Angels Flight Shut Down By Inspector Over Damaged Wheels
Los Angeles Times
Are The Millennials Driving Downtown Corporate Relocations?
New Republic
Basics: "Dead Running"
Human Transit
Behind The Politics Of Yesterday's Split Decision On Bus Only Lanes
StreetsBlog LA
Best Home Page: LA Metro (LA Weekly Best Of The Web 2011 Awards : "Metro’s website is a ridiculously user-friendly portal into the world of public transportation. Use it to plan trips, keep updated on traffic and even check out the Metro Art program.")
LA Weekly
Can High-Speed Rail Reduce Air Travel And Highway Expansion?
StreetsBlog DC
Century City Leaders Call For Subway Station At Constellation Boulevard (video)
KCBS2 / KCAL9 via Yahoo
Century City Subway Station: Where Should It Be?
Southern California Public Radio
Commuter Toolkit: The 405 Project
NBC Los Angeles
Consumers Can "Dump The Pump" As Omnitrans Offers Free Rides June 16
Fontana Herald News
Despite Overheated Rhetoric, Some Are Cool About 405 Closure: The Weekend Shutdown Is Being Called Carmageddon. But What's One Horrific Weekend Next To The Endless Suffering Of Depending On The 405 Day In And Day Out?
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: Rejecting Red-Light Cameras In L.A.: The Traffic Cameras Cost The City Of Los Angeles Money While Having Dubious Safety Benefits. A Civilian Board Has Voted To Eliminate Them, And That Makes Sense
Los Angeles Times
Hearings Scheduled To Look Into Bin Laden Rail Threats
The Hill
Identification Of Local Matching Fund Requirements For State-Administered Federal And Non-Federal Public Transportation Programs (117p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program Research Results Digest
Is L.A.'s Public Transit A Joke? This Comedian Sure Hopes So ("Her one-woman show "Going Green the Wong Way" chronicles her attempts to live responsibly in a city that isn't known for its environmental values — including the story about how her biodiesel car burst into flames on a Los Angeles freeway.")
GOOD
Is Monrovia's Gold Line Deal Really In Danger?: The City Painted A Dire Picture Of Its Dealings With The Gold Line Tuesday, But The Whole Affair May Have Just Been A Part Of The Negotiations Playing Out In Public
Monrovia Patch
July Shutdown Of 405 Freeway Will Affect Drivers Across The Region ("Tthe CHP would have preferred to shut down the freeway in October, when traffic is 13 percent lighter. I don’t think anyone at MTA has even turned on a computer and Googled events for that weekend. They number in 2,000 in the area...Law enforcement agencies anticipate that the closure will affect areas within a 30- to 50-mile radius of the work site.")
Thousand Oaks Acorn
LA County Average Gas Price Falls Under $4 For First Time Since March 24
Los Angeles Daily News
L.A.'s Parking Meter Collections Process Flawed, Audit Finds: City Controller's Audit Suggests The City Could Potentially Save Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars By Increasing The Frequency Of Collections On Some Routes And Improving Maintenance And Repairs Of Meters
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Planners To Take A Closer Look At Football Stadium Proposal
Daily Breeze
Opinion: Public Pays Price For Privatization (infrastructure)
Politico
Pawlenty OK With Plan To Privatize Amtrak
The Hill
Residents And Business Leaders Show Up To Support Constellation Subway Station: Councilman Paul Koretz, Backed By About 60 People, Says At A News Conference Thursday That The Century City Stop Should Be In The Center Of The Community Rather Than At Santa Monica Boulevard
Westwood-Century City Patch
The Secret History Of America's Interstate Highway System
Infrastructurist
A Third Greuel Parking Audit Shows DOT In Disarray
StreetsBlog LA
Transportation Bill Gridlock: Is Doctrine Driving Our Country Into A Ditch?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
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6/10/2011
6/09/2011
SR710, Regional Connector, Monrovia Gold Line Peril, Culver City Expo Development, Google Live Transit Updates, Twitter Daily, Freedom From Oil & More
Air-Quality Regulators To Study Health Effects Of San Bernardino Rail Yard: The In-Depth Examination Will Try To Determine Whether The Inland Shipping Hub Has Caused An Increase In Cancer And Asthma In Nearby Low-Income Communities
Los Angeles Times
Amtrak California Ridership And Revenue Rises Dramatically
Mountain Democrat
Amtrak Privatization Is Short-sighted; We Should Invest In Rail
The Hill
Announcing The Metro Library Twitter Daily, The Easiest Way To Keep Up With The Transportation Conversation -- Without Joining Twitter!
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
BART Teams Up With Google On New Scheduling Tool For Passengers ("The new service, called Google Live Transit Updates, will provide users with schedules, service advisories, and real-time departures and arrivals.")
