8/14/2012
L.A. Emissions, Ryan & Transpo, iPhone Transit, Potholes, Parking Meters & More
Analysis: Picking Ryan Means Picking A Fight On Transportation
Transportation Nation
As The U.S. Presidential Election Begins In Earnest, A Study In Contrasts ("With Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as presumptive Republican nominee for Vice President, the GOP is taking a clear stand on where it wants to take government. The effects on national transportation policy could be tremendous.")
The Transport Politic
Calif. Bill Bars Agencies From Cellphone Jamming ("Officials with the Bay Area Rapid Transit system came under fire last year when the agency cut subterranean cellphone and wireless data service in San Francisco subway stations to disrupt a planned protest. The move sparked even larger protests and had critics around the country comparing the agency to a Middle Eastern dictatorship.")
Sacramento Bee
Car Emissions In Los Angeles Are Down 98% From 1960s Levels
GOOD
Community Leaders Celebrate As Harbor Area Parking Meter Removal Begins
Daily Breeze
Editorial: Putting Potholes In Their Place
Los Angeles Times
Federal Transit Administration Issues "Record Of Decision" On Los Angeles Subway Extension
Progressive Railroading
Hundreds Of Parking Meters To Be Removed In San Pedro, Wilmington
Los Angeles Times
LA's Got Lines! (video : Awesome depiction of the current and future transit system in Los Angeles)
Move LA via YouTube
Lessons Learned: Organizing Bus Riders In Portland, OR
Americans For Transit
Making Or Breaking A Town's Appeal To Bicyclists & Pedestrians
Planners Web
New Law Puts "Bridge To Nowhere" Back On Track ("With this new transportation bill, lobbyists and transit advocates say the Obama administration ceded much of its control over the rapidly expanding credit loan program—officially known as TIFIA or the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act—that has become central for restoring the country’s stressed network of roads, rails and bridges.")
Fiscal Times
The Olympic Legacy...First Hand ("As the Games came to a close this past weekend we need to ask, how does London ensure that its Olympic site will be a catalyst for regeneration and sustainably revive an entire part of the city?")
Congress For The New Urbanism
The Once And Future Dream Of New York (Building the 2nd Avenue Subway)
New York Times
OpenPlans Wants To Put Transit Back On The iPhone
The Transit Wire
Opinion: Cracking Down On Diesel ("California can, and should, lead the world in ending the menace of soot and black carbon pollution from diesel engines.")
Los Angeles Times
Pasadena Angry Over New 710 Freeway Proposal ("Signs stating “No 710 on Ave. 64” and“Freeway extension? No way” are springing up in Pasadena's San Rafael neighborhood, a place where few anticipated the battle over the extension of the 710 Freeway would flare.")
Los Angeles Times
Parking Tool Of The Day: The Digital Driveway Network
The Atlantic: Cities
Using Uber Ridership Data To Compare Cities And Neighborhoods
The Atlantic: Cities
What Makes Some Train Station Waits Better Than Others?
The Atlantic: Cities
Where The Bike Commuters Are, Mapped & Analyzed
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
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