Today's Headlines - more at Metro

1/24/2011

Westside Subway Meetings, Transportation Reauthorization, Job Creation From Transpo Infrastructure, Making Cities Smart & More

10 Freeway Widening Project Between Yucaipa And Redlands Planned
San Bernardino Sun

Architects Without Redevelopment Agencies: Designers Will Be Badly Hurt By California Governor's Budget Proposal
Architect's Newspaper

Basics: Conceptual Triangles
Human Transit

Can Ray LaHood Make Good On Transport Reauthorization?: Stars May Be Aligned, But Doubts Remain About Timetable
DC Velocity

City Leaders Vow To Defend Redevelopment Agencies
San Francisco Chronicle

Deadline Pressure Threatens High-Speed Rail: Experts Warn Project May Already Be Running Late
Fresno Bee

Department Of Transportation Investments In American Innovation
White House Blog

House Republicans Propose Cutting Amtrak, HSR, And Fed Auto Research Program
AltTransport

L.A. County Unemployment Rate Hits New Record High
Los Angeles Daily News

Local Drivers Lose 63 Hours A Year To Traffic Congestion, Study Says
Orange County Register

Long Beach Takes Its Bike Plan Progress To The Riders
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Making iPad Music From The New York City Subway Map
Grist

Making Push For Rail Safety; Agencies Unite To Cite Drivers Trying To Take Shortcuts
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Metro To Hold Community Meetings About Subway
Beverly Hills Courier

On Train, A Fight Between Silent And Merely Quiet
New York Times

Putting Numbers To Drivers' Misery (Interpreting the methodology and numbers in the TTI Urban Mobility Report)
Washington Post

Report: Not All Transportation Projects Create Jobs Equally
Transportation Nation
Strengthening Connections Between Transportation Investments And Economic Growth (36p. PDF : This paper elaborates upon and deepens the ongoing policy discussion of relationships between investments in transportation infrastructure and the nation’s short- and long-term economic well-being)
National Transportation Policy Project; Bipartisan Policy Center

RTA Rolls Out Futuristic Bus
Inland News Today

Signal Synchronization Project OK'd: Upgrade To Canoga Park Lights To Speed Flow Of Traffic; State Approves Other Transit Spending
Los Angeles Daily News

Stefano Polyzoides Plans To Make Cities More Livable
Los Angeles Times

Study Says L.A. Area Traffic No Longer The Worst In The Nation. Do You Agree?
Los Angeles Times

Taking Aim At Rail (When it comes to cutting budgets, "why pick on rail? Are there unique characteristics of rail programs that make them ripe for trimming? How are these rail funding programs different from federal subsidies for highways or runways? Are there essential features of each of these rail programs that should be preserved, and if so, why? What can rail and mass transit enthusiasts do to convince conservatives like the [Republican Study Committee] that their projects are worthwhile?")
National Journal Transportation Blog

Westside Subway Update Meetings Begin Tonight
Daily Breeze

What Makes A City Smart? (video : "Prominent U.S. mayors discuss what is needed to build intelligent cities that can compete in the global economy.")
Time

Which City's Public Transportation Do You Admire Most And Why?
GOOD