Metro's Green Construction, CAHSR, Beverly Hills Subway, Gas Tax, Gold Line, LA Streetcars In The Sea & More

10 Busiest Junctions In The World (Two Los Angeles interchanges make the list which includes impressive photos)

InAutoNews

BART Leans Toward Seattle Transportation Veteran Grace Crunican For Chief

San Francisco Examiner

Bike Sharing May Not Only Save Environment, It Can Aid Health Too

Los Angeles Times

Can California Learn From China's High-Speed Rail System?

Governing

City Ready To Break Ground On Spring Street Park: Historic Core Facility Slated To Open In Late 2012

Los Angeles Downtown News

Class War Canceled: Most Rodeo Merchants Support Subway Stop

Curbed LA

Driving Services Help Senior Mobility Without Spending Public Money

Stateline

Eyes On The Street: Woodley Avenue Bike Lanes

StreetsBlog LA

The Gas Tax Is Likely Safe For Now -- And That's The Problem

Washington Post

Gas Tax May Be Next Tea Party Target

CNN Money

Green Thumb Up: Metro Greenifies Transit Construction Projects

LAist

Guidebook For Conducting Local Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Studies (184p. PDF)

Hazard Materials Cooperative Research Program

LA Light (Photographer Colin Rich created this mesmerizing video of the endless urban fabric of Los Angeles at night)

Colin Rich via Vimeo

Legislation Could Save Gold Line Board Members From Conflict-Of-Interest Lawsuit

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Metro Board Quickly Moves On Green Construction, Position On HSR, Bike Share And Bus Studies

StreetsBlog LA

Metrolink Lures Cyclists Aboard With Customized Railcars That Hold 18+ Bikes

LAist

Opinion: The Great High-Speed Rail Lie ("Big oil and aviation can't attack high-speed rail directly - that would be an obvious attempt to abort competition. So they hire a "think tank.")

San Francisco Chronicle

Putting Alternative Fuel Stations On The Map

The City Fix

Rodeo Drive Retailers Come Out In Support Of Beverly Hills Subway Stop

Los Angeles Times

Should Los Angeles Go Geothermal?: Infographic Points To Yes

LAist

Streetcar In The Sea Update: More About The 1950s "Transit Reefs" Of Los Angeles
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Tech And The City ("Today if you want to voice your concerns to local officials, you can often do so remotely, from your laptop or cell phone. Websites, social media, call centers, and services that receive and respond to mobile text messages are becoming common means of communicating with the powers that be. With so many new avenues to reach municipal governments, the podium is increasingly irrelevant. In fact, the digitization and dispersion of the public-participation process is in such demand that some cities have created positions for technology chiefs to oversee the systems that connect the government to its people.")

Design Mind

A Victory For LA's Air: LA's Transportation Agency Adopts A Green Construction Policy

Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Why Brown Gave Redevelopers A Haircut

LA Weekly

TRB Research On Fatigue In Transit Operations: A Conference (October 12-13 : Washington D.C.)

U.S. Transportation Research Board

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L.A. Bus Lanes, Expo Line Testing, Bikes On Metrolink, High-Speed Rail, 710 Tunnel, Culver City Bikes & More

Antonio Villaraigosa Pushes Bus-Only Lanes As MTA Chairman: The Los Angeles Mayor, Who Assumes The One-Year Post Today, Says Bus-Only Lanes Will Help Give L.A. A "World-Class Transportation System"

Los Angeles Times

Expo Line Ventilation Testing Under Way Near USC

Los Angeles Daily News

For And Against High-Speed Rail, Part V: Spending Edition

Infrastructurist

Freeway Work Closes Some Area Ramps This Week: Caltrans Work Will Close Some Lanes And Ramps On The 60 And 57 Freeways Through This Week And Weekend

Walnut Patch

From One Crisis To The Next: Congress Must Pass A Transportation Bill For All Users
American Society Of Landscape Architects The Dirt Blog

