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60 Years Ago This Week: Los Angeles Gets Its First Publicly-Governed Transportation Planning Agency
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

California Lawmakers Travel To China To Study High-Speed Rail

Los Angeles Times

California Poll Shows Air-Quality Concerns High Among Latinos

Fox News Latino

Capping Freeways To Make Parks: Who Wants A Billion Dollar Bike Path?

KCET

Changing Lanes: Bruin Commuter Club Offers Incentives For UCLA Members Who Switch To Environmentally Friendly Transportation

UCLA Daily Bruin

City May Help Pay For College Student Bus Passes

Riverside Press-Enterprise

Cooperative Research Programs Security, Emergency Management, And Infrastructure Protection Research Status Report (12p. PDF)

U.S. Transportation Research Board

Security & All-Hazards Preparedness, Response, And Recovery Activities: TRB's All Hazards Context For Coordinated, All Modes, Security-Related Research (146p. PDF)

U.S. Transportation Research Board

Debt Deal Could Mean More Painful Cuts For Transportation
StreetsBlog DC

Eastside's Overlooked Carmageddon: 710 Closing On 10 Weekends

Curbed LA

710 To Be Fully Closed Between 105 Freeway, Atlantic Blvd. Exits On Weekends In August, September, October

Long Beach Post

I-710 Long Life Pavement Rehabilitation Project

Caltrans

Finger Band Bus Passes: The Oi Wearable Travel Card Is A Handy Way To Pay Your Fare

Trendhunter

For Particle Physicists Who Study Phase Transitions, A Traffic Jam Is Simply A Solid Made Up Of Idling Cars

Seed

Hazard Analysis: The Practice Of Using Cell Phones While Operating A Transit Vehicle

Metro Magazine

In San Francisco, All-Door Boarding Catches On

Transport Politic

Keeping The Tall Towers Safe: As The 10-Year Anniversary Of 9/11 Approaches, Officials Rely On Inter-Agency Cooperation To Make Downtown High-Rises Secure

Los Angeles Downtown News

L.A. Moves Closer To Bringing Streetcars Back
StreetsBlog LA

Little Change To Los Angeles County Gas Price

Los Angeles Daily News

Metropolis (Mixed-Use Project) Slated To Break Ground In 2012 In Downtown LA

Brigham Yen

Public Meeting To Discuss The Resurgence Of L.A. Streetcars

LAist

Senate Bill Would Allow States To Opt Out Of Federal Programs

Land Line

Technology To Advance The Future Of Rail Transport (Philadelphia : April 17-19, 2012)

ASME

Torrance Plans To Renew Landmark Bridge ("Historic, architecturally significant and elegant in its simplicity, the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge spanning Torrance Boulevard just east of Old Torrance may be the city's most recognizable landmark.")

Daily Breeze

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Commits $30 Million To Innovative Partnership That Improves Access To Jobs And Community Services For America's Military Families

U.S. Federal Transit Administration

Two-Hour COG Closed-Session Meeting Ends With No Action On Caltrans Audit

Pasadena Star-News

What Does The Debt Ceiling Mean For Transportation?

Transportation For America

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