"A" Is For Arts District: Hand-Designed Signs Installed To Identify DTLA Neighborhood
Blog Downtown
As The House Transportation Bill Languishes, There's Still Time To "Fix It First"
Huffington Post
Big Names In Financial District Making Lawsuit Noises Over Regional Connector Construction Plan
Curbed LA
Breaking News: House Leadership Scraps 5 Year Transportation Bill
Transportation For America
Did The Gold Line Extension Just Clear Its Last Hurdle?
Curbed LA
Do Bike Paths Promote Bike Riding?
The Atlantic: Cities
Editorial: Is Lunacy Jerry Brown's Legacy? ("Governor seems committed to high-speed rail, a boondoggle, by all appearances.")
Orange County Register
Editorial: What To Do About $4 Gas
Los Angeles Times
For The Tech Sector, Bikes Are The New Cars
Transportation Nation
Gas Tax Falling Short In Paying For Transportation Needs
USA Today
Gold Line And Monrovia Reach Landmark $40.6 Million Deal ("The city and Gold Line Construction Authority signed an agreement that will expedite the Gold Line Foothill Extension.")
Monrovia Patch
GOP Will "Revamp" H.R.7 And Reportedly Restore Dedicated Transit Funding
StreetsBlog DC
House Dems Applaud Boehner Retreat On $260B Highway Bill
The Hill
House GOP Leaders Weigh Scaling Back Highway Bill, Dropping Transit Plan
Washington Post
Identification And Evaluation Of Freight Demand Factors (159p. PDF)
National Cooperative Freight Research Program
If People Got Rid Of Their Cars, They Could Afford An Extra House ("Present value cost of avoidable car ownership/operation over 30 years: $186,425.03.")
Grist
LA/2B Stops At City Hall On Way To Public Workshops This Weekend
StreetsBlog LA
LA Metro Board Moves Forward With Plans To Lock Fare Gates
Southern California Public Radio
L.A. State Historic Park: A Deserted Railroad Yard Is Transformed Yet Unfinished
KCET
Light Rail Gets A Name, New Logo (Minneapolis light rail and rapid transit lines are the latest system to be officially known as "Metro," but their new logo will be a "T," not "M.")
Minnesota Public Radio
Metro Offers Late Notes For Commuters Affected By Blue Line Outage ("Metro is offering "delay verifications" for commuters who were late to work or school this morning because of the power Blue Line power outage.")
Blog Downtown
Metro Pushes Again For Lockdown On Fare Evaders ("The subway and light-rail system has largely operated without locked gates, trusting that 97% of passengers would buy tickets. But that hasn't been so, with a loss of millions of dollars in revenue.")
Los Angeles Times
MTA To Lock Fare Gates At Dozens Of Subway Stops
Los Angeles Daily News
Northridge Residents Can't Get City To Fix Buckled Sidewalk ("Some 43 percent of the city's 11,000 miles of sidewalks are either cracked, broken or impassible, according to the city. They're also the subject of a barrage of civil-rights complaints.")
Los Angeles Daily News
Pass Transit Offers Bus From Beaumont Walmart To MetroLink In San Bernardino
Banning-Beaumont Patch
Report: Pollution From U.S. Parking Spaces Costs Up To $20 Billion Per Year
StreetsBlog DC
Parking Infrastructure And The Environment
University Of California Transportation Center ACCESS
Republicans Said To Consider Dropping Transit Funding-Cut Plan
Bloomberg
SR-710 Review Process Moves Forward
EGP News
Start The Countdown To A Court Date: Trenching At Beverly Hills High School Reaches The End
StreetsBlog LA
Super Commuters Surge As Stuck Homeowners Fly "Greyhound" Routes
Business Week
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2/24/2012
2/23/2012
El Monte Bus Station, Car Sharing, Transit & Groceries, Mobile Payments, LA/2B, TRB Portal & More
February 23: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Tunneling begins on the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension -- rarely seen photos tell the story)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
9th National Conference On Transportation Asset Management (San Diego : April 16-18)
Transportation Research Board
Agoura Citizens Voice Concerns About Proposed 101 Interchange Project
Agoura Hills Patch
APTA: Public Transportation Users Save $9,914 Annually
Metro Magazine
BART's New Car Fleet: Made In The USA, But Maybe Not In California
Transportation Nation
Buried Car, Other Debris Delay New El Monte Bus Station
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Bus Operator Restroom Use: Case Study And Practitioner Resources From Minneapolis (4p. PDF)
Transportation Learning Center
Compromise Is Necessary For Transportation Reauthorization
The Hill
End Of The Roads: When Highway Removal Works
Next American City
Expanding Peer-To-Peer Car Sharing To College Campuses
The City Fix
Film Crews Get Green Light To Park On Bike Lanes
KCET
The Grocery Store Of The Future? (How transit users waiting for buses or trains may soon be shopping for groceries)
The Atlantic: Cities
Heard Underground, In Your Dreams (Follow up to yesterday's "What would you like subway announcers to say?")
