After 30 Years Of Federal Support For Transit, Battle Lines Are Redrawn
StreetsBlog DC
Bergamot Transit Village Fight Crosses City Borders ("Community representatives from Santa Monica and its neighbors unite against what they call 'piecemeal' planning for several projects, demanding that the city adequately address traffic problems they say would go beyond its city limits.")
Pacific Palisades Patch
Bergamot Transit Village NIMBYs Now Include LA City Council
Curbed LA
Bullet Train Economic Impact Won't Occur Without Some Help: Study
Bakersfield Californian
Department Of DIY Strikes Again: "Except Bikes" Signs Appear On The Westside
StreetsBlog LA
Design For Final Segment Of High Line Revealed!
Architect's Newspaper
Editorial: BART Heads To San Jose
San Francisco Chronicle
Five Strategies For A Transformative Sustainable Communities Strategy In Southern California
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Garden Grove Opens New Traffic Center Today
Orange County Register
High-Speed Rail Chief: Bullet Train Won't Cost $100 Billion ("Agency leader says train will cost less and launch sooner under revision.")
Silicon Valley Mercury News
HR 7 Insanity: Air Pollution Funds Would Pay For Highway Expansion
StreetsBlog Network
Fixing The House Bill: Reducing Air Pollution By Providing More Travel Options
Transportation For America
Hugging The Expo Line ("In terms of the anticipated completion date of 2015, my big concern is this: does everyone understand that it is not enough to simply thread the Expo Line through existing communities and hope that people will use it? Instead, we need to support the rail line with new zoning ordinances that encourage communities of density and diversity.")
Huffington Post
Is The Biker Rights Movement Gaining Momentum?
The Atlantic: Cities
LA Streetcar Project Inches Forward; Begins Environmental Review
Blog Downtown
Leading In Lean Times: Findings From The Transportation Research Board's 2011 State Partnership Visits Program (12p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
Metro To Vote On Rail Car Upgrade; May Include Wider Seats And Room For Bikes
Blog Downtown
More Punting On Regional Connector?
Curbed LA
Muni Posters' Goal: Decrease Phone, Tablet Thefts
San Francisco Chronicle
New Report On Statewide Organizations And Federal Funding
League Of American Cyclists
Improving The Process: How Statewide Organizations Are Winning Federal Dollars For Bicycle And Pedestrian Projects (7p. PDF)
Advocacy Advance: Tools To Increase Biking And Walking
Obama Counters Gas Price Demagoguery With Commitment To Fracking
StreetsBlog DC
Over The Top: Transit Planners Look To Gondolas To Put An End To Urban Gridlock
National Post (Canada)
Reversing A Radical Rewrite: Can Boehner Go Bipartisan?
Transportation Nation
Santa Monica Coalition Fires Legal Missive Opposing Bergamot Project
Santa Monica Lookout
Senate Amendments Promote Local (Not State) Control, Bridge Repair
StreetsBlog DC
Senate Bill Surges Forward; House Bill Bogs Down
Next American City
Senate Ready To Pass Bipartisan Overhaul Of Highway, Transit Programs; House Action Uncertain
Washington Post
Senate Rejects Amendment To Allow States To Opt Out Of Federal Transportation Program
The Hill
Wilshire Boulevard: Iconic Yet Bumpy
Park La Brea News Beverly Press
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
