December 17: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (A high-profile and complex reconfiguration of Figueroa Street under Temple Street to link it to Sunset Boulevard and help traffic flow through downtown Los Angeles)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
10 Trends That Are Changing Cities Forever (changing culture in IT, smartphones, Facebook games, "Office of New Urban Mechanics," less bureaucracy and more leadership, moving away from paper toward big data, and more)
Business Insider
Best Practices: New Green Bike Lane In Thousand Oaks
StreetsBlog LA
Commute To Work On The Roller Coaster Train ("A Japanese train based on a theme park ride could make getting around cleaner -- and more fun...A number of municipalities in Japan have shown an interest in the system.")
New Scientist
Downtown Property Owners Fight MTA Subway Tunnel Plans
Los Angeles Times
Expo Work To Impact Bundy Traffic ("Closures on Bundy Drive and Exposition Boulevard in West LA to last through the spring. Olympic and Cloverfield intersection to close overnight starting Sunday.")
Brentwood Patch
Families And Transit-Oriented Development: Creating Complete Communities For All (28p. PDF)
Center For Transit-Oriented Development
First Phase Of Glendale Narrows Riverwalk Opens ("The $2.1-million project includes horse facilities, park areas and a half-mile trail along the Los Angeles River. One resident sees a 'huge improvement' over what was there before.")
Los Angeles Times
Ford Tries To Sell More Cars By Looking To A Future With Fewer Cars
StreetsBlog DC
Hearing: Northeast Corridor Future: Options For High-Speed Rail Development And Opportunities For Private Sector Opportunities
U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
High-Speed Rail Not Just For Tourists
Vegas Inc.
House Dem's Bill Requires Treasury To Study Taxing Cars By The Mile
The Hill
How To Make Privately Owned Public Spaces Truly Open To The Public
The Atlantic: Cities
Keeping Everyone In The Loop: 50 Years Of Chicago "L" Graphics
Imprint
Keeping Public Transit "Absolutely Essential" In OC (interview with outgoing OCTA CEO Will Kempton)
Voice Of OC
LA Mayoral Debate: Green Economy, Jobs Take Center Stage ("The candidates all supported the expansion of public transportation.")
KABC Los Angeles
Locals Hate Centipede Look Of Lankershim Pedestrian Bridge
Curbed LA
Bridge Over Troubled Lankershim Gets Thumbs Down
North Hollywood-Toluca Lake Patch
LA Planners Leapfrog NYC DCP, Approve Plan With No Mandatory Parking
StreetsBlog LA
No Parking Required In Mixed-Use Plan For Cornfield Area
Curbed LA
Metro Board Member Blasts 710 Supporters Who Want Him Ousted For His Opposing Views
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Opinion: California Road Funds Fall Far Short
Orange County Register
Opinion: CEQA Stunts Economic Growth
Orange County Register
Protecting NYC Transit From The Next Storm: Searching For Specifics
StreetsBlog Network
Rapid Bus Transit Planned For Foothill Boulevard In Rancho Cucamonga, Neighboring Cities
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Screw Lawsuits: DTLA Regional Connector Rail Line Starts Work
Curbed LA
Smart Growth And Economic Success: Benefits For Real Estate Developers, Investors, Businesses And Local Governments (30p. PDF)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Some Central Valley Farmers Welcome High Speed Rail
California High Speed Rail Blog
Some Chafe At Downtown L.A.'s Business Improvement Districts
Los Angeles Times
Transforming Public Transportation Institutional And Business Models (84p. PDF : "Addresses a wide range of issues important to continued efficient operations, including responding to the needs of affected customer markets, improving operating procedures, implementing effective capital asset management, carrying out long-term planning and mission definition, improving and expanding functional areas as well as expertise and technical skill sets of the workforce, identifying and improving necessary business practices, identifying and implementing innovative funding mechanisms, implementing performance measures and improved governance models, identifying required organizational structures, and instituting effective area-wide collaborative practices. The report identifies the components of transformative change and develops a substantive typology to assist agencies in organizing and structuring an approach to defining and implementing components of productive change. The report further examines potential consequences of change that should be considered by agencies or organizations contemplating new institutional and business models.")
Transit Cooperative Research Program
UCLA Planning Students Design A River-Friendlier North Atwater
Curbed LA
U.S. Moves Ahead On New Downtown L.A. Courthouse ("A $318-million contract is awarded to the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Clark Construction Group. The new facility will be built at Broadway and 1st Street.")
Los Angeles Times
When Bicyclist And Pedestrian Fatalities Increase, Shouldn't Investment Follow?
Mobilizing The Region
Why Greece's Creaky Trains Have Become The Transit Option Of Choice
The Atlantic: Cities
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