New York Times
House Bill Delayed, But Transit, Biking, And Walking Aren't Safe Yet
StreetsBlog DC
Houston Opens First HOT Lane For Solo Drivers Who Want To Beat The Traffic
Transportation Nation
How Climate Change Could Be The Ruin Of Los Angeles ("Few cities are facing the serious environmental double whammy that’s most likely in store for Los Angeles.")
The Atlantic: Cities
How Mobile Payments Are Revolutionizing Public Transit (Several specific systems are discussed)
Mashable
The Human Cost Of Car-Centrism: Carwashes Are The New Sweatshops
StreetsBlog LA
Is The U.S. Out Of Love With Cutting-Edge Transit? (Are monorail, high-speed rail, personal rapid transit, car-sharing, electric buses, giant escalators and driverless cars just fads?)
Smithsonian
LA Port Urges Supreme Court To Uphold Clean-Trucks Ruling
Journal Of Commerce
Lawmaker Wants To Put Brakes On Naming Freeways, Bridges ("Assemblyman Chris Norby (R-Fullerton) has introduced a bill that would strip the Legislature of the power to name roads and bridges, giving it instead to the California Transportation Commission, which he hopes will show more moderation.")
KTLA
Malibu Looking To Make PCH Safer For Drivers, Walkers, Bikers
Curbed LA
Metro Board: Fare Gates, TAP But Regional Connector Postponed
StreetsBlog LA
Metro Set To Vote On Environmental Impact Of Downtown Rail Connector
NBC Los Angeles
Move L.A. Hosts "L.A. On The Verge" This Frdiay: What Would You Do With Measure R+
StreetsBlog LA
On The Money: Derailing The Bullet Train? -- Will Voters Get A Re-Do On High Speed Rail?
CBS Sacramento
One-Way Splits As Symbolic Transit
Human Transit
Operation Of Light-Rail Transit Through Ungated Crossings At Speeds over 35 MPH (124p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program
Orange County Transportation Authority Opposes Elimination Of Federal Transit Funding
Southern California Public Radio
Pocket $300 To Share Your Car
Treehugger
Promoting Bicycle Commuter Safety (176p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Prospering In Place: Linking Jobs, Development, And Transit To Spur Chicago's Economy (48p. PDF)
Center For Neighborhood Technology
Public Still Wary Of Gas Tax Hikes
Stateline
Putting TRB In The Palm Of Your Hand: The Transportation Research Board's Annual Meeting Online Portal & Research E-Newsletter
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The Real Reason Cities Can Be so Much Greener Than Other Places
The Atlantic: Cities
Santa Monica Complete Green Street Breaks Ground
Bustler
Share Your Ideas For Los Angeles Transportation At The LA/2B Think Labs (four upcoming events)
GOOD
Stroll Around LA County's Only Freeway Cap Park
Curbed LA
Taxes And Transport: Taxes Pay For Things
The Economist
Transit Agencies Jointly Tackle Leadership Succession Planning ("During the past year, three agencies — LACMTA, Regional Transit District of Denver (RTD) and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) — have been working together on a new employee exchange program that helps prepare current middle-level managers for higher level management and leadership positions at their respective agencies.")
Progressive Railroading
Transit Officials Offer New Reason To Oppose HR7: Bond Ratings ("The most vocal opposition to the bill has been in defense of transit funding. As written HR7 would stop funding mass transit through a federal gasoline tax for the first time in about three decades. Instead it would provide mass transit with a one time grant that would need to be approved by Congress each year to be extended.")
Transportation Nation
Villaraigosa Looks To Position Himself For National Stage
Daily Breeze
Villaraigosa Named National Co-Chair Of Obama's Campaign
Los Angeles Wave
Vote on Regional Connector Final EIR/EIS Delayed To March
Rafu Shimpo
Zipcar Invests In Wheelz Peer-To-Peer Carsharing Network
Autoblog Green
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
9th National Conference On Transportation Asset Management (San Diego : April 16-18)
Transportation Research Board
Agoura Citizens Voice Concerns About Proposed 101 Interchange Project
Agoura Hills Patch
APTA: Public Transportation Users Save $9,914 Annually
Metro Magazine
BART's New Car Fleet: Made In The USA, But Maybe Not In California
Transportation Nation
Buried Car, Other Debris Delay New El Monte Bus Station
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Bus Operator Restroom Use: Case Study And Practitioner Resources From Minneapolis (4p. PDF)
Transportation Learning Center
Compromise Is Necessary For Transportation Reauthorization
The Hill
End Of The Roads: When Highway Removal Works
Next American City
Expanding Peer-To-Peer Car Sharing To College Campuses
The City Fix
Film Crews Get Green Light To Park On Bike Lanes
KCET
The Grocery Store Of The Future? (How transit users waiting for buses or trains may soon be shopping for groceries)
The Atlantic: Cities
Heard Underground, In Your Dreams (Follow up to yesterday's "What would you like subway announcers to say?")
