January 20: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (What happened on Hollywood Boulevard and what was "Sunday Sample Day"?)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
BHUSD Trenches Expose MTA Study Flaws At High School (32p. PDF)
Beverly Hills Courier
Conservative Policy Group Advocates For Public Private Partnerships To Fill Transportation Funding Gap
Transportation Issues Daily
Do Brookings And Heritage Agree On Public-Private Partnerships?
StreetsBlog DC
Does An Airport Line Have To Reach The Airport?
The Transport Politic
Frank McCourt Might Keep Dodger Stadium Parking Lots ("McCourt can sell the lots to the next Dodgers owner — or he can try to develop the land. Some say he will use the acreage as a bargaining chip; others think he hopes to build next to the stadium.")
Los Angeles Times
Glendale OKs Rail Crossing Upgrades: Completion Of Work Could Help Move City Into A Rail "Quiet Zone"
Glendale News-Press
Is Governor Brown California Dreaming In Los Angeles?
KCET
L.A. City Adding New Bikeways, Will They Reach Pledged 40 Miles By June 30?
StreetsBlog LA
LA Mayor Candidate Austin Beutner Lays Out Jobs Plan ("He argued for increased manufacturing in L.A., citing electric buses as a potential boon. The MTA’s buses, which are currently ordered from Alabama and Minnesota, should be made locally.")
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
L.A. Metro Announces Open Houses To Examine Final EIS/EIR For Regional Connector Transit Corridor
Everything Long Beach
L.A.'s Antonio Villaraigosa Discusses Transit Funding With China ("Fearing a stalemate in Congress over transportation funding, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is looking to the Chinese government as an option to possibly save his ambitious plan to build a dozen mass-transit projects in 10 years instead of 30.")
Los Angeles Times
Local Agencies Clean Up With APTA Awards
StreetsBlog LA
Los Angeles Railroad Heritage -- In Alhambra? ("Few are aware that an Alhambra-San Gabriel Line served the city from 1900-1940, carrying nearly 2 million people at its peak along a rail transit line connecting Los Angeles to Temple City.")
Alhambra Source
Metro: More Trains, More Often ("Metro CEO Art Leahy met and listened to what NoHo community and business leaders had to say.")
NoHo Arts District
Metro's Plan To Let You Ride A Bike In SaMo, Drop It Downtown
Curbed LA
More Fuel-Efficient Cars Spell Less Money For Mass Transit
Triple Pundit
A New Four-Lane Superhighway To Be Built Only For Bikes
Treehugger
Opinion: Smart Growth Is Healthy Growth
San Bernardino Sun
President Obama And The Forgotten Urban Agenda
Grist
Re-Imagining Glendale Boulevard (Notable ideas from this workshop include using part of the 2 Freeway as an LA version of New York's High Line, Glendale Boulevard as a winding road, and Glendale Boulevard as a destination)
StreetsBlog LA
Rethinking Transit: How Cities Are Repairing Disconnects Between Downtowns And Historic Neighborhoods ("As Los Angeles embarks on building the largest, most comprehensive transit system in the country, reconsidering factors such as density and integration into the surrounding neighborhoods will determine how Union Station becomes a new heart and center for the city.")
Urban Land Institute
Transportation Mashup: Re-Thinking Public Engagement
Talking Transportation
What's The Best Way To Get Users To Embrace Mass Transit? Make It Pleasant? Or Make It Efficient?
Slate
Why Trees Make For Safer Streets
Sustainable Cities Collective
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
1/20/2012
1/19/2012
LA County Bikeshare, Beverly Hills Faults, California Economy, Bike Film Festival, Stroller Transit & More
January 19: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
5 Films About Los Angeles Bike Culture (video : January 20-21 screenings, Vista Theater Hollywood)
Funwunce via Vimeo
Beverly Hills Trenching 80 Percent Complete; No Active Faults Found So Far (p. 7 of 20p. PDF)
Beverly Hills Weekly
Boxer: More Transportation Money Needed In Inland Empire
KPSP
Brown Asks California To Cheer Rail Project
New York Times
"California Is On The Mend": Governor Jerry Brown ("RBC Capital Markets says that while California's economy is "still weak," it is "increasingly showing signs of stabilization.”)
