March 30: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (A milestone in regional freeway planning, plus archival film footage shows Los Angeles saying goodbye to the last of its streetcars which are replaced the following day with a new fleet of 300 buses -- highlighted by a "Bus Spectacular" at Dodger Stadium)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
2010 Status Of The Nation's Highways, Bridges, And Transit: Conditions & Performance: Report To Congress (502p. PDF)
Federal Highway Administration / Federal Transit Administration
Bergamot Art Center Takes Big Step Forward ("The arrival of the Expo Line is expected to transform the City of Santa Monica in multiple ways. Some of that anticipated transformation is planned for the City’s eastside, where Expo riders will either be saying hello or goodbye to Santa Monica as they pass by Bergamot Station. Among the many planned projects at or near Bergamot Station include the proposed Bergamot Art Center.")
Santa Monica Mirror
Calif. Bullet Train Project Under Review ("Proponents of a bullet train in California say they are exploring ways to relax environmental review procedures on the high-speed rail project.")
UPI
Congress Extends Highway Funding With Stopgap Bill
New York Times
Congress Fails To Pass Long-Term Highway Bill
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Congressional Lawmakers Temporarily Extend Highway Spending Authority
CNN
Dems Trip up GOP On Highway Extension Again
Transportation Nation
Divided Congress Resorts To 3-Month Highway Bill
Stateline
Doing "Big Things" In Government
Governing
Editorial: Don't Let The South Figueroa Corridor Project Get Lost In The CRA Shuffle
StreetsBlog LA
Editorial: Our Dense Population Requires Smart Planning
Los Angeles Daily News
Facelift Project For Hollywood Stirs Divisions
New York Times
Fashion Accessory Of The Day: Subway Map Cuff Bracelets
The Atlantic: Cities
Google Maps Now Includes Real-Time Traffic Data
Mashable
Heavy Truck Corridor Proposed To Boost Exports
Los Angeles Times
How And Why We Should Green Parking Facilities
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
How Many People Are Moving To LA?
Curbed LA
L.A. Built The Metro, Now It Needs The Buildings
Slate
Malls, Parking Garages And...Mass Transit? Sometimes, They Work Together
Next American City
Metro Silences Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills Courier
Millhouse To Head So Cal Transportation Committee: The Moorpark City Council Member Has Been Involved With County Transportation For More Than 10 Years ("Moorpark City Council member and former Southern California Regional Rail Authority chairman, Keith Millhouse, has been elected chairman of the Transportation Committee of theSouthern California Association of Governments, or SCAG.")
Moorpark Patch
New Group Plans To Have Ballard-To-West Seattle Monorail Running By 2018
KOMO
The New Language Of Mobility: Talking Transportation In A Post-Recession World (40p. PDF : "In this volume, the Maslansky-Luntz team begins with messages that were used in the three success stories and builds upon them in testing a variety of messages with focus groups of “opinion influencers” in three U.S. cities. These listening sessions were then followed by a session with a “Washington insiders” proxy group where a unique Instant Response Dial technology was used to measure responses to a range of messages.")
AASHTO
The New Plan For California's High Speed Rail Project: Faster, Smarter, Cheaper -- And Legal
California Majority Report
Omnitrans' College Student Fares Arrive At 1 Million Trips
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Op-Ed: Hate The Bus? It's Time To Reconsider
NPR
Paint Testing On Spring Street Bike Lane Rescheduled For This Weekend
Blog Downtown
Senate Clears Transportation Extension
Politico
SFMTA Budget Proposal Includes Metered Parking On Sunday Afternoons
StreetsBlog SF
Transportation Bill Replaced By Stopgap Measure In House
Huffington Post
What's Next For The Transportation Bill?