San Francisco Examiner
Know When Your Bus Is Late With Live Transit Updates In Google Maps (More details plus instructional video for the desktop and mobile live updates launched in Boston, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Madrid & Turin)
Google Blog
The Case For Congestion Pricing
Infrastructurist
Chunky Cheetah Rides The Bus: A Committed Car Commuter Learns The Secrets Of Mass Transit When His Ride Breaks Down
Los Angeles Downtown News
Culver City Expo Stop Getting Retail-Fest The Platform
Curbed LA
DASH Fares Set To Rise July 1
Blog Downtown
The Financial Benefits Of Living In Transit-Friendly, Walkable Areas
The Atlantic
Want More Cash In Your Pocket? Live In A Neighborhood With Good Transportation Options
Grist
Freedom From Oil: Policy Solutions From The Livable Communities Task Force (25p. PDF)
Livable Communities Task Force, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Chairman
Gold Line Deal In Peril, Threatens Project's Future: Furious City Officials Said They Thought They Had A Final Deal In Place, But A Gold Line Attorney Insisted Tuesday That No Such Deal Exists. The Future Of The Gold Line Hangs In The Balance ("Seething Monrovia City Council members excoriated the Gold Line Construction Authority Tuesday and threatened to abandon a deal to bring a key piece of the Gold Line to Monrovia unless the two parties could come to terms in the next two weeks.")
Monrovia Patch
High-Speed Rail Can Cover Its Operating Costs: While Paying For Its Hefty Infrastructure Costs May Be Ambitious, Many High-Speed Rail Systems Cover Their Operating Costs And Even Turn A Small Operating Profit
Miller-McCune
If You See Something, Text Something (New Jersey Transit rolls out a new "Text Against Terror" security campaign : “Texting is more discreet, so people can report their tip in a far more unobtrusive way.”)
Transportation Nation
Locals React To Upcoming 405 Closure: West Los Angeles Residents And Commuters React To The Planned Shutdown Of A 10-Mile Stretch Of The 405 Freeway
Brentwood Patch
Los Angeles Street Construction By 605 Freeway Slated For Early Completion
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
More L.A. Noire: The Google Maps And And Self-Guided Tour Edition (How Metro helps you get around to more than 30 sites featured in the new, much-hyped video game)
LAist
Parking Structures Get Sexy (photo-essay)
Sustainable Cities Collective
Planning Has Evolved In Transit-Oriented Development ("Riders need to be connected to the station not just by the land uses but by technology. It is a whole new world from the early days of the Gold Line. I came away from the Summit and the discussions with our San Gabriel Valley cities thinking that transit, especially light rail, is once again becoming an integral part of the transportation system in Southern California. Even more amazing, we are beginning to become more sophisticated transit riders, a trend that will grow as the number of riders increase - currently nearly 32,000 per day on the Gold Line.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
San Diego County Buses To Be Equipped With GPS For Real-Time Schedules: The Metropolitan Transit System Unveils A New System That Will Allow Bus Riders To Text To See How Far Away A Certain Bus Is
Rancho Bernardo Patch
Sen. Kerry Sees Progress On His Bill For An Infrastructure Bank
The Hill
South Pas Mayor Will Pitch SR710 Measure In Highland Park
Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch
Team Chosen For LA Regional Connector ("Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) has selected a joint venture of AECOM and Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) to provide conceptual planning and preliminary design for the $1.4 billion Metro Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, also known as the Downtown Connector or Downtown Light-Rail Connector. Construction on the connector could begin in 2013 and be completed by 2019, depending on the availability of federal funding. ")
Railway Age
Trucks Worth Millions Stay Idle At Port Of Los Angeles ("A highly-touted program to use electric trucks to cut down on pollution at the Port of Los Angeles has stalled.")
KABC-7
What It Takes To Preserve Environmental Justice In California
Huffington Post
Your JetBlue BUR Ticket Gets You A Free Metrolink Ride To and From The Airport
LAist
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Los Angeles Times
Amtrak California Ridership And Revenue Rises Dramatically
Mountain Democrat
Amtrak Privatization Is Short-sighted; We Should Invest In Rail
The Hill
Announcing The Metro Library Twitter Daily, The Easiest Way To Keep Up With The Transportation Conversation -- Without Joining Twitter!
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
BART Teams Up With Google On New Scheduling Tool For Passengers ("The new service, called Google Live Transit Updates, will provide users with schedules, service advisories, and real-time departures and arrivals.")
