Removing L.A. Sidewalks, LA Bike Plan, LA Bike Share, CAHSR, Gas Tax, Intelligent Transportation Systems & More

Absent A Transportation Bill, DOT Can Innovate All On Its Own
StreetsBlog DC

Activists Applaud City Hall's Bike Plan

Santa Monica Daily Press

Bike Progress: No Way, No How ("Finally, what LA cyclists have been waiting for: The impenetrable maze that is the City of LA’s Bike Plan Impedimentation Flow Chart!")

Bikeside LA

The Contrapuntal Sounds Of Gridlock

New York Times

The Cost Of Doing Nothing Is At Least $100 Billion

California High Speed Rail Blog

Does LA Need A Bike Share Program?

KCET

Fixing The Transportation Program: What The DOT Can Do Right Now

Natural Resources Defense Council

Federal Actions To Reduce Energy Use In Transportation (12p. PDF)

High Street Consulting Group; Natural Resources Defense Council

Gas-Tax Issue Could Be The Next Political Fight
The Hill

HopStop Offers Carbon Emissions Calculator With Transit Directions

Transportation Nation

L.A. Council Votes To Shift $97 Million In Redevelopment Funds

Los Angeles Times

Movin' On Up To Incomplete Streets: "Ultimate Traffic Relief" Through The 1946 Elevated Sidewalks Proposal For Los Angeles

Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Opinion: Develop Public Transportation, Help Economic Recovery (The Reply) ("In fact, while rebuilding a rapid transit infrastructure in Los Angeles is no easy task, we’ve already begun. 30/10 is an exciting initiative because its focus is accelerating that effort." Response to this opinion piece from Monday)

Los Angeles Times

A Plan To Save U.S. Infrastructure That Might Actually Work

Infrastructurist

Problems Continue For China In Aftermath Of Deadly Rail Crash ("As if the rail sector’s problems weren’t enough, some worry that the safety failures suffered by the high-speed lines might indicate problems with the nuclear sector.")
Infrastructurist

Report Indicates Intelligent Transportation Industry Has Grown To $48 Billion In Spite Of Economy, Projected To Expand Through 2015

Intelligent Transportation Society Of America Press Release

Sizing The U.S. And North American Intelligent Transportation Systems Market: Market Data Analysis Of ITS Revenues And Employment (136p. PDF)

Intelligent Transportation Society Of America

Rethinking LA Means "Moving Beyond Cars" This Thursday

LAist

Rethinking The Streetspace: What's Next? (Two years ago, several cities developed new street standards. Revisiting the same cities today, they discovered significant advances in street planning, and some new challenges as well)

Planetizen

This Pod Drives Itself: The Latest In Personal Transit Comes With No Conductor

GOOD

Transit Secrets: Learning From Hong Kong (Public transit is expensive, and most transit agencies don't make money. But Hong Kong's MTR is different. It is so profitable, "it's listed on the stock exchange, although the government still owns a majority share.")

Citiwire

Transportation Spending Is The Right Stimulus: China And Brazil Are Surpassing Us With State-Of-The-Art Ports And Roads (may require subscription)

Wall Street Journal

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