Transportation Research Board Circular
America's Reviving Its Highway System For Cyclists
GOOD
Assembly Transportation Committee Schedules June 27 Vote on "Give Me 3"
StreetsBlog LA
Bending The Rules: The Arts District As A Haven For Street "Murals"
KCET
Bicycle Lanes Planned For Figueroa, Flower, Spring And Main Streets
Blog Downtown
Bike-Ped Defunding Proposal Sparks Mutiny In Mica's Home District
StreetsBlog DC
City Council To Discuss Subway Route [Yesterday Afternoon]: Residents Are Expected To Appear Before The City Council To Urge The Panel To Take A Stronger Position Against A Proposed Westside Subway Extension Alignment To Century City
Beverly Hills Patch
County Facing Slow Economic Recovery (Observations from Tuesday's 2011 "What's Next LA?" forum in downtown Los Angeles)
Whittier Daily News
Final Decision Delayed On Future Of Red-Light Cameras, LA City Council Divided
LAist
Funding Transport: The Role Of Public-Private Partnerships ("Two U.S. Congressmen want to bring competitive bidding and private sector involvement into building new high-speed rail for the country.")
The City Fix
Getting Urban Form Right Before Transit (video : land building codes' relationship to transit)
Reconnecting America
Groups Challenge California Rail Yards To Clean Up Their Act ("California’s two major rail yard operators are illegally disposing hazardous waste thereby increasing the risk of serious health problems such as chronic respiratory disease and cancer in neighboring communities.")
Media Newswire
HopStop To Offer More Than Directions
New York Times
Improving Cycling In Los Angeles By Learning From New York
This Big City
Is A Monrovia Gold Line Deal Now Likely?: A Land Deal Must Get Done Between The City And GLCA For The Gold Line Foothill Extension To Stay On Track
Monrovia Patch
Metro Adding New Trains To Gold Line To Speed Up Service During Peak Commuting Hours
Pasadena Star-News
Metro Gold Line To Introduce More Trains During Peak Hour
Beverly Hills Courier
New Report: How To Save Money On Road Construction
Infrastructurist
Delivering Taxpayer Value: Three Tools That Can Help Ensure A More Effiicient, Cost-Effective Infrastructure (15p. PDF : explains performance management process focusing on life cycle cost analysis, alternative design/alternative bid, mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide)
Whataretherealcosts.org
Opinion: Who's Clean Among Potential Bullet Train Bidders?
Hanford Sentinel
Port Of Long Beach $828M Budget For 2012 Gets OK
Commercial Carrier Journal
Public Support For Climate And Energy Policies In May 2011 (35p. PDF)
Yale Project On Climate Change Communication
Railroads Threatened With Lawsuit ("An environmental group threatened to sue two of the nation's biggest rail owners Tuesday under a novel legal theory that would classify diesel exhaust as hazardous waste.")
Associated Press
Report Says Big Southland Quake Would Have Huge Effect On Workforce And Economy: A 7.8-Magnitude Quake On The San Andreas Could Affect 430,000 Businesses And 4.5 Million Workers, U.S. Agency Says ("Because rail systems, ports and roads are likely to be damaged, shipments by truck and train from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach would be affected. Over 23% of the total value of U.S. goods passed through the two ports in 2009.")
Los Angeles Times
Labor Market Risks Of A Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake In Southern California (6p. PDF)
U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics Regional Report
Right Track For Los Angeles Is Light Rail ("Adding lanes to reduce traffic is like a drunk trying to drink himself sober...Building a rail line through the Sepulveda Pass won't be cheap, but 40 more years of lost man-hours, missed family time, CO2 emissions and wasted $4-a-gallon unleaded isn't exactly a bargain.")
Los Angeles Daily News
Santa Monica Approves $16Mil For Big Blue Bus
Santa Monica Mirror
Think Privatizing Amtrak Services Is A Good Idea? Think Again
StreetsBlog DC
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