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9/19/2011

Expo Line, Regional Connector, Turnstiles, California Highways, Yellow Lights, Subway Maps, Green Bike Lanes & More


Aid For Baffled Weekend Subway Riders ("The [N.Y.] Metropolitan Transportation Authority will unveil on Friday an online-only map that portrays the subway as it actually appears on the next tangled, jumbled weekend. And in a retro twist, the map is modeled on the 1970s-era guide by Massimo Vignelli, a much-missed city icon that now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art.")
New York Times

StreetsBlog DC

StreetsBlog LA

Buses vs. Airplanes ("Have buses been given short shrift in federal policy? Even if the subsidies are eliminated for some areas, wouldn't it simply be easier to travel by car? When should the federal government step in to make sure everyone has access to at least one long-distance travel option?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog

Transportation Nation

Can Bikes Bring Back The Neighborhood Store? ("Santa Monica is rich in bike riders, bike lanes, bike dreams, and -- perhaps most key -- bike funding. But, as Kavanagh's enthusiasm suggests, it is also a city without a decent bookstore.")
Grist

Plus Metro

Riverside Press-Enterprise

Curbed LA

Terranautix

StreetsBlog DC

StreetsBlog LA

LADOT Bike Blog

New York Times

Los Angeles Independent

Fresno Bee

Los Angeles Times

Berkeley Law & UCLA Law Legal Planet

New York Daily News

Transportation Nation

Inland News Today

Blog Downtown

Curbed LA

StreetsBlog LA

Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey Press Release

Santa Monica Mirror

San Diego Union-Tribune

NPR

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Security Info Watch

Riverside Press-Enterprise

NBC Los Angeles

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