$1 Million For Streetcar Project Up For Council Vote On Friday ("The L.A. Streetcar could take a small step forward on Friday as the City Council votes on $1 million in funding that would be applied to preliminary engineering and the project's final environmental documents.")
Blog Downtown
New Ecologist
All Aboard The Case For An All-Pervasive Metro ("With all of the recent focus on Los Angeles Metro’s expansion plans and the 30/10 Initiative, it seems timely to consider what Metro’s ambitious plans mean for L.A.’s Jewish community.")
Jewish Journal
AltTansport
AltTransport
Santa Monica Daily Press
Smart Planet
Sacramento Bee
Orange County Register
Editorial: Ease 91 Gridlock
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Los Angeles Times
Infrastructure USA
Field Hearing Report: Villaraigosa Rebrands L.A.'s Transit Funding Plan As One For All America ("Goodbye “30/10″ and hello “Fast Forward America.”)
StreetsBlog LA
"America Fast Forward, Creating Jobs The Right Way" (mission, vision statement, statistics and more)
High-Speed Rail Battle Plans In Full Swing
Voice Of OC
Voice Of OC
Historic California Highway Turns 70-Years-Old ("The 110 Pasadena Freeway is getting a $17 million makeover that includes replacing existing barriers with a concrete median and barriers and lighting that recalls an earlier era.")
Southern California Public Radio
Digital Transactions
Just What Is Jewish Mass Transit? ("When it comes to the proposed location of the Westside extension’s subway station in Century City, we have a number of “transit advocates” who are trying to ram a subway alignment down an entire community’s throat, despite the existence of a perfectly viable alternative which, in fact, will save the taxpayers upward of $55 million.")
Jewish Journal
LA Weekly
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
California Planning & Development Report
KABC-7
Opinion: Two Shades Of Green For Neighboring Regions ("The new Foothill Extension of the Metro Gold Line trains from Pasadena to the Ontario airport will be a powerful harbinger of change. We need to think more in terms of planning for "transit-ready communities.")
Pasadena Star-News
USA Today
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Regional Transit Group Has New Leader At The Helm ("San Mateo County Supervisor Adrienne Tissier has been named head of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the regional group in charge of shaping the Bay Area’s long-term transportation policies.")
San Francisco Examiner
Bike Radar
Brookings-Rockefeller Project On State And Metropolitan Innovation
Press Release (2p. PDF)
Well Home
LA Observed
