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8/22/2012

Bikes, Gold Line EIR to Montclair, High Speed Rail, Boyle Heights, X-Train to Vegas and more...

August 22: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (The Southern California Rapid Transit District, a direct predecessor of LACMTA, is established)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

APTA President and CEO Michael P. Melaniphy to Deliver Keynote Address at 17th Annual BusCon Conference and Expo
Mass Transit

Bike Rack City Ride: Learning How to Install Bike Racks in Boyle Heights
LA StreetsBlog

The Case for Separated Bike Lanes
The Atlantic - Cities
California High Speed Rail Blog
NBC
The Hill
The Transport Politic
The Atlantic - Cities
USA Today

LAX Flyaway® Bus Sservice at Irvine Stations to Cease Operations
LAWA
Richmond Times Dispatch
Christian Science Monitor
Daily Kos
Curbed LA
Press Telegram
Curbed LA

Culver City Times

Take Back Boyle Heights (Demand that Metro replace what they demolished with the Gold Line construction)
East LA Community Corporation (Via Facebook)

Obama plan for high-speed rail, after hitting a bump, chugs forward again - High-speed rail plans, announced by the White House in 2009, are back on track after Amtrak commits to upgrades in the Northeast and California approves billions to build new tracks.
Christian Science Monitor

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