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50 Years Ago This Week: The Story And Photos From The Last Day Of Red Car Service & First Day Of Bus Service To Long Beach
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
2011 Marks Pair Of Anniversaries For CA State Railroad Museum (Sacramento's "three-story, 100,000-square-foot, brick museum...receives more than 500,000 visitors per year.")
Valley Community Newspapers
Agreement Moves Metro Gold Line Project Forward
Pasadena Star-News
America Needs A Six-Year Transportation Blueprint
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Approvals For L.A.'s Downtown Football Stadium Could Take A Year, Report Says
Los Angeles Times
Bone Bungling At Old Cemetery: Native Americans Get Short Shrift As LA Plaza Downtown Opens Under A Cloud
LA Weekly
California Aims To Improve Predictions For Traffic Jams
Government Technology
Car Sharing Start-Ups Bask In Zipcar's I.P.O. Glow
New York Times
Come Out And Play: Let's Help CicLAvia Become More Friendly To Kids And Walkers
StreetsBlog LA
Gas Prices Could Soon Break July 2008 Record
USA Today
Gov. Brown Signs Law Requiring 33% Of Energy Be Renewable By 2020: The California Law Increases A Previous Mandate Of 20% Renewable Energy. U.S. Energy Secretary Calls The Law A Model For Other States, and An Industry Group Says It Could Create 100,000 Jobs
Los Angeles Times
Highway Funding Is At Risk
Wall Street Journal
L.A. On Bicycles -- "Life Is Good!": Montebello And East Los Angeles Bicyclists Take part In Second CicLAvia
EGP News
Long-Term Strategies Emerge For Caltrain
San Mateo Daily Journal
[D.C.] Metro Hikes Not Keeping People From Riding During Peak Hours ("A new report from Metro shows that ridership hasn't really been affected by the fares implemented last year and that only 3 percent of trips have moved from the busiest times, in the morning and evening.")
WAMU
Metro Takes Ownership Of Union Station ("Coming on board to head up the planning process will be Cal Hollis, who Metro is hiring away from the sinking ship of the Community Redevelopment Agency.")
Blog Downtown
Metrolink Proposes Additional Service In Southern California
Ventura County Star
Moving Beyond The Automobile: Road Diet (video)
StreetFilms
NAACP Calls For Probe Of Highway Stimulus Inequities: Judge Upholds Caltrans Program To Help Minority And Women-Owned Businesses ("The Riverside Branch of the NAACP is asking for an investigation into what it calls a “systemic pattern of excluding” minority and women-owned businesses from federal highway stimulus projects.")
Black Voice News
New Survey: Americans (Mostly) Prefer Smart Growth To Sprawl
Infrastructurist
Practices In The Development And Deployment Of Downtown Circulators (123p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program
Should Inaccessible Employers Subsidize Transit?
Human Transit
University Transportation Centers: Solving Today's Problems, Developing Tomorrow's Transportation Professionals ("Another terrific benefit of DOT's partnership with universities across America is that while we're helping academic experts deliver real-world solutions to market, we're also developing the next generation of transportation professionals among students. I can't tell you how important that is to the safety and economic competitiveness of future generations of Americans.")
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Westlake Village Marks Start Of $1.6 Million Interchange Project
Ventura County Star
Where Now For HSR Funding?
California High Speed Rail Blog
4/15/2011
4/14/2011
Subway Meetings, Budget Cuts & Transpo, Wind & Solar Traffic Lights, White House & Streetcars, Traffic Apps & More
Budget Deal Cuts Into Unused Transport Money: 2011 Intercity Rail Grants Wiped Out; Some Highway Spending Authority Rescinded
Journal Of Commerce
Budget Deal Zeroes Out High-Speed Rail, But Preserves TIGER And Sustainable Communities Funding
Transportation For America
Can Wind And Solar Energy Power Traffic Lights?