San Francisco Examiner
Know When Your Bus Is Late With Live Transit Updates In Google Maps (More details plus instructional video for the desktop and mobile live updates launched in Boston, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Madrid & Turin)
Google Blog
The Case For Congestion Pricing
Infrastructurist
Chunky Cheetah Rides The Bus: A Committed Car Commuter Learns The Secrets Of Mass Transit When His Ride Breaks Down
Los Angeles Downtown News
Culver City Expo Stop Getting Retail-Fest The Platform
Curbed LA
DASH Fares Set To Rise July 1
Blog Downtown
The Financial Benefits Of Living In Transit-Friendly, Walkable Areas
The Atlantic
Want More Cash In Your Pocket? Live In A Neighborhood With Good Transportation Options
Grist
Freedom From Oil: Policy Solutions From The Livable Communities Task Force (25p. PDF)
Livable Communities Task Force, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Chairman
Gold Line Deal In Peril, Threatens Project's Future: Furious City Officials Said They Thought They Had A Final Deal In Place, But A Gold Line Attorney Insisted Tuesday That No Such Deal Exists. The Future Of The Gold Line Hangs In The Balance ("Seething Monrovia City Council members excoriated the Gold Line Construction Authority Tuesday and threatened to abandon a deal to bring a key piece of the Gold Line to Monrovia unless the two parties could come to terms in the next two weeks.")
Monrovia Patch
High-Speed Rail Can Cover Its Operating Costs: While Paying For Its Hefty Infrastructure Costs May Be Ambitious, Many High-Speed Rail Systems Cover Their Operating Costs And Even Turn A Small Operating Profit
Miller-McCune
If You See Something, Text Something (New Jersey Transit rolls out a new "Text Against Terror" security campaign : “Texting is more discreet, so people can report their tip in a far more unobtrusive way.”)
Transportation Nation
Locals React To Upcoming 405 Closure: West Los Angeles Residents And Commuters React To The Planned Shutdown Of A 10-Mile Stretch Of The 405 Freeway
Brentwood Patch
Los Angeles Street Construction By 605 Freeway Slated For Early Completion
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
More L.A. Noire: The Google Maps And And Self-Guided Tour Edition (How Metro helps you get around to more than 30 sites featured in the new, much-hyped video game)
LAist
Parking Structures Get Sexy (photo-essay)
Sustainable Cities Collective
Planning Has Evolved In Transit-Oriented Development ("Riders need to be connected to the station not just by the land uses but by technology. It is a whole new world from the early days of the Gold Line. I came away from the Summit and the discussions with our San Gabriel Valley cities thinking that transit, especially light rail, is once again becoming an integral part of the transportation system in Southern California. Even more amazing, we are beginning to become more sophisticated transit riders, a trend that will grow as the number of riders increase - currently nearly 32,000 per day on the Gold Line.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
San Diego County Buses To Be Equipped With GPS For Real-Time Schedules: The Metropolitan Transit System Unveils A New System That Will Allow Bus Riders To Text To See How Far Away A Certain Bus Is
Rancho Bernardo Patch
Sen. Kerry Sees Progress On His Bill For An Infrastructure Bank
The Hill
South Pas Mayor Will Pitch SR710 Measure In Highland Park
Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch
Team Chosen For LA Regional Connector ("Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) has selected a joint venture of AECOM and Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) to provide conceptual planning and preliminary design for the $1.4 billion Metro Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, also known as the Downtown Connector or Downtown Light-Rail Connector. Construction on the connector could begin in 2013 and be completed by 2019, depending on the availability of federal funding. ")
Railway Age
Trucks Worth Millions Stay Idle At Port Of Los Angeles ("A highly-touted program to use electric trucks to cut down on pollution at the Port of Los Angeles has stalled.")
KABC-7
What It Takes To Preserve Environmental Justice In California
Huffington Post
Your JetBlue BUR Ticket Gets You A Free Metrolink Ride To and From The Airport
LAist
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
6/08/2011
405 Closure, Transit TV, Metro Snack Bar, "Bicycle Business District," Open Data Trip Planners, 1915 Map, 1924 Road Projects & More
9 Most Doom-y Official Statements About The July 405 Closure
Curbed LA
405 Freeway Closure Will Make July 16, 17 The "Carmageddon" Of Traffic Mayhem In Los Angeles ("The only good news: The Red Line subway from the Valley to Hollywood will be free of charge that weekend. The Metro's bus fleet, on the other hand, will continue to charge. Thus continuing the grand tradition of working-class bus riders getting screwed in L.A.")
LA Weekly
All Aboard! Student Art Finds Its Way To TransitTV
StreetsBlog LA
Out The Window ("What do you know about Los Angeles? Share your knowledge on Bus TV.")
County Approves Funding Agreement For Lenwood Bridge Project ("The bridge project is also considered part of the Alameda Corridor East, which is a national goods movement plan for moving freight from ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach to the rest of the nation.")
