Amtrak Rolls Into The Information Age (Wifi, apps, saying goodbye to ticket punchers, eliminated paperwork, and many more developments on the way as "Amtrak has reason to celebrate: In its 40th year, it’s enjoying the eighth new ridership record in nine years (30.2 million passengers for the 2011 fiscal year, ending in September).")
Smart Planet
Are Bicycle Lanes Really Green? Some City Residents See Read
Smart Planet
Bill Forces Decision On Pipeline, Expands Drilling To Pay For Transportation Projects
Washington Post
Boehner: "Fundamental Change" Means This Bill Stays In GOP Territory
Transportation Nation
Boxer Pessimistic On Senate Bill As Parliamentary Sabotage Rears Its Head
StreetsBlog DC
Brucker Calls For Metro's Response To Exponent Study (p.2)
Beverly Hills Weekly
Can Subways Ever Really Be Rat-Free?
The Atlantic: Cities
City Irks Residents By Removing Sidewalk Trees
Glendale News Press
Clearing It Up On Federal Transportation Expenditures ("The federal government has already devolved most of its transportation powers to local and state governments. And there is little evidence that further reducing the power of Washington will produce better transportation investments.")
The Transport Politic
DB Schenker Rail To Introduce "Carbon Free" Trains
Rail.co
Dianne Feinstein Decries Effort To Delay Train Safety Measure
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: Get A Voice ("As AIA, Hosts Mayoral Forums, Will Wright Proposes A Deputy Mayor For Architecture And Urban Design" for Los Angeles)
Architect's Newspaper
Flashback: Ronald Reagan Touts Gas Tax Hike, Transit Funding As Job Creators
StreetsBlog DC
Future Federal Transportation Bills Locked In Partisan Gridlock
Public Radio International
Gas Prices Continue To Rise, Threatening Economic Recovery
California High Speed Rail Blog
House Republicans Mull Ways To Fund Public Transit
NPR
Mayor, Huizar Greet Eagle Rock Elementary Students In Chinatown ("The second-graders are the first students in L.A. to officially travel free on Metro buses and rail on a field trip.")
Eagle Rock Patch
OCTA Not On Board Yet With Agreement For High-Speed Rail
Voice Of OC
Opinion: Re-Imagining U.S. Infrastructure
Politico
Opinion: What's To Like About High-Speed Rail Reality?
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Red Car Remnants In Ballona Wetlands
Southern California Public Radio
SoCal Gas Prices Soar 5 Cents Overnight To $4 A Gallon
Los Angeles Daily News
Spending Won't Fix What Ails U.S. Infrastructure
Bloomberg
Streetfilms Q&A: Karyn Williams -- Enlightening Youth About Transportation
Streetfilms
Swift Transportation To Pay Port $4M In "Clean Trucks" Settlement
Daily Breeze
TIFIA Loan Demand "Overwhelming," LaHood Says
Progressive Railroading
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2/16/2012
Disney Recreates L.A., Metro & Field Trips, House & Senate Transpo Bills, HUD & Sustainability, "Regenerative" & More
Administration Defends Transportation Spending Plan
Los Angeles Times
AIA Sponsors Weekly Forums With Leading Candidates For Mayor ("The events promise to be one of the first chances each candidate has to outline a vision for how they want Los Angeles’ communities, developments and buildings [to] look in their Los Angeles.")
StreetsBlog LA
Boxer Sees "No Path Forward" On $109B Senate Transportation Bill ("It has been bogged down amendments.")
The Hill
A Brave And Better World: The iPad And The Future Of Planning ("John D. Landis gazes into the future and sees a bold new world in which Planners are replaced by a system of Internet-based applications that conduct analysis and interpretation more easily, quickly, cheaply, and reliably than humans.")
Planetizen
California Congressional Democrats Call For Funding HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
Competition Requirements Of The Design/Build, Construction Manager At Risk, And Public-Private Partnership Contracts -- Seven Case Studies (56p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Research Digest
Congress Under Pressure To Produce A Transportation Bill
Washington Post
Destined To Fail: Rust Belt Cities Without Rail
Rust Wire
Economists, Experts Hopeful For L.A. County's Future
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Editorial: Driving A Debate On Mass Transit -- President's Budget Puts A Spotlight On Transportation
Los Angeles Daily News
Green Preservation And Transit Stations (free webinar : February 22 : "Explore how green building and historic preservation can work together in a transit station redevelopment project in your community. Three case studies will illustrate a blend of green building and historic preservation transit station projects")
Federal Transit Administration / Environmental Protection Agency
House Speaker John Boehner Will Delay Vote On House Transpo Bill
StreetsBlog DC
How Disney Imagineers Recreated '20s And '30s L.A. In 21st-Century Anaheim ("The last Pacific Electric red car rolled down the streets of Los Angeles in 1961, but vintage photos -- like those preserved at the Metro Transportation Library and Archive -- helped the Imagineers faithfully match the cars' paint scheme and design flourishes.")
LA as Subject via KCET
How Green Was My Bike Lane: A Model Of Unintended Consequences
KCET
H.R. 7: Is John Boehner Serious? ("Did he seriously think this proposal would pass? That he could pillage all the funding for transit, walking and biking, get approvals for oil and gas drilling on some of the nation’s most sensitive lands, and strike a blow to public pensions all in one fell swoop?")
