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3/11/2011

Gold Line "Webisodes," LA PeopleMover History, Metro Developer Challenge, Big Blue Bus & Culver CityBus Fares, I.E. Commuters, Amtrak Growth & More


Big Blue Bus And Culver CityBus Fares To Increase In Fall: UCLA Transportation Raises BruinGo! Rates To 50 Cents In Response To Price Changes
UCLA Daily Bruin

StreetsBlog DC

Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District

Editorial: Why Are Some Trying To Derail High-Speed Rail? ("Three Central Valley members of Congress...have introduced legislation to divert federal stimulus funding ($2.5 billion) for high-speed rail funding to State Route 99. Their aim, they say, is to create a six-lane freeway.")
Sacramento Bee

AltTransport

Gas Prices Are About More Than Just Oil ("Gas prices rise when oil prices rise, and fall when oil prices fall -- except when they don't. What you pay at your gas station depends on an array of factors, from what happens on an exchange in New York to what the competition is charging.")
Associated Press

LaCanada-Flintridge Patch

Miami Herald

New York Times

American Public Media Marketplace

An In-Depth Look At Inland Southern California Commuters: Report Finds More Than 40 Percent Commute Outside The Two-County Region And Those Commuters Tend to Have High-Skilled Jobs And Earn Much More Money
UC Riverside Newsroom
Regional Intelligence Report (6p. PDF)
UC Riverside

Judge To Determine $200 Million Settlement Split Among Chatsworth Crash Plaintiffs
Southern California Public Radio

Major Changes Ahead For Downtown Parking
Santa Monica Daily Press

Many Roads To The Historical Southland (a look at historic roads, rail lines and other transportation links to Southern California)
L.A. As Subject via KCET SoCal Focus

Metro's Developer Challenge ("Have a great idea for a mobile app or mash-up using our transit data? Put your skills to the test and enter the Metro Developer Challenge for a chance to win a cash prize of up to $2,000!")
L.A. Metro

MTA Met With Skepticism At 710 Meeting In South Pasadena
Pasadena Star-News

StreetsBlog DC

A New "Cultural Tourist Agency" Teaches Angelenos How To Walk In The City
GOOD

The New Frontier Of Urban Growth: High-Tech Partnership ("Creating smart infrastructure for cities around the world has become the new frontier of urban planning, a global business estimated to be worth as much as $122-billion over the next two years.")
Globe And Mail (U.K.)

Reuters


StreetsBlog LA
Time
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