Desert Dispatch
Creating Pacific Coast Highway And Other Landmark Projects From 1924: Metro Library's New Collection Of Historic California Highway Commission Documents
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Cul-De-Sacs Are Killing Us: Public Safety Lessons From Suburbia
StreetsBlog DC
Enabling Cost-Effective Multimodal Trip Planners Through Open Transit Data (115p. PDF : Examines whether multimodal trip planners can be developed using open-source software and open data sources)
University Of South Florida National Center For Transit Research
Five Infographics On The Ripple Effects Of Gas Prices
GOOD
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Names Borja Leon As Transportation Deputy: Leon, 36, Said Part Of His New Emphasis Will Be To Help Push Congress To Adopt Villaraigosa's America Fast Forward Plan That Would Speed Construction Of Local Transit Projects, Including Those Approved By Voters
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Issues Statement On City's Largest "Operation Pothole"
California Newswire
L.A. Traffic Cameras May Get The Red Light: Citing Costs And Safety Issues, The Police Commission Votes To Shut The Cameras Down. Unless The City Council Intervenes, Their Use At 32 Intersections Could End Within Weeks
Los Angeles Times
Labor And Environmentalists Unite To Push For Transportation Reforms
StreetsBlog DC
BlueGreen Alliance Calls For Transportation Reauthorization In 2011
BlueGreen Alliance Press Release
Policy Brief: National Policy On Transportation (2p. PDF)
BlueGreen Alliance
Light Rail "For Dummies?" (Transit blogger Jarrett Walker takes last week's Atlantic article and infographic to task)
Human Transit
Long Beach Unveils "Bicycle Business District" Program
KCET
Map Of Los Angeles And The San Gabriel Mountains, 1915 (An early map commissioned by the Automobile Club Of Southern California, which improved roads, standardized traffic laws, and promoted automobile accessibility)
Big Map Blog
Jumbo-Size Close-Up View (click here and spend some time exploring bygone outlying areas of Los Angeles such as Clearwater, Marion, Tropico, Lordsburg and others)
Mayor Villaraigosa Appoints Borja Leon As New Transportation Deputy
Los Angeles Daily News
Muni Cameras Cut Accident Rate By 50 Percent, Agency Says ("Installed in all 800 of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s buses in November 2009, the DriveCam is activated automatically by jarring events such as quick accelerations, the jerking of a wheel or the slamming of brakes. It’s mainly used for recording accidents, collisions and improper driving techniques.")
San Francisco Examiner
Officials To Address Safety Concerns At Downtown Station: Since The Introduction Of Metrolink's Express Service, The Downtown Station Has Seen An Increase In Use
Burbank Leader
Opinion: Case For High-Speed Rail Grows Only Stronger (co-written by the mayors of Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Fresno)
Sacramento Bee
Rideshare And Metrolink Aren't Just For The Daily Grind: Metrolink Trains And Ridesharing Offer Local Convenient Methods To Save Time, Money, And Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Walnut Patch
Ridesharing As An Alternative To Transportation Capacity Increases
Transport Politic
Rush Snack Bar Coming To 7th/Metro Subway Station In Downtown LA
Brigham Yen
Transportation Statistics Annual Report, 2010 (222p. PDF : This annual report presents and analyzes data on safety, the state of good repair of the U.S. transportation system, economic competitiveness, livable communities, passenger expenditures, and environmental sustainability, and explores how to improve transportation statistics)
U.S. DOT RITA Bureau Of Transportation Statistics
Press Release and Individual Chapters For Download
U.S. DOT Encourages Production Of Steel Streetcar Rails
Metro Magazine
Will Congestion Pricing Ever Catch On Here?
New Republic
Would You Like A Coffee With Your Bus Ticket? Presto! ("Commuters will eventually be able to pay for coffee and parking with the same Presto smartcard they use to pay their bus fares.")
Toronto Star
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6/07/2011
America Fast Forward, Beverly Hills Subway, Bob Hope Transit Center, Suburban Jitneys, Disneyland & L.A. Monorail, Westwood FlyAway & More
Around The Halls: North Spring Street Viaduct, Streetcar Funding, Expo Improvements
Blog Downtown
Bev Hills School District Tries New Tack To Get Its Way On Subway
Curbed LA
Bike Rides In Balance: Claremont Gives Cyclists Their Way
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Bob Hope Airport Officials Go Back To Drawing Board On Transit Center: Officials Look To Scale Back Bob Hope Airport Transit Center Plans After Construction Bids Come In Much Higher Than Anticipated
Los Angeles Times
Can The Private Sector Close The Gap In Suburban Transit? ("For those unfamiliar with them, jitneys are shared taxis running on fixed routes. They occupy a middle ground between buses and taxicabs, with the ability to divert somewhat from their routes to provide door-to-door service. They arose in Los Angeles in 1914 and quickly spread across the country, but generated enough opposition from private streetcar companies that most cities and states had banned them by 1920.")
