Angels Flight, Metro Bus Service Cuts, UCLA Commuters, Gold Line Deal, Ventura County Transpo Plans, Red-Light Cameras & More

Activists In Los Angeles Call Cuts To Bus Services A Civil Rights Violation (audio : 5:16)

Free Speech Radio News

Angels Flight Safe To Run With New Wheels, State Says

Los Angeles Times

The Art Of Compromise ("How will the Boxer and Inhofe framework impact the conversation about a new surface-transportation bill? How important is it that they compromised? Is a two-year bill a reasonable solution to the budget shortfalls? Or (to borrow a phrase from debt-ceiling talks) are they simply kicking the can down the road? Will the smaller components of the agreement--for example, on bicycle paths and project acceleration--help motivate the larger process of reauthorizing surface-transportation programs.")

National Journal Transportation Experts Blog

Beverly Hills Merchants Wrong To Rail Against Subway
Los Angeles Business Journal

Bruin Commuter Club Gains 950 Members In Less Than Two Weeks

UCLA Be A Green Commuter!

Cap Parks ("A cap park over the 101 Freeway in Hollywood, California, would create badly needed park space, improve the infrastructure, create sustainable green space, and spur economic development." A comprehensive look at the history of proposals)

Urban Land Institute

Car And Driver Magazine: "We Must Consider Alternative Transportation"

StreetsBlog Network

Cash-Strapped MBTA Plans To Incorporate Solar Energy

BostInnovation

Gold Line Extension $500 Million Construction Deal Could Be Announced Wednesday

Pasadena Star-News

How Is Transportation Spending Different From Other Government Spending?

Transportation Issues Daily

HUD Invests $67 Million In Sustainable Communities Grant

The City Fix

Megaprojects Like Bullet Train Have Big Cost Overruns, Critics Say

California Watch

Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority Board Considers Award Of $500 Million Contract For Foothill Extension From Pasadena To Azusa At July 27 Board Meeting

PR Newswire

One-Stop Website Launched To Solicit Public Input On Transportation

Ventura County Star

Go Ventura 2035 ("VCTC is developing Ventura County's first Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP), charting the future for transportation.")

Question Of The Week: Should Transit Be The Mayor's Focus?

Los Angeles Daily News

Ridley-Thomas' Office In Harmony With Metro In Early Community Benefits/Protection Discussion

StreetsBlog LA

Taking Responsibility -- Locally ("A reliance on federal aid may not be a realistic approach in a budget-constrained future.")

The Transport Politic

Transit Trip In Trouble: OCTA-NCTD Connection Under Attack (One's ability to take public transit between Los Angeles and San Diego is now threatened due to budgetary and other issues)

More Than Red Cars

Transportation As A Civil Rights Issue

Wired

Where We Need To Go: A Civil Rights Roadmap For Transportation Equity (14p. PDF)

The Leadership Conference Education Fund

TRB Webinar: Railroad - DOT Institutional Mitigation Strategies (August 31)

U.S. Transportation Research Board

Strategies For Improving The Project Agreement Process Between Highway Agencies And Railroads (186p. PDF)

U.S. Transportation Research Board Strategic Highway Research Program

Who Knew L.A.'s Red-Light Camera Fines Were "Voluntary"?: Drivers Who Paid The Tickets, Some Of Which Are $476, Fume At The Disclosure That Authorities Cannot Force Violators To Pay Up. But Don't Expect To Get A Refund

Los Angeles Times

Why The Proposed New State Of South California Won't Work

KCET

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