Today's Headlines - more at Metro

2/08/2011

Metro Service Changes, 710 Tunnel Meetings, Figueroa Redesign, New Federal Transportation Push, Transit Animation & More

106 Tickets Issued To Violators Near Metro Blue Line Station In Long Beach
Los Angeles Times

America's Most Miserable Cities: California Has Never Looked Less Golden, With Eight Of Its Cities Making The Top 20 On Our Annual List
Forbes
Photo Essay

BART On Track To Replace Train Cars By 2023
Daily Californian

Biden Heads To Philly As White House Gets Serious About Transportation Push
Transportation Nation

DOT Issues Strong Intermodal Rail Endorsement
Journal Of Commerce

Figueroa Plan Eyes Bike Lanes: CRA Has $20 Million Vision To Boost Pedestrian, Bike Use On Key Corridor
Los Angeles Downtown News

Four Models Of Vehicle Use
Straight Outta Suburbia

Heavy Closures Planned For 405 Freeway This Week (405 / 22 / 605 ; includes detailed maps)
Long Beach Post

LaHood, Biden To Outline Transportation Plan
The Trucker

Memo To Metro (The Sequel): Service Change Proposal Details Still Lacking
StreetsBlog LA

Obama Finally Brings The Chamber A Fruitcake (It's Called Infrastructure)
StreetsBlog DC

Online "Map Movies": Useful? ("Can animation help people understand their transit options?")
Human Transit

Review Of Last Week's Metro "Service Enhancement" Hearings
StreetsBlog LA

Sharing The Value Of Transit
Mass Transit
Business Arguments For Public Transportation
APTA via Facebook

So What's Up With The Transportation Bill?
California High Speed Rail Blog

SR-710 Conversations ("We are beginning with a fresh perspective to initiate an environmental review process that will focus on a range of solutions to specifically evaluate the effects of the SR 710 gap. This process involves an education and public involvement program to seek both regional and community-based solutions that are suggested by you, your friends and family, your neighbors, and everyone else in your community.")
Metro
Upcoming Meetings

States That Spent Stimulus On Repairs And Public Transportation Created More Jobs Than Other States
Daily Kos

Victims Of Deadly 2008 Metrolink Crash In Chatsworth To Meet Train Execs
Los Angeles Daily News

Walk This Way: 2nd-Annual March March (Union Station - Gold Line route)
Blogging LA