New Republic
China's New Bullet Trains Plan To Challenge Airlines
Business Report
Cost-Effective Connection Details For Highway Sign, Luminaire, And Traffic Signal Structures (236p. PDF web-only document)
TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Could Focusing On Repairs Please Everyone? ("Could a focus--mandated from Congress--on repair and maintenance, instead of new construction, reduce the cost of a surface-transportation bill such that the legislating process could begin in earnest? Would Republicans and Democrats embrace that idea equally? What are the drawbacks? Why does maintenance get ignored by states and cities? What is the appropriate role for new construction in a tight budget situation?")
National Journal Transportation Expert Blogs
Disneyland's Alweg Monorail: Walt Disney's Highway In The Sky
Micechat
Emergency Responders Prepare For 405 Freeway Closure: Extra Firefighters And Paramedics As Well As Additional Buses And Free Rides On The Red Line Are Planned During Mid-July Weekend
Encino Patch
Emerging Technologies Applicable To Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety And Security (133p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
Endangered Westwood FlyAway LAX Shuttle Route Granted 2-Week Reprieve
Daily Breeze
If You Know How Mass Transit Can Adapt To Climate Change, The FTA Has A Check For You
AltTransport
Los Angeles Leads Full-Throttle Dash For U.S. Transit Cash ("LA Metro sees a good omen in the fact that 67 percent of voters approved the sales tax increase to fund new projects. "You've got a whole sea change, a paradigm shift with Los Angeles being a car culture," said Roger Moliere, LA Metro's chief of real property management development. Rail has so far failed to "connect the dots," he said, between the area's six or seven downtowns in places like Century City, West Los Angeles and Santa Monica. "It's just now happening.")
New York Times
Motorists Warned About "Nightmare" Of 405 Closure: Northbound And Southbound Lanes Of The Freeway Will Be Closed For 53-Hours In July, Mainly For Demolition Work On The Mulholland Drive Bridge. Officials Are Asking People To Plan Ahead And Consider Alternate Routes
Los Angeles Times
Newest Attempt To Give Cities Power Over Speed Limits Gains Ground In Sacramento
StreetsBlog LA
NYC's Plaza Program: An Open Space Model For L.A.? (Janette Sadik-Khan)
StreetsBlog LA
Pomona Jockeys For Rail: High-Speed Train Route, Funding Are In Question
Contra Costa Times
Port Of Los Angeles Adopts 2011-2012 Fiscal Budget
Logistics Week
Port Of Los Angeles Proposed Annual Budget Fiscal Year 2011-2012 (24p. PDF)
City Of Los Angeles Harbor Department
Ride Along With Metro Chief Art Leahy (audio : "The latest installment in a transportation series with Metro chief Art Leahy, with updates on the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s plans for new highways, railways, and extensions of the existing Orange and Gold Lines. How will the Metro’s decisions to eliminate some bus lines and significantly reduce others affect its low-income ridership, which is expected to increase in light of rising gas prices? Whatever came of the controversy surrounding the construction of a new station in Leimert Park? And are you prepared for the temporary closing of the 405 freeway, July 16-17? Plus, check out the Metro’s new online bus-tracking service, NexTrip, and its revolutionary Spanish-language blog El Pasajero, which attempts to put a “Latino face on Metro.”)
Southern California Public Radio
The Shadow Government: With Little Public Oversight, The Organization That Invented The LEED System Is Remaking An Industry
Architecture Boston
South L.A. Still Fuming Over Metro Leimert Park / Crenshaw Subway Vote
StreetsBlog LA
Southland Gas Prices Drop For 31st Consecutive Day
Los Angeles Daily News
"Stay The Heck Out Of Here," Supervisor Warns, When Part Of 405 Freeway Closes In Mid-July
Los Angeles Times
A Subway Runs Through It: School District Officials Oppose Tunneling Under Beverly Hills High
LAist
Taking The Bars Off West L.A. Park ("Just as Metro is proving there are more ways to get around Los Angeles than by oneself in a car, join us in demonstrating that the business community recognizes that community means open space as well as shops, parking and public safety.")
Los Angeles Business Journal
Using Market Processes To Reform Government Transportation Programs: Report No. 1
Heritage Foundation
Why Building Roads Creates Traffic
Infrastructurist
Will Governor Or Assembly Stop Senate's Attack On High Speed Rail?