New York Times
House Bill Delayed, But Transit, Biking, And Walking Aren't Safe Yet
StreetsBlog DC
Houston Opens First HOT Lane For Solo Drivers Who Want To Beat The Traffic
Transportation Nation
How Climate Change Could Be The Ruin Of Los Angeles ("Few cities are facing the serious environmental double whammy that’s most likely in store for Los Angeles.")
The Atlantic: Cities
How Mobile Payments Are Revolutionizing Public Transit (Several specific systems are discussed)
Mashable
The Human Cost Of Car-Centrism: Carwashes Are The New Sweatshops
StreetsBlog LA
Is The U.S. Out Of Love With Cutting-Edge Transit? (Are monorail, high-speed rail, personal rapid transit, car-sharing, electric buses, giant escalators and driverless cars just fads?)
Smithsonian
LA Port Urges Supreme Court To Uphold Clean-Trucks Ruling
Journal Of Commerce
Lawmaker Wants To Put Brakes On Naming Freeways, Bridges ("Assemblyman Chris Norby (R-Fullerton) has introduced a bill that would strip the Legislature of the power to name roads and bridges, giving it instead to the California Transportation Commission, which he hopes will show more moderation.")
KTLA
Malibu Looking To Make PCH Safer For Drivers, Walkers, Bikers
Curbed LA
Metro Board: Fare Gates, TAP But Regional Connector Postponed
StreetsBlog LA
Metro Set To Vote On Environmental Impact Of Downtown Rail Connector
NBC Los Angeles
Move L.A. Hosts "L.A. On The Verge" This Frdiay: What Would You Do With Measure R+
StreetsBlog LA
On The Money: Derailing The Bullet Train? -- Will Voters Get A Re-Do On High Speed Rail?
CBS Sacramento
One-Way Splits As Symbolic Transit
Human Transit
Operation Of Light-Rail Transit Through Ungated Crossings At Speeds over 35 MPH (124p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program
Orange County Transportation Authority Opposes Elimination Of Federal Transit Funding
Southern California Public Radio
Pocket $300 To Share Your Car
Treehugger
Promoting Bicycle Commuter Safety (176p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Prospering In Place: Linking Jobs, Development, And Transit To Spur Chicago's Economy (48p. PDF)
Center For Neighborhood Technology
Public Still Wary Of Gas Tax Hikes
Stateline
Putting TRB In The Palm Of Your Hand: The Transportation Research Board's Annual Meeting Online Portal & Research E-Newsletter
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The Real Reason Cities Can Be so Much Greener Than Other Places
The Atlantic: Cities
Santa Monica Complete Green Street Breaks Ground
Bustler
Share Your Ideas For Los Angeles Transportation At The LA/2B Think Labs (four upcoming events)
GOOD
Stroll Around LA County's Only Freeway Cap Park
Curbed LA
Taxes And Transport: Taxes Pay For Things
The Economist
Transit Agencies Jointly Tackle Leadership Succession Planning ("During the past year, three agencies — LACMTA, Regional Transit District of Denver (RTD) and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) — have been working together on a new employee exchange program that helps prepare current middle-level managers for higher level management and leadership positions at their respective agencies.")
Progressive Railroading
Transit Officials Offer New Reason To Oppose HR7: Bond Ratings ("The most vocal opposition to the bill has been in defense of transit funding. As written HR7 would stop funding mass transit through a federal gasoline tax for the first time in about three decades. Instead it would provide mass transit with a one time grant that would need to be approved by Congress each year to be extended.")
Transportation Nation
Villaraigosa Looks To Position Himself For National Stage
Daily Breeze
Villaraigosa Named National Co-Chair Of Obama's Campaign
Los Angeles Wave
Vote on Regional Connector Final EIR/EIS Delayed To March
Rafu Shimpo
Zipcar Invests In Wheelz Peer-To-Peer Carsharing Network
Autoblog Green
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2/22/2012
Green Line Noise, Gold Line Monrovia, Google Transit, Amtrak, HSR, Countdown Clocks, Downtown Projects & More
February 22: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (One of L.A.'s slowest stretches of freeway gets a carpool lane)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
All Aboard (Not): Why Has Amtrak Stopped Letting Children Take The Train On Their Own?
