Amtrak Rolls Into The Information Age (Wifi, apps, saying goodbye to ticket punchers, eliminated paperwork, and many more developments on the way as "Amtrak has reason to celebrate: In its 40th year, it’s enjoying the eighth new ridership record in nine years (30.2 million passengers for the 2011 fiscal year, ending in September).")
Smart Planet
Are Bicycle Lanes Really Green? Some City Residents See Read
Smart Planet
Bill Forces Decision On Pipeline, Expands Drilling To Pay For Transportation Projects
Washington Post
Boehner: "Fundamental Change" Means This Bill Stays In GOP Territory
Transportation Nation
Boxer Pessimistic On Senate Bill As Parliamentary Sabotage Rears Its Head
StreetsBlog DC
Brucker Calls For Metro's Response To Exponent Study (p.2)
Beverly Hills Weekly
Can Subways Ever Really Be Rat-Free?
The Atlantic: Cities
City Irks Residents By Removing Sidewalk Trees
Glendale News Press
Clearing It Up On Federal Transportation Expenditures ("The federal government has already devolved most of its transportation powers to local and state governments. And there is little evidence that further reducing the power of Washington will produce better transportation investments.")
The Transport Politic
DB Schenker Rail To Introduce "Carbon Free" Trains
Rail.co
Dianne Feinstein Decries Effort To Delay Train Safety Measure
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: Get A Voice ("As AIA, Hosts Mayoral Forums, Will Wright Proposes A Deputy Mayor For Architecture And Urban Design" for Los Angeles)
Architect's Newspaper
Flashback: Ronald Reagan Touts Gas Tax Hike, Transit Funding As Job Creators
StreetsBlog DC
Future Federal Transportation Bills Locked In Partisan Gridlock
Public Radio International
Gas Prices Continue To Rise, Threatening Economic Recovery
California High Speed Rail Blog
House Republicans Mull Ways To Fund Public Transit
NPR
Mayor, Huizar Greet Eagle Rock Elementary Students In Chinatown ("The second-graders are the first students in L.A. to officially travel free on Metro buses and rail on a field trip.")
Eagle Rock Patch
OCTA Not On Board Yet With Agreement For High-Speed Rail
Voice Of OC
Opinion: Re-Imagining U.S. Infrastructure
Politico
Opinion: What's To Like About High-Speed Rail Reality?
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Red Car Remnants In Ballona Wetlands
Southern California Public Radio
SoCal Gas Prices Soar 5 Cents Overnight To $4 A Gallon
Los Angeles Daily News
Spending Won't Fix What Ails U.S. Infrastructure
Bloomberg
Streetfilms Q&A: Karyn Williams -- Enlightening Youth About Transportation
Streetfilms
Swift Transportation To Pay Port $4M In "Clean Trucks" Settlement
Daily Breeze
TIFIA Loan Demand "Overwhelming," LaHood Says
Progressive Railroading
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