Los Angeles Transportation Headlines : Metro Buys Union Station, I-710, Transporation 101 Primer, Complete Streets Conference, HSR, Road Sharing & More

Activate The Future (Four films about the future of mobility : "From the minds of some of the most influential scientists, academics, pioneers, and entrepreneurs of our time, this four-part documentary paints a unique picture of technology, culture, cities, our past, present and how it all relates to the future of mobility.")

BMW

The New City ("How the way we live will impact the way we move.")

The Future Just Isn't What It Used To Be ("An evaluation of where we are now and where we thought we would be.")

Reinventing Mobility ("How technology will change mobility in the future.")

How We'll Learn To Stop Worrying And Love The Future ("A Look At Things To Come And A Future Of Possibilities.")

Awkward! Subway Complicates Beverly Hills Council Meeting

Curbed LA

Bicycle Plan Update Gets Backing Of City Committees Without Inclusion Of Beach Path Extension To Marina

The Argonaut

Bottom Line: Activists' Complaint Raises New Questions In Probes Of Contributors

Los Angeles Wave

Build Roads, Save Money With Private Investors

American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Research

A Call To Slow Down California's High-Speed Rail

NPR

Complete Streets For Los Angeles Conference To Discuss Ways Of Providing Safer Roads For The Community

UCLA Daily Bruin

Congressional Transit Leaders Meet With Villaraigosa In Westwood: In A Rare Joint House-Senate Hearing, The L.A. Mayor Pushes For Innovation In Funding Mass Transit Projects, Including His Own 30/10 Plan. Lawmakers From Both Parties Appear Receptive To His Ideas

Los Angeles Times

Dirty Air Triggers More Heart Attacks Than Cocaine

Reuters

Earthquake Early Warning System A Reality In California

Fox News

High-Speed Rail Battle Plans In Full Swing

Voice Of OC

High-Speed Train To Las Vegas Probably A Better Use Of Your Money Than Las Vegas

Grist

Is HSR Incompatible With American Politics?

California High Speed Rail Blog

High-Speed Rail Is Locked In The Trunk Of American Politics

Mother Board

It's Time For A Gas Tax

Business Insider

L.A. County Transit Authority Buys Union Station For $75 Million: The Deal For The National Landmark Built In 1939 Includes 38 Acres And Development Rights To 5.9 Million Square Feet Of Property Around The Station. It Clears The Way For The Expansion Of Transit Operations

Los Angeles Times

Longtime KNBC Traffic Reporter Paul Johnson Gets His Own Freeway

TV Spy

Metro Board Wrap: If Measure R Projections Are Down, What Happens To Projects When Funds Run Out?

StreetsBlog LA

Metro Purchasing Union Station For $75 Million

Blog Downtown

A New Approach To Passenger Rail ("Six strategies that may aid rail efforts both on a national scale and, specifically, in states with reluctant governors.")

Americans For Energy Leadership

New Media Marketing

Mass Transit

Primer On Federal Surface Transportation Authorization And The Highway Trust Fund (10p. PDF)

Pew Center On Global Climate Change

Road Sharing: Does It Matter What Road Users Think Of Each Other? (43p. PDF)

Royal Automobile Club Foundation For Motoring (U.K.)

"Rock-Bottom" U.S. Gas Tax Makes Gas Cheaper Than Water

StreetsBlog DC

Save The Date: Redesigning Our Streets -- A Manual For Healthy, Livable Communities (March 15, 2011 : PDF)

Saving Oil And Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through U.S. Federal Transportation Policy (15p. PDF)

Pew Center On Global Climate Change