Slate
America's Crumbling Transportation Infrastructure
Minnesota Public Radio
Attracting, Recruiting, And Retaining Skilled Staff For Transportation System Operations And Management (163p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Billions In HSR Funds Could Be Spent Upgrading SoCal Trains
Curbed LA
Bringing Back The Building: The Latest Information On 70 Downtown Projects
Los Angeles Downtown News
Caltrans Pressured To Sell Homes Bought For 710 Freeway Extension
Los Angeles Times
Classic L.A. To Z: U Is For Union Station
Los Angeles Magazine
Editorial: Dump This $260 Billion Turkey Of A House Transportation Bill
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Expo Regional Connector Up For Final Vote
Santa Monica Patch
A Few Thoughts On Countdown Clocks And Subway Headways
Second Avenue Sagas
Fixing America's Freeways: The Private Sector Is Reinventing Our Expressways, One Lane At A Time
Reason
Gold Line Deals With Monrovia Appear Imminent ("Gold Line officials and the city have reached agreements on several parts of a critical land deal needed for the Foothill Extension to progress.")
Monrovia Patch
Google Transit: How (And Why) The Search Giant Is Remapping Public Transportation ("There’s been a dramatic shift over the last five years in the way people plan trips on public transportation and the way transit agencies communicate with their riders—and Google is the main instigator.")
Xconomy
Guide For Managing NEPA-Related And Other Risks In Project Delivery (70p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Here're Mayoral Candidate Jan Perry's Thoughts On LA Planning
Curbed LA
High Speed Rail: America's Rail Legacy Continues ("Celebrating the anniversary of Lincoln’s birth (and the birthday of George Washington) on Presidents' Day, I remembered a President who loved transportation, with his words as well as his actions, and who understood its importance to our nation's economy.President Obama’s vision for High Speed Rail is an extension of that legacy.")
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
A HopStop, A Skip, And A Jump: The Transit Website And Mobile App Continue To Move Forward ("The reason for HopStop’s success is the fans.")
New York Enterprise Report
House Transportation Bill Backs Offshore Drilling
San Francisco Chronicle
Infrastructure Becomes Campaign Fodder ("With lawmakers in a tangle, why shouldn't Obama propose what he really wants for transportation, even if it's a pipe dream? Does the White House infrastructure budget proposal give any hope to the transportation community that they might soon get some certainty on funding? Will it make a difference to the average American in deciding how to vote? Does infrastructure make a good campaign topic? Or is the recent infrastructure furor really just an inflated version of the same transportation conversations that have always taken place among same policymakers and lobbyists?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Is Google Wallet Safe? A Recent Security Flaw Raises Questions About Mobile Payments
MIT Technology Review
K Street Pessimistic About Highway Bills
The Hill
Los Angeles Mayor Sets Sights On Bigger Stage
New York Times
Metro May Tackle Ear-Splitting Noise At Green Line Stations
Curbed LA
The More They See, The Less They Like: 10 Reasons Why The Opposition To The House Transportation Bill Is Growing
Transportation For America
Origins Of The Metro Code Of Conduct
StreetsBlog LA
Replay: 600 Business & Other Groups Oppose House Transit Provision
Transportation Issues Daily
Republicans Rebel Against An Oily Transportation Bill: Instead Of Fixing Roads, The House Leadership Proposes A Bonanza For The Oil Industry. Many Republicans Are Balking
Salon
SANDAG's 2050 Transportation Plan Drawing More And More Heat
StreetsBlog LA
Southland Gasoline Prices Reach Highest Amount Since Late May
CBS Los Angeles
There's A Train Comin': Light Rail Changes South L.A. Housing Market
Healthy Cal
Transportation Bills To Get Tune-Up During Recess
Politico
Two Tenths Of One Percent (How the cost of California high-speed rail stacks up against the overall state gross domestic product)
California High Speed Rail Blog
Villaraigosa For Transportation Secretary ("If President Obama wins re-election, the mayor would be a natural for the cabinet -- particularly the transportation secretary post.")
NBC Los Angeles
What's The Difference Between A Street And A Road?
Mental Floss
You Work 3.84 Minutes Per Day To Pay For Your Bicycle, 2 Hours For Your Car
Grist
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
All Aboard (Not): Why Has Amtrak Stopped Letting Children Take The Train On Their Own?