StreetsBlog Network
HUD's New Sustainability Tool (" A sustainable community is an urban, rural, or suburban community that has a vibrant local economy, more housing and transportation choices, is closer to jobs, schools and shops, is more energy independent, and helps protect clean air and water.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Insourcing Infrastructure: A Local Transit Director's Plan To Bring Back Jobs
Huffington Post
John Boehner Punts Highway Bill Until After Recess
Politico
Joint Development Webinar Resource Materials Added To Resource Center
Reconnecting America
L.A. Air Pollution May Increase Risk Of Stroke
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa To Chair Democratic Convention
Los Angeles Times
LaHood Defends Spending War Savings On $476B Transportation Plan
StreetsBlog DC
GOP Questions Obama Proposal To Fund Transportation Projects With War Savings
The Hill
La Puente Approves $1.3 Million Wall Extension Along Valley Boulevard
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Metro Offers Free Buses, Trains So School Kids Can Keep Up Field Trips
Los Angeles Times
Metro Unveils Free Field Trip Program
Annenberg TV News
Not Every City Can Be The "Most Bicycle Friendly" (While numerous cities are clamoring for this title, here are some other desirable monikers worth fighting for)
The Atlantic: Cities
Port Of LA Container Traffic Rises 5 Percent
Journal Of Commerce
Q & A With The California High-Speed Rail Authority
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Ride A Monorail Over The (Disney) Glendale-Hyperion Bridge (includes animated fly-through video of Disney's new California Adventure)
Curbed LA
Senate Debate Beginning; Amendment Tracker
Transportation For America
S.F. Mayor Lee Announces Key Federal Support For Central Subway
California Newswire
Should We Shift From "Sustainable" To "Regenerative?" ("This is why I love term Regenerative. It forces us to think about the greater systems at play and how to actually make them better - not just less bad.")
Sustainable Cities Collective
Sometimes, Less Is More For Trip Planning Tools
Next American City
Speaker Refashions Transit Bill ("Despite their spin, it appears Republican leaders are starting to get nervous that they do not have the votes to pass this highly controversial bill, which should not surprise anyone, given no other surface transportation bill has generated near the controversy, rancor or partisanship in the 56-year history of the Interstate Highway System.")
Roll Call
Thirty-Two California Congressional Representatives Slam House Transportation Bill
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
UCLA School Of Public Health Gets $50-Million Gift ("It will also endow a chair in population health to look at the roles housing, education and transportation play in people's health.")
Los Angeles Times
Unreal Underground: The World's 10 Coolest Subway Systems (photo essay)
The Coolist
Vulcan Donates Archive Collection to Huntington Library (Vulcan...has provided rock, aggregates, asphalt and other materials to build California roads, bridges and other structures...some of the material date back as far as 1910.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Were Taxpayers Screwed By Gold Line's $24 Million Settlement?
Curbed LA
Which Is Easier: Driving In L.A. Or Passing A Highway Bill?
Los Angeles Times
Why Do Transit Planners Love Park-And-Rides?
Cap'n Transit Rides Again
With Gas Tax Money Vanishing, Transportation Bills Mum On What Comes Next
Huffington Post
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Los Angeles Times
AIA Sponsors Weekly Forums With Leading Candidates For Mayor ("The events promise to be one of the first chances each candidate has to outline a vision for how they want Los Angeles’ communities, developments and buildings [to] look in their Los Angeles.")
StreetsBlog LA
Boxer Sees "No Path Forward" On $109B Senate Transportation Bill ("It has been bogged down amendments.")
The Hill
A Brave And Better World: The iPad And The Future Of Planning ("John D. Landis gazes into the future and sees a bold new world in which Planners are replaced by a system of Internet-based applications that conduct analysis and interpretation more easily, quickly, cheaply, and reliably than humans.")
Planetizen
California Congressional Democrats Call For Funding HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
Competition Requirements Of The Design/Build, Construction Manager At Risk, And Public-Private Partnership Contracts -- Seven Case Studies (56p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Research Digest
Congress Under Pressure To Produce A Transportation Bill
Washington Post
Destined To Fail: Rust Belt Cities Without Rail
Rust Wire
Economists, Experts Hopeful For L.A. County's Future
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Editorial: Driving A Debate On Mass Transit -- President's Budget Puts A Spotlight On Transportation
Los Angeles Daily News
Green Preservation And Transit Stations (free webinar : February 22 : "Explore how green building and historic preservation can work together in a transit station redevelopment project in your community. Three case studies will illustrate a blend of green building and historic preservation transit station projects")
Federal Transit Administration / Environmental Protection Agency
House Speaker John Boehner Will Delay Vote On House Transpo Bill
StreetsBlog DC
How Disney Imagineers Recreated '20s And '30s L.A. In 21st-Century Anaheim ("The last Pacific Electric red car rolled down the streets of Los Angeles in 1961, but vintage photos -- like those preserved at the Metro Transportation Library and Archive -- helped the Imagineers faithfully match the cars' paint scheme and design flourishes.")
LA as Subject via KCET
How Green Was My Bike Lane: A Model Of Unintended Consequences
KCET
H.R. 7: Is John Boehner Serious? ("Did he seriously think this proposal would pass? That he could pillage all the funding for transit, walking and biking, get approvals for oil and gas drilling on some of the nation’s most sensitive lands, and strike a blow to public pensions all in one fell swoop?")