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Why Don't Young Americans Buy Cars? ("Auto makers are worried about the Millennials. They just don't seem to care about owning a car. Is this a generational shift, or just a lousy economy at work? ")
The Atlantic
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3/30/2012
3/29/2012
Expo Line Precursors, Beverly Hills Subway, Gold Line Videos, Dodgers & Transpo, Highway Bill Deadline, 710, Canoga Park At 100 & More
$7 Billion Public-Private Plan In Chicago Aims To Fix Transit, Schools And Parks
New York Times
Are These Gold Line Videos A Waste Of Tax Dollars? ("The Gold Line Construction Authority has released a series of videos explaining the coming attractions for the Gold Line Foothill Extension. One local blogger thinks the money would be better spent elsewhere.")
Monrovia Patch
Assembly Candidates Pledge To Oppose Subway Route Under BHHS: Their Comments Come As Residents' Opposition To Subway Tunneling Under Beverly Hills High School Gains Momentum
Beverly Hills Patch
Canoga Park Centennial (Canoga Park celebrates its 100th birthday tomorrow. The West San Fernando Valley community is rich in Pacific Electric history. Includes timeline)
Canoga Park 100
Recalling Pacific Electric's Leading Role In Valley
Los Angeles Daily News
City Revs Up Efforts To Get Millions In Federal Funding For 101/23 Expansion
Thousand Oaks Acorn
City To Test New Paint On Spring Street Bike Lane
Los Angeles Downtown News
Countdown Clock ("Time remaining for the House to pass the bipartisan Senate Bill to avert a transportation shutdown: 2.9 million jobs at stake.")
U.S. Senate Democrats
Dodgers Sale Creates A Chance To Fix Broken Parking Lot/Transportation
StreetsBlog LA
Evacuated Tube Travel To Replace Trains, Planes And Automobiles?
Huffington Post
Gold Line Foothill Extension From Pasadena To Azusa: Small Business Opportunities (video)
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority via YouTube
Google Maps 6.5 Gets A Face-Lift, Adds Public Transit Features
CNET
Graphic: A Closer Look At The Senate MAP-21 Vote By State
Transportation For America
Ground Broken On Next Phase Of I-5 Freeway At Alondra Blvd. Bridge
Los Cerritos News
Guidelines For Providing Access To Public Transportation Stations (146p. PDF : "Several issues underlie contemporary rapid transit station access planning: What is the best way or “process” for station planning and development? Which groups should be included in this planning process? What travel modes should be accommodated? How do development densities and land use patterns affect the use of various access modes? How can station ridership and access modes use be estimated? What are the likely effects of parking on station ridership? How can the sometimes-differing concerns of transit agencies and communities be addressed? How do access issues vary between mature and new stations? How should pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and auto access be integrated into the site plan for the station and its environs? What guidelines underlie the provisions of park-and-ride? When are garages preferable to surface parking? What provisions should be made for TOD and integrating station access with the surrounding neighborhoods? Under what circumstances are feeder bus services likely to provide a cost-effective means of providing station access? What are ways to maximize access at constrained stations?")
Transit Cooperative Research Program
The Hitchhiker's Guide To Congress Not Re-Upping The Highway Bill By March 31
Fox News
Hollywood Debates Its New Planning Standards At City Hall
Curbed LA
House GOP Is Back To A 90-Day Extension, Will See Debate [Today]
StreetsBlog DC
House Nears Vote On Highway Bill To Avert Halt To Road Projects
Business Week
How And Why We Should Green Parking Facilities
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
The Latest Fantastic Transportation System That Will Never Be Built ("Beijing to New York in two hours.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Metro Community Meeting Thursday At Temple Emanuel ("Residents are encouraged to attend the session and weigh in on plans to tunnel under BHHS as part of the Westside Subway Extension.")
Beverly Hills Patch
Metro EIR Targets Beverly Hills Buildings For Demolition: Restaurants, Offices And Apartments Could Be Bulldozed For Subway Extension (cover story plus related articles)
Beverly Hills Weekly
Metro Seeking Community Liaisons In 710 Study: Metro Trying To Bridge Gap Between Community And Government
South Pasadena Patch
Parking On SaMo's Colorado Ave. Taking Hit From Expo Line
Curbed LA
Pressure Mounts On House To Take Up Senate Bill. Does The House Care?
