60 Years Ago, Hollywood Freeway Opened Through Civic CenterBlog Downtown
2011 Streetsies: It Was The Best Of TimesStreetsBlog LA
77% Of Americans Oppose Raising The Gas Tax, Reason-Rupe Transportation Poll FindsSacramento Bee
Reason-Rupe Public Opinion Survey Winter 2011 Topline Results (13p. PDF)
Reason Foundation
AIA Los Angeles: Political Leadership Could Bolster Green DesignThe Planning Report
Baldwin Park Plans To Construct Transit CenterSan Gabriel Valley Tribune
Barbara Boxer's Transportation Bill Would Drop Environmental Criteria In Much-Touted TIFIA Loan ProgramHuffington Post
The Best City Reads Of 2011The Atlantic: Cities
Beverly Hills School District To Conduct Earthquake Study; Hoping To Disprove Metro's FindingsLA Weekly
Biking And Walking Score Big In TIGER IIIStreetsBlog DC
Calif. Governor Brown Declares State Of Emergency Following State Route 60 AccidentCalifornia Wire
Candy Cane Buses And Streetcars Of The Past (Vintage images of 1950s Los Angeles transit decked out for the holidays)
Metro Transportation Library via Flickr
Historic Santa Claus Images From Los Angeles' Transit Past (1950s-1980s)
Metro Transportation Library via Flickr
Christmas Transit Photos From The Archives: 1953 Hollywood Boulevard And MoreMetro Transportation Library via Flickr
Check Out Hollywood Boulevard Decked Out For Christmas In The 1940s (video)
LAist
Despite Lower Gas Prices, Public Transit Riders Still Reap Big SavingsAPTA Press Release
Engineering Talk: Explaining Transportation From The User's Perspective (First post in new blog focusing on communicating about the transportation industry)
Talking Transportation
A Fatal Bullet For The California Bullet Train (Seven important questions should now be asked about California high-speed rail)
CityWatch
First Street Bridge P Line Streetcar (The bridge just reopened after a 3-year closure -- here's how it looked with LAMTA streetcar service in 1963)
Metro Transportation Library via Flickr
Fixing Suburbs With Green Streets That Accomodate EveryoneNatural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Gas Takes Its Biggest Bite Out Of Family Budget In 30 YearsChicago Tribune
Gold Line Construction Authority To Weight Eminent Domain For Monrovia LandPasadena Star-News
Health Benefits Of Ciclovia Events Outweigh CostsStreetsBlog Networks
The Honor System In Public Transit (Lookst at enforcement of Metro Rail and Metrolink fares and ticketing)
Long Beach Post
How To Boost Biking And Walking Even Further In Your CityShareable
Improving Value Of Travel Time Savings Estimation For More Effective Transportation Project Evaluation (91p. PDF)
University Of South Florida Center For Urban Transportation Research
Infographic Says Angelenos Could Buy 36 Christmas Trees With Money Wasted Annually In TrafficLAist
L.A.'s Historic 1st Street Bridge Reopens After 3-Year Closure ("Los Angeles officials hail the restoration of a cultural link between the city's core and neighborhoods to the east. The bridge carries tracks of the Gold Line's Eastside extension.")
Los Angeles Times
Leveraging Transit To Remake SuburbiaULI
Mapping Sustainable Communities AwardsReconnecting America
McCarthy Requests Federal High-Speed Rail Audit ("Rep. Kevin McCarthy joined 11 other Republican members of the House this week in requesting a federal audit of California's high-speed rail project. Monday's letter asks the Government Accountability Office, Congress' investigative arm, to dig into the $98 billion project's "viability and questionable ridership and costs projections.")
Bakersfield Californian
House Republicans Want Inquiry Into California High-Speed Rail ("Because of the agency's carefully maintained reputation for neutrality and thoroughness, a GAO study could effectively shape both public and political attitudes toward the California project. One way or another, it's likely to become ammunition...Other Republican lawmakers signing the letter, from California, are Reps. Darrell Issa, John Campbell, Brian Bilbray, Duncan Hunter, Tom McClintock, Gary Miller, Buck McKeon and Devin Nunes.")
McClatchy via Miami Herald
Meet The Woman In Charge Of Not Blowing Up The 405 FreewayCurbed LA
Meet The 405 Project's Utility PlayerZev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
New Year, New Ocean Park: SaMo Street Facelift Starts SoonCurbed LA
Newt Gingrich: Rail Visionary, Lover Of OilTransportation Nation
Next-Level GPS Helps You Avoid Traffic SnarlsGlobe And Mail (Canada)
OC Freeway Signs Now Tell You How Much Faster The Train IsCurbed LA
Online City Of Los Angeles Bikeway Map Now AvailableLADOT Bike Blog
Downloadable MapsPerris Station Transit Center Wins CTF Transportation AwardNewswire Today
Recapturing Global Leadership In Bus Rapid Transit: A Survey Of Select U.S. Cities (80p. PDF)
Institute For Transportation & Development Policy
Regional Planning For A Sustainable America: How Creative Programs Are Promoting Prosperity And Saving The EnvironmentMetro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Senate Bill Would Allow Other Ports To Mimic L.A.'s Clean Trucks ProgramDaily Breeze
Southland Leaders Praise Reopening Of Iconic 1st Street BridgeSouthern California Public Radio
TIGER III: A Big And Agile Cat, With LegsU.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
TSA Officials Form Holiday Chorus At LAX (video : The agency tries to soften its image)
American Public Media Marketplace
Vintage Los Angeles Map Shows What To Do In The "Wonder City Of America"LAist
What We Can Learn From City Busways ("The Orange Line, on the other hand, is considered one of the best BRT systems in the country...Since opening in late October of 2005, at a cost of $324 million, ridership has grown steadily; in the past few years it's risen from about 574,000 in November 2009 to 640,000 in November 2011.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Wilshire Grand Hotel Closes Doors Forever Just Shy Of 60th BirthdayBlog Downtown
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$6 Billion Needed For Southern California's $40 Billion Need ("The region would need to spend $40 billion over the next 25 years to create the sort of walkable and bikeable communities it says it wants. That’s nearly eight times as much as SCAG is recommending.")
