Automated Budget Cuts Looming For Transportation Programs ("In-demand and innovative transportation programs could face severe cuts come January due to an agreement made as part of the debt deal last year. But as a surprise to some, traditional highway programs funded mostly by the gas tax may be facing cuts as well.")
Transportation For America
BART Explains New Civilian Review Of Police Procedures
Mass Transit
California's Transportation Future Is Not A Series Of Tubes
California High Speed Rail Blog
Calif.'s OCTA Partners For Service Animal Training
Metro Magazine
Campaign For DTLA Streetcar Ramps Up; Needs Residents' Votes
Blog Downtown
Cargo Cyclists Replace Truck Drivers On European City Streets
Low-Tech Magazine
Congressman Schiff Throws Metro A 710 Freeway Curveball
Pasadena Now
County Supervisors Consider Compact With Port Of Los Angeles
My Valley News
Editorial: L.A.'s Battle Of The Bus Ads ("Though rival Titan has offered L.A. County a higher bid for the bus ad contract, an MTA analysis that sides with CBS is persuasive.")
Los Angeles Times
Finding Of The Day: 8% Of L.A. Childhood Asthma Cases Due To Freeway Proximity
The Atlantic: Cities
Near-Roadway Air Pollution A Major Contributor To L.A. Asthma
Science Blog
Freeway Pollution Risk "Very Important," Researcher Says
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Gabbard Examines Looks At Pending CA Legislation That Would Reorganize Regional Rail Service
StreetsBlog LA
Gold Line Montclair Extension Will Need A Lot Of Parking
Curbed LA
Google Car Zooms Toward Legal Status ("Mountain View company uses its clout to win legislative support for self-driving vehicles.")
Bay Citizen
Helicopters Warned Not To Buzz Westside During "Carmageddon II" Work
Los Angeles Times
How Not To Fix Your Economy: Prevent People From Getting To Jobs
StreetsBlog DC
L.A. Council Committee Approves AEG's Downtown Stadium Agreements
Los Angeles Times
L.A.'s First Official Bike-Friendly Street: Our Review
LA Weekly
Metrolink Adds 7 Chatsworth And Northridge Trains During Carmageddon 2
Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
Metrolink Finds New Boss In New York
Los Angeles Downtown News
NRDC / Move L.A. Push Governor On Smart Growth Bill, Praise Regional Plans
StreetsBlog LA
A Bold Plan For Sustainable California Communities: A Report On The Implementation Of Senate Bill 375 (35p. PDF)
Natural Resources Defense Council
New Poll: Americans Support Investment To Increase Transportation Choices
Mass Transit
OCTA Board Delays Vote On I-405 Expansion Proposals
Orange County Register
An Ornithological Curiosity: When Ostrichs Rules SoCal Tourism (archival images illustrate story which includes 1880s Ostrich Farm Railway between Downtown and Los Feliz, as well as ostrich farm tourism along Pacific Electric route)
LA As Subject via KCET
Panelists Blast 710 Extension At Pasadena Forum
Pasadena Star-News
Park It Here ("Let’s first examine the city’s new “smart” parking meters, soon to be installed on a city street near you, if not already. Lucky Santa Monica was the first to get these new city cash cows, more than 6,000 of them have been installed so far.")
CityWatch
Photos: Gold Line Bridge Nearing Completion
Monrovia Patch
Seeing The Back Of The Car: In The Rich World, People Seem To Be Driving Less Than They Used To
The Economist
Subway Riders Evade Fares With Android NFC Hack
GMA News
A Tale Of Two Projects: Urban Transportation In Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Transit Diaries: Three Dozen Riders Sound Off On The Good And Bad Of Los Angeles' Trains And Buses
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
The Tricky Politics Of Vacant Lots
The Atlantic: Cities
Why You Hate Cyclists
Slate
World's Longest Hybrid Bus A Herald Of Future Mass Transit?
Earth Techling
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