StreetsBlog Network
HUD's New Sustainability Tool (" A sustainable community is an urban, rural, or suburban community that has a vibrant local economy, more housing and transportation choices, is closer to jobs, schools and shops, is more energy independent, and helps protect clean air and water.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Insourcing Infrastructure: A Local Transit Director's Plan To Bring Back Jobs
Huffington Post
John Boehner Punts Highway Bill Until After Recess
Politico
Joint Development Webinar Resource Materials Added To Resource Center
Reconnecting America
L.A. Air Pollution May Increase Risk Of Stroke
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa To Chair Democratic Convention
Los Angeles Times
LaHood Defends Spending War Savings On $476B Transportation Plan
StreetsBlog DC
GOP Questions Obama Proposal To Fund Transportation Projects With War Savings
The Hill
La Puente Approves $1.3 Million Wall Extension Along Valley Boulevard
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Metro Offers Free Buses, Trains So School Kids Can Keep Up Field Trips
Los Angeles Times
Metro Unveils Free Field Trip Program
Annenberg TV News
Not Every City Can Be The "Most Bicycle Friendly" (While numerous cities are clamoring for this title, here are some other desirable monikers worth fighting for)
The Atlantic: Cities
Port Of LA Container Traffic Rises 5 Percent
Journal Of Commerce
Q & A With The California High-Speed Rail Authority
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Ride A Monorail Over The (Disney) Glendale-Hyperion Bridge (includes animated fly-through video of Disney's new California Adventure)
Curbed LA
Senate Debate Beginning; Amendment Tracker
Transportation For America
S.F. Mayor Lee Announces Key Federal Support For Central Subway
California Newswire
Should We Shift From "Sustainable" To "Regenerative?" ("This is why I love term Regenerative. It forces us to think about the greater systems at play and how to actually make them better - not just less bad.")
Sustainable Cities Collective
Sometimes, Less Is More For Trip Planning Tools
Next American City
Speaker Refashions Transit Bill ("Despite their spin, it appears Republican leaders are starting to get nervous that they do not have the votes to pass this highly controversial bill, which should not surprise anyone, given no other surface transportation bill has generated near the controversy, rancor or partisanship in the 56-year history of the Interstate Highway System.")
Roll Call
Thirty-Two California Congressional Representatives Slam House Transportation Bill
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
UCLA School Of Public Health Gets $50-Million Gift ("It will also endow a chair in population health to look at the roles housing, education and transportation play in people's health.")
Los Angeles Times
Unreal Underground: The World's 10 Coolest Subway Systems (photo essay)
The Coolist
Vulcan Donates Archive Collection to Huntington Library (Vulcan...has provided rock, aggregates, asphalt and other materials to build California roads, bridges and other structures...some of the material date back as far as 1910.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Were Taxpayers Screwed By Gold Line's $24 Million Settlement?
Curbed LA
Which Is Easier: Driving In L.A. Or Passing A Highway Bill?
Los Angeles Times
Why Do Transit Planners Love Park-And-Rides?
Cap'n Transit Rides Again
With Gas Tax Money Vanishing, Transportation Bills Mum On What Comes Next
Huffington Post
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2/15/2012
Gold Line Deal, Purple Line, High Desert Corridor, Restored Streetcars, House Transpo Bill, HSR & More
February 15: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (The Metro Blue Line reaches downtown and Cross Town Lines are taken over)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Analysis: Is The Gold Line Settlement A Good Deal For Taxpayers? ("The Gold Line Construction Authority settled a lawsuit to acquire land last week, paying four times what it is worth. Was that the only course of action left?")
Monrovia Patch
Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Mayor, To Chair 2012 Democratic National Convention
Huffington Post
California's High-Speed Train May Be Blended ("California’s high-speed train system, if it’s built, might share tracks with slower conventional trains on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Los Angeles area.")
Central Valley Business Times
Cardin-Cochran Amendment Would Boost Local Control Of Bike-Ped Funding
StreetsBlog DC
Community Policing Coming To BART: Officers Will Be More Visible On Trains, At Stations And In Parking Lots
Bay Citizen
Cracking Down On Parking Meter Cheaters ("They use disabled-driver placards that they don't deserve. But thanks to the LAPD and DOT, some of them get the hefty fines they really do deserve.")
Los Angeles Times
Distracted Driving Countermeasures For Commercial Vehicles (81p. PDF)
Commercial Bus And Truck Safety Synthesis Program
Does Government GIS Data Belong To The People? A California Court Case Showcases The Importance Of Public Access To Tax-Funded Databases
Cadalyst
DOT Head Ray LaHood Takes Another Whack At House Transportation Bill: It "Takes Us Back To The Horse And Buggy Era"
Transportation Nation
Downtown Streetcar Head Now Based In Portland
Los Angeles Downtown News
Facing Objections From Left And Right, Boehner Splits Up Transportation Bill
The Hill
Gold Line Backers Reach Accord With Monrovia Landowner ("The construction authority overseeing the rail project's extension from Pasadena to Azusa will pay the property owner $24 million to settle six suits over the price of 4.8 acres needed for a maintenance yard.")
Los Angeles Times
Gold Line Bridge Taking Shape
Curbed LA
Greencore: L.A. Hardcore Band It's Casual Rock Out For The MTA's Red Line
Southern California Public Radio
House Committee Set To Vote Tonight On Slew Of Transpo Bill Amendments
StreetsBlog DC
House GOP Needs To Stop Pushing "Message" Bill And Pass A Transportation Jobs Bill
Huffington Post
House Transpo Bill Doesn't Have The Votes, So Republicans Split It In Three
StreetsBlog DC
House Transpo Bill Turns Into Collateral Damage
StreetsBlog Network
House Transportation Bill Promotes A New Roadside Attraction: Lottery Machines ("A little-noticed provision of the House transportation bill would allow states to privatize interstate rest areas, open them up to advertisers, and let them sell a variety of goods "serving the traveling public" -- which under the bill's definition, includes lottery machines.")
Huffington Post
Innovative Wetlands Park Opens In South Los Angeles ("The South Los Angeles Wetlands Park, re-purposed from a former bus and rail yard, expands ways to re-green a region through public space while cleaning up the waters.")
