Urlesque
AASHTO Spring Meeting (May 2-6 : Las Vegas)
AASHTO
Amidst Budget Impasse, GOP Tries And Fails To Gut Clean Air Act
StreetsBlog DC
Amtrak Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary On May 7 At Union Station
MMD Newswire
Los Angeles' National Train Day Events
National Train Day
Bienvenido! (Welcome to El Pasajero, Metro's new Spanish language news blog -- the first of its kind at a major public transit agency in the United States -- which launches today)
El Pasajero
More information here in English from Metro's The Source
Caltrain Cuts Postponed
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Cheviot Hills Expo Line Legal Fees
Curbed LA
Cost Of Keeping Vehicles Running On The Rise
Sacramento Business Journal
Denver To Eliminate Diagonal Crossings At Intersections ("A tradition that started 60 years ago in downtown Denver and became commonplace in intersections around the world is about to end in its city of origin.")
Denver Post
Expo Light Rail Line Project Status Update Open House: Downtown & Mid-Corridor (April 28 : 2p. PDF)
Build Expo
Federal Judge Upholds Caltrans Program To Support Minority And Women-Owned Businesses
Caltrans Press Release
Forget The Environment, High-Speed Rail Is Good For Business
Fast Company
Freight Index Reports Shipments Up 6.9 Percent
Journal Of Commerce
Gold Line Foothill Extension Station Planning Workshops Upcoming
StreetsBlog LA
House Votes To Stop EPA From Regulating Greenhouse Gases
Wall Street Journal
How Much High Speed Rail Will $2.4 Billion Buy?
Transportation NationHow To Play In The Streets At CicLAvia This Sunday
GOOD
L.A. Day / L.A. Night (Essay accompanied by photos from an upcoming book looks at "the heart of the dichotomy between public and private architecture, the pre-eminence of infrastructure, the balance between neighborhood and sprawl.")
Places
Los Angeles Transit Gets A Breath Of Fresh Air ("Why’s a health nonprofit holding a salon series about green transit?")
Southern California Public Radio
Meeting Offers Details On Possible Metro Green Line Extension To Torrance
Daily Breeze
[New York] MTA's Signs Off The Rails ("New screens revealing the wait for an approaching train got high marks when the authority surveyed riders last year. The authority is starting to post some newly designed construction signs that are uniform and provide consistent information.")
MarketWatch
"On The Record" On 710 To 210 Freeway Gap: Residents From El Sereno, Monterey Park And Alhambra Feel Burdened By Traffic And Proposed Solutions
EGP News
Overcoming The Challenges Of Congestion Pricing (webinar series : April 14 & 19)
Federal Highway Administration
Realize The Possibilities Of Improving Transportation Options For All Americans
Partnership For Mobility Management
Residents Voice Freeway Concerns And Provide Alternatives: Residents Of Northeast Los Angeles And The San Gabriel Valley Offered Alternatives To The Proposed 710 Freeway [Extension]
Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch
StreetsBlog Challenges Leaders: Ride With Me For Bike To Work Week
StreetsBlog LA
Supervisor Calls Mass Transit Crucial To County's Future: In State Of The County Address, Supervisor Don Knabe Says Transportation Projects Can Mean Jobs And Funds For Southland
Los Angeles Wave
"This Is The Renaissance Of Rail": All Aboard The Mass-Transit Express? Maybe, But Don't Expect A Smooth Ride (an interview with Amtrak CFO D.J. Stadtler)
CFO
TIMS Website Maps Highway Crashes, May Lead To Safer Roads, UC Berkeley Researchers Say
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Transportation Injury Mapping System
UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research And Education Center
Unconventional Wisdom: Integrating Transportation And Energy Policy
The City Fix
USC Research: Freeway Pollutants Cause Brain Damage In Mice
StreetsBlog LA
USC Press Release
Will Mozart Help Prevent Crime? (In Portland, "the regional transit department has approved the playing of classical music in an effort to ward off the kind of crimes that happen when people just hang around. A bill making its way through the Oregon Legislature would expand the program to all light rail stops in Clackamas, Washington and Multnomah counties deemed high-crime areas by police or residents.")
KATU
Work On I-5 Alters Route For Some Bob Hope Airport Travelers
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