Slate
America's Crumbling Transportation Infrastructure
Minnesota Public Radio
Attracting, Recruiting, And Retaining Skilled Staff For Transportation System Operations And Management (163p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Billions In HSR Funds Could Be Spent Upgrading SoCal Trains
Curbed LA
Bringing Back The Building: The Latest Information On 70 Downtown Projects
Los Angeles Downtown News
Caltrans Pressured To Sell Homes Bought For 710 Freeway Extension
Los Angeles Times
Classic L.A. To Z: U Is For Union Station
Los Angeles Magazine
Editorial: Dump This $260 Billion Turkey Of A House Transportation Bill
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Expo Regional Connector Up For Final Vote
Santa Monica Patch
A Few Thoughts On Countdown Clocks And Subway Headways
Second Avenue Sagas
Fixing America's Freeways: The Private Sector Is Reinventing Our Expressways, One Lane At A Time
Reason
Gold Line Deals With Monrovia Appear Imminent ("Gold Line officials and the city have reached agreements on several parts of a critical land deal needed for the Foothill Extension to progress.")
Monrovia Patch
Google Transit: How (And Why) The Search Giant Is Remapping Public Transportation ("There’s been a dramatic shift over the last five years in the way people plan trips on public transportation and the way transit agencies communicate with their riders—and Google is the main instigator.")
Xconomy
Guide For Managing NEPA-Related And Other Risks In Project Delivery (70p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Here're Mayoral Candidate Jan Perry's Thoughts On LA Planning
Curbed LA
High Speed Rail: America's Rail Legacy Continues ("Celebrating the anniversary of Lincoln’s birth (and the birthday of George Washington) on Presidents' Day, I remembered a President who loved transportation, with his words as well as his actions, and who understood its importance to our nation's economy.President Obama’s vision for High Speed Rail is an extension of that legacy.")
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
A HopStop, A Skip, And A Jump: The Transit Website And Mobile App Continue To Move Forward ("The reason for HopStop’s success is the fans.")
New York Enterprise Report
House Transportation Bill Backs Offshore Drilling
San Francisco Chronicle
Infrastructure Becomes Campaign Fodder ("With lawmakers in a tangle, why shouldn't Obama propose what he really wants for transportation, even if it's a pipe dream? Does the White House infrastructure budget proposal give any hope to the transportation community that they might soon get some certainty on funding? Will it make a difference to the average American in deciding how to vote? Does infrastructure make a good campaign topic? Or is the recent infrastructure furor really just an inflated version of the same transportation conversations that have always taken place among same policymakers and lobbyists?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Is Google Wallet Safe? A Recent Security Flaw Raises Questions About Mobile Payments
MIT Technology Review
K Street Pessimistic About Highway Bills
The Hill
Los Angeles Mayor Sets Sights On Bigger Stage
New York Times
Metro May Tackle Ear-Splitting Noise At Green Line Stations
Curbed LA
The More They See, The Less They Like: 10 Reasons Why The Opposition To The House Transportation Bill Is Growing
Transportation For America
Origins Of The Metro Code Of Conduct
StreetsBlog LA
Replay: 600 Business & Other Groups Oppose House Transit Provision
Transportation Issues Daily
Republicans Rebel Against An Oily Transportation Bill: Instead Of Fixing Roads, The House Leadership Proposes A Bonanza For The Oil Industry. Many Republicans Are Balking
Salon
SANDAG's 2050 Transportation Plan Drawing More And More Heat
StreetsBlog LA
Southland Gasoline Prices Reach Highest Amount Since Late May
CBS Los Angeles
There's A Train Comin': Light Rail Changes South L.A. Housing Market
Healthy Cal
Transportation Bills To Get Tune-Up During Recess
Politico
Two Tenths Of One Percent (How the cost of California high-speed rail stacks up against the overall state gross domestic product)
California High Speed Rail Blog
Villaraigosa For Transportation Secretary ("If President Obama wins re-election, the mayor would be a natural for the cabinet -- particularly the transportation secretary post.")
NBC Los Angeles
What's The Difference Between A Street And A Road?
Mental Floss
You Work 3.84 Minutes Per Day To Pay For Your Bicycle, 2 Hours For Your Car
Grist
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2/21/2012
710 Houses, Move LA, Park 101, Mt. Lowe, "Drill & Drive," Walk/Bike, Gas Prices, Bus Benches & More
February 21: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (A landmark date for one of Southern California's world famous -- but now, mostly forgotten -- tourist attractions)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
2 Key Freight Elements In House Transportation Bill
Transportation Issues Daily
1891 Map Of LA Includes Drawings Of Long-Gone Buildings
Curbed LA
Airlines And High Speed Rail: Unholy Alliance Or Blessed Partnership?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Back-Seat Driver: U.S. Transportation Funding Rattles Nerves In Sacramento
Sacramento Bee
Bipedal? Curious? Americans Give Walking And Biking A Try
Grist
Brown Pins Legacy To Calif. High-Speed Rail Plans
Associated Press
Caltrain Plan Would Fast-Track Electric Rail ("Officials with Bay Area transportation agencies are in negotiations with each other, and with the California High-Speed Rail Authority, to craft an agreement that would fund an advanced train-control system, electrify the rails on the Peninsula and eliminate some of the rail crossings - perhaps as soon as 2016, five to 10 years earlier than previous estimates.")