KCET
Main St. In Downtown L.A. Has New Bike Lanes
LADOT Bike Blog
Metro: Phase One Of Westside Subway Extension May End At La Cienega / Wilshire Station
Westwood-Century City Patch
Nearly 70 Transportation Associations Sign Letter Opposing Tolls
Trucking Info
Obama Visits LA Wednesday, Traffic Expected
Culver City Patch
Online Tug Of War Is Over Ownership Of Ontario Airport
Daily Breeze
Opinion: Protecting Our Cities' Transportation Funding (The mayors of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose outline the threat to California transportation and infrastructure projects)
San Francisco Examiner
Oscars: Street Closures Announced ("MTA subway trains will bypass the Hollywood & Highland station after the last regularly scheduled train on Feb. 25, until 6 a.m. Feb. 27. Service at the station will resume with the first scheduled train after 6 a.m.")
Variety
Private Sector Key For $6.9 Billion High Desert Corridor: Toll Road, Green Energy Corridor, Rail Connections Could Pay For Project
Victorville Daily Press
Rail Yards: Clean-Up Plan Prompts Contempt Allegation
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Restored Streetcars Now Desirable: To The Delight Of Many, Old Streetcars Are Being Restored To Their Former Glory And Put Back Into Transit Service In New Orleans, Philadelphia And Portland (extensive article includes 24 photos related to restoration)
Governing
Ridership: For Transit Agencies, The "Operate And They Will Come" Mantra Is Giving Way To A Marketing-Based Approach
Progressive Railroading
Transportation Boosted To Top Of Political Agenda
Business Week
Transportation: Good News LA! ("To begin with, the mammoth freeway projects of the I-405 (both south of the 101/405 interchange and south of the 605/405 interchange) are moving forward in earnest. Freeway commuters driving the 60, 210 and I-5 freeways are also feeling the heat with ongoing construction hassles, but these Measure R projects will ultimately increase corridor capacity, and enjoy ongoing voter and political support.")
CityWatch
US House Transportation Bill Stumbles; Obama Threatens Veto
Reuters
W.H. Threatens To Veto House Transportation Bill
Politico
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Analysis: Is The Gold Line Settlement A Good Deal For Taxpayers? ("The Gold Line Construction Authority settled a lawsuit to acquire land last week, paying four times what it is worth. Was that the only course of action left?")
Monrovia Patch
Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Mayor, To Chair 2012 Democratic National Convention
Huffington Post
California's High-Speed Train May Be Blended ("California’s high-speed train system, if it’s built, might share tracks with slower conventional trains on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Los Angeles area.")
Central Valley Business Times
Cardin-Cochran Amendment Would Boost Local Control Of Bike-Ped Funding
StreetsBlog DC
Community Policing Coming To BART: Officers Will Be More Visible On Trains, At Stations And In Parking Lots
Bay Citizen
Cracking Down On Parking Meter Cheaters ("They use disabled-driver placards that they don't deserve. But thanks to the LAPD and DOT, some of them get the hefty fines they really do deserve.")
Los Angeles Times
Distracted Driving Countermeasures For Commercial Vehicles (81p. PDF)
Commercial Bus And Truck Safety Synthesis Program
Does Government GIS Data Belong To The People? A California Court Case Showcases The Importance Of Public Access To Tax-Funded Databases
Cadalyst
DOT Head Ray LaHood Takes Another Whack At House Transportation Bill: It "Takes Us Back To The Horse And Buggy Era"
Transportation Nation
Downtown Streetcar Head Now Based In Portland
Los Angeles Downtown News
Facing Objections From Left And Right, Boehner Splits Up Transportation Bill
The Hill
Gold Line Backers Reach Accord With Monrovia Landowner ("The construction authority overseeing the rail project's extension from Pasadena to Azusa will pay the property owner $24 million to settle six suits over the price of 4.8 acres needed for a maintenance yard.")
Los Angeles Times
Gold Line Bridge Taking Shape
Curbed LA
Greencore: L.A. Hardcore Band It's Casual Rock Out For The MTA's Red Line
Southern California Public Radio
House Committee Set To Vote Tonight On Slew Of Transpo Bill Amendments
StreetsBlog DC
House GOP Needs To Stop Pushing "Message" Bill And Pass A Transportation Jobs Bill
Huffington Post
House Transpo Bill Doesn't Have The Votes, So Republicans Split It In Three
StreetsBlog DC
House Transpo Bill Turns Into Collateral Damage
StreetsBlog Network
House Transportation Bill Promotes A New Roadside Attraction: Lottery Machines ("A little-noticed provision of the House transportation bill would allow states to privatize interstate rest areas, open them up to advertisers, and let them sell a variety of goods "serving the traveling public" -- which under the bill's definition, includes lottery machines.")
Huffington Post
Innovative Wetlands Park Opens In South Los Angeles ("The South Los Angeles Wetlands Park, re-purposed from a former bus and rail yard, expands ways to re-green a region through public space while cleaning up the waters.")
KCET
Main St. In Downtown L.A. Has New Bike Lanes
LADOT Bike Blog
Metro: Phase One Of Westside Subway Extension May End At La Cienega / Wilshire Station
Westwood-Century City Patch
Nearly 70 Transportation Associations Sign Letter Opposing Tolls
Trucking Info
Obama Visits LA Wednesday, Traffic Expected
Culver City Patch
Online Tug Of War Is Over Ownership Of Ontario Airport
Daily Breeze
Opinion: Protecting Our Cities' Transportation Funding (The mayors of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose outline the threat to California transportation and infrastructure projects)
San Francisco Examiner
Oscars: Street Closures Announced ("MTA subway trains will bypass the Hollywood & Highland station after the last regularly scheduled train on Feb. 25, until 6 a.m. Feb. 27. Service at the station will resume with the first scheduled train after 6 a.m.")