From Sprawling New Jersey, A New Way Forward For State DOTs
StreetsBlog DC

Gov. Brown Vetoes Commuter Benefits Act, Cites Cost Argument
StreetsBlog LA

How The Debt Ceiling Plan Could Affect California

Associated Content

If You Like The Status Quo, Oppose High Speed Rail

California High Speed Rail Blog

Ignoring Infrastructure Is Playing With Fire (Guest post from the vice president of Research & Emerging Issues for the National Chamber Foundation, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s nonprofit think tank)
Infrastructurist

Life Without Left Turns
Infrastructurist

A Lonelier Ride On The Dodgers Express ("You know the Dodgers are having a tough year when even the free bus service to the stadium is in a slump.")
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District

Metrolink Tests Cars With More Space For Bicycles

Southern California Public Radio

New Report: Transport Determines Housing Affordability

The City Fix

Opinion: I-710 Tunnel: Such A 1950s Idea [Blowback]

Los Angeles Times

Report: Finance Committee Has Closed The $12 Billion Gap In Senate Bill ("BNA’s Transportation Watch publication is reporting that the Senate Finance Committee has figured out where the additional $12 billion needed for the Senate transportation bill will come from, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is clearing the way for the bill to be considered after the August recess.")
StreetsBlog DC

Rethink LA (August 4, 2011 - September 4, 2011 : "RETHINK/LA presents a series of visions based on both the stark environmental realities of the present and the optimistic possibilities for the future.")

Architecture And Design Museum, Los Angeles

San Diego County Regional Government To Buy Bankrupt Toll Road

Los Angeles Times

Toll Lanes

Daily Breeze

TRAX Lines Opening A Year Early, 20% Under Budget (Salt Lake City believes it will be the first transit agency in the U.S. to open two new major light-rail lines at the same time. How are they doing it ahead of schedule and under budget?)

Salt Lake City Tribune

Unintended Consequences: Culver City Bike Plan Meetings Lead To Format Of Culver City Bicycle Coalition
StreetsBlog LA

While Buses Play A Valuable Role, They Are No Replacement For High-Speed Rail

America 2050

Will A Highways/Transit Shutdown Follow The Aviation Shutdown

Transportation Issues Daily

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Culver City Expo, 110 Toll Lanes, Beverly Hills Tunnel, Debt Deal & Transportation, Green Construction & More

110 Freeway To Gain Toll Lanes: The Carpool Lanes On The Harbor Freeway Will Be Converted Into Toll Lanes During Overnight Closures

Redondo Beach Patch

Advancing Bus Rapid Transit And Transit Oriented Corridors In California's Central Valley

Reconnecting America

Full-Text Report (19p. PDF)

University Of California, Berkeley Institute Of Transportation Studies

Analysis Of Contracting For Fixed Route Bus Service (81p. PDF)

University Of South Florida National Center For Transit Research

Beverly Hills Mayor, Manager Meet With DSA Over BHHS MTA Tunnel

Beverly Hills Courier

Cities See The Other Side Of The Tracks ("Cities around the country, including Chicago, Philadelphia and St. Louis, are working up plans to renovate their aging railroad trestles, tracks and railways for parkland. Cities with little public space are realizing they badly need more parks, and the High Line has taught that renovating an old railway can be the spark that helps improve a neighborhood and attract development.")

New York Times

Debt Ceiling Deal Confirms No New Federal HSR Funds Likely In This Congress

California High Speed Rail Blog

Debt Deal Could Mean More Painful Cuts For Transportation
StreetsBlog DC

Demise Of Redevelopment In California Will Be Litigated (may require subscription)

Planning Report

Fifty Years On, It May Be Time For Personal Rapid Transit

Globe And Mail

First Steps In Culver City, Connecting Downtown To The Expo Station
StreetsBlog LA

FTA Climate Change Adaptation Initiative

U.S. Federal Transit Administration

LA's Transportation Agency To Vote On A Green Construction Policy

Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Not Carmageddon: 710 Freeway Closure Set In Southeast L.A. County

