BH Subway Hearing, Metro Cell Service, 710, eHighway, Whittier Bikes, Big Walk & More

4th Big Parade Visits Echo Park, Silver Lake Saturday
Century City Patch

Beverly Hills Residents Tell Metro Why They Oppose Subway Path ("The Metro board heard from critics Thursday of its Westside Subway Extension plan, which would require tunneling under Beverly Hills High School.")
NBC Los Angeles

Beverly Hills Threatens Legal Action Over Subway Extension
Los Angeles Times

Beverly Hills Tunnel Hearing: "Metro Refused All Risk Studies"
Beverly Hills Courier

BH Vice Mayor John Mirisch Wants Better Metro Transparency
Century City Patch

Congress Members Urge MTA To Include Funding For Gold Line Project To Claremont
Whittier Daily News

El Sereno Residents Review SR-710 Plans
EGP News

Experts Emphasize Flaws In Metro's Westside Subway Studies
Beverly Hills Patch

Geologists, Engineers Dispute Metro's Seismic Claims About Westside Subway Extension Through Century City: Data Does Not Support Need To Tunnel Under Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills Unified School District via PR Newswire

Graphic: The Process Of Passing The Transportation Bill
Transportation For America

Hollywood Pedicab System Could Close H&H-Vine Street Gap
Curbed LA

Huntington Park Approves Plan To Upgrade City Streets
Los Angeles Wave

List Of Final Community Meetings On The Pacific Electric Corridor Released
Orange County Breeze
Pacific Electric Right-Of-Way / West Santa Ana Branch Corridor Alternatives Analysis
SCAG

Los Angeles Plans Pilot Of Siemens eHighway
Sustainable Business

Metro Considers Proposals For Cell Service, Possibly Wi-Fi For Rail Riders
Blog Downtown

Metro Hearing: BH Argues No Active Faults, Presents Route Alternatives
Beverly Hills Patch

Metro Invites Public To Open Houses On 710 Freeway
Sierra Madre Patch

Muni Inflated On-Time Performance Rates: Transit Agency Padded Statistics By Redefining A Minute
Bay Citizen

Neighbors Want More Time To Read Up On Farmers Field, But Officials Say Project Must Move Forward
Southern California Public Radio

New Tool For Estimating Economic Impacts Of Transportation Projects: Transportation Project Impact Case Studies (T-PICS) (4p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board

Playoffs, Cycling Race Cause Traffic Concerns At LA Live This Weekend
Blog Downtown

Scientists Testify Before Metro Board, Opposing Tunneling Under High School
Southern California Public Radio

The Secret To Tokyo's Rail Success
The Atlantic: Cities

Steinberg: HSR Funds To Be Decided By July 1
California High Speed Rail Blog

Taking The Train In Los Angeles
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Whittier Shows Pedal Power
Whittier Daily News


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