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Back Of The Bus: The Courts Weigh In On Transportation Equality

San Francisco Chronicle

Backfire! With Cleaner Cars, People Drive More

Treehugger

Belly Up To The Biofuel Bar

Discovery

Big Blue Bus Will See Big Changes As Soon As This Spring

Santa Monica College Corsair

Bureaucrats Can't Change The Way We Drive...But They Keep Trying

Washington Examiner

California High-Speed Rail Authority Board To Be Presented With Preliminary Route Analysis Thursday

Pasadena Star-News

Driving Increased Last Year, Signaling Recovery

Wall Street Journal

Environmental Film Festival Showcases Sustainable Cities

The City Fix

The Federal Approach To Surface Transportation Is Fragmented, Lacks Clear Goals, And Is Not Accountable For Results (pp. 53-56 of 345p. PDF : found in: Opportunities To Reduce Potential Duplication In Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, And Enhance Revenue)

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Fix It First, Expand It Second, Reward It Third: A New Strategy For America's Highways

Hamilton Project via Brookings

Full-Text Report (36p. PDF)

Hamilton Project

Policy Brief (8p. PDF)

Hamilton Project

Hawthorne Residents Caught Off Guard By Metro Project

USC Annenberg South Los Angeles Report

A Hollywood Central Park Nears Reality: Paramount Contractors And Developers Pushes Effort With Other City And Business Leaders

ExpertClick

Hollywood Freeway Central Park Illustrative Plan (2p. PDF)

Hollywood Freeway Central Park

House Extends Trust Fund, Awaiting A Fight

Transportation Nation

Los Angeles To Build 1,680 Miles Of Interconnected Bikeways

AltTransport

Metro Begins Testing Real-Time Bus Arrival System

The Source

Metro Muddle Continues ("Tonight is the Metro San Fernando Valley Governance Council meeting at which Metro staff are slated to offer up for the Council to consider amended service change proposals with the changes in part responding to the input of the public heard at the hearings held last month...Too bad as of this morning Metro hasn’t posted on its website the agenda or any details about what the amended staff recommendations consist of.")
StreetsBlog LA

Metro Public Meeting Hears An Outpouring Of Complaints

USC Annenberg South Los Angeles Report

Mica, LaHood Stump At AASHTO Meeting
StreetsBlog DC

New And Notable: Sustainable Infrastructure, Driving Excellence & Open Government
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Obama To Governors: Abandoning Infrastructure "Makes No Sense"

Governing

RTD To Try Out Recycled-Plastic Railroad Ties On West Light-Rail Line

Denver Post

Spending Detente Results In Transportation Cuts

Transportation Nation

Top Green-Building States: California Lags Behind Others

Los Angeles Times

Trains, Planes, And Automobiles

New York Times

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood: "We Believe In Tolling," Says U.S. Open To Tolling Existing Interstates

Dallas Morning News

US DOT: Traffic Reaches Highest Level Since 2007

Transportation Nation

U.S. Driving Rates Are Up...But For How Long?

Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

What L.A.'s New Bike Plan Means For Cyclists -- And The City
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