March 2: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Photos and the story of the epic and deadly disaster that nearly destroyed Southern California's transportation infrastructure)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Activists Eye "Crown Jewel" For L.A.'s Urban Renewal ("The fight to create a state park at Taylor Yard out of 44 acres currently owned by Union Pacific Railroad adjacent to the Los Angeles River)
EGP News
Boehner: GOP Sour On Short-Term Highway Bill
The Hill
California Commission Approves Funding For ACE Grade Separation ("The California Transportation Commission recently voted in favor of providing $37.6 million from the state’s Proposition 1B Trade Corridors Improvement Fund for the Baldwin Avenue grade separation project in El Monte.")
Alameda Corridor East Project
California Gas Usage Was Falling Even Before Price Hikes
Sacramento Bee
California Grapples With High-Speed Rail Debate ("Times have changed for the worse. The price tag and the economy -- plus plans to start in the center of the state rather than in the cities -- have soured many Californians on the whole project. A recent Field Poll shows that two-thirds of voters would like another chance to vote, and most of them would vote against it.")
PBS Newshour
Can A Highway Median Become An Alluring Public Space?
The Atlantic: Cities
Could Creating This Transportation Program Save $200 Billion A Year
Transportation Issues Daily
Daily News: More Measure R Funds For Bikeway
StreetsBlog LA
Editorial: Measure R Just Right For Bikeway Funds
Los Angeles Daily News
Do You Have Car-Free Streets? A New Resource for North American Ciclovias
StreetsBlog DC
Open Streets Guide (182p. PDF)
People Powered Movement
Editorial: Slow And Go On The 710
Pasadena Sun
Enough With The Studies, Let's Get This Train Rolling (Advocates daily Amtrak service between Los Angeles and Indio)
Desert Sun
Expo Line Still Troubled, Culver City Mayor Slams Authority
Curbed LA
Gas Sends Angelenos Flocking To Mass Transit
KABC Los Angeles
High-Speed Rail Board Backs SoCal Bid For $1 Billion
San Diego Union-Tribune
House Scales Back Transpo Bill But Keeps On Attacking Safe Streets
StreetsBlog DC
How The 2012 TED Prize, The City 2.0, Aims To Crowdsource The Future
The Atlantic: Cities
An Interview With The Man Responsible For L.A.'s Bus Shelters
StreetsBlog LA
Is Urbanism Slowing The Rise Of Car Travel?
The Atlantic: Cities
LAX Light Rail Opponents Sue Uncle Sam
Courthouse News Service
Los Angeles And the Rise Of The "Super-Commuter": The Dramatic Increase In Our Long-Distance Workforce
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Managed Lane Operations: Adjusted Time Of Day Pricing vs. Near-Real Time Dynamic Pricing -- Volume II: Ramp Signaling And Variable Speed Limits (VSL) (189p. PDF)
Florida DOT Research Center
Memo Causes Confusion About Start Of Bullet Train Construction
Los Angeles Times
Metro Project To Displace Spice Table, Weiland's (and Señor Fish)
Los Angeles Downtown News
No Plans To Sell Ontario Airport, Officials Tell Inland Empire Delegation
Diamond Bar Patch
Nominate The Best And Worst Transportation Projects!
Sierra Club Compass
Nope, More Drilling Won't Bring Back $2.50 Gasoline
Washington Post
Not Quite Carmageddon: More 405 Freeway Closures In The Sepulveda Pass This Weekend
LAist
The Only Elected Regional Government In The U.S.
The Atlantic: Cities
Padilla: Governor May Be Biggest Obstacle To Redevelopment 2.0
California Planning & Development Report
California's Urbanscape: A New Paradigm For Redevelopment For The 21st Century
UCLA Luskin School Of Public Affairs
Residents Want To Buy Homes In 710 Corridor, But Caltrans Isn't Selling
Glendale News Press
Ride Along With Metro CEO Art Leahy (audio interview by Patt Morrison and text article)
Southern California Public Radio
Security Awareness For Public Bus Transportation: Case Studies Of Attacks Against The Israeli Public Bus System (120p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
A Sleeper Issue That Could Derail House Transportation Bill
Transportation Issues Daily
Transportation Bill Amendment Would Restore Bicycle, Pedestrian Funding
Huffington Post
What Are CRA's Legal Obligations?
The Planning Report
What Intersections Would Look Like In A World Of Driverless Cars
The Atlantic: Cities
Will Brown's Vision For High-Speed Rail In California Stay On Track?
PBS News Hour
With Contraception Vote Over, Senate Can Finally Get To Transpo Issues
StreetsBlog DC
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