California High Speed Rail Blog
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Blog Downtown
Bev Hills School District Tries New Tack To Get Its Way On Subway
Curbed LA
Bike Rides In Balance: Claremont Gives Cyclists Their Way
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Bob Hope Airport Officials Go Back To Drawing Board On Transit Center: Officials Look To Scale Back Bob Hope Airport Transit Center Plans After Construction Bids Come In Much Higher Than Anticipated
Los Angeles Times
Can The Private Sector Close The Gap In Suburban Transit? ("For those unfamiliar with them, jitneys are shared taxis running on fixed routes. They occupy a middle ground between buses and taxicabs, with the ability to divert somewhat from their routes to provide door-to-door service. They arose in Los Angeles in 1914 and quickly spread across the country, but generated enough opposition from private streetcar companies that most cities and states had banned them by 1920.")
New Republic
China's New Bullet Trains Plan To Challenge Airlines
Business Report
Cost-Effective Connection Details For Highway Sign, Luminaire, And Traffic Signal Structures (236p. PDF web-only document)
TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Could Focusing On Repairs Please Everyone? ("Could a focus--mandated from Congress--on repair and maintenance, instead of new construction, reduce the cost of a surface-transportation bill such that the legislating process could begin in earnest? Would Republicans and Democrats embrace that idea equally? What are the drawbacks? Why does maintenance get ignored by states and cities? What is the appropriate role for new construction in a tight budget situation?")
National Journal Transportation Expert Blogs
Disneyland's Alweg Monorail: Walt Disney's Highway In The Sky
Micechat
Emergency Responders Prepare For 405 Freeway Closure: Extra Firefighters And Paramedics As Well As Additional Buses And Free Rides On The Red Line Are Planned During Mid-July Weekend
Encino Patch
Emerging Technologies Applicable To Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety And Security (133p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
Endangered Westwood FlyAway LAX Shuttle Route Granted 2-Week Reprieve
Daily Breeze
If You Know How Mass Transit Can Adapt To Climate Change, The FTA Has A Check For You
AltTransport
Los Angeles Leads Full-Throttle Dash For U.S. Transit Cash ("LA Metro sees a good omen in the fact that 67 percent of voters approved the sales tax increase to fund new projects. "You've got a whole sea change, a paradigm shift with Los Angeles being a car culture," said Roger Moliere, LA Metro's chief of real property management development. Rail has so far failed to "connect the dots," he said, between the area's six or seven downtowns in places like Century City, West Los Angeles and Santa Monica. "It's just now happening.")
New York Times
Motorists Warned About "Nightmare" Of 405 Closure: Northbound And Southbound Lanes Of The Freeway Will Be Closed For 53-Hours In July, Mainly For Demolition Work On The Mulholland Drive Bridge. Officials Are Asking People To Plan Ahead And Consider Alternate Routes
Los Angeles Times
Newest Attempt To Give Cities Power Over Speed Limits Gains Ground In Sacramento
StreetsBlog LA
NYC's Plaza Program: An Open Space Model For L.A.? (Janette Sadik-Khan)
StreetsBlog LA
Pomona Jockeys For Rail: High-Speed Train Route, Funding Are In Question
Contra Costa Times
Port Of Los Angeles Adopts 2011-2012 Fiscal Budget
Logistics Week
Port Of Los Angeles Proposed Annual Budget Fiscal Year 2011-2012 (24p. PDF)
City Of Los Angeles Harbor Department
Ride Along With Metro Chief Art Leahy (audio : "The latest installment in a transportation series with Metro chief Art Leahy, with updates on the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s plans for new highways, railways, and extensions of the existing Orange and Gold Lines. How will the Metro’s decisions to eliminate some bus lines and significantly reduce others affect its low-income ridership, which is expected to increase in light of rising gas prices? Whatever came of the controversy surrounding the construction of a new station in Leimert Park? And are you prepared for the temporary closing of the 405 freeway, July 16-17? Plus, check out the Metro’s new online bus-tracking service, NexTrip, and its revolutionary Spanish-language blog El Pasajero, which attempts to put a “Latino face on Metro.”)
Southern California Public Radio
The Shadow Government: With Little Public Oversight, The Organization That Invented The LEED System Is Remaking An Industry
Architecture Boston
South L.A. Still Fuming Over Metro Leimert Park / Crenshaw Subway Vote
StreetsBlog LA
Southland Gas Prices Drop For 31st Consecutive Day
Los Angeles Daily News
"Stay The Heck Out Of Here," Supervisor Warns, When Part Of 405 Freeway Closes In Mid-July
Los Angeles Times
A Subway Runs Through It: School District Officials Oppose Tunneling Under Beverly Hills High
LAist
Taking The Bars Off West L.A. Park ("Just as Metro is proving there are more ways to get around Los Angeles than by oneself in a car, join us in demonstrating that the business community recognizes that community means open space as well as shops, parking and public safety.")
