April 20: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (A landmark report titled "Cities Are For People" released 70 years ago today reviews the rapid growth of the region since the 1920s and analyzes transportation planning in light of the imminent L.A. freeway system)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Antonio Villaraigosa, The Transportation Mayor
StreetsBlog LA
BH City Council Action Could Delay Subway Decision ("If the Beverly Hills City Council agrees to file for a hearing with the Metro board, it would delay the board's upcoming vote on the Westside Subway Extension.")
Westwood-Century City Patch
California High-Speed Rail In Trouble
Sacramento Bee
California High Speed Rail Slammed In New Government Report, Defunding Project Recommended
Huffington Post
Celebrate Earth Day The FTA Way, With A Map Of Sustainable Transpo Projects
StreetsBlog DC
City Seeks Design Ideas For New Sixth Street Bridge
Los Angeles Wave
City Will Drop Bombshell On MTA ("Informed sources in City Hall and the Beverly Hills Unified School District have confirmed to The Courier that the City Council intends to authorize its attorneys to call for a public hearing on locating stations in Century City and in Beverly Hills. The hearing procedure would delay implementation of any decision of Metropolitan Transportation Authority by 60 days or more. The seldom-if-ever used procedure under Public Utilities Code Section 30639, allows cities and counties affected by the “location of facilities” by MTA to demand a “reasonableness” hearing before the MTA board.")
Beverly Hills Courier
Editorial: Still L.A.'s Transportation Mayor
Los Angeles Times
Every Day Is Earth Day For Public Transit
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Experts: No Tunnels Under Public Schools In State
Beverly Hills Courier
High Speed Rail And Carbon Emission Reductions
California High Speed Rail Blog
High-Speed Rail Isn't The Most Efficient Way To Cut Carbon Emissions
Washington Post
How Local Transportation Decisions Can Put Public Health Front And Center
StreetsBlog DC
It Takes Many Steps To Get An Echo Park Crosswalk
The Eastsider LA
LA Mayor Wants More Taxpayer Dollars For Transit
CBS
Mayor Had Better Prepare For Pushback On His Fanciful Transportation Plan
LA Observed
Mayor Villaraigosa Storms Out Of Meeting As Measure R Debate Heats Up
Daily Breeze
Metro Testing Buses, Stations On Orange Line Extension
San Fernando Valley Business Journal
A National Authority On Roundabouts (1p. PDF : "Roundabouts have seen unprecedented growth across the United States, from just a handful a decade ago to more than 2,000 and counting.")
National Cooperative Highway Research Program Impacts On Practice
New Farmers Field, Convention Center And L.A. Live Renderings Released
Blog Downtown
Ports' Efforts Impress EPA Chief
Daily Breeze
Red Car Trolley Tests The Track At Disney California Adventure Park (includes photos : "The Red Car Trolley, inspired by the historic Pacific Electric Red Cars which once criss-crossed the Los Angeles area, will make its debut on June 15 when Buena Vista Street opens at Disney California Adventure park.")
Disney Parks Blog
Should California Use Climate Change Fund To Finance A High-Speed Railway?
Giga Om
State Of The City Remarks ("Here is the text of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s State of the City speech. The remarks are as prepared for delivery.")
City Maven
Striking New Photos Of Great 1906 Earthquake Emerge ("On the anniversary of the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has released a stunning new set of photos from their archives." Rarely seen historic transit photos)
SFist
Thumbs Up From America's Planners: "Everything Is Happening In L.A. Right Now" (Review of the American Planning Association national conference held in Los Angeles last weekend, the first since 1986)
StreetsBlog LA
Update: Latest Transpo Action From Westside Grassroots Leaders
CityWatch
Uncertainty Is Part Of Transportation Funding, California High-Speed Rail Chief Says
Sacramento Bee
Vibrant Downtowns Linked To Greater Transit Use
Metro Magazine
The Impact Of Center City Economic And Cultural Vibrancy On Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Transportation (104p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Villaraigosa Walks Out After "Gang Rape" Remark On Transit Tax
Los Angeles Times
Visionary Transpo Bureaucrats, Part 4: Jay Primus And Rina Cutler
StreetsBlog DC
Vote On Rail Segment Delayed ("Members of the California High Speed Rail Authority board failed to vote as scheduled Thursday on a proposed Sand Canyon bullet train route because they ran out of time.")
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
What Developers Get Wrong About Smart Growth
The Atlantic: Cities
Would Obama Really Veto A Transportation Bill?
Transportation Issues Daily
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