CNBC
Central Subway Funds Get A Key OK: Lee Says Federal Officials Give Green Light To Project
San Francisco Chronicle
Clean Energy Paving The Way For Major Transportation Project
OC Metro
County Wide Bike Share? Metro Committee Says, "Yes, We Can"
StreetsBlog LA
Few Cities Have Regained Jobs They Lost, Report Finds ("Only 26 of the nation’s 363 metropolitan areas had recovered their lost jobs by the end of 2011, and only 26 more are projected to recover them by end of this year.")
New York Times
U.S. Metro Economies: 2012 Employment Forecast And The Impact Of Exports (91p. PDF)
U.S. Conference Of Mayors
Gov. Jerry Brown Pitches New Taxes, Budget Cuts At City Hall, Burbank
Los Angeles Daily News
Gov. Jerry Brown's State Of State Speech Puts Focus On Big Projects ("In an upbeat State of the State address, Gov. Jerry Brown pushes bullet-train funding despite budget cuts.")
Los Angeles Times
Governor Jerry Brown, In State Of State, Makes Impassioned Case For High Speed Rail
Transportation Nation
High-Speed Rail Helps Students, State
USC Daily Trojan
Jerry Brown Breathes New Life Into High-Speed Rail
The Atlantic: Cities
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Calls On Feds To Invest In Urban Areas
Los Angeles Daily Beast
Los Angeles Doubles Down On Exports
The Atlantic: Cities
Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems And The "Digital Divide"
Terranautix
No Longer On National Stage, Jerry Brown Addresses California's Needs ("His State of the State speech shows that he's a full-time governor without ambitions for higher political office. But the old 'Gov. Moonbeam' emerges to back the bullet train.")
Los Angeles Times
O.C. Completes Effort To Silence Trains
Orange County Register
One Ride At A Time: Bringing Bike Love To Angelenos Everywhere (Article launches a new bi-weekly column)
KCET
Pedestrian Safety: How Innovative Tech Could Save Your Life
Mashable
Sonoratown: Downtown L.A.'s Forgotten Neighhborhood
LA as Subject via KCET
Traffic In LA: Most Vulerable Angelinos At Risk
Soap Box LA
Trains Passing Some Orange County Homes Will Stop Blasting Horns
Los Angeles Times
Translating The American Highway System Into A Subway Map
The Atlantic: Cities
Your Stroller Wheels, On The Bus (Easier stroller access to transit could increase usage, as in Copenhagen where parents traveling with strollers are readily accommodated)
Grist
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
5 Films About Los Angeles Bike Culture (video : January 20-21 screenings, Vista Theater Hollywood)
Funwunce via Vimeo
Beverly Hills Trenching 80 Percent Complete; No Active Faults Found So Far (p. 7 of 20p. PDF)
Beverly Hills Weekly
Boxer: More Transportation Money Needed In Inland Empire
KPSP
Brown Asks California To Cheer Rail Project
New York Times
"California Is On The Mend": Governor Jerry Brown ("RBC Capital Markets says that while California's economy is "still weak," it is "increasingly showing signs of stabilization.”)
CNBC
Central Subway Funds Get A Key OK: Lee Says Federal Officials Give Green Light To Project
San Francisco Chronicle
Clean Energy Paving The Way For Major Transportation Project
OC Metro
County Wide Bike Share? Metro Committee Says, "Yes, We Can"
StreetsBlog LA
Few Cities Have Regained Jobs They Lost, Report Finds ("Only 26 of the nation’s 363 metropolitan areas had recovered their lost jobs by the end of 2011, and only 26 more are projected to recover them by end of this year.")
New York Times
U.S. Metro Economies: 2012 Employment Forecast And The Impact Of Exports (91p. PDF)
U.S. Conference Of Mayors
Gov. Jerry Brown Pitches New Taxes, Budget Cuts At City Hall, Burbank
Los Angeles Daily News
Gov. Jerry Brown's State Of State Speech Puts Focus On Big Projects ("In an upbeat State of the State address, Gov. Jerry Brown pushes bullet-train funding despite budget cuts.")