Government Technology
Energy Plus Roadways
University Of Nebraska-Lincoln
City Awards Construction Bids, Sponsors Festival ("The council established an agreement between itself and its corresponding redevelopment agency to utilize $59,750 to establish a business improvement district that would finance a shuttle service connecting the Hayden Tract, the Culver City Light Rail Station and downtown.")
Culver City Patch
City Considering New Rules Allowing Communities More Control Over Car Parking Requirements
StreetsBlog LA
Competitive Grant Programs Could Benefit From Increased Performance Focus And Better Documentation Of Key Decisions (60p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Editorial: Don't Extend The 710; Shrink It And Expand Alternatives
StreetsBlog LA
Editorial: L.A.'s Mass Transit Systems Getting More Appealing As Gas Prices Climb
Los Angeles Downtown News
IBM Wants To Improve Your Commute With Traffic Prediction
Time
IBM App Predicts How Your Commute Will Go
Wired
Intercity Passenger Rail: Recording Clearer Reasons For Awards Would Improve Otherwise Good Grantmaking Practices (58p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Los Angeles: The MTA's Bus Stop Strategy ("Given Metro's less than stellar record of bringing in capital projects on budget, and considering its failure to provide for the very large capital renewal and replacement costs of the current rail lines as they age, exactly how does it expect to pay the operating costs of the expanded system it is rushing to construct?")
New Geography
Metro Sets More Subway Advisory Group Meetings
Westwood-Century City Patch
Park, Parking Structure May Have To Co-Exist To Make Way For Gold Line
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Rail Safety Program Dropped In Deal
Congress.org
Rising Gas Prices Force Consumers To Make Choices (the graphs tell the story)
NPR
Traffic Sensors Expected To Help Forecast Backups ("IBM, Caltrans and a UC Berkeley transportation research center [have announced] the collaborative project to help commuters steer around congestion by warning them of anticipated troubles on the road and predicting trip times.")
San Francisco Chronicle
What Advice Would You Give To Someone Taking Public Transit For The First Time? The Community Answers
GOOD
White House Comes Out For Streetcars
Forbes
United Streetcar Putting Americans To Work, Putting America In Position To Win The Future
The White House
Journal Of Commerce
Budget Deal Zeroes Out High-Speed Rail, But Preserves TIGER And Sustainable Communities Funding
Transportation For America
Can Wind And Solar Energy Power Traffic Lights?
Government Technology
Energy Plus Roadways
University Of Nebraska-Lincoln
City Awards Construction Bids, Sponsors Festival ("The council established an agreement between itself and its corresponding redevelopment agency to utilize $59,750 to establish a business improvement district that would finance a shuttle service connecting the Hayden Tract, the Culver City Light Rail Station and downtown.")
Culver City Patch
City Considering New Rules Allowing Communities More Control Over Car Parking Requirements
StreetsBlog LA
Competitive Grant Programs Could Benefit From Increased Performance Focus And Better Documentation Of Key Decisions (60p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Editorial: Don't Extend The 710; Shrink It And Expand Alternatives
StreetsBlog LA
Editorial: L.A.'s Mass Transit Systems Getting More Appealing As Gas Prices Climb
Los Angeles Downtown News
IBM Wants To Improve Your Commute With Traffic Prediction
Time
IBM App Predicts How Your Commute Will Go
Wired
Intercity Passenger Rail: Recording Clearer Reasons For Awards Would Improve Otherwise Good Grantmaking Practices (58p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Los Angeles: The MTA's Bus Stop Strategy ("Given Metro's less than stellar record of bringing in capital projects on budget, and considering its failure to provide for the very large capital renewal and replacement costs of the current rail lines as they age, exactly how does it expect to pay the operating costs of the expanded system it is rushing to construct?")
New Geography
Metro Sets More Subway Advisory Group Meetings
Westwood-Century City Patch
Park, Parking Structure May Have To Co-Exist To Make Way For Gold Line
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Rail Safety Program Dropped In Deal
Congress.org
Rising Gas Prices Force Consumers To Make Choices (the graphs tell the story)
NPR
Traffic Sensors Expected To Help Forecast Backups ("IBM, Caltrans and a UC Berkeley transportation research center [have announced] the collaborative project to help commuters steer around congestion by warning them of anticipated troubles on the road and predicting trip times.")
