America Will Build High Speed Rail And Create Jobs, Not Despite Challenges, But Because Of Them
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
California Budget Fight Goes To State Supreme Court ("At issue is Proposition 22, which passed in 2010 and prohibits the state from borrowing or taking funds used for transportation, redevelopment, or local government projects and services.")
Wall Street Journal
Changing Vehicle Travel Price Sensitivites: The Rebounding Rebound Effect (29p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
The "Diverging Diamond" Interchange Is An Abomination
The Atlantic: Cities
Downtown Development Will It Be: A Boon Or A Bane
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Draft EIR: Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) Project (includes links to full-text documents)
The Port Of Los Angeles
The Dynamic Of "Technical" Advocates Opposing Rail
California High Speed Rail Blog
Editorial: Here's Why High-Speed Rail Is A Good Idea
Sacramento Business Journal
Election Results For Nine Transportation Measures
Transportation Issues Daily
Evaluating Public Transit As An Energy Conservative And Emission Reduction Strategy (21p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Federal Dollars May Help California's High-Speed Rail Stay On Track
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
How Do You Count Riders For A Future Streetcar?
Blog Downtown
LA/2B: The Road Ahead (The City of Los Angeles has launched a "MindMixer" website to crowdsource community input that captures "practical, creative and insightful ideas that will keep Los Angeles moving in the 21st century.")
City Of Los Angeles via MindMixer
L.A. County Backs Federal Restriction Of Low-Flying Helicopters
Los Angeles Times
MAP-21: Forward Progress From Senators Boxer And Inhofe
Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog
Maybe There Is Something Democrats And Republicans Can Agree On: Overhauling Highway Programs
Washington Post
Mayor Backs Tax Cut To Lure Car Dealers ("Since July 2010 the city has spent $60 million on its vehicle fleet...and not one of those purchases was in the city of L.A. because of the business tax they had to add to the cost of each car.")
Los Angeles Daily News
Metro Expands Night Service On Trains To Hollywood: Starting Sunday, Popular Train Lines To Step Up Runs In An Effort To Increase Ridership To Entertainment Hubs
Hollywood Patch
Mica Drops Amtrak Privatization Plan In Call For Northeast Corridor HSR
StreetsBlog DC
Neighborhood Entitlement And Transit Projects
Wilshire/Vermont Blog
New Parking Restrictions Around Hollywood's Runyon Canyon Approved
KCET
Opinion: High-Speed Rail Backers Pulling A Fast One ("In 2008, voters narrowly approved a $10 billion down payment on the construction of a high-speed rail network between the Bay Area and Los Angeles that promoters said would cost a total of $33.6 billion. A year later, the High Speed Rail Authority, overseeing the project, said the train would actually cost $42.6 billion. No problem — hey, what's another $9 billion between friends? Now, they're reporting it will cost $98.5 billion, three times the original estimate. What's worse is they're saying, because we agreed to buy the train at $33.6 billion, we're obligated to pay the entire $98.5 billion. To put this in perspective, California's entire 2010-2011 General Fund budget was about $91.5 billion or $7 billion cheaper than the train.")
Santa Monica Daily Press
Opinion: The Dark Side Of The Green City (Sustainability and affordability don't always go hand-in-hand)
New York Times
Policy Shift Towards Walkable Communities Anathema To "Buy Here Pay Here"
StreetsBlog LA
Ports Of L.A., Long Beach To Ban Truck Engines 2006 And Older In 2012
The Trucker
Romney Vows In Iowa To Cut Amtrak Funding As President
The Hill
Rush-Hour Read: The Link Between Traffic Congestion And Health
Infrastructurist
State Transportation Statistics 2010 (139p. PDF)
U.S. Bureau Of Transportation Statistics
Summary Of The Senate MAP-21 Transportation Bill Proposal ("One of the most visible changes MAP-21 makes is to restructure seven core highway programs and 13+ formula programs into just five core highway programs.")
Transportation For America
Transit-Oriented Development Along The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension (video : outlines various proposed TOD projects and interviews with elected officials from cities along the proposed route)
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority via YouTube
Why $1 Billion Doesn't Buy Much Transit Infrastructure Anymore
The Atlantic: Cities
Will 8,400 People Per Day Ride The Downtown Streetcar?
LAist
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