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79% Of Travelers Would Use High Speed Rail

California High Speed Rail Blog

The 1,000 MPH Trans-Continental Jet Train That Never Was ("The [1948] idea was to strap five solid-fuel rockets to a train, and basically launch it from New York City to Los Angeles. The trip could be completed in three hours at those speeds, meaning you’d arrive in Los Angeles at the same time you departed New York City. Craziness, right?")

Gas 2.0

Advertising Los Angeles' Bus Service On Television: 1956 Cartoon Commercials & How They Were Made (Metropolitan Coach Lines' animated foray into transit marketing in the early days of primetime TV)

Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Bus Riders Will Soon Be Able To Get Arrival-Time Texts On Their Cell Phones, [New York] MTA Says

New York Daily News

City Council Stalls Development Of Bergamot Transit Village: Design Unsatisfactory To Community, Staff, Council

Santa Monica Daily Press

Contraflow Bike Lanes Deemed Acceptable By The U.S. Federal Highway Administration

The City Fix

Five Keys To Successful Retail In Transit-Oriented Development

New Urban Network

Get Real-Time Transit Schedules When You Check In On Foursquare

Mashable

Group Proposes Transportation Projects For Nevada's Economic Recovery

Las Vegas Review-Journal

How To Prepare For A Tsunami, Including Maps Of LA Tsunami Evacutation Routes

Southern California Public Radio

Infographic Video: Watch The Worst Traffic In The Country: Yay, Los Angeles! ("How bad is the horrible traffic? A new video shows 24 hours of the city's soul-crushing gridlock.")

Fast Company Design

Is Removing A Major Road Really A Good Idea?

Infrastructurist

The Latest Battle In The Nonexistent "War On Cars"

Grist

Metro Exposition Line To Begin Testing The Tracks This April

USC Daily Trojan

Monrovia Delays Public Hearing On $40M Land Deal For Gold Line Yard

Pasadena Star-News

New Bay Area Fund Will Loan Money For Affordable Housing Near Rail And Bus Stops: Metropolitan Transportation Commission Puts Up $10 Million Of $50 Million New Fund

San Jose Mercury News

A New Blueprint For Public Life ("Armed with a $100-million gift from alumni Meyer and Renee Luskin -- the second-largest ever received at UCLA -- the School of Public Affairs is building a powerful new resource for reshaping public life in Los Angeles and the country.")

UCLA Magazine

No Warm Hugs For Bergamot Transit Village From Santa Monica Council

Curbed LA

Opinion: Obama's Way Is Not The Highway

Washington Examiner

Pilot Metrolink Service To Make Faster Trip To Downtown Los Angeles: The San Bernardino Line Will Make One Stop To Los Angeles Union Station From The Covina Station

Glendora Patch

Property Owner Sues Monrovia, Redevelopment Agency Over Planned Gold Line Yard

Pasadena Star-News

Residents Raise Accusations Of "Undue Influence" During Bergamot Transit Village Debate: Citing Campaign-Finance Reports, Concerned Residents Accused Council Members Of Receiving Donations Related To The Controversial Project

Santa Monica Patch

Tech Solutions For Transit Emerge At TransportationCamp West