San Francisco Chronicle
What Advice Would You Give To Someone Taking Public Transit For The First Time? The Community Answers
GOOD
White House Comes Out For Streetcars
Forbes
United Streetcar Putting Americans To Work, Putting America In Position To Win The Future
The White House
4/13/2011
Expo Line, Gold Line, HSR Budget Cuts, Culture Of Public Transit, Bicycling Demographics & More
StreetsBlog LA
AASHTO: New Rule Makes It Too Hard To Ignore Cyclists And Pedestrians
StreetsBlog DC
Bikelash In The SFV: Neighborhood Council Considers Asking For bike Licensing
StreetsBlog DC
Bikelash In The SFV: Neighborhood Council Considers Asking For bike Licensing
StreetsBlog LA
Budget Deal Deeply Cuts High-Speed Rail Program
New York Times
Budget Deal Deeply Cuts High-Speed Rail Program
New York Times
Bullet Train Officials Hold Forum For Potential Contractors And Subcontractors: About 1,000 Companies Looking To Take Part In The Massive High-Speed Rail Project Meet At The L.A. Convention Center. Officials Urge Them To Contract Legislators And Tout The Project's Economic Benefits
Los Angeles Times
CicLAvia Brings Safe, Enjoyable Streets To The Masses
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Elimination Of U.S. High-Speed Rail Funds Endangers California's Project ("In another swift blow to California's $43 billion high-speed rail plan, federal officials Tuesday stripped all proposed funds for the mega-project this year -- casting more doubt on the bullet train line's extension into the Bay Area and Southern California.")
Silicon Valley Mercury News
CityWatch
StreetsBlog DC
House Transportation Committee Members Criticize Obama's Stimulus Grant Selection Process
Progressive Railroading
How To Create A Culture Of Public Transit: The "Marci Option"
The Atlantic
In California, Strategy As Tough As Traffic ("Even when gasoline is not near its peak, California almost always has the highest average gas prices in the continental United States, owing to a combination of high state and local taxes and stringent state fuel regulations. This forces Californians to be more calculating than drivers in other states about where to buy, how to track down cheaper options and whether to spread the word about a particularly cheap station.")
New York Times
IDEA: Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis Programs (24p. PDF : Program Announcement 2011)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Infrastructure Improvements "Key To Recovery," Report Says
Huffington Post
Building Competitiveness: American Jobs, American Infrastructure, American Global Competitiveness (20p. PDF)
Dartmouth College Tuck School Of Business
Making The Most Of Transit: Density, Employment Growth, And Ridership Around New Stations (41p. PDF)
Public Policy Institute Of California
Santa Monica Daily Mirror
Our View: Last Deals Critical For Gold Line
Pasadena Star-News
Race, Class, And The Demographics Of Cycling
Grist
Analysis Of Bicycling Trends And Policies In Large North American Cities: Lessons For New York (63p. PDF)
Region 2 University Transportation Research Center
Reductions In Transit Service Or Increases In Fares: Civil Rights, ADA, Regulatory, And Environmental Justice Implications (54p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Research Digest
Los Angeles Daily News
Spending Deal Spreads Pain Across Transpo Projects, HSR Gutted ("Obama Administration officials point out that the Department of Transportation still has $2 billion on hand for high-speed rail projects. That means the program isn’t dead, just unfunded for this year.")
Transportation Nation
Traffic Efficiency To Be Tackled At City Council Meeting: Dialogue Will Center Around Compliance With The LUCE, And An Expected Increase In Pedestrian And Bicycle Traffic
Santa Monica Patch
StreetsBlog LA
CityWatch
What's Going On With Vegas High-Speed Rail?
Infrastructurist
What's Going On With Vegas High-Speed Rail?