San Francisco Chronicle
Caltrans Urged To Sell Homes: Spokeswoman Says The State Is Several Years Away From Unloading Residences In The 710 Corridor
Pasadena Sun
A Changing Of The Guard In Little Tokyo: Replacements At Three Prominent Organizations As Community Undergoes Vast Alterations
Los Angeles Downtown News
Code For America's Vision For Peer-To-Peer City Governance
Shareable
Council Debates Parking Rules
Glendale News-Press
CSULB Commuters Deal With Traffic Woes
California State University, Long Beach Daily 49er
Divisions Deepen On U.S. Transportation Bills: March 31 Deadline For Transportation Legislation
Reuters
Event Examines How To Make LA A Mobile City Again
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
LA On The Verge Of A Transit Breakthrough: Move LA 4th Annual Transportation Conversation (February 24)
Move LA
Free Archaeological Tour At San Gabriel Railroad Site
Los Angeles Times
The Future Of Infrastructure Design: The Impending Infrastructure Crisis Provides A Unique Opportunity To Bring Infrastructure Into The 21st Century ("Another possibility for roadways is to incorporate solar power elements directly into the infrastructure, enabling long stretches of pavement to essentially become part-time power plants. Whether with incorporated solar paneling, newly developed solar ‘paint,’ or a variety of other innovations in the solar power market, roadways provide a near ideal medium to tap into the power of the sun..")
Construction Digital
Gas Price Hike Has Drivers Worried
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Gas Prices Surging Beyond $4 A Gallon -- And They Will Go Higher
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Gold Line Bridge Work On Track, More 210 Freeway Closures Ahead
Pasadena Star-News
Highway Bill Stalled; Chamber Campaigns Outside Beltway
The Hill
How Public Perception Of Light Rail Influences Its Economic Benefits
The Atlantic: Cities
L.A.'s New Bus Benches Look Better, But Still Don't Serve Riders
LA Weekly
LACMTA To Host Community Meetings On LAX Rail Link Study
Progressive Railroading
Maybe It's Time For Public Transit: High Pump Prices Have Drivers Looking For Other Ways To Get Around
NBC Los Angeles
Motion Activated Pothole Sensors...In Your Phone
The Atlantic: Cities
Native American Monitors On San Gabriel Dig Help Ensure Cultural Preservation (Alameda Corridor East San Gabriel Trench project)
Whittier Daily News
Nighttime Full Closures Of The Southbound I-405 Freeway Scheduled For Tuesday Night, Feb. 21
Orange County Breeze
Officials Stand By High-Speed Rail Estimate
Fresno Bee
Offshore Drilling Approved In House, But Rest Of Transportation Bill Is In Conservative Crosshairs
Huffington Post
Optimal Transport Policy For An Uncertain Future ("The House bill reflects the older transport planning paradigm, which assumes that transportation means driving, so transport problem refers to constraints on driving and transport improvement refers to reducing constraints on driving. The new transport planning paradigm recognizes that mobility is seldom an end in itself...")
Planetizen
Our View: Driving Debate On Mass Transit ("The White House's 2013 budget includes $50 million for Los Angeles' Westside subway extension and $31 million for a downtown underground light rail to tie several regional lines together. How about more funding for the Gold Line extension along our foothills, too?")
Pasadena Star-News
Park 101 Keeps The Ball In The Air ("Four freeway caps are under active consideration in Southern California right now, including three along Highway 101 -- Park 101, a cap to accommodate a park along Highway 101 in Hollywood, and a cap on Highway 101 in Ventura that would reconnect the downtown to the beach. Santa Monica is considering a cap on Interstate 10 that would reconnect the Civic Center with the rest of the its downtown. All are the subject of planning efforts funded either by their respective cities or by the Southern California Association of Governments.")
California Planning & Development Report
Pounding Pavement In Search Of A Smoother Drive ("In California, researchers are trying to stretch those resources by developing next-generation pavements that are quieter and more fuel-efficient to drive on.")