Los Angeles Times

Public Transportation: Requirements For Smaller Capital Projects Generally Seen As Less Burdensome (48p. PDF)

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Real-Time Virtual World Modeling For Transportation Systems

Terranautix

USC Clever Transportation Project

USC Integrated Media Systems Center

Senate Should Act On Highway Bill After Break: Reid

Reuters

StreetsBlog's Next Reader Q And A: L.A. Deputy Mayor Borja Leon
StreetsBlog LA

Thursday's Metro Board Meeting: Crenshaw, Bike Share, High Speed Rail And More...
StreetsBlog LA

The Traffic Problems That Will Disappear When Vehicles Can Talk To Each Other

Fast Company

Villaraigosa Now Says He's Not Made A Final Century City Subway Location Decision

Beverly Hills Courier

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Upcoming 710 Carmageddon, First MTA 60 Years Ago, Downtown Streetcar, High-Speed Rail, Air Quality, Cap Parks, UCLA Commuting & More

60 Years Ago This Week: Los Angeles Gets Its First Publicly-Governed Transportation Planning Agency
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

California Lawmakers Travel To China To Study High-Speed Rail

Los Angeles Times

California Poll Shows Air-Quality Concerns High Among Latinos

Fox News Latino

Capping Freeways To Make Parks: Who Wants A Billion Dollar Bike Path?

KCET

Changing Lanes: Bruin Commuter Club Offers Incentives For UCLA Members Who Switch To Environmentally Friendly Transportation

UCLA Daily Bruin

City May Help Pay For College Student Bus Passes

Riverside Press-Enterprise

Cooperative Research Programs Security, Emergency Management, And Infrastructure Protection Research Status Report (12p. PDF)

U.S. Transportation Research Board

Security & All-Hazards Preparedness, Response, And Recovery Activities: TRB's All Hazards Context For Coordinated, All Modes, Security-Related Research (146p. PDF)

U.S. Transportation Research Board

Debt Deal Could Mean More Painful Cuts For Transportation
StreetsBlog DC

Eastside's Overlooked Carmageddon: 710 Closing On 10 Weekends

Curbed LA

710 To Be Fully Closed Between 105 Freeway, Atlantic Blvd. Exits On Weekends In August, September, October

Long Beach Post

I-710 Long Life Pavement Rehabilitation Project

Caltrans

Finger Band Bus Passes: The Oi Wearable Travel Card Is A Handy Way To Pay Your Fare

Trendhunter

For Particle Physicists Who Study Phase Transitions, A Traffic Jam Is Simply A Solid Made Up Of Idling Cars

Seed

Hazard Analysis: The Practice Of Using Cell Phones While Operating A Transit Vehicle

Metro Magazine

In San Francisco, All-Door Boarding Catches On

Transport Politic

Keeping The Tall Towers Safe: As The 10-Year Anniversary Of 9/11 Approaches, Officials Rely On Inter-Agency Cooperation To Make Downtown High-Rises Secure

Los Angeles Downtown News

L.A. Moves Closer To Bringing Streetcars Back
StreetsBlog LA

Little Change To Los Angeles County Gas Price

Los Angeles Daily News

Metropolis (Mixed-Use Project) Slated To Break Ground In 2012 In Downtown LA

Brigham Yen

Public Meeting To Discuss The Resurgence Of L.A. Streetcars

LAist

Senate Bill Would Allow States To Opt Out Of Federal Programs

Land Line

Technology To Advance The Future Of Rail Transport (Philadelphia : April 17-19, 2012)

ASME

Torrance Plans To Renew Landmark Bridge ("Historic, architecturally significant and elegant in its simplicity, the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge spanning Torrance Boulevard just east of Old Torrance may be the city's most recognizable landmark.")

Daily Breeze

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Commits $30 Million To Innovative Partnership That Improves Access To Jobs And Community Services For America's Military Families

U.S. Federal Transit Administration

Two-Hour COG Closed-Session Meeting Ends With No Action On Caltrans Audit

Pasadena Star-News

What Does The Debt Ceiling Mean For Transportation?