Infrastructurist
4/12/2011
Metro Day Pass, HSR Budget Battle, High Desert Corridor, CicLAvia, Amtrak Ridership, Gas Prices & More
The 2nd Time Around, CicLAvia Event Is An Even Bigger Draw: Organizers Estimate More People Participated In The Cycling Event Sunday, Which Closed More Than 7 Miles Of Streets Between East Hollywood And Boyle Heights, Than The Estimated 100,000 Who Attended The Same Event In October
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Amtrak Says It's On Track For Record Ridership
The Hill
Another Big Jump In L.A. Gas Prices
LA Observed
Bike Bike Revolution! Photos From CicLAvia
LAist
Bill To De-Fund California's High Speed Rail Dies In Committee
Southern California Public Radio
Blight Cures Drain City Coffers (California's redevelopment agencies have almost as much if not more debt than what they pull in from tax revenues, according to this investigation)
Wall Street Journal
Budget Deals $1.5 Billion High-Speed Rail Cut Won't Hurt Current Projects
Bloomberg
California High-Speed Rail's PR Mess
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
CicLAvia: When It's OK To Play In The Street (by Antonio Villaraigosa)
StreetsBlog LA
DOT Obligates $300 Million In State Rail Grants
Journal Of Commerce
"Drill Baby Drill" Won't Solve America's Energy Problems
StreetsBlog DC
Food Fight, Anyone? ("What is at risk if the transportation community is seen by Congress as being at war with itself during the creation of a surface transportation bill? How can infrastructure advocates keep the sibling rivalry among transportation modes at bay? Would it be better for the various modes of transportation to accept half a loaf that is evenly divided than to risk getting no loaf at all?")
National Journal Transportation Blog
Gas Price Average Of $3.79 A Gallon Prompts Commuters To Ditch Cars: Have Drivers Finally Thrown In Their Keys? Mass Transit Sees Uptick In Ridership
ABC News
Grabbing A Thin Reed, Republicans Attack DOT Over Stimulus Grant Process
StreetsBlog DC
High-Speed Rail Authority Meeting With 2,000 Business Reps ("About 2,000 representatives of private firms will be gathering Tuesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center to learn about how they can participate in the development and construction of the $42 billion bullet train between San Francisco and Los Angeles.")
San Diego Union-Tribune
High-Tech Parking Meters Debut As Part Of Pilot Program Downtown
Long Beach Post
Innovative Look At Effects Of Bottlenecks Wins Transportation Research Forum Award
Oregon Transportation Research And Education Consortium
July Charrette To Tackle Future Of Street Design In America (UC Berkeley charrette will focus on mobility, green infrastructure, urban agriculture, commerce and social gathering)
World Architecture News
Re: Streets
Learning More About Obama's HSR Cuts
California High Speed Rail Blog
Maintenance Of Way: Managing Track-Time
Progressive Railroading
Metro Board To Consider Lowering Cost Of Day Pass
Pasadena Star-News
Mineta Transportation Institute Wins DHS Science & Technology Impact Award (for "taking its academic research to the front lines of the fight against terrorism. DHS recognized MTI for developing and then using its unique database of terrorist and serious criminal attacks against public surface transportation targets since 1970.")
PR Newswire
New Freeway To Link Victorville, Palmdale
ABC Los Angeles
SR-138 High Desert Corridor Project
Caltrans
Obama's High-Speed Rail Project Gets $1.5 Billion Slashed in Budget Deal
Huffington Post
Rising Gas Prices Again Filling Seats On Public Transit
San Diego Union-Tribune
What The Heck Do We Mean By "Resilient Design" Anyway?
New Urban Network
What To Call The Gas Tax: Not Just Semantics ("Calling the gas tax a "user fee" is logically and factually wrong.")
Governing
Why You Should Take The Bus On Your Next Trip: They Have A Reputation Of Being Slow, Unclean, Uncomfortable...But Are They?
