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3/07/2011

Post-Modern 710, Broadway 100, CRA Approves Streetcar, Dodger Transpo, Arroyo Seco 70th & More

Curbed LA

Broadway 100 To Launch With Tuesday Kickoff ("A Tuesday morning press conference will kick off Broadway 100, a celebration of the 100th anniversaries of three of Broadway's twelve historic theaters. The Cameo, Arcade and Palace theaters all opened between the fall of 1910 and the summer of 1911.")
Blog Downtown

Broke Town, U.S.A. (the coming crisis in municipal bonds)
New York Times

Build America Bonds For Transportation ("
Can such a bond program work if it's targeted just for transportation? How much headway could states and cities make on their biggest projects if they had easier access to investors? Would such bonds really make a difference in lowering the overall cost of a six-year highway bill? Politically, how can supporters like Wyden sell their idea to Republicans who see it as just another way to funnel money to the states?")
National Journal Transportation Blog

Cities Say Jerry Brown's Redevelopment Plan Is Unconstitutional
Sacramento Bee

The Collapse Of The Old Oil Order: How The Petroleum Age Will End
Truth-Out


Editorial: If LA Can Embrace Bicycling, So Can We
Bakersfield Californian


Fact-Checking The High-Speed Rail Debate
Politifact

Transport Politic

Hayabusa High-Speed Train Debuts In Japan ("On Saturday Japan launched the Hayabusa with a smoking fast 186 mile per hour." Includes photo-essay)
Huffington Post


How Los Angeles Advocates Are Rallying For Regional Funding Reform
StreetsBlog LA

Is There A Downside To "Intelligent Cities" Or "Smart Cities"?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

LA Weekly

Dodgers Press Release

Michelangelo's David Could Collapse Due To High-Speed Train Building ("Michelangelo's statue of David is at risk of being toppled by the construction of a high-speed railway line beneath Florence because of his flimsy ankles.")
Telegraph (U.K.)

Street Films

NY's MTA Looking To Sell Ads In Subway Tunnels
Transportation Nation

Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Downtown News


A Trip Down Memory Lane Via The Arroyo Seco Parkway (video shows the opening of our oldest freeway in 1940)
Eastsider LA
Caltrans Media Advisory
Inside Seven

StreetsBlog DC