Los Angeles Business Journal
Using Market Processes To Reform Government Transportation Programs: Report No. 1
Heritage Foundation
Why Building Roads Creates Traffic
Infrastructurist
Will Governor Or Assembly Stop Senate's Attack On High Speed Rail?
California High Speed Rail Blog
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
6/06/2011
Downtown Streetcar, Westside Subway, LADOT, Bergamot Station, Palmdale & CAHSR, 405 Closure, Angeles Crest Highway & More
Angeles Crest Highway Reopens, And Fans Can't Wait To Hit The Road: Hundreds Of Riders, Drivers And Nature Lovers Trek To The Angeles National Forest To Enjoy The Winding Route That Was Closed For Over A Year
Los Angeles Times
Arroyoland's Next Hot 'Hoods: Where Will Home Buyers Be Flocking To A Decade Or More From Now? Not Necessarily Where You Think("That will make living near rail stations the next hottest real estate trend — one that may be here to stay. Here are five Arroyoland neighborhoods I predict will gain momentum as the rail network matures")
Pasadena Weekly
Bergamot Development Gets $650K Grant
Santa Monica Mirror
Caltrans Reopens 7 Miles Of Angeles Crest Highway
Pasadena Star-News
Can The Hummer Guy Fix L.A.'s Transportation Problems?
Los Angeles Times
Design-Build: The "New, New Thing" In L.A. County -- Wow!
Planning Report
Dismantling The Mulholland Bridge Will Be An Intricate Task
Los Angeles Daily News
DOT's Stimulus Spending Hits $28.4 Billion: Department Disbursed $3.7 Billion So Far In 2011
Journal Of Commerce
Editorial: Put Union Station Tie In Streetcar Vision ("We think the northeast extension is a solid idea worth serious consideration. While it would likely spur a price hike for an already expensive effort, it seems like a no-brainer to ensure that the line would have a connection to Southern California’s primary mass transit center. Not making the streetcar reach (or get close to) Union Station would be a Downtown equivalent of the goof of not running the Green Line into LAX.")
Los Angeles Downtown News
Find Everywhere You Can Go In 15 Minutes Or Less (more on Mapnificent)
Flowing Data
Group Launches Central Valley Campaign Against High-Speed Rail Project
Central Valley Business Times
The Insane California High-Speed Rail Project
Washington Examiner
It Is Time For Beverly Hills To Give Up ("Numerous schools elsewhere in the world have subway tunnels under them – Berkeley High School in Northern California has a cut and cover subway tunnel just below the surface that has no influence on the regular operation of the school. Other far more vulnerable targets, like the US Capitol, have rail tunnels under them.")
Wilshire/Vermont: Transportation In Los Angeles And Beyond
Jaime De La Vega To Lead The Troubled Los Angeles Transportation Department: Villaraigosa Wants Him To Improve Management Practices And Develop Measure R Programs. Mayor Also Names A Police Commander To Oversee Reforms In Parking Enforcement Operations
Los Angeles Times
Judge Rejects Argument Against Video Cameras In Metrolink Locomotives
Los Angeles Times
Legislature Votes To Tighten Up Oversight Of High-Speed Rail ("The Assembly approved Assembly Bill 145, which would make the authority an advisory body while shifting control of the project to a new state agency called the Department of High-Speed Trains.")
Sacramento Bee
Metro: Free Subway Rides During 405 Nightmare
Los Angeles Daily News
Metro Offering Free Subway Rides During 405 Closure
CBS Los Angeles
Metro To Offer Free Subway Rides During July 405 Fwy Closure
KABC-7
Officials Tussle Over Rail Crossing: Proximity Of Adjacent Propane Facility Constitutes A Danger, One Says
Burbank Leader
Palmdale Challenges High-Speed Rail Study Of Alternative I-5 route
Los Angeles Daily News
Palmdale To Pursue Legal Action If High-Speed Rail Authority Considers Bypassing Antelope Valley
Los Angeles Times
Report: California Mulls A "Department Of High-Speed Trains"
Government Technology
Residents Brace For Closure Of 405 Freeway
Los Angeles Daily News
Road Crews Fan Out Across Los Angeles To Fix Potholes: For This Weekend's Operation Pothole, City Crews Hope To Fix About 20,000 Potholes In Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
School Officials Oppose Subway Extension Under Beverly Hills High: School District Officials Say One Of The Routes Being Considered Would Quash Their Plans To Renovate The Aging Campus. Prominent Developers Prefer That Route Because It Goes Through The Heart Of Century City
Los Angeles Times
Top Ten Reasons To Have The Subway Station At Constellation & Avenue Of The Stars
Century City Chamber Of Commerce
Value Capture As A Tool For Tying Land Use To Transit
Human Transit
The Virtues Of Investing In Transportation ("Infrastructure spending, adjusted for inflation and accounting for the depreciation of existing assets, is at about the same level it was in 1968, when the economy was one-third smaller. Public investment on transportation and water infrastructure as a share of gross domestic product has fallen steadily since the 1960s and now stands at 2.4 percent, compared with 5 percent in Europe and more than 9 percent in China.")
