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The City Fix

After Air War, Lawmakers Hit The Road ("The Republican congressman at the center of the partisan dispute that shut down parts of the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday he was prepared to clash again with Senate Democrats, this time over a major highway bill that must be passed next month to avoid a disruption in federal infrastructure funding.")

Wall Street Journal

Bike Sharing Can Save Lives

KCET

California High Speed Rail Project To Cost More Than Expected

The Atlantic

California HSR: Where Now?

Pedestrian Observations

California Seizure Of $1.7 Billion In Redevelopment Funds Blocked By Court

Bloomberg

Constellation Station On Track With The Facts

CityWatch

Could California Local Speeds Be Lowered?

Land Line

Council Signals Support For Further Study For Railroad Crossing Project (Alameda Corridor-East)

Walnut Patch

Distracted Driving: What Research Shows And What States Can Do (50p. PDF)
Governors Highway Safety Administration

Editorial: Train Price Tag Racing Up At High Speed

Orange County Register

ExpressPark Contract Heads To Council With Questions About Technology

Blog Downtown

Finally Some Movement On A Rail Connection To LAX

Curbed LA

Gardena Bus Route Changes To Take Effect On Sept. 4

Daily Breeze

Group Pushes To Make Alhambra More Bike Friendly

Pasadena Star-News

Infrastructure Stimulus Spending Idea Returns: Building America's Future Proposes $200 Billion Annually

San Diego Union-Tribune

It's Official: Congress' Next Spitting Contest Will Be Over The Gas Tax
StreetsBlog DC

McLean Asks For Rail Dollars To Be Kept In California

Santa Clarita Valley Signal

More Bad News On "Train To Nowhere"

Daily Breeze

Obama: Tell Congress To "Get Past Differences And Send Me" Highway Bill

The Hill

Public Gets First Look At Detailed Concepts For BART's Fleet Of The Future

BART

Rebuilding America (audio : Maureen McAvey, ULI Executive Vice President For The Initiatives Group, appeared on NPR's Diane Rehm Show this week to discuss the need for greater investment in U.S. infrastructure. She explains why these investments must be made to keep America's cities competitive with those in Asia and Europe)

The Diane Rehm Show

Rethinking LA's Future ("Much of the traffic through the Sepulveda Pass moves underground in a series of tubes that accommodate both high-speed rail and 'personal rapid transit modules,' while a monorail operates above.")

Palisadian-Post

Sen. Harry Reid Urges California Not To Abandon High Speed Rail

San Francisco Chronicle

Slideshow: Imagine Your Los Angeles Street Beyond Cars (photo essay fro the A+D Museum exhibit)

GOOD

The Social Subway: Dan Stessel, WMATA's Twitter Guru, Wants To Make Washington Fall Back In Love With The Metro

Washington City Paper

A Star Is Worn (But Help Is On The Way)

Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District

State Of The City

Beverly Hills Weekly

Statewide Transit Goal Setting (18p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program

[California] Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Redevelopment Case, Issues Stay Of Payments

California Planning & Development Report

This Bus Bench Doesn't Sit Here Anymore: L.A. Officials Say The Company That Provides And Manages Roughly 6,000 Bus Benches Around The City Began Removing Them Last Week Because It Was Not Awarded A New Contract

Los Angeles Times

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