60 Freeway Closure Sends Commuters To Metrolink: Ridership Was Up Thursday On Metrolink Trains, As Commuters Scrambled For New Ways To Get Around
NBC Los Angeles
60 Freeway Shutdown Makes The Case For Dedicated Truck Lanes
Whittier Daily News
100 Years Ago Today: Pacific Electric Railway Reaches Van Nuys, Launching "Wonderful Growth" In The San Fernando Valley
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Advocates For California's High-Speed Rail Line Speak Of State's Growing Transporation Needs
National Association Of Railroad Passengers Press Release
AEG Officials React To New NFL Timeline
Los Angeles Daily News
All Aboard The Transit Hackathon Express: One Day Event Uses Data To Find Creative Solutions To City's Transportation Woes
Montreal Gazette
Antonovich Calls On MTA To Review Gold Line Expenditures
Glendale News-Press
Blocked 60 Freeway Doubles And Triples Drivers' Commute Times: Motorists Taking Alternate Routes Find Other Freeways And Surface Streets Clogged ("Engineers continue assessing damage to the bridge burned by the truck fire and vow to reopen the 60 by 5p.m. Friday.")
Los Angeles Times
Caltrans Will Tear Down Portion Of Overpass Where Truck Ignited
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
City To Start Yanking Out Tracks From Southern Pacific Railroad's Old Alameda Rathole Section
Curbed LA
Congress Puts Off Key Decisions On Transpo Bill And Transit Tax Benefit
StreetsBlog DC
DOT Takes "We Can't Wait" To Heart; TIGER III Projects Announced Ahead Of Schedule
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Early Data From SFPark: Drivers Still Flock To Blocks With Pricey Parking
StreetsBlog Network
Editorial: High Hopes For New Port Of Long Beach Executive Director Christopher Lytle
Los Angeles Daily News
Environmental Drilling Begins At BHHS
Beverly Hills Courier
Free Rides On New Years Eve
Riverside Transit Agency
GOOD Attacks! L.A.'s Traffic: Will You Be There?
GOOD via Facebook
Have Yourself A Merry TRANSIT Christmas (Beautiful transit holiday photos from around the country)
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
High-Speed Rail In California Is Worrying Itself To Death
StreetsBlog DC
In Chicago, Some Find Public Transit Fares Linked To School Attendance
WBEZ
Infographic Of The Day: How Bikes Can Solve Our Biggest Problems
Fast Company Design
It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's A...Flying Car? ("A $30 million hotel planned for the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Colorado Avenue could be shot out of the air by, of all things, a flying car.")
Santa Monica Daily Press
L.A. Airport Board Discusses Closing One Ontario Terminal ("Ontario International, which has two terminals, has seen a sharp dropoff in passenger traffic. Inland Empire leaders want L.A. to surrender the airport to them.")
Los Angeles Times
LA Streetcar Not Among Winners Announced For 2011 TIGER Grants
Blog Downtown
LA's Christmas Story: No (Bus) Shelter For Mother And Child (Rainy weather prompts the author to share his story that, four years later, bus shelters have not been replaced along Santa Monica Boulevard in West L.A.)
CityWatch
LADOT, Planning, Update Council On Bike Plan: Everything Is Peachy
StreetsBlog LA
L.A. Moving On Up In Milken Study
LA Observed
Best Performing Cities 2011: Where America's Jobs Are Created And Sustained (40p. PDF)
Milken Institute
Metro Board Members Lecture Agency Over Civil Rights Violations: A Federal Audit Finds Civil Rights Violations In The Way Metro Eliminated Bus Lines, Among Other Issues, Prompting Criticism From Elected Officials. The Agency Has Released A Corrective Plan
Los Angeles Times
Metro Suspends Bus Cuts, Additions
EGP News
More Congressional Outrage On High-Speed Rail ("The entire high-speed rail program has been a bait and switch operation,” said T&I Chair John Mica")
Transportation Nation
Nearly Half Of TIGER Award Money Goes To Roads, 29 Percent For Transit
StreetsBlog DC
Ontario Airport Could Close One Of Its Two Terminals
Los Angeles Times
Raising The Gas Tax Makes (Dollars And) Sense
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Santa Monica Approves $9.5 Million To Upgrade Expo Line Stops
Curbed LA
Santa Monica Authorizes Funding For Metro Station Improvements
Santa Monica Lookout
States Foreit $10 Billion Annually Thanks To Outdated Gas Taxes
StreetsBlog DC
Streetcar Misses Out On Federal Funds Again
Los Angeles Downtown News
Transit Users Await Congressional Action On Pretax Benefits
Washington Post
Two-Month Drilling Study To Begin On BHHS Campus: In An Effort To Stop Metro From Approving A Subway Route That Goes Under The High School, BHUSD Has Hired A Firm To Determine If Faults Under The Campus Are Active
Beverly Hills Patch
U.S. Stands By California Bullet Train Project Despite Critics ("We are not going to flinch" on support, an official says at a House committee meeting. The opposition alleges political corruption in the granting of federal funds for the Central Valley segment.")
Los Angeles Times
U.S. To Fund 46 Transportation Projects In 33 States, Puerto Rico
CNN
Westside Subway Extension Feud: Did Metro Rig A Century City Fault Study To Move The Purple Line?
LA Weekly
Why The Feds Continue To Back California's High-Speed Rail Project
Infrastructurist
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