March 30: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (A milestone in regional freeway planning, plus archival film footage shows Los Angeles saying goodbye to the last of its streetcars which are replaced the following day with a new fleet of 300 buses -- highlighted by a "Bus Spectacular" at Dodger Stadium)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
2010 Status Of The Nation's Highways, Bridges, And Transit: Conditions & Performance: Report To Congress (502p. PDF)
Federal Highway Administration / Federal Transit Administration
Bergamot Art Center Takes Big Step Forward ("The arrival of the Expo Line is expected to transform the City of Santa Monica in multiple ways. Some of that anticipated transformation is planned for the City’s eastside, where Expo riders will either be saying hello or goodbye to Santa Monica as they pass by Bergamot Station. Among the many planned projects at or near Bergamot Station include the proposed Bergamot Art Center.")
Santa Monica Mirror
Calif. Bullet Train Project Under Review ("Proponents of a bullet train in California say they are exploring ways to relax environmental review procedures on the high-speed rail project.")
UPI
Congress Extends Highway Funding With Stopgap Bill
New York Times
Congress Fails To Pass Long-Term Highway Bill
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Congressional Lawmakers Temporarily Extend Highway Spending Authority
CNN
Dems Trip up GOP On Highway Extension Again
Transportation Nation
Divided Congress Resorts To 3-Month Highway Bill
Stateline
Doing "Big Things" In Government
Governing
Editorial: Don't Let The South Figueroa Corridor Project Get Lost In The CRA Shuffle
StreetsBlog LA
Editorial: Our Dense Population Requires Smart Planning
Los Angeles Daily News
Facelift Project For Hollywood Stirs Divisions
New York Times
Fashion Accessory Of The Day: Subway Map Cuff Bracelets
The Atlantic: Cities
Google Maps Now Includes Real-Time Traffic Data
Mashable
Heavy Truck Corridor Proposed To Boost Exports
Los Angeles Times
How And Why We Should Green Parking Facilities
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
How Many People Are Moving To LA?
Curbed LA
L.A. Built The Metro, Now It Needs The Buildings
Slate
Malls, Parking Garages And...Mass Transit? Sometimes, They Work Together
Next American City
Metro Silences Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills Courier
Millhouse To Head So Cal Transportation Committee: The Moorpark City Council Member Has Been Involved With County Transportation For More Than 10 Years ("Moorpark City Council member and former Southern California Regional Rail Authority chairman, Keith Millhouse, has been elected chairman of the Transportation Committee of theSouthern California Association of Governments, or SCAG.")
Moorpark Patch
New Group Plans To Have Ballard-To-West Seattle Monorail Running By 2018
KOMO
The New Language Of Mobility: Talking Transportation In A Post-Recession World (40p. PDF : "In this volume, the Maslansky-Luntz team begins with messages that were used in the three success stories and builds upon them in testing a variety of messages with focus groups of “opinion influencers” in three U.S. cities. These listening sessions were then followed by a session with a “Washington insiders” proxy group where a unique Instant Response Dial technology was used to measure responses to a range of messages.")
AASHTO
The New Plan For California's High Speed Rail Project: Faster, Smarter, Cheaper -- And Legal
California Majority Report
Omnitrans' College Student Fares Arrive At 1 Million Trips
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Op-Ed: Hate The Bus? It's Time To Reconsider
NPR
Paint Testing On Spring Street Bike Lane Rescheduled For This Weekend
Blog Downtown
Senate Clears Transportation Extension
Politico
SFMTA Budget Proposal Includes Metered Parking On Sunday Afternoons
StreetsBlog SF
Transportation Bill Replaced By Stopgap Measure In House
Huffington Post
What's Next For The Transportation Bill?
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Why Don't Young Americans Buy Cars? ("Auto makers are worried about the Millennials. They just don't seem to care about owning a car. Is this a generational shift, or just a lousy economy at work? ")
The Atlantic
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