NPR
QuickPay Makes Your Smartphone A Parking Attendant
Wired
Reducing Vehicle-Miles Traveled Through Smart Land-Use Design (232p. PDF)
New York State Energy Research And Development Authority / NY DOT
Reminder: States Already Control Transpo $, And They Waste Billions
StreetsBlog Network
Roads To Ruin: Why "Drill And Drive" Is The New Motto In Washington ("We spend an estimated $186 billion each year to maintain our ground transportation system in this country. Despite that, we’re losing ground. The Federal Highway Administration estimates that just getting “structurally deficient” bridges up to snuff will require more than $70 billion...Perhaps the wisest choice is to kiss some of our beloved blacktop goodbye. Ultimately, we may have no choice. Besides, the real road to he future looks more like a set of train tracks or a bike lane.")
Grist
SGV Board Backs Completion Of Highway 39 To Wrightwood
Whittier Daily News
Silver Lake Boasts L.A.'s First Polka-Dotted Pedestrian Plaza
LAist
Sonia Romero's Urban Oasis At The MacArthur Park Metro Station ("Recognizing that art can engage transit riders, beautify public space, and reflect the diverse communities that use these systems as well as the region’s rich history, Metro initiated an ambitious public art program in 1989 that has become an important component of its planning and construction programs.")
Curating Los Angeles
Southern California Cities Rally Behind Ontario Efforts To Take Control Of L.A./Ontario International Airport
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Surface Transportation Reauthorization In The 112th Congress: Summary And Sources (28p. PDF)
Congressional Research Service
Transit Tax Break Buried In Partisan Debate
Transportation Nation
Transpo Bills Delayed In House And Senate As Congress Enters Recess
StreetsBlog DC
Transportation Agencies Seek Bullet Train Funds To Upgrade Local Corridors ("New proposals call for spending an additional $4 billion from a $9-billion bond fund to improve existing tracks in Northern and Southern California that would later become part of the bullet-train system.")
Los Angeles Times
Washington Delivers For Regional Connector
Los Angeles Downtown News
What Do You Want The Future 2B? LA City Planners Ask For Help
Blog Downtown
What Would You Like Subway Announcers To Say?
New York Times
Would Mitt Romney Invest In The Highway System?
Radials
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
2 Key Freight Elements In House Transportation Bill
Transportation Issues Daily
1891 Map Of LA Includes Drawings Of Long-Gone Buildings
Curbed LA
Airlines And High Speed Rail: Unholy Alliance Or Blessed Partnership?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Back-Seat Driver: U.S. Transportation Funding Rattles Nerves In Sacramento
Sacramento Bee
Bipedal? Curious? Americans Give Walking And Biking A Try
Grist
Brown Pins Legacy To Calif. High-Speed Rail Plans
Associated Press
Caltrain Plan Would Fast-Track Electric Rail ("Officials with Bay Area transportation agencies are in negotiations with each other, and with the California High-Speed Rail Authority, to craft an agreement that would fund an advanced train-control system, electrify the rails on the Peninsula and eliminate some of the rail crossings - perhaps as soon as 2016, five to 10 years earlier than previous estimates.")
San Francisco Chronicle
Caltrans Urged To Sell Homes: Spokeswoman Says The State Is Several Years Away From Unloading Residences In The 710 Corridor
Pasadena Sun
A Changing Of The Guard In Little Tokyo: Replacements At Three Prominent Organizations As Community Undergoes Vast Alterations
Los Angeles Downtown News
Code For America's Vision For Peer-To-Peer City Governance
Shareable
Council Debates Parking Rules
Glendale News-Press
CSULB Commuters Deal With Traffic Woes
California State University, Long Beach Daily 49er
Divisions Deepen On U.S. Transportation Bills: March 31 Deadline For Transportation Legislation
Reuters
Event Examines How To Make LA A Mobile City Again
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
LA On The Verge Of A Transit Breakthrough: Move LA 4th Annual Transportation Conversation (February 24)
Move LA
Free Archaeological Tour At San Gabriel Railroad Site
Los Angeles Times
The Future Of Infrastructure Design: The Impending Infrastructure Crisis Provides A Unique Opportunity To Bring Infrastructure Into The 21st Century ("Another possibility for roadways is to incorporate solar power elements directly into the infrastructure, enabling long stretches of pavement to essentially become part-time power plants. Whether with incorporated solar paneling, newly developed solar ‘paint,’ or a variety of other innovations in the solar power market, roadways provide a near ideal medium to tap into the power of the sun..")