Transportation For America

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Metro's Air Quality, Constellation Station, Downtown Streetcar, Manhattanization Of L.A., Sharrows, Montebello Bus At 80 & More

10 Of The Dumbest Road Signs You'll Ever See

Infrastructurist

A Breath Of (Not So) Fresh Air ("Commuters on the Los Angeles Red Line subway are exposed to higher levels of potentially hazardous components of particulate matter in the air - in some cases twice as much - as commuters on the above-ground Gold Line light rail, according to a new USC study. However, the Metro system’s levels of these air pollutants, some of which are known carcinogens, pale in comparison to the levels of particulate matter that bombard commuters stuck in traffic on the freeways.")

USC News

The City Of Angels Who Never Sleep: Can Downtown Los Angeles Be Manhattanized?

TIME

City Receives PCH Safety Grant

Malibu Patch

An Economic Growth And Competitiveness Agenda For California (32p. PDF : "The farsighted and largely self-financed package of transit andtransport projects put together by Los Angeles in its 30/10 project exemplifies the scale needed to build the next generation ofinfrastructure.")

California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom

Editorial: City Council Finally Sees The Light, Kills Its Red-Light Camera Program

Los Angeles Daily News

Feds Commit $750,000 For Moorpark Railroad Crossing Upgrade

Ventura County Star

The Final Route: Metro Holds Meeting To Discuss Streetcar Path

Los Angeles Downtown News

How Los Angeles Lost Its Mojo: The City's Misguided Political Leaders Could Turn This Economic Dynamo Into An Athens By The Pacific

Wall Street Journal

Hate Pollution? The Air May Be Cleaner On The Metro Than In Your Car

Los Angeles Times

High-Speed Rail Legacy, Despite Hassles, Still On Track

Capitol Weekly

Independent Peer Review Of The California High-Speed Rail Ridership And Revenue Forecasting Process: Final Report (13p. PDF)

California High Speed Rail Authority

Los Angeles, California Rail Systems (1906 map)

Big Map Blog

Los Angeles Sharrows: Pre-Installation Studies

LADOT Bike Blog

LADOT Sharrows Report Results: Sharrows Are Good

LADOT Bike Blog

Shared Lane Marking Study: Final Report (37p. PDF)

LADOT

Metro Gold Line Extension To Azusa Set For 2015 Extension

San Gabriel Foothills Examiner

Montebello Bus Lines Celebrates 80 Years

Whittier Daily News

OCTA Develops Improvements For Transit System: Results From Transit Study Will Improve Efficiency And Sustainability

OC Metro

Opinion: Finish The 710 Freeway: It Could Be The Poster Child For How The Nation Evaluates Transportation Projects

Los Angeles Times

Opinion: Subway's Tunnel Vision: Transportation Officials Have Been Planning Since The 1960s For A Station At Constellation Boulevard

Los Angeles Business Journal

Photo Essay: Expo Line Cars Reach Washington Bl.

More Than Red Cars

PLACE Grant Coordinators Explain Transpo., Public Health, And Their Projects

StreetsBlog LA

Public Meeting For Historic Los Angeles Streetcar Service

EGP News

Sen. Wyden Proposes TRIP Bonds To Fund Transportation

StreetsBlog DC

Senators Introduce Bill To Allow States To Opt Out Of Federal Highway Program

Fed Smith

Some Cities Say They'll Keep Their Red-Light Cameras Operating

Los Angeles Times

South Pasadena Council Votes To Approve New 710 Ordinance

Pasadena Star-News

Study: Who Is Riding Curbside Buses, And Should Amtrak Worry?

Transportation Nation

Who Rides Curbside Buses? A Passenger Survey Of Discount Curbside Bus Services In Six Eastern And Midwestern Cities

Chaddick Institute For Metrpolitan Development, DePaul University

Traffic Safety For First Responders Gets High-Tech Makeover

Government Technology

"Transit Mayor" Of Los Angeles

KCET

Yes, People Walk In Los Angeles

Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

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