America 2050 Praises USDOT's High-Speed, Intercity Rail Grants
Progressive Railroading
Amtrak Faces Congestion And Criticism As It Celebrates 40 Years Of Service
Washington Post
The Art Of Campaigning For High-Speed Rail
Grist
Big Blue Bus Routes To Change
Santa Monica Daily Press
Calif. Auditor Slams Management Of $43B High-Speed Rail Project, Urges Overhaul
New York Times
Can Nothing Stop The Idea Of Privatizing City-Owned Parking Garages?
StreetsBlog LA
Parking Vultures Want Closed Door Meetings
CityWatch
City Bus Routes To Change: New Routes Will Become Effective Sunday
Moorpark Patch
City To Consider More Bicycle Parking
NBC Los Angeles
Expo Line Meets Halfway
Corsair
Expo Rail Builders Listen To Santa Monica At Design Kick Off
Santa Monica Lookout
Future Of Railway Should Include Loma Linda, Council Says: Loma Linda Council Members Encourage SANBAG To Find Ways To Connect Loma Linda To Proposed Passenger Rail Project
Loma Linda Patch
How Would Blumenauer's New Commuter Benefit Proposal Work?
StreetsBlog DC
Job Sprawl And The Importance Of Transit To Suburban Employment Centers
StreetsBlog Network
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) And Employment (28p. PDF)
Center For Transit-Oriented Development
Livable v Lovable (The problem with "Most Livable Cities" lists)
Financial Times (U.K.)
Many States Fail To Measure Performance Of Transportation Dollars ("States spent an estimated $131 billion on transportation in fiscal year 2010, but many cannot answer critical questions about what returns this investment is generating, according to a new report by the Pew Center on the States and the Rockefeller Foundation. The study comes at a time when some members of Congress are proposing that the next surface transportation authorization act, the law that governs the largest federal funding streams for states’ transportation systems, more closely tie dollars to performance.")
Pew Press Release
Measuring Transportation Investments: The Road To Results (108p. PDF)
Pew Center On The States
Missed Opportunity: Transit And Jobs In Metropolitan America (64p. PDF : "An analysis of data from 371 transit providers in the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas")
Brookings Institution
Press Release
New Reports: Higher Gas Prices Mean Safer Roads
Infrastructurist
Officials Testing Rail Crossing Gates Along Metro Gold Line For 2 Weeks, Traffic Delays Expected
Los Angeles Daily News
Peak Oil? Now It's Peak Cars (click "show transcript" or listen to audio)
The Science Show
Peer Report Urges Quick Action By High-Speed Rail Authority
Bakersfield Californian
Ray LaHood: Amtrak Already Has Passenger List To Screen Against Threats
Huffington Post
Washington, California, And The Curious Case Of The Railway To Somewhere
Transport Politic
With 160,000 Miles Of Track, How Safe Are America's Railroads From Terrorist Attack?
CNN
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