Variety
Private Sector Key For $6.9 Billion High Desert Corridor: Toll Road, Green Energy Corridor, Rail Connections Could Pay For Project
Victorville Daily Press
Rail Yards: Clean-Up Plan Prompts Contempt Allegation
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Restored Streetcars Now Desirable: To The Delight Of Many, Old Streetcars Are Being Restored To Their Former Glory And Put Back Into Transit Service In New Orleans, Philadelphia And Portland (extensive article includes 24 photos related to restoration)
Governing
Ridership: For Transit Agencies, The "Operate And They Will Come" Mantra Is Giving Way To A Marketing-Based Approach
Progressive Railroading
Transportation Boosted To Top Of Political Agenda
Business Week
Transportation: Good News LA! ("To begin with, the mammoth freeway projects of the I-405 (both south of the 101/405 interchange and south of the 605/405 interchange) are moving forward in earnest. Freeway commuters driving the 60, 210 and I-5 freeways are also feeling the heat with ongoing construction hassles, but these Measure R projects will ultimately increase corridor capacity, and enjoy ongoing voter and political support.")
CityWatch
US House Transportation Bill Stumbles; Obama Threatens Veto
Reuters
W.H. Threatens To Veto House Transportation Bill
Politico
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2/14/2012
Obama Budget, House & Senate Transpo Bills, Purple Line, SaMo Expo, Bullet Train, 71 Freeway & More
$81 Million In Obama Budget For Subway Extension, Downtown Connector
CBS Los Angeles
2013 Budget Reflects Central Role Of Transportation In The Lives Of Americans, In The Vitality Of Our Nation's Economy
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Agency Names Final Eight Railroad Crossing Projects For Valley
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Bullet Train Gets White House Backing On Funds ("The Obama administration asks Congress for $35 billion in passenger rail funding over five years as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood urges California to overcome opposition to project.")
Los Angeles Times
Bus Spat Puts Met Council, 'Burbs At Odds Again (Minneapolis' transit system is bogged down by a feud over bus rapid transit color scheme)
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Cab Company Alleviates LA Driving Blues
PR Newswire
Cities Side With Ontario In Battle With LA
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Denny's To Join SaMo's Expo Line Terminus Mixed-Use Party
Curbed LA
Santa Monica Coffee Shop Is Sold To Housing Developer
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: L.A.'s Bike Lane Blooper ("The shade of green paint used to mark the mile-and-a-half bike lane that runs along Spring Street downtown is not film-friendly, it turns out.")
Los Angeles Times
Free Muni Rides For Kids Plan Gains Speed ("Muni riders under the age of 18 may be allowed to board for free by summertime.The idea could land at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency governing board as early as March 6.")
San Francisco Chronicle
House Bill Would Delay Rail Safety Features Required After Deadly Metrolink Patch
Moorpark Patch
House Plan Would Bankrupt Highway Fund, Report Says
Journal Of Commerce
House Transportation Bill: Traffic Is Heavy -- Against It
Los Angeles Times
How Los Angeles Began To Put Its Smoggy Days Behind (A look back at the 1970 Clean Air Act)
KCET
In New York, Former Subway Rider Eric Cantor Says A Transit-Cutting Bill Is Just "Honest Budgeting"
Capital New York
Institutional Architectures To Improve Systems Operations And Management (98p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
Jerry Brown Signs Bill Preserving School Bus Funds
Sacramento Bee
LaHood Heaps More Criticism On "Lousy" House Transpo Bill
Transportation Nation
LA Parking Lot Becomes Urban Oasis ("What’s the best place to build a wetland? How about at the site of an old MTA bus lot in South Los Angeles?")
Architect's Newspaper
Metro Wants Phase One Of Purple Extension To Hit La Cienega
Curbed LA
Westside Subway Initial Construction Segment Report (7p. PDF)
Metro
Monrovia Property Wins $24 Million Gold Line Settlement
Los Angeles Business Journal
New App, IE511, Reports Traffic, Solutions
Riverside Press-Enterprise
www.ie511.org
Obama Budget Contains Nearly $35 Billion For Passenger Rail
Los Angeles Times
Obama Budget Proposes $476 Billion For Transportation Over Six Years
StreetsBlog DC
Pomona Moving Forward Toward Improving The 71 Into A Full Freeway ("The 71 plays a part in linking Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties and because so many counties would benefit from improving the 71 through Pomona, it's the type of project that is well suited for intergovernmental agency collaboration.")
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
President's Budget: $50 Million For Westside Subway, $31 Million For Regional Connector ("Each of these projects shined bright enough to capture the attention of the budget makers in the Obama White House.")
StreetsBlog LA
The President's Budget: Full Of Ambition, Short On Congressional Support
The Transport Politic
President's Budget: Solid Priorities For Investment, Wrong Turn On Revenue ("The President’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 is now out, and the transportation policy and investment looks pretty familiar.")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Railroad Historian Says California Is On Wrong Track ("Stanford professor Richard White, author of "Railroaded," voices his staunch opposition to California's high-speed train")
Christian Science Monitor
Rand Paul Delays Transportation Bill ("Sen. Rand Paul is delaying a Senate debate over a two-year transportation bill to make a statement on aid to Egypt.")