Construction Digital
Gas Price Hike Has Drivers Worried
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Gas Prices Surging Beyond $4 A Gallon -- And They Will Go Higher
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Gold Line Bridge Work On Track, More 210 Freeway Closures Ahead
Pasadena Star-News
Highway Bill Stalled; Chamber Campaigns Outside Beltway
The Hill
How Public Perception Of Light Rail Influences Its Economic Benefits
The Atlantic: Cities
L.A.'s New Bus Benches Look Better, But Still Don't Serve Riders
LA Weekly
LACMTA To Host Community Meetings On LAX Rail Link Study
Progressive Railroading
Maybe It's Time For Public Transit: High Pump Prices Have Drivers Looking For Other Ways To Get Around
NBC Los Angeles
Motion Activated Pothole Sensors...In Your Phone
The Atlantic: Cities
Native American Monitors On San Gabriel Dig Help Ensure Cultural Preservation (Alameda Corridor East San Gabriel Trench project)
Whittier Daily News
Nighttime Full Closures Of The Southbound I-405 Freeway Scheduled For Tuesday Night, Feb. 21
Orange County Breeze
Officials Stand By High-Speed Rail Estimate
Fresno Bee
Offshore Drilling Approved In House, But Rest Of Transportation Bill Is In Conservative Crosshairs
Huffington Post
Optimal Transport Policy For An Uncertain Future ("The House bill reflects the older transport planning paradigm, which assumes that transportation means driving, so transport problem refers to constraints on driving and transport improvement refers to reducing constraints on driving. The new transport planning paradigm recognizes that mobility is seldom an end in itself...")
Planetizen
Our View: Driving Debate On Mass Transit ("The White House's 2013 budget includes $50 million for Los Angeles' Westside subway extension and $31 million for a downtown underground light rail to tie several regional lines together. How about more funding for the Gold Line extension along our foothills, too?")
Pasadena Star-News
Park 101 Keeps The Ball In The Air ("Four freeway caps are under active consideration in Southern California right now, including three along Highway 101 -- Park 101, a cap to accommodate a park along Highway 101 in Hollywood, and a cap on Highway 101 in Ventura that would reconnect the downtown to the beach. Santa Monica is considering a cap on Interstate 10 that would reconnect the Civic Center with the rest of the its downtown. All are the subject of planning efforts funded either by their respective cities or by the Southern California Association of Governments.")
California Planning & Development Report
Pounding Pavement In Search Of A Smoother Drive ("In California, researchers are trying to stretch those resources by developing next-generation pavements that are quieter and more fuel-efficient to drive on.")
NPR
QuickPay Makes Your Smartphone A Parking Attendant
Wired
Reducing Vehicle-Miles Traveled Through Smart Land-Use Design (232p. PDF)
New York State Energy Research And Development Authority / NY DOT
Reminder: States Already Control Transpo $, And They Waste Billions
StreetsBlog Network
Roads To Ruin: Why "Drill And Drive" Is The New Motto In Washington ("We spend an estimated $186 billion each year to maintain our ground transportation system in this country. Despite that, we’re losing ground. The Federal Highway Administration estimates that just getting “structurally deficient” bridges up to snuff will require more than $70 billion...Perhaps the wisest choice is to kiss some of our beloved blacktop goodbye. Ultimately, we may have no choice. Besides, the real road to he future looks more like a set of train tracks or a bike lane.")
Grist
SGV Board Backs Completion Of Highway 39 To Wrightwood
Whittier Daily News
Silver Lake Boasts L.A.'s First Polka-Dotted Pedestrian Plaza
LAist
Sonia Romero's Urban Oasis At The MacArthur Park Metro Station ("Recognizing that art can engage transit riders, beautify public space, and reflect the diverse communities that use these systems as well as the region’s rich history, Metro initiated an ambitious public art program in 1989 that has become an important component of its planning and construction programs.")
Curating Los Angeles
Southern California Cities Rally Behind Ontario Efforts To Take Control Of L.A./Ontario International Airport
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Surface Transportation Reauthorization In The 112th Congress: Summary And Sources (28p. PDF)
Congressional Research Service
Transit Tax Break Buried In Partisan Debate
Transportation Nation
Transpo Bills Delayed In House And Senate As Congress Enters Recess
StreetsBlog DC
Transportation Agencies Seek Bullet Train Funds To Upgrade Local Corridors ("New proposals call for spending an additional $4 billion from a $9-billion bond fund to improve existing tracks in Northern and Southern California that would later become part of the bullet-train system.")
Los Angeles Times
Washington Delivers For Regional Connector
Los Angeles Downtown News
What Do You Want The Future 2B? LA City Planners Ask For Help
Blog Downtown
What Would You Like Subway Announcers To Say?
New York Times
Would Mitt Romney Invest In The Highway System?
Radials
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