January 5: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
2012: Another Big Year For Motorized Transit In L.A. (Initial list of several local transit-related events on tap for the year)
StreetsBlog LA
2012 Is The Year America Must Get Serious About Its Infrastructure
Forbes
After Three Decades, Tax Credit For Ethanol Expires
New York Times
At The Start Of 2012: Downtown's Continuing Rollercoaster Ride (More transit, Union Station and more)
KCET
Can California Afford To Build High-Speed Rail? (audio)
KCRW Which Way L.A.?
Congressional Inaction On Extending Commuter Benefits Leads Public Transit Riders To See Taxes Increase More Than $550 In 2012
APTA Press Release
Crenshaw Light Rail Line Wins Final Approval From Feds
Daily Breeze
The Current Dispute Over High Speed Rail Job Numbers
Fox & Hounds
Did $98.5 Billion High-Speed Rail Project Just Hit A Wall In California? ("An independent review panel says the plan for a high-speed rail corridor linking northern and southern California poses 'an immense financial risk' to the state and should not move forward.")
Christian Science Monitor
Gold Line Files Objection To Court Ruling
Pasadena Star-News
GOP Candidates' Transportation Infrastructure Talk Praises Tolls But Ignores Jobs
Huffington Post
Groups Want Pollution Monitoring Near California Freeways
Los Angeles Daily News
Ideas For Downtown LA: Redesign 888 International Tower Plaza Into A Pedestrian-Friendly Open Space
Brigham Yen
Is It Time For Metro Rail To Get A Face Lift?
StreetsBlog LA
LADOT: Finally Getting Serious About Safe Routes To School?
StreetsBlog LA
LA, Long Beach Ports End Dirty Truck Fees
Journal Of Commerce
Lost Tunnels Of Downtown L.A. ("Other tunnels in downtown Los Angeles, including L.A.'s first subway, were landmarks for decades but are no longer open for exploration or exploitation." Includes several vintage photos from Metro Transportation Library and other local collections)
LA as Subject via KCET
Making Streets Safer With On-Street Bike Parking (video)
StreetFilms
Microwave Radar Gun Helps Time Traffic Lights For Bicyclists
Government Technology
NBC's Big MetroStudios Project Killed, Smaller Facility Planned ("Known as MetroStudios@Lankershim, the project would have been built in two phases above the Metro Red Line station on Lankershim Boulevard across from Universal Studios. NBC Universal would have been its anchor tenant.")
Los Angeles Business Journal
One Anti-Rail Congress Is No Reason To Delay California HSR
StreetsBlog Network
Opinion: Bus Drivers And Subway Workers Are The Real Environmentalists
New York Daily News
Opinion: Why California Needs High-Speed Rail
San Francisco Chronicle
Paramount Boulevard Bridge Won't Be Complete For Six To Eight Months
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Performance Measures For Public Transit Mobility Management (202p. PDF)
Texas Transportation Institute
Pol Proposes Measure R Extension, Legal Fast Track For Rail ("Today, [California Assemblyman Mike] Feuer introduced legislation in Sacramento for a pseudo-Measure R sequel that would allow voters to extend the length of the tax increase, which currently lasts until 2039. The new deadline has yet to be determined. The move "would enable Metro to bond against future Measure R proceeds and build those transit projects much sooner than originally contemplated, without relying on federal or state funding.")
Curbed LA
Feuer Legislation Would Expedite L.A. County Transit Projects, Creating Construction Jobs And Reducing Congestion
Mike Feuer, California Assembly 42nd District, Press Release
Public Transit To LAX Kinda, Sorta Closer To Reality: Crenshaw Light Rail Project Gets Federal OK
LAist
The Rail Story Of Transforming Los Angeles (January 20 : Panel discussion : "Can stations be designed to integrate into the growing Metro system, cognizant of scarce public dollars, while also being emblematic of the communities where they are located? What do communities around the new stations want to become and what can planners, developers, and community activists do to ensure these outcomes? What can Los Angeles learn from other cities?")
Westside Urban Forum
Report Of Minnesota's Mileage-Based User Fee Policy Task Force (24p. PDF)
Minnesota State DOT
Romney Wins Iowa, Loses The Rail-Passenger Vote
StreetsBlog DC
South Pasadena Council To Discuss Metro's SR-710 Extension Environmental Study Tonight
Pasadena Star-News
Success Factors In The Reduction Of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incidents (4p. PDF)
Federal Railroad Administration Research Results
Sword-Inspired Chinese Train Hits 311 MPH In Testing
GizMag
Trains And Buses Leap Ahead This Year
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Urban Information Networks, Part 1: The Invisible Rendered Visible ("An example of how information enables the inhabitants to most effectively use the immediately available capacity of the total, multi-modal transportation system comes from our work with CalTrans.")
Building A Smarter Planet
Part 2: Information For Resource Management
Part 3: Open Data 2.0
Your Customers Are Mobile, Are You?
Talking Transportation
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