Politico
Rats Or Not, Transit Chief Opposes Ban On Eating On Subways
New York Times
Ride The City Opens Bike Mapping Page For Los Angeles
StreetsBlog LA
SaMo Wants To Charge Developers For Creating New Car Trips
Curbed LA
Transportation Impact Fee Adopted By Santa Monica Planning Commission
Santa Monica Mirror
Transportation Impact Fee Zoning Ordinance Amendment (6p. PDF)
City Of Santa Monica Planning Commission
Sustainable Transportation Planning: Tools For Creating Vibrant, Healthy, And Resilient Communities
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The Tea Party's War On Mass Transit ("House Republicans try to gut federal funds for subways as they extend the culture wars to urban policy issues.")
Salon
Transit Walkers, Bikers Up In Arms ("How important are mass transit and other non-car traveling modes in the debate over the highway bill? Is it appropriate to ask states and cities to take care of their own subways, trains, bike paths, and pedestrian safety programs? How should policymakers treat transit? How should they treat alternate transportation modes like bicycles? Where does safety factor in to this conversation?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Trees To Be Saved From Oncoming Train ("The City Council will likely approve an almost $300,000 contract to move 39 trees out of the way of the incoming Exposition Light Rail line, which will be built along Olympic Boulevard by 2015.
Santa Monica Daily Press
Will Car-Sharing Networks Change The Way We Travel? ("Why would the world's largest car company partner with a tiny, little-known startup that could cannibalize its business by promoting car sharing instead of new-car buying?")
TIME
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CBS Los Angeles
2013 Budget Reflects Central Role Of Transportation In The Lives Of Americans, In The Vitality Of Our Nation's Economy
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Agency Names Final Eight Railroad Crossing Projects For Valley
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Bullet Train Gets White House Backing On Funds ("The Obama administration asks Congress for $35 billion in passenger rail funding over five years as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood urges California to overcome opposition to project.")
Los Angeles Times
Bus Spat Puts Met Council, 'Burbs At Odds Again (Minneapolis' transit system is bogged down by a feud over bus rapid transit color scheme)
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Cab Company Alleviates LA Driving Blues
PR Newswire
Cities Side With Ontario In Battle With LA
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Denny's To Join SaMo's Expo Line Terminus Mixed-Use Party
Curbed LA
Santa Monica Coffee Shop Is Sold To Housing Developer
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: L.A.'s Bike Lane Blooper ("The shade of green paint used to mark the mile-and-a-half bike lane that runs along Spring Street downtown is not film-friendly, it turns out.")
Los Angeles Times
Free Muni Rides For Kids Plan Gains Speed ("Muni riders under the age of 18 may be allowed to board for free by summertime.The idea could land at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency governing board as early as March 6.")
San Francisco Chronicle
House Bill Would Delay Rail Safety Features Required After Deadly Metrolink Patch
Moorpark Patch
House Plan Would Bankrupt Highway Fund, Report Says
Journal Of Commerce
House Transportation Bill: Traffic Is Heavy -- Against It
Los Angeles Times
How Los Angeles Began To Put Its Smoggy Days Behind (A look back at the 1970 Clean Air Act)
KCET
In New York, Former Subway Rider Eric Cantor Says A Transit-Cutting Bill Is Just "Honest Budgeting"
Capital New York
Institutional Architectures To Improve Systems Operations And Management (98p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
Jerry Brown Signs Bill Preserving School Bus Funds
Sacramento Bee
LaHood Heaps More Criticism On "Lousy" House Transpo Bill
Transportation Nation
LA Parking Lot Becomes Urban Oasis ("What’s the best place to build a wetland? How about at the site of an old MTA bus lot in South Los Angeles?")
Architect's Newspaper
Metro Wants Phase One Of Purple Extension To Hit La Cienega
Curbed LA
Westside Subway Initial Construction Segment Report (7p. PDF)
Metro
Monrovia Property Wins $24 Million Gold Line Settlement
Los Angeles Business Journal
New App, IE511, Reports Traffic, Solutions
Riverside Press-Enterprise
www.ie511.org
Obama Budget Contains Nearly $35 Billion For Passenger Rail
Los Angeles Times
Obama Budget Proposes $476 Billion For Transportation Over Six Years
StreetsBlog DC
Pomona Moving Forward Toward Improving The 71 Into A Full Freeway ("The 71 plays a part in linking Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties and because so many counties would benefit from improving the 71 through Pomona, it's the type of project that is well suited for intergovernmental agency collaboration.")
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
President's Budget: $50 Million For Westside Subway, $31 Million For Regional Connector ("Each of these projects shined bright enough to capture the attention of the budget makers in the Obama White House.")
StreetsBlog LA
The President's Budget: Full Of Ambition, Short On Congressional Support
The Transport Politic
President's Budget: Solid Priorities For Investment, Wrong Turn On Revenue ("The President’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 is now out, and the transportation policy and investment looks pretty familiar.")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Railroad Historian Says California Is On Wrong Track ("Stanford professor Richard White, author of "Railroaded," voices his staunch opposition to California's high-speed train")
Christian Science Monitor
Rand Paul Delays Transportation Bill ("Sen. Rand Paul is delaying a Senate debate over a two-year transportation bill to make a statement on aid to Egypt.")
Politico
Rats Or Not, Transit Chief Opposes Ban On Eating On Subways
New York Times
Ride The City Opens Bike Mapping Page For Los Angeles
StreetsBlog LA
SaMo Wants To Charge Developers For Creating New Car Trips
Curbed LA
Transportation Impact Fee Adopted By Santa Monica Planning Commission
Santa Monica Mirror
Transportation Impact Fee Zoning Ordinance Amendment (6p. PDF)
City Of Santa Monica Planning Commission
Sustainable Transportation Planning: Tools For Creating Vibrant, Healthy, And Resilient Communities
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The Tea Party's War On Mass Transit ("House Republicans try to gut federal funds for subways as they extend the culture wars to urban policy issues.")
