$1 Billion Plan To Ease Gridlock In South (Orange County)
Orange County Register
Alameda County Transportation Sales Tax Increase Still Trailing ("The Measure B1 sales tax increase was trailing Monday with 65.79 percent of the vote in support -- short of the 66.666 percent required for approval.")
Silicon Valley Mercury-News
Attacks On Bus Drivers Appear On The Rise, Fueling Safety Concerns
Kansas City Star
Bicycle Modeling Tool To Aid Infrastructure Development Decisions
Government Technology
Bullet-Train Planners Face Huge Challenge ("The 141-mile section from Bakersfield to L.A. will travel over two mountain ranges and more than half a dozen earthquake faults. Experts see it as the project of the century.")
Los Angeles Times
CHP To Begin Enforcing New Toll Lanes On 110 Freeway
KTLA
Communities Vote To Tax Themselves To Support Transit
StreetsBlog DC
Councilman Eric Garcetti Wants Certain Veterans To Park For Free At Los Angeles City Meters
Los Angeles Daily News
Enticing Car-Lite Households To Take The Next Step
StreetsBlog Network
Expanded Transportation Performance Measures To Supplement Level Of Service (LOS) For Growth Management And Transportation Impact Analysis (203p. PDF)
Florida DOT
Fullerton Wants Commuters To Share Bikes
Orange County Register
Gasoline Use In State Down From A Year Ago
Sacramento Bee
How To Be Savvier With Public Transportation
USA Today
Hundreds Come Out For DIY Public Hearing On Proposed Long Beach Railyard
StreetsBlog LA
Is Speed Obsolete?
Human Transit
Judge Lets Work Continue On Regional Connector
Los Angeles Downtown News
L.A. County Toll Lanes Get Smooth Start, Despite Some Grumbling
Los Angeles Times
LA's First Toll Lanes Open; Trips Cost Up To $15.40
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Adopts Congestion Toll
USC Annenberg TV News
Map: 110 Freeway "FasTrak" Express Lanes Take A Toll On Drivers Starting Nov. 10
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
MBTA Mobile-Ticket Era Begins For Commuter Rail Riders Monday
Boston Globe
Moving The Dial On The Gas Tax (Is it time to talk about a gas tax increase? How could the idea be made more palatable to conservatives? Would a gas tax hike be easier to swallow if it was temporary? What longer-term strategies for infrastructure payment should be on the table? Will Washington be able to cope with such a discussion?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Nation's Highways Remain An Issue For An Obama Second Term
Washington Post
Newly Unflooded New York Subway Still Looking Pretty Horrible
The Atlantic: Cities
NY Commuters Still Struggling Through Post-Storm Transit Mess
Reuters
Our View: Are Toll Lanes A Slippery Slope?
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Pay Lanes: How It Works
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Public Transportation Systems Reaching Out To Veterans, APTA Says
Progressive Railroading
Residents Invited To Hear About Efforts Leading To Widening Of 71 Freeway
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Supporters Continue Push For Downtown Streetcar As Vote Nears
Blog Downtown
Texas Debuts Fastest Highway Speed Limit In Nation: 85 MPH
Los Angeles Times
That's Hot! High Occupancy Toll Lanes Open On 110 Freeway
CBS Los Angeles
TTC and LACMTA See Rise In Ridership
RT&S
Twin Redondo Hotels Start Work This Year Near Green Line
Curbed LA
An Update On The Expo Bikeway
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Vine Street Again Possible Transit Center Site
Riverside Press-Enterprise
The Vote 2012
The Transport Politic
Yes, We Have No Carbon Tax
StreetsBlog DC
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