Metro Station Name Changes, Expo Phase II, LA Rail History, CAHSR, Beverly Hills In-Fighting, Transit Saves $$, 210 Closure & More

210 Closures For Gold Line Construction

Sierra Madre Patch

AASHTO Chief Calls For Long-Term Infrastructure Plan

Journal Of Commerce

APTA: Public Transit Users Save $9,964 Annually

Metro Magazine

Beverly Hills At War Over Westside Subway Stop War
Curbed LA

Board Urges Cellphone Ban For All Commercial Drivers

New York Times

Bonus Round!: U.S. Transportation Secretary Takes More Of Your Questions

Infrastructurist

California's High-Speed Rail Mistake

Huffington Post

Carsharing And Parking Sharing ("What can a city do to bring carsharing to every city block? What would make carsharing a viable option for everyone and greatly reduce the number of cars clogging our streets?")

Shareable

Construction Impacts At I-405/Sunset Interchange During Move-In Weekend

UCLA Be A Green Commuter!

An Entirely New City In America, Built Only For Technology Testing ("Benchmark testing and Evaluation will be carried out at The Centre in primarily four sectors: Green Energy, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Homeland Security and Next Generation Wireless Infrastructure.")

Industry Leaders

Explore L.A. Rail History With Heritage Foundation: Join This Bus Tour To Learn More About The History Of Streetcars In Echo Park

Echo Park Patch

For Sale: 200 Sq. Feet, 0 BRs, No View: $125K (Looks at the high price of parking in U.S. downtowns. "San Francisco, for example, in 2006 required that developers unbundle parking-spot prices from the prices of condos. Now, the two properties have to be purchased separately, so buyers are more likely to take public transit to work.")

Wall Street Journal

From Place To Place: Shifting The Transportation Paradigm With Placemaking

Project For Public Spaces

Good Network Maps: Clear Without Color?
Human Transit

High-Speed Rail Panel Cites Improvements In Ridership Model

California Watch

House Passes Transportation Extension Unanimously
StreetsBlog DC

LA Metro Breaks Ground On Phase 2 Of Expo Line

USC Daily Trojan

Making Bikes Count In LA County ("The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) will be conducting the 2nd ever City of Los Angeles Bike Count. In 2009, we counted over 14,000 cyclists at 50 intersections throughout the City of Los Angeles.")

Health DATAbytes

Metro To Consider Station/Facility Name Changes

Plus Metro

New Bikestation To Open At Downtown Near Transit Mall

Long Beach Post

Obama Proposes $4 Billion For HSR In Jobs Bill

California High Speed Rail Blog

Park(ing) Day LA Is Friday

Curbed LA

September 13, 1899: New Yorker Becomes First U.S. Pedestrian Killed By Car

Wired

Solo Drivers Of Low-Emission Autos Fume Over Fees To Use Carpool Lanes: The MTA Plans To Convert Carpool Lanes On Two Los Angeles-Area Freeways To Toll Roads, With Fees Of Up To $1.40 A Mile For Solo Drivers Of Electric And Other Alternative-Fuel Vehicles

Los Angeles Times

Three Bothers Set Out to Explore High-Speed Rail At A Walker's Pace
GOOD
We Make The Road By Walking (The brothers are walking the length of California's high-speed rail tracks to spark a public discussion about land-use and the urban-rural divide. Their blog tells their story, the route, video diary and more)

U.S. Motorists May Spend A Record $491 Billion For Gasoline This Year

Los Angeles Times

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