Salon
Transit Walkers, Bikers Up In Arms ("How important are mass transit and other non-car traveling modes in the debate over the highway bill? Is it appropriate to ask states and cities to take care of their own subways, trains, bike paths, and pedestrian safety programs? How should policymakers treat transit? How should they treat alternate transportation modes like bicycles? Where does safety factor in to this conversation?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Trees To Be Saved From Oncoming Train ("The City Council will likely approve an almost $300,000 contract to move 39 trees out of the way of the incoming Exposition Light Rail line, which will be built along Olympic Boulevard by 2015.
Santa Monica Daily Press
Will Car-Sharing Networks Change The Way We Travel? ("Why would the world's largest car company partner with a tiny, little-known startup that could cannibalize its business by promoting car sharing instead of new-car buying?")
TIME
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2/13/2012
Gold Line Foothill Extension, Positive Train Control, L.A. TOD, 710 Gap, House Transportation Bill, DesertXpress, SCAG & More
February 13: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Bunker Hill's redevelopment gets a comprehensive transportation plan)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
America's Subterranean Malaise ("There's no doubt that America pays too much for its subway projects.")
The Economist
Ansel Adams Urban Landscape Exhibit Opens Feb. 18
Los Angeles Downtown News
Cities Say 710 Gap Plan Closes Door On Options
Pasadena Star-News
Closing The Bridge? There's An App For That: Caltrans Tries To Reach Drivers Online, Before They Hit The Road
Bay Citizen
A Commissioner's Take On LA ("LA has 74 newly completed rail stations with 70 more anticipated in the next 10 to 20 years. The process of crafting transit neighborhoods and transit corridors creates a new paradigm for our Car City.")
APA Reimagine Los Angeles
Congress About To Clear 9 Of 10 Hurdles To Enacting A Transportation Bill
Transportation Issues Daily
Congress Debates Federal Oversight Of Subways
Washington Post
Connecting The Lines A Key To Nevada Railroad Plan ("As it stands, the DesertXpress stops in Victorville, and building that crucial connection to Palmdale is not a priority for California. So, if it's not likely that a passenger will walk across the street to a bus station, how likely is it that a passenger would pay $50 to ride to Victorville, then drive a rental car along the most congested portion of the commute to Southern California?")
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Efforts To Raise Speed Limits Rebuffed By Council Transportation Committee
StreetsBlog LA
Engaged Workers Immune To Stress From Long Commutes
Gallup
Five Of The Fastest Trains In The World
KCET
Getting A Handel On Transit Crime (A growing number of cities are playing classical music in transit stations as a deterrent to crime, vagrants and "rowdiness.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Getting A Ticket For Jaywalking In Downtown LA: Drop It Or Keep It?
Brigham Yen
Gold Line Foothill Extension Settles 6 Lawsuits With $24 Million
Curbed LA
Gold Line Officials Reach Multimillion Dollar Settlement With Monrovia Property Owner
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
GOP Needs To Get On Track With High-Speed Rail
San Bernardino Sun
Governor Brown: Biting The Bullet On The Bullet Train
CityWatch
High Speed Boondoggle (High speed rail opponents launch website for ad campaign)
High Speed Boondoggle
House Republicans Facing Big Test As $260 Billion Highway Bill Heads For Cliff
The Hill
House Transportation Bill Would Harm California, Democrats Say
Los Angeles Times
House Transportation Bill "Technical Correction" Would Strip Workers Of Pay Protections ("A little-noted provision in the House Republicans' controversial energy and transportation bill would strip several thousand workers within the rail-industry of their federal minimum-wage and overtime protections, potentially making low-wage jobs pay even less.")
Huffington Post
In California, Momentum Building For High-Speed Rail
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
L.A. River Development Plan Approved
Los Angeles Daily News
LA Skyline Ranked Number 34 (Right Below Minneapolis)
Curbed LA
Top 15 Skylines Of The World
Diserio
March 4 Opening Of Sunset Triangle Plaza (Griffith Park and Sunset Boulevards in Silver Lake)
Living Streets LA
Metrolink Pushing Forward With System Designed To Prevent Crashes ("The system, which officials say would have prevented the '08 Chatsworth crash, is expected to be running next year. A bid in the House to delay a nationwide mandate could make the Southland a test lab.")
Los Angeles Times
Muni Expanding Camera Program To Nab Drivers In Transit-Only Lanes
San Francisco Examiner
New Competition: Encouraging Youth To Rethink Public Transportation
The City Fix
Non-Starter: Republican Transportation Bill Is Dead On Arrival ("It would kill a longstanding rule that sets aside a portion of the gas tax to fund trains and buses and other public transportation systems. And to add insult to injury, it is loaded up with a long list of provisions that would pave the way for oil drilling offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.")
Grist
Obama Budget Goes Big On Highway Spending
Politico
Opinion: Derailing Rail Safety (Some House Republicans are trying to delay federally mandated technology that could prevent deadly train wrecks like the 2008 Metrolink crash in Chatsworth.")
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: High-Speed Rail: Threat Or Menace?