Los Angeles Times
Governor Jerry Brown, In State Of State, Makes Impassioned Case For High Speed Rail
Transportation Nation
High-Speed Rail Helps Students, State
USC Daily Trojan
Jerry Brown Breathes New Life Into High-Speed Rail
The Atlantic: Cities
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Calls On Feds To Invest In Urban Areas
Los Angeles Daily Beast
Los Angeles Doubles Down On Exports
The Atlantic: Cities
Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems And The "Digital Divide"
Terranautix
No Longer On National Stage, Jerry Brown Addresses California's Needs ("His State of the State speech shows that he's a full-time governor without ambitions for higher political office. But the old 'Gov. Moonbeam' emerges to back the bullet train.")
Los Angeles Times
O.C. Completes Effort To Silence Trains
Orange County Register
One Ride At A Time: Bringing Bike Love To Angelenos Everywhere (Article launches a new bi-weekly column)
KCET
Pedestrian Safety: How Innovative Tech Could Save Your Life
Mashable
Sonoratown: Downtown L.A.'s Forgotten Neighhborhood
LA as Subject via KCET
Traffic In LA: Most Vulerable Angelinos At Risk
Soap Box LA
Trains Passing Some Orange County Homes Will Stop Blasting Horns
Los Angeles Times
Translating The American Highway System Into A Subway Map
The Atlantic: Cities
Your Stroller Wheels, On The Bus (Easier stroller access to transit could increase usage, as in Copenhagen where parents traveling with strollers are readily accommodated)
Grist
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
1/18/2012
Regional Connector, High Desert Corridor, Freeway Pollution, LA Port, Car Sharing, UTC Grants & More
January 18: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Metro shines the day after the Northridge Earthquake)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
$77 Million In Transpo Grants To Universities
Transportation Nation
2012 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) Grant Recipients
Research And Innovative Technology Administration
Air Pollution Monitors Could Come To L.A. Freeways
LA Weekly
Being Prepared For Downtown Construction
Santa Monica Lookout
Cleaner Air In L.A. Ports Comes At A Cost To Truckers
NPR
Congress Reconvenes With Transportation Deadlines Fast Approaching
StreetsBlog DC
East L.A. Freeway Exit Getting Greened Up
Eastsider LA
Final Regional Connector Rail Line Report Released Early
Curbed LA
Getting Around Near And Far: The Supercharged Bike-Sharing Card
StreetsBlog Network
Gov. Jerry Brown's Tricky Balancing Act: Making A Case For Costly Projects While Also Calling For Deeper Cuts In Other Areas, As Expected In His State Of The State Address, Will Be A Challenge ("We built the Golden Gate Bridge and Central Valley Water Project during the Great Depression," his spokesman, Gil Duran, said Tuesday. "We're not trying to build the pyramids here. We're trying to build the water and transportation infrastructure we need to guide us through the 21st century.")
Los Angeles Times
High Desert Corridor Project Gains Traction, But Funding Is Low
KABC Los Angeles
How Mount Lee Got A Road To The Hollywood Sign
Curbed LA
How Our Brains Navigate The City
The Atlantic: Cities
How To Entice Car Owners To Switch To Public Transit
The Atlantic: Cities
Understanding Transit Ridership Demand For A Multi-Destination, Multi-Modal Transit Network In An American Metropolitan Area: Lessons For Increasing Choice Ridership While Maintaining Transit Dependent Ridership (110p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Listen Up, Walkers: Watch Out For Traffic When Wearing Headphones
NPR
Long Beach School Board Opposes Rail Project Report
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Maps Show Striking Link Between Car Commuting And Obesity
StreetsBlog DC
Mapping Transportation And Health In The United States
Planetizen
New Forms Of Car Sharing Improve Personal Mobility
The City Fix
News Releases Still Matter And Three Reasons You Should Care
Talking Transportation
Opinion: Soul Train: Promoting The MTA, One Punk At A Time
Los Angeles Times
Plans For High-Speed Rail Are Slowing Down
Washington Post
Poll Says L.A. voters Favor Giving Up Slumping Ontario Airport
Los Angeles Times
Port Of L.A. Sets U.S. Record For Shipping Export Containers
Los Angeles Times
Retrofitting The Suburbs To Increase Walking ("The opportunities for retrofitting suburbs to increase transit use and walking are especially golden in the Golden State.")