New York Times
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Los Angeles Times
Arroyoland's Next Hot 'Hoods: Where Will Home Buyers Be Flocking To A Decade Or More From Now? Not Necessarily Where You Think("That will make living near rail stations the next hottest real estate trend — one that may be here to stay. Here are five Arroyoland neighborhoods I predict will gain momentum as the rail network matures")
Pasadena Weekly
Bergamot Development Gets $650K Grant
Santa Monica Mirror
Caltrans Reopens 7 Miles Of Angeles Crest Highway
Pasadena Star-News
Can The Hummer Guy Fix L.A.'s Transportation Problems?
Los Angeles Times
Design-Build: The "New, New Thing" In L.A. County -- Wow!
Planning Report
Dismantling The Mulholland Bridge Will Be An Intricate Task
Los Angeles Daily News
DOT's Stimulus Spending Hits $28.4 Billion: Department Disbursed $3.7 Billion So Far In 2011
Journal Of Commerce
Editorial: Put Union Station Tie In Streetcar Vision ("We think the northeast extension is a solid idea worth serious consideration. While it would likely spur a price hike for an already expensive effort, it seems like a no-brainer to ensure that the line would have a connection to Southern California’s primary mass transit center. Not making the streetcar reach (or get close to) Union Station would be a Downtown equivalent of the goof of not running the Green Line into LAX.")
Los Angeles Downtown News
Find Everywhere You Can Go In 15 Minutes Or Less (more on Mapnificent)
Flowing Data
Group Launches Central Valley Campaign Against High-Speed Rail Project
Central Valley Business Times
The Insane California High-Speed Rail Project
Washington Examiner
It Is Time For Beverly Hills To Give Up ("Numerous schools elsewhere in the world have subway tunnels under them – Berkeley High School in Northern California has a cut and cover subway tunnel just below the surface that has no influence on the regular operation of the school. Other far more vulnerable targets, like the US Capitol, have rail tunnels under them.")
Wilshire/Vermont: Transportation In Los Angeles And Beyond
Jaime De La Vega To Lead The Troubled Los Angeles Transportation Department: Villaraigosa Wants Him To Improve Management Practices And Develop Measure R Programs. Mayor Also Names A Police Commander To Oversee Reforms In Parking Enforcement Operations
Los Angeles Times
Judge Rejects Argument Against Video Cameras In Metrolink Locomotives
Los Angeles Times
Legislature Votes To Tighten Up Oversight Of High-Speed Rail ("The Assembly approved Assembly Bill 145, which would make the authority an advisory body while shifting control of the project to a new state agency called the Department of High-Speed Trains.")
Sacramento Bee
Metro: Free Subway Rides During 405 Nightmare
Los Angeles Daily News
Metro Offering Free Subway Rides During 405 Closure
CBS Los Angeles
Metro To Offer Free Subway Rides During July 405 Fwy Closure
KABC-7
Officials Tussle Over Rail Crossing: Proximity Of Adjacent Propane Facility Constitutes A Danger, One Says
Burbank Leader
Palmdale Challenges High-Speed Rail Study Of Alternative I-5 route
Los Angeles Daily News
Palmdale To Pursue Legal Action If High-Speed Rail Authority Considers Bypassing Antelope Valley
Los Angeles Times
Report: California Mulls A "Department Of High-Speed Trains"
Government Technology
Residents Brace For Closure Of 405 Freeway
Los Angeles Daily News
Road Crews Fan Out Across Los Angeles To Fix Potholes: For This Weekend's Operation Pothole, City Crews Hope To Fix About 20,000 Potholes In Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
School Officials Oppose Subway Extension Under Beverly Hills High: School District Officials Say One Of The Routes Being Considered Would Quash Their Plans To Renovate The Aging Campus. Prominent Developers Prefer That Route Because It Goes Through The Heart Of Century City
Los Angeles Times
Top Ten Reasons To Have The Subway Station At Constellation & Avenue Of The Stars
Century City Chamber Of Commerce
Value Capture As A Tool For Tying Land Use To Transit
Human Transit
The Virtues Of Investing In Transportation ("Infrastructure spending, adjusted for inflation and accounting for the depreciation of existing assets, is at about the same level it was in 1968, when the economy was one-third smaller. Public investment on transportation and water infrastructure as a share of gross domestic product has fallen steadily since the 1960s and now stands at 2.4 percent, compared with 5 percent in Europe and more than 9 percent in China.")
New York Times
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