February 13: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Bunker Hill's redevelopment gets a comprehensive transportation plan)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
America's Subterranean Malaise ("There's no doubt that America pays too much for its subway projects.")
The Economist
Ansel Adams Urban Landscape Exhibit Opens Feb. 18
Los Angeles Downtown News
Cities Say 710 Gap Plan Closes Door On Options
Pasadena Star-News
Closing The Bridge? There's An App For That: Caltrans Tries To Reach Drivers Online, Before They Hit The Road
Bay Citizen
A Commissioner's Take On LA ("LA has 74 newly completed rail stations with 70 more anticipated in the next 10 to 20 years. The process of crafting transit neighborhoods and transit corridors creates a new paradigm for our Car City.")
APA Reimagine Los Angeles
Congress About To Clear 9 Of 10 Hurdles To Enacting A Transportation Bill
Transportation Issues Daily
Congress Debates Federal Oversight Of Subways
Washington Post
Connecting The Lines A Key To Nevada Railroad Plan ("As it stands, the DesertXpress stops in Victorville, and building that crucial connection to Palmdale is not a priority for California. So, if it's not likely that a passenger will walk across the street to a bus station, how likely is it that a passenger would pay $50 to ride to Victorville, then drive a rental car along the most congested portion of the commute to Southern California?")
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Efforts To Raise Speed Limits Rebuffed By Council Transportation Committee
StreetsBlog LA
Engaged Workers Immune To Stress From Long Commutes
Gallup
Five Of The Fastest Trains In The World
KCET
Getting A Handel On Transit Crime (A growing number of cities are playing classical music in transit stations as a deterrent to crime, vagrants and "rowdiness.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Getting A Ticket For Jaywalking In Downtown LA: Drop It Or Keep It?
Brigham Yen
Gold Line Foothill Extension Settles 6 Lawsuits With $24 Million
Curbed LA
Gold Line Officials Reach Multimillion Dollar Settlement With Monrovia Property Owner
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
GOP Needs To Get On Track With High-Speed Rail
San Bernardino Sun
Governor Brown: Biting The Bullet On The Bullet Train
CityWatch
High Speed Boondoggle (High speed rail opponents launch website for ad campaign)
High Speed Boondoggle
House Republicans Facing Big Test As $260 Billion Highway Bill Heads For Cliff
The Hill
House Transportation Bill Would Harm California, Democrats Say
Los Angeles Times
House Transportation Bill "Technical Correction" Would Strip Workers Of Pay Protections ("A little-noted provision in the House Republicans' controversial energy and transportation bill would strip several thousand workers within the rail-industry of their federal minimum-wage and overtime protections, potentially making low-wage jobs pay even less.")
Huffington Post
In California, Momentum Building For High-Speed Rail
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
L.A. River Development Plan Approved
Los Angeles Daily News
LA Skyline Ranked Number 34 (Right Below Minneapolis)
Curbed LA
Top 15 Skylines Of The World
Diserio
March 4 Opening Of Sunset Triangle Plaza (Griffith Park and Sunset Boulevards in Silver Lake)
Living Streets LA
Metrolink Pushing Forward With System Designed To Prevent Crashes ("The system, which officials say would have prevented the '08 Chatsworth crash, is expected to be running next year. A bid in the House to delay a nationwide mandate could make the Southland a test lab.")
Los Angeles Times
Muni Expanding Camera Program To Nab Drivers In Transit-Only Lanes
San Francisco Examiner
New Competition: Encouraging Youth To Rethink Public Transportation
The City Fix
Non-Starter: Republican Transportation Bill Is Dead On Arrival ("It would kill a longstanding rule that sets aside a portion of the gas tax to fund trains and buses and other public transportation systems. And to add insult to injury, it is loaded up with a long list of provisions that would pave the way for oil drilling offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.")
Grist
Obama Budget Goes Big On Highway Spending
Politico
Opinion: Derailing Rail Safety (Some House Republicans are trying to delay federally mandated technology that could prevent deadly train wrecks like the 2008 Metrolink crash in Chatsworth.")
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: High-Speed Rail: Threat Or Menace?
Sacramento Bee
Petition Drive For More Bicycle Safety In SCAG Plan Nears Deadline
Ventura County Star
Pico Rivera Transit Hub Open To Commuters, Park Visitors
Whittier Daily News
The Secret To A Successful Urban Stadium
The Atlantic: Cities
SoCal Edison To Correct ADA Violations Caused By New Temple City Poles ("Southern California Edison has agreed to widen Live Oak Avenue sidewalks in areas where new power poles are blocking access to those with disabilities.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Split Rail: Calif. Bullet Train Still Proves Divisive
KCET
Transportation Bills Move Through Congress
National League Of Cities
Undaunted By Redistricting, John Mica Declares He's Staying Put
Transportation Nation
U.S. House Wrongly Eliminated Safe Routes Funding
San Francisco Chronicle
What Transit Advocates Could Learn From SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)
Next American City
Why The House Transportation Bill Hits Bus Riders Especially Hard
StreetsBlog DC
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