ACCESS: The Magazine of UCTC
Some Easy Bike Lane Projects L.A. Can Do Right Away
L.A. Eco-Village Blog
Space Technology May Be Used To Reduce Congestion On Roads
The Engineer (U.K.)
The State Of Play On State Gas Taxes
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Walking Works For LA
CityWatch
What Features Do Your Transit Apps Offer?
Metro Magazine
What Smart Growth Advocates Get Wrong About Density
The Atlantic: Cities
Will The LA Times Ever Report Honestly On HSR?
California High Speed Rail Blog
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
$77 Million In Transpo Grants To Universities
Transportation Nation
2012 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) Grant Recipients
Research And Innovative Technology Administration
Air Pollution Monitors Could Come To L.A. Freeways
LA Weekly
Being Prepared For Downtown Construction
Santa Monica Lookout
Cleaner Air In L.A. Ports Comes At A Cost To Truckers
NPR
Congress Reconvenes With Transportation Deadlines Fast Approaching
StreetsBlog DC
East L.A. Freeway Exit Getting Greened Up
Eastsider LA
Final Regional Connector Rail Line Report Released Early
Curbed LA
Getting Around Near And Far: The Supercharged Bike-Sharing Card
StreetsBlog Network
Gov. Jerry Brown's Tricky Balancing Act: Making A Case For Costly Projects While Also Calling For Deeper Cuts In Other Areas, As Expected In His State Of The State Address, Will Be A Challenge ("We built the Golden Gate Bridge and Central Valley Water Project during the Great Depression," his spokesman, Gil Duran, said Tuesday. "We're not trying to build the pyramids here. We're trying to build the water and transportation infrastructure we need to guide us through the 21st century.")
Los Angeles Times
High Desert Corridor Project Gains Traction, But Funding Is Low
KABC Los Angeles
How Mount Lee Got A Road To The Hollywood Sign
Curbed LA
How Our Brains Navigate The City
The Atlantic: Cities
How To Entice Car Owners To Switch To Public Transit
The Atlantic: Cities
Understanding Transit Ridership Demand For A Multi-Destination, Multi-Modal Transit Network In An American Metropolitan Area: Lessons For Increasing Choice Ridership While Maintaining Transit Dependent Ridership (110p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Listen Up, Walkers: Watch Out For Traffic When Wearing Headphones
NPR
Long Beach School Board Opposes Rail Project Report
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Maps Show Striking Link Between Car Commuting And Obesity
StreetsBlog DC
Mapping Transportation And Health In The United States
Planetizen
New Forms Of Car Sharing Improve Personal Mobility
The City Fix
News Releases Still Matter And Three Reasons You Should Care
Talking Transportation
Opinion: Soul Train: Promoting The MTA, One Punk At A Time
Los Angeles Times
Plans For High-Speed Rail Are Slowing Down
Washington Post
Poll Says L.A. voters Favor Giving Up Slumping Ontario Airport
Los Angeles Times
Port Of L.A. Sets U.S. Record For Shipping Export Containers
Los Angeles Times
Retrofitting The Suburbs To Increase Walking ("The opportunities for retrofitting suburbs to increase transit use and walking are especially golden in the Golden State.")
ACCESS: The Magazine of UCTC
Some Easy Bike Lane Projects L.A. Can Do Right Away
L.A. Eco-Village Blog
Space Technology May Be Used To Reduce Congestion On Roads
The Engineer (U.K.)
The State Of Play On State Gas Taxes
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Walking Works For LA
CityWatch
What Features Do Your Transit Apps Offer?
Metro Magazine
What Smart Growth Advocates Get Wrong About Density
The Atlantic: Cities
Will The LA Times Ever Report Honestly On HSR?