MSNBC
Will It Take A Freeway To Bring DesertXpress To LA?
California High Speed Rail Blog
You Can Open Your Eyes Now: Budget Deal Spares Transpo The Worst
StreetsBlog DC
The Hill
Another Big Jump In L.A. Gas Prices
LA Observed
Bike Bike Revolution! Photos From CicLAvia
LAist
Bill To De-Fund California's High Speed Rail Dies In Committee
Southern California Public Radio
Blight Cures Drain City Coffers (California's redevelopment agencies have almost as much if not more debt than what they pull in from tax revenues, according to this investigation)
Wall Street Journal
Budget Deals $1.5 Billion High-Speed Rail Cut Won't Hurt Current Projects
Bloomberg
California High-Speed Rail's PR Mess
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
CicLAvia: When It's OK To Play In The Street (by Antonio Villaraigosa)
StreetsBlog LA
DOT Obligates $300 Million In State Rail Grants
Journal Of Commerce
"Drill Baby Drill" Won't Solve America's Energy Problems
StreetsBlog DC
Food Fight, Anyone? ("What is at risk if the transportation community is seen by Congress as being at war with itself during the creation of a surface transportation bill? How can infrastructure advocates keep the sibling rivalry among transportation modes at bay? Would it be better for the various modes of transportation to accept half a loaf that is evenly divided than to risk getting no loaf at all?")
National Journal Transportation Blog
Gas Price Average Of $3.79 A Gallon Prompts Commuters To Ditch Cars: Have Drivers Finally Thrown In Their Keys? Mass Transit Sees Uptick In Ridership
ABC News
Grabbing A Thin Reed, Republicans Attack DOT Over Stimulus Grant Process
StreetsBlog DC
High-Speed Rail Authority Meeting With 2,000 Business Reps ("About 2,000 representatives of private firms will be gathering Tuesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center to learn about how they can participate in the development and construction of the $42 billion bullet train between San Francisco and Los Angeles.")
San Diego Union-Tribune
High-Tech Parking Meters Debut As Part Of Pilot Program Downtown
Long Beach Post
Innovative Look At Effects Of Bottlenecks Wins Transportation Research Forum Award
Oregon Transportation Research And Education Consortium
July Charrette To Tackle Future Of Street Design In America (UC Berkeley charrette will focus on mobility, green infrastructure, urban agriculture, commerce and social gathering)
World Architecture News
Re: Streets
Learning More About Obama's HSR Cuts
California High Speed Rail Blog
Maintenance Of Way: Managing Track-Time
Progressive Railroading
Metro Board To Consider Lowering Cost Of Day Pass
Pasadena Star-News
Mineta Transportation Institute Wins DHS Science & Technology Impact Award (for "taking its academic research to the front lines of the fight against terrorism. DHS recognized MTI for developing and then using its unique database of terrorist and serious criminal attacks against public surface transportation targets since 1970.")
PR Newswire
New Freeway To Link Victorville, Palmdale
ABC Los Angeles
SR-138 High Desert Corridor Project
Caltrans
Obama's High-Speed Rail Project Gets $1.5 Billion Slashed in Budget Deal
Huffington Post
Rising Gas Prices Again Filling Seats On Public Transit
San Diego Union-Tribune
What The Heck Do We Mean By "Resilient Design" Anyway?
New Urban Network
What To Call The Gas Tax: Not Just Semantics ("Calling the gas tax a "user fee" is logically and factually wrong.")
Governing
Why You Should Take The Bus On Your Next Trip: They Have A Reputation Of Being Slow, Unclean, Uncomfortable...But Are They?
MSNBC
Will It Take A Freeway To Bring DesertXpress To LA?
