2025: The Future Of Mobility And Our Cities
This Big City
Al Qaeda Considered Derailing Trains, Interested In Los Angeles: A Nationwide Alert Has Been Issued Regarding U.S. Rail Security
KTLA
Al Qaeda Sought To Target U.S. Train Network
Wall Street Journal
Amtrak: 40 Years, $40 Billion -- For National Train Day, Let's Look At The Company's Financial Failures
National Review
Big Blue Bus System Could See Digital Advertising
Santa Monica Daily Press
Could Obama Ditch The Gas Tax?
Governing
Crenshaw Rail Line: Let's Avoid Being Taken For A ride
Our Weekly
For LADOT GM, The Honeymoon Is Way Past Over: Six Month Report Card
CityWatch
Fountain Avenue Could Get Bike Lanes ("Fountain Avenue could become a major bicycle thoroughfare with bike lanes on both sides and car traffic reduced to just a single lane in each direction through West Hollywood.")
West Hollywood Patch
Funding Mass Transit Security After Bin Laden
StreetsBlog DC
Gold Line Authority Offers Two Parking Designs For Glendora Station
Glendora Patch
High-Speed Rail Planners Revive Grapevine Route: The California High Speed Rail Authority Board Votes To Reconsider Building The First 500-Mile Leg Portion Of The L.A.-To-Bay Area Line Along Interstate 5. That Plan Had Been Discarded In Favor Of A Circuitous Route Through The Antelope Valley. Now, Both Plans Will Be Considered
Los Angeles Times
A History Nerd's Guide To L.A.: Nine Major Historical Documents In The City Right Now (A 1915 Los Angeles Traffic Plan and a 1928 wall-sized transit map, both in the Metro Transportation Library's collection, are in good company alongside copies of the Magna Carta, Gutenberg Bible and other rare treasures)
LA Weekly
Hollywood Dreamin': Decking LA's Highway 101
This Big City
In Crenshaw, Overwhelming Support For Leimert Park Station
StreetsBlog LA
Info From Osama Raid Shows Interest In US Trains
Associated Press
Iteris Signs $1.3 Million Transportation Contract: The Santa Ana-Based Traffic Management Firm Will Help Improve Mobility On L.A. Corridors
OC Metro
LA On Osama's "Hit List": Bin Laden May Have Been Ready To Strike Against The City Of Angels
NBC Los Angeles
Last Stop: Leimert Park
KCET
Leimert Park Deserves A Light Rail Station: The MTA Is Bringing Light Rail To The Crenshaw Corridor, But Not To Leimert Park, The Vibrant Neighborhood A Longtime Resident And Transportation Activist Calls "Our Little Africa"
Los Angeles Times
Leimert Park Station, A Must
Los Angeles Sentinel
Metro's 2012 Budget Represents The Changing Tide In The "Bus v Rail" Debate
StreetsBlog LA
Mineta Transportation Institute Survey: Opinions About Federal Transportation Tax Options
PR Newswire
What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options? Preliminary Results From Year 2 Of A National Survey (18p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Obama Wants To Study Viability Of Mileage-Based Fee For Transpo Revenue
StreetsBlog DC
Well That Was Quick: Obama Disavows Mileage Fee Proposal
StreetsBlog DC
Pay Per Mile: A Timely Tax Idea, Or A Privacy Threat?
MSNBC
Recovery Act: Use Of Transportation Funds, Outcomes, And Lessons Learned (22p. PDF)
United States Government Accountability Office
Reps. Matsui, Latourette Introduces Complete Streets Bill
StreetsBlog DC
Second Look At High Speed Rail Through SCV: Board Will Consider Proposals That Include A Local Station For High-Speed Train Through California
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Stop The Potential PLAs On MTA Projects In California ("The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority is considering whether to place a PLA on all of their projects funded by the voter-approved Measure R and other federal funds.")
The Truth About Project Labor Agreements
Tolls On Orange County Road May Be Extended Another 6 Years: The Operators Of The San Joaquin Hills Tollway Want To Restructure Bond Payments On About $430 Million Of $2.1 Billion In Debt, Pushing Back The Maturity Dates To 2042
Los Angeles Times
Torrance Wins $18.1M Grant To Build New Transit Center
Daily Breeze
Transit Officials To Feds: Stop Scrimping On Security
Governing
Transit Ridership Up Due To Rising Gas Prices ("The Gold Line, a light rail line that connects Pasadena, CA to Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles, saw a 10 percent increase in ridership in March 2011 over March of 2010. Transit officials expect even higher ridership as the area’s 12 percent unemployment rate goes down and people head back to work.")
AltTransport
Transportation And Representation: It's Time To Put Up Or Shut Up (Leimert Park station)
Our Weekly
Transportation Officials Say Federal Funding Is Needed For San Bernardino County Projects
Fontana Herald News
Urban Wetlands In Los Angeles ("The 9-acre site under construction at 54th and Avalon is an old MTA bus repair area.")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Westchester: Arbor Vitae/Bellanca Location Chosen For Light Rail Maintenance Yard ("The maintenance facility site will serve the Metro Green Line and Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor, as well as the proposed Green Line extensions to the South Bay and Los Angeles International Airport.")
Argonaut
Women's Issues In Transportation: Summary Of The 4th International Conference: Technical Papers (298p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
Your Monthly Gasoline Bill: $368
CNN
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