Sacramento Bee
Petition Drive For More Bicycle Safety In SCAG Plan Nears Deadline
Ventura County Star
Pico Rivera Transit Hub Open To Commuters, Park Visitors
Whittier Daily News
The Secret To A Successful Urban Stadium
The Atlantic: Cities
SoCal Edison To Correct ADA Violations Caused By New Temple City Poles ("Southern California Edison has agreed to widen Live Oak Avenue sidewalks in areas where new power poles are blocking access to those with disabilities.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Split Rail: Calif. Bullet Train Still Proves Divisive
KCET
Transportation Bills Move Through Congress
National League Of Cities
Undaunted By Redistricting, John Mica Declares He's Staying Put
Transportation Nation
U.S. House Wrongly Eliminated Safe Routes Funding
San Francisco Chronicle
What Transit Advocates Could Learn From SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)
Next American City
Why The House Transportation Bill Hits Bus Riders Especially Hard
StreetsBlog DC
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
America's Subterranean Malaise ("There's no doubt that America pays too much for its subway projects.")
The Economist
Ansel Adams Urban Landscape Exhibit Opens Feb. 18
Los Angeles Downtown News
Cities Say 710 Gap Plan Closes Door On Options
Pasadena Star-News
Closing The Bridge? There's An App For That: Caltrans Tries To Reach Drivers Online, Before They Hit The Road
Bay Citizen
A Commissioner's Take On LA ("LA has 74 newly completed rail stations with 70 more anticipated in the next 10 to 20 years. The process of crafting transit neighborhoods and transit corridors creates a new paradigm for our Car City.")
APA Reimagine Los Angeles
Congress About To Clear 9 Of 10 Hurdles To Enacting A Transportation Bill
Transportation Issues Daily
Congress Debates Federal Oversight Of Subways
Washington Post
Connecting The Lines A Key To Nevada Railroad Plan ("As it stands, the DesertXpress stops in Victorville, and building that crucial connection to Palmdale is not a priority for California. So, if it's not likely that a passenger will walk across the street to a bus station, how likely is it that a passenger would pay $50 to ride to Victorville, then drive a rental car along the most congested portion of the commute to Southern California?")
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Efforts To Raise Speed Limits Rebuffed By Council Transportation Committee
StreetsBlog LA
Engaged Workers Immune To Stress From Long Commutes
Gallup
Five Of The Fastest Trains In The World
KCET
Getting A Handel On Transit Crime (A growing number of cities are playing classical music in transit stations as a deterrent to crime, vagrants and "rowdiness.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Getting A Ticket For Jaywalking In Downtown LA: Drop It Or Keep It?
Brigham Yen
Gold Line Foothill Extension Settles 6 Lawsuits With $24 Million
Curbed LA
Gold Line Officials Reach Multimillion Dollar Settlement With Monrovia Property Owner
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
GOP Needs To Get On Track With High-Speed Rail
San Bernardino Sun
Governor Brown: Biting The Bullet On The Bullet Train
CityWatch
High Speed Boondoggle (High speed rail opponents launch website for ad campaign)
High Speed Boondoggle
House Republicans Facing Big Test As $260 Billion Highway Bill Heads For Cliff
The Hill
House Transportation Bill Would Harm California, Democrats Say
Los Angeles Times
House Transportation Bill "Technical Correction" Would Strip Workers Of Pay Protections ("A little-noted provision in the House Republicans' controversial energy and transportation bill would strip several thousand workers within the rail-industry of their federal minimum-wage and overtime protections, potentially making low-wage jobs pay even less.")
Huffington Post
In California, Momentum Building For High-Speed Rail
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
L.A. River Development Plan Approved
Los Angeles Daily News
LA Skyline Ranked Number 34 (Right Below Minneapolis)
Curbed LA
Top 15 Skylines Of The World
Diserio
March 4 Opening Of Sunset Triangle Plaza (Griffith Park and Sunset Boulevards in Silver Lake)
Living Streets LA
Metrolink Pushing Forward With System Designed To Prevent Crashes ("The system, which officials say would have prevented the '08 Chatsworth crash, is expected to be running next year. A bid in the House to delay a nationwide mandate could make the Southland a test lab.")
Los Angeles Times
Muni Expanding Camera Program To Nab Drivers In Transit-Only Lanes
San Francisco Examiner
New Competition: Encouraging Youth To Rethink Public Transportation
The City Fix
Non-Starter: Republican Transportation Bill Is Dead On Arrival ("It would kill a longstanding rule that sets aside a portion of the gas tax to fund trains and buses and other public transportation systems. And to add insult to injury, it is loaded up with a long list of provisions that would pave the way for oil drilling offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.")
Grist
Obama Budget Goes Big On Highway Spending
Politico
Opinion: Derailing Rail Safety (Some House Republicans are trying to delay federally mandated technology that could prevent deadly train wrecks like the 2008 Metrolink crash in Chatsworth.")
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: High-Speed Rail: Threat Or Menace?
Sacramento Bee
Petition Drive For More Bicycle Safety In SCAG Plan Nears Deadline
Ventura County Star
Pico Rivera Transit Hub Open To Commuters, Park Visitors
Whittier Daily News
The Secret To A Successful Urban Stadium
The Atlantic: Cities
SoCal Edison To Correct ADA Violations Caused By New Temple City Poles ("Southern California Edison has agreed to widen Live Oak Avenue sidewalks in areas where new power poles are blocking access to those with disabilities.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Split Rail: Calif. Bullet Train Still Proves Divisive
KCET
Transportation Bills Move Through Congress
National League Of Cities
Undaunted By Redistricting, John Mica Declares He's Staying Put
Transportation Nation
U.S. House Wrongly Eliminated Safe Routes Funding
San Francisco Chronicle
What Transit Advocates Could Learn From SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)
Next American City
Why The House Transportation Bill Hits Bus Riders Especially Hard
StreetsBlog DC
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We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
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