California High Speed Rail Blog
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
1/17/2012
Regional Connector EIS/EIR, Expo Phase II, Gold Line, Angels Flight, High Desert Corridor, CRAs, Freeway Air, "Low-Car" Lifestyle & More
January 17: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (How did the Northridge earthquake affect transit 18 years ago today?)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
3 Political Challenges To Enacting Transportation Bill By March 31
Transportation Issues Daily
2012: State Of The Public Transportation Industry (APTA CEO Michael P. Melaniphy)
Passenger Transport
After Demolishing A Highway, How Should A City Rebuild
The Atlantic: Cities
Angels Flight Rail Work Done, Car Restoration On Its Way
Curbed LA
Brown Enlarges His Role In California's Foundering Bullet Train Project: With The $100-Billion Project At A Critical Juncture, The Governor Puts His People In Key Positions
Los Angeles Times
City Seeks Residents To Serve On Exposition Bikeway Advisory Committee
Santa Monica Dispatch
CRA Claims Significant Flaws In Legislation To Dissolve RDAs ("Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Los Angeles) has introduced legislation that could give California's redevelopment agencies if not a reprieve then at least a stay of execution. Senate Bill 659 would push the dissolution date from Feb. 1 to April 15 in order to allow cities and agencies time to put their affairs in order -- and, presumably, to allow the Legislature to deliberate on a replacement for redevelopment before the agencies are dismantled and their employees laid off.")
California Planning & Development Report
CRA's Demise Puts Downtown Properties In Limbo
Los Angeles Downtown News
Dirty Freeway Air Puts Southern California Health At Risk, Say Activists
Los Angeles Daily News
Downtown Regional Connector Final EIS/EIR (webpage with complete list of links)
Metro
Doubts Cast On Cost Estimates For High-Speed Rail Alternatives ("Bullet train promoters predict it will cost $171 billion to build new airports and roads if the trains aren't completed. But experts say that figure is greatly exaggerated.")
Los Angeles Times
Expo Line Phase 2 Project Developments (photo essay : "Alan K. Weeks, whose pictures of the Air Line (former Expo Line) in action from the early 1950s are posted in the historical-photos thread, and I walked along the tracks in Palms today and took pictures.")
Transit Talk
For California High Speed Rail, A Season Of Woe
Transportation Nation
Gingrich: Metro Riders Don't Appreciate Homeownership ("Newt Gingrich explained basic American values and managed to bash the media, people who live in cities, and people who take public transit all at once.")
Washington City Paper
Great And Not-So-Great Subway Logos
The Atlantic: Cities
Has The Gold Line Been Derailed By The Dissolution Of Redevelopment Agencies?
Monrovia Weekly
Head Of High-Speed Rail Authority Quits As Agency Undergoes Shake-Up
Silicon Valley Mercury News
High-Speed Rail Around The World (photo gallery)
Washington Post
High-Speed Rail In A Coma ("The initial costs of developing high-speed rail lines are high, and the yield time is years or decades. Is the country ready for long-term investments like that? Or would it make sense to take a break and allow the economy to recover before proposing big new rail projects? What would make policymakers more receptive to high-speed rail? What critiques of high-speed rail are the most in need of a response?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Hollywood Real Estate Development Under Threat
Hollywood Reporter
I "Heart" My Transit Card Video Contest
Iheartmycard.com
Innovative State And City Government Solutions To Watch In 2012
The Atlantic: Cities
Land A Great New Job In LA ("The 2012 National Planning Conference in Los Angeles, April 14-17, provides multiple opportunities for job hunters. Several sessions and facilitated discussions explore the ins and outs of a successful job search. Arm yourself with up-to-date strategies and fresh ideas for getting noticed on the market.")
American Planning Association: Reimagine Los Angeles
Laws That Shaped L.A.: Why Is The Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?
KCET
Living The Low-Car Lifestyle
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Los Angeles Countywide Mayors To Attend Conference ("The mayors are expected to urge President Barack Obama and Congress to act on a transportation spending bill that has been stalled in committees.")