California High Speed Rail Blog
You Can Open Your Eyes Now: Budget Deal Spares Transpo The Worst
StreetsBlog DC
4/11/2011
CicLAvia Recap, Expo Gets Rollin', High Desert Freeway, El Pasajero, Government Budget Shutdown/Compromise, National Library Week & More
All Aboard For A Trip Back In Time (Next weekend's Railroad Days, April 16-17, in San Bernardino)
San Bernardino Sun
Appeals Court Rules Against South Pasadena On 710 Freeway Funding, Further Legal Action Unlikely
Pasadena Star-News
Back To The Future: Metro To Drop Day Pass Prices Back To $5 In July
Southern California Public Radio
Buses Replace Red Cars To Long Beach, April 8, 1961
Los Angeles Times
CicLAvia: Thousands In L.A. Ditch Cars For Bicycles For The Day
Los Angeles Times
CicLAvia II: Bigger And Cooler Than Last Time
StreetsBlog LA
"Creating Our Own Story": How Metro Transportation Library & Archive Has Shared Collections And Information Since 1937
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Expo Line Construction Will Disrupt Blue Line Service ("Service will be cut intermittently between the Washington and Seventh Street/Metro Center stations in downtown Los Angeles from 8:30p.m. Friday through all Saturday until as late as mid-June.")
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Expo Line Trains Now Moving All By Themselves
Curbed LA
A Federal Funding Primer From Transportation For America
StreetsBlog LA
Gold Line Extension To Montclair And Beyond: Planning Workshops For Stations
Examiner
Government Shutdown Averted In Last-Minute Budget Deal, With Some Cuts To Transportation
Transportation For America
Government Shutdown Would Be A Punch In The Gut To Transit Agencies
StreetsBlog DC
High Desert Freeway May Finally Get Built Between Palmdale And Victorville
Beverly Hills Courier
How A Government Shutdown Would Affect Los Angeles (Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti explains)
KCET
How Smartphones Can Improve Public Transit
Wired
L.A. County Garbage Will Be Riding The Rails, But How Many Haulers Will Buy A Ticket?
Whittier Daily News
L.A.'s Transit Funding Remains Imperiled
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Life After The CRA: City Tries To Save $930 Million In Targeted Funds, And Prepares For A Future Without The Agency
Los Angeles Downtown News
Metro Launches Spanish Language Blog, El Pasajero
KCET
Midwest Competing With California For High-Speed Rail Funds
Los Angeles Times
MTA Tries To Reach Latino Riders With Spanish-Language Blog
Los Angeles Times
The New Congress Makes Its Claim On The Budget
Transport Politic
Opinion: HOT Lanes Are Not A Solution To Traffic Woes
USC Daily Trojan
Pico Rivera Backs Bills Seeking Changes To High Speed Rail Authority
Whittier Daily News
Proposed Downtown Stadium Could Require County As Well As City Approval: In A Political Twist Few Officials Appear To Have Anticipated, The Proposed Downtown National Football League Stadium Could Require An Approval From The Los Angeles County Board Of Supervisors, Not Just Officials At City Hall
Los Angeles Times
Recent Study Finds Alarming Asthma Rates Near Southern California Ports
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Shutdown Plans: Department Of Transportation Operations During A Lapse In Annual Appropriations Plans By Operating Administration
(How would the DOT function during a government shutdown? This 33p. document explains)
Washington Post
Silence Pleases As Quiet Cars Prove A Success On T Trains
Boston Globe
Sustainable Transport Symposium: European Cities Take The Spotlight
The City Fix
Tell Us your 4.10.2011 CicLAvia Stories!
CicLAvia
Topanga Man Charged In $7M Ponzi Scheme Targeting Retired Transit Employees ("which targeted retirees, many of whom had been employed as transit operators by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.")
Los Angeles Daily News
Transit And Rail Likely To Take A Hit In Budget Compromise
StreetsBlog Network
Using Ciclovia To Plan Your Streets
Project For Public Spaces
Video: Expo Line Is Powered On!
LAist
Whittier Reaffirms Support For Gold Line Extension
Los Angeles Wave
Wilshire Blvd. Near I-405 To Be Reduced By One Lane In Each Direction For One Year
UCLA Be A Green Commuter!
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