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5 Years, 2,000 Posts & 1 Million Emails Later: The Top 5 Reasons You Should Be Following The Los Angeles Transportation Headlines

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Box: Metrolink Passes Bike Friendly Test
StreetsBlog LA

Can Suburbs Be Designed To Do Away With The Car?: The Public-Transit Goals Of "New Urbanism" Can Fail If Residents Don't Foresee True Travel Benefits

Scientific American

City Continues Slow Growth Model For Car Share

StreetsBlog LA

Commentary: Making Parking Pay
KCET

EPA Publishes Guide To Performance Measures For Livability

StreetsBlog DC

Guide To Sustainable Transportation Performance Measures (58p. PDF)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Feasibility Of A Consolidated Security Credential For Persons Who Transport Hazardous Materials (87p. PDF)

U.S. Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program

The Future Of LAX: How World Class Cities Connect Airports To Transit

Huffington Post

Janette Sadik-Khan, New York City Transportation Commissioner: An Urban Visionary Who Cuts Through The Gridlock
Slate
Bridge-And-Tunnel Vision: New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan Describes Her Vision For The City's Future
Slate

Jerry Brown Calls For High Speed Rail To Move Forward

Fresno Bee

L.A. Bike Plan Troubles

LA Weekly

Long Beach Transit Route, Schedule Changes To Take Effect August 28

Long Beach Post

Long Before Freeways ("Four years in the works, [Wilmington's Banning Residence Museum's] new "Improbable Gateway: The Los Angeles Transportation Legacy" exhibit will open...The exhibit also chronicles the age of the railroad, L.A.'s Red Cars and the construction of the modern Port of Los Angeles.")

Daily Breeze

Long Beach: Good For Bikes, Good For Business

StreetsBlog LA

Los Angeles Witnesses Spike In Light Rail Ridership

Examiner

Mayor Urges Santa Monica Boulevard Subway Route In Letter To MTA Board: On Behalf Of The City Council, Barry Brucker Advocates For A Westside Subway Extension Alignment That Avoids Tunneling Under BHHS

Beverly Hills Patch

Metro Pursues Public Opinion On Improving Public Transit To LAX

LAist

Metrolink Gets $46 Million For Rail-Braking System

Los Angeles Times

Metrolink To Install New Safety Technology To Control Trains

Ventura County Star

New Data Show How Transit Corridors Reduce Traffic, Increase Walking

Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Opinion: The End Of The Road For Motormania ("Something unexpected is happening to our car-crazy culture. What are the forces driving us out of motoring?")
New Scientist

Parsons Brinckerhoff To Design L.A. Light-Rail Line's Second Phase

Progressive Railroading

Recession Forcing Cutbacks At Nearly 80 Percent Of U.S. Transit Agencies

StreetsBlog DC

Impacts Of The Recession On Public Transportation Agencies: 2011 Update Survey Results (9p. PDF)

APTA

Senior Travelers' Trip Chaining Behavior: Survey Results And Data Analysis (105p. PDF)

Illinois Center For Transportation

Sharon D. Banks Award For Humanitarian Leadership In Transportation (TRB is seeking nominations)

U.S. Transportation Research Board

Statement On Subway Portals

Beverly Hills Chamber Of Commerce

U.S. Transporation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces $29.6 Million In Grants For California Highway Projects
Federal Highway Administration Press Release

Zimride Matches Drivers, Passengers (Start-up combines carpooling and social networking)

San Francisco Chronicle

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