Cerritos Patch
Mayor Villaraigosa, MLK Day Parade & The Leimert Park Crenshaw Line
Leimert Park Beat
Metropolis II And The Enduring Delusions Of Car-Centric Cities
StreetsBlog LA
Mica Endorses Romney (Full statement from the House Transportation Committee Chair)
Transportation Nation
More Bike Parking Coming To Broadway
LADOT Bike Blog
NCHRP 2011 Summary Of Progress (171p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
NCHRP At 50 Years (20p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
New IDEAS For Highway Systems: Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis Programs (208p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Officials Plan Community Meetings On Possible Victorville-To-Palmdale Roadway
Redlands Daily Facts
Port Railyard Project Report Worries LBUSD: Officials Say Study Doesn't Identify Risks For Students, Staff
Contra Costa Times
Draft EIR: Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) Project Website
Port Of Los Angeles
Portland: Balance The Budget Yourself ("Portland's Tri-Met faces another horrible funding shortfall this year, but they've come up with a good survey tool to engage the public in their decisions about what services to cut. It's one of those "balance the budget yourself" tools that's becoming increasingly necessary to bring voters into contact with reality about government budgets.")
Human Transit
Challenges & Choices: A Budget Discussion Guide
TriMet
Public Meetings On High Desert Corridor
Victorville Daily Press
The Quiet Ones: 12 Leaders Who Get Things Done ("Rather than waiting on Washington to bail out the city, Villaraigosa persuaded nearly 70 percent of L.A. residents to approve Measure R – a half-cent sales tax that will provide $35 billion to fund major transportation improvements, including a new subway line and light-rail extensions.")
Rolling Stone
An R&D Lab For Transit Tech Tools
The Atlantic: Cities
A Sobering Recap Of Beverly Hills Bike Planning
Better Bike
Spain's High-Speed Rail System Offers Lessons For California
Sacramento Bee
Subway Systems Of The World, Presented On The Same Scale
Fake Is The New Real
Tracking The Old Trains: Remembering The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway's Role In Downtown ("Where did people go to catch a train before 1939? Few thought about rail travel prior to Union Station.")
Los Angeles Downtown News
Trains, Buses, Bikes, And Sandwiches... There Should Be An App For That
StreetsBlog DC
Transit Agencies Face The Calculus Of Broader Backsides
New York Times
Transportation Bills Abound As Congress Returns
Politico
Walkable By Accident
The Atlantic: Cities
Webinar: Impact Of Transit-Oriented Development In Reducing GHG Emissions (January 17)
Transportation Issues Daily
The Wrong Question About Amtrak's Profitability
The Economist
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
3 Political Challenges To Enacting Transportation Bill By March 31
Transportation Issues Daily
2012: State Of The Public Transportation Industry (APTA CEO Michael P. Melaniphy)
Passenger Transport
After Demolishing A Highway, How Should A City Rebuild
The Atlantic: Cities
Angels Flight Rail Work Done, Car Restoration On Its Way
Curbed LA
Brown Enlarges His Role In California's Foundering Bullet Train Project: With The $100-Billion Project At A Critical Juncture, The Governor Puts His People In Key Positions
Los Angeles Times
City Seeks Residents To Serve On Exposition Bikeway Advisory Committee
Santa Monica Dispatch
CRA Claims Significant Flaws In Legislation To Dissolve RDAs ("Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Los Angeles) has introduced legislation that could give California's redevelopment agencies if not a reprieve then at least a stay of execution. Senate Bill 659 would push the dissolution date from Feb. 1 to April 15 in order to allow cities and agencies time to put their affairs in order -- and, presumably, to allow the Legislature to deliberate on a replacement for redevelopment before the agencies are dismantled and their employees laid off.")
California Planning & Development Report
CRA's Demise Puts Downtown Properties In Limbo
Los Angeles Downtown News
Dirty Freeway Air Puts Southern California Health At Risk, Say Activists
Los Angeles Daily News
Downtown Regional Connector Final EIS/EIR (webpage with complete list of links)
Metro
Doubts Cast On Cost Estimates For High-Speed Rail Alternatives ("Bullet train promoters predict it will cost $171 billion to build new airports and roads if the trains aren't completed. But experts say that figure is greatly exaggerated.")
Los Angeles Times
Expo Line Phase 2 Project Developments (photo essay : "Alan K. Weeks, whose pictures of the Air Line (former Expo Line) in action from the early 1950s are posted in the historical-photos thread, and I walked along the tracks in Palms today and took pictures.")
Transit Talk
For California High Speed Rail, A Season Of Woe
Transportation Nation
Gingrich: Metro Riders Don't Appreciate Homeownership ("Newt Gingrich explained basic American values and managed to bash the media, people who live in cities, and people who take public transit all at once.")
