L.A.'s Cable Cars, Sunset Junction Streetcars, Culver City Congestion, Boyle Heights Pollution, Metro Art, Hurricane Irene & More

Before Hurricane Irene Hits, New York Planning To Shut Down Transportation System, Evacuate Areas ("The MTA took the unprecedented move of setting its hurricane plan in motion, which calls for a complete shutdown of subways, trains and buses.")

New York Daily News

A Brief History Of Sunset Junction: Street Cars, Gay Rights And Its Namesake Festival
LA as Subject via KCET

Cashing In On Rubble From The 2nd Avenue Subway

Transportation Nation

China Invests $199 Billion For Urban Rail Through 2015: Report

Chicago Tribune

Culver City Will Conform To Congestion Reduction Rules: City Council Votes Unanimously To Comply With County Standards That Will Ensure City's Share Of Gasoline Tax Revenues

Los Angeles Wave

A Generational Shift In Driving? National Survey Shows Sharp Decline In Driving Among Younger Americans

Sightline

Gov. Jerry Brown Makes Another Appointment To CHSRA Board ("This time the appointee is Michael Rossi, the wealthy financial executive who Brown had just recently tapped as his jobs advisor.")

California High Speed Rail Blog

Historic Los Angeles Neighborhood Continues To Bear The Brunt Of Air Pollution

Newsdesk

State Of The Air 2011 (177p. PDF)

American Lung Association

Lawsuit Filed To Halt Perris Valley Line Project

Riverside Press-Enterprise

Left-Right Coalition Lists Counterproductive Programs To Cut ("Also on the list is a proposed tunnel to route the I-710 freeway under Pasadena.")

San Francisco Chronicle

Green Scissors 2011: Cutting Wasteful And Environmentally Harmful Spending (28p. PDF)

Friends Of The Earth / Taxpayers For Common Sense / Public Citizen / Heartland Institute

A Look Back At 1880s Cable Car Service In Los Angeles
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Majority Leader Eric Cantor Eyes Bike Share Funding For Federal Cuts

StreetsBlog LA

Making Change On North Figueroa Street

StreetsBlog LA

Metro Brings Artists To Local Libraries

USC Annenberg Intersections South LA

Should A "Walkers Paradise" Save Plenty Of Room For Parking?

New York Times

Transportation Planning And Climate Change (video : UCI Professor of Planning, Policy and Design asks "If we built cities differently, would people drive less?")

University of California, Irvine via YouTube

US Cities Embrace The Bicycle

Bike Radar

Without Congressional Action, State Transportation Projects May Come To Complete Stop

TMC

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