 Mean Less Traffic For Echo Park?: The 50's Era State Route 2 (aka The 2) Abruptly Ends, Spilling Out Onto Glendale Boulevard In Echo Park. Local Transportation Authorities Have Another Plan In Mind, But Will It Improve Gridlock?
Echo Park Patch