Washington City Paper
Great And Not-So-Great Subway Logos
The Atlantic: Cities
Has The Gold Line Been Derailed By The Dissolution Of Redevelopment Agencies?
Monrovia Weekly
Head Of High-Speed Rail Authority Quits As Agency Undergoes Shake-Up
Silicon Valley Mercury News
High-Speed Rail Around The World (photo gallery)
Washington Post
High-Speed Rail In A Coma ("The initial costs of developing high-speed rail lines are high, and the yield time is years or decades. Is the country ready for long-term investments like that? Or would it make sense to take a break and allow the economy to recover before proposing big new rail projects? What would make policymakers more receptive to high-speed rail? What critiques of high-speed rail are the most in need of a response?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Hollywood Real Estate Development Under Threat
Hollywood Reporter
I "Heart" My Transit Card Video Contest
Iheartmycard.com
Innovative State And City Government Solutions To Watch In 2012
The Atlantic: Cities
Land A Great New Job In LA ("The 2012 National Planning Conference in Los Angeles, April 14-17, provides multiple opportunities for job hunters. Several sessions and facilitated discussions explore the ins and outs of a successful job search. Arm yourself with up-to-date strategies and fresh ideas for getting noticed on the market.")
American Planning Association: Reimagine Los Angeles
Laws That Shaped L.A.: Why Is The Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?
KCET
Living The Low-Car Lifestyle
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Los Angeles Countywide Mayors To Attend Conference ("The mayors are expected to urge President Barack Obama and Congress to act on a transportation spending bill that has been stalled in committees.")
Cerritos Patch
Mayor Villaraigosa, MLK Day Parade & The Leimert Park Crenshaw Line
Leimert Park Beat
Metropolis II And The Enduring Delusions Of Car-Centric Cities
StreetsBlog LA
Mica Endorses Romney (Full statement from the House Transportation Committee Chair)
Transportation Nation
More Bike Parking Coming To Broadway
LADOT Bike Blog
NCHRP 2011 Summary Of Progress (171p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
NCHRP At 50 Years (20p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
New IDEAS For Highway Systems: Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis Programs (208p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Officials Plan Community Meetings On Possible Victorville-To-Palmdale Roadway
Redlands Daily Facts
Port Railyard Project Report Worries LBUSD: Officials Say Study Doesn't Identify Risks For Students, Staff
Contra Costa Times
Draft EIR: Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) Project Website
Port Of Los Angeles
Portland: Balance The Budget Yourself ("Portland's Tri-Met faces another horrible funding shortfall this year, but they've come up with a good survey tool to engage the public in their decisions about what services to cut. It's one of those "balance the budget yourself" tools that's becoming increasingly necessary to bring voters into contact with reality about government budgets.")
Human Transit
Challenges & Choices: A Budget Discussion Guide
TriMet
Public Meetings On High Desert Corridor
Victorville Daily Press
The Quiet Ones: 12 Leaders Who Get Things Done ("Rather than waiting on Washington to bail out the city, Villaraigosa persuaded nearly 70 percent of L.A. residents to approve Measure R – a half-cent sales tax that will provide $35 billion to fund major transportation improvements, including a new subway line and light-rail extensions.")
Rolling Stone
An R&D Lab For Transit Tech Tools
The Atlantic: Cities
A Sobering Recap Of Beverly Hills Bike Planning
Better Bike
Spain's High-Speed Rail System Offers Lessons For California
Sacramento Bee
Subway Systems Of The World, Presented On The Same Scale
Fake Is The New Real
Tracking The Old Trains: Remembering The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway's Role In Downtown ("Where did people go to catch a train before 1939? Few thought about rail travel prior to Union Station.")
Los Angeles Downtown News
Trains, Buses, Bikes, And Sandwiches... There Should Be An App For That
StreetsBlog DC
Transit Agencies Face The Calculus Of Broader Backsides
New York Times
Transportation Bills Abound As Congress Returns
Politico
Walkable By Accident
The Atlantic: Cities
Webinar: Impact Of Transit-Oriented Development In Reducing GHG Emissions (January 17)
Transportation Issues Daily
The Wrong Question About Amtrak's Profitability
The Economist
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
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