Today's Headlines - more at Metro

4/06/2011

Mobile Wallets For Transpo, The Palmdale Connection, 7th St. Bike Lanes, BRT, Bus vs. Rail, Intelligent Transpo & More

Curbed LA

Progressive Railroading

New York Times

Grist

A Call To Plan Cities For Tomorrow, While Bracing For Transit Cuts Today
StreetsBlog DC

California Streets

Cell Carriers To Roll Out "Mobile Wallets" In Utah ("A joint venture between three of the nation's four largest cell phone carriers will soon offer the United States' first commercially available mobile fare payment program to a public transportation system.")
Associated Press

The Atlantic
Congress For The New Urbanism

History Repeats Itself In Bus vs. Rail Protests ("History appears to be repeating itself in Los Angeles.")
KCET

Curbed LA

How Far Should Bike And Transit Advocates Take Their Alliance?
StreetsBlog Network

Infrastructure Investment And U.S. Competitiveness ("Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Michigan) and Russ Carnahan (D-Missouri) have introduced landmark legislation authorizing Uncle Sam to choose six cities to test “intelligent transportation systems.”)
Council On Foreign Relations

Wired

Southern California Public Radio

The Hill

More Than Red Cars

USC Annenberg Neon Tommy

An NFL Stadium In Downtown? 10 Planning Recommendations For AEG, LA (includes several transportation recommendations, including free day passes on Metro and transforming Pico/Flower station into a transit hub)
Curbed LA

California Progress Report

California High Speed Rail Blog

The City Fix

CityWatch