StreetsBlog DC
Public Transit Holds Key To America's Hidden Energy Reserve
The Hill
Rail Returns To The Westside: The Expo Line's Historical Precursors ("Although its tracks, signals, and power lines are all new, much of the light rail line's right-of-way dates to 1875, when the first rail link between downtown L.A. and the Westside opened and gave birth to the city of Santa Monica." Includes numerous photos from Metro Transportation Library's Archive as well as other historical photos and maps)
LA as Subject via KCET
Rep. Mica Calls On Dems To Support Short-Term Highway Bill
The Hill
Road Bill Gridlock Worries States ("The Highway Trust Fund -- the place where federal gas taxes are deposited -- will start incurring losses to the tune of $110 million each day the law is lapsed. That means states won’t be reimbursed for projects already under way, putting them in the uncomfortable position of trying to decide how long they can float the money before they have to shutter projects midstream. The uncertainty created will also mean states just won’t start new projects already planned.")
Politico
Santa Monica Perks Up Streets With New Lights, Landscaping
Curbed LA
Tax Collector Wants To Freeze State Levy On Gasoline
Los Angeles Times
The Utter Futility Of A Gas Tax "Holiday"
StreetsBlog DC
We're Number 1! In Density, That Is
KCET
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New York Times
Are These Gold Line Videos A Waste Of Tax Dollars? ("The Gold Line Construction Authority has released a series of videos explaining the coming attractions for the Gold Line Foothill Extension. One local blogger thinks the money would be better spent elsewhere.")
Monrovia Patch
Assembly Candidates Pledge To Oppose Subway Route Under BHHS: Their Comments Come As Residents' Opposition To Subway Tunneling Under Beverly Hills High School Gains Momentum
Beverly Hills Patch
Canoga Park Centennial (Canoga Park celebrates its 100th birthday tomorrow. The West San Fernando Valley community is rich in Pacific Electric history. Includes timeline)
Canoga Park 100
Recalling Pacific Electric's Leading Role In Valley
Los Angeles Daily News
City Revs Up Efforts To Get Millions In Federal Funding For 101/23 Expansion
Thousand Oaks Acorn
City To Test New Paint On Spring Street Bike Lane
Los Angeles Downtown News
Countdown Clock ("Time remaining for the House to pass the bipartisan Senate Bill to avert a transportation shutdown: 2.9 million jobs at stake.")
U.S. Senate Democrats
Dodgers Sale Creates A Chance To Fix Broken Parking Lot/Transportation
StreetsBlog LA
Evacuated Tube Travel To Replace Trains, Planes And Automobiles?
Huffington Post
Gold Line Foothill Extension From Pasadena To Azusa: Small Business Opportunities (video)
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority via YouTube
Google Maps 6.5 Gets A Face-Lift, Adds Public Transit Features
CNET
Graphic: A Closer Look At The Senate MAP-21 Vote By State
Transportation For America
Ground Broken On Next Phase Of I-5 Freeway At Alondra Blvd. Bridge
Los Cerritos News
Guidelines For Providing Access To Public Transportation Stations (146p. PDF : "Several issues underlie contemporary rapid transit station access planning: What is the best way or “process” for station planning and development? Which groups should be included in this planning process? What travel modes should be accommodated? How do development densities and land use patterns affect the use of various access modes? How can station ridership and access modes use be estimated? What are the likely effects of parking on station ridership? How can the sometimes-differing concerns of transit agencies and communities be addressed? How do access issues vary between mature and new stations? How should pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and auto access be integrated into the site plan for the station and its environs? What guidelines underlie the provisions of park-and-ride? When are garages preferable to surface parking? What provisions should be made for TOD and integrating station access with the surrounding neighborhoods? Under what circumstances are feeder bus services likely to provide a cost-effective means of providing station access? What are ways to maximize access at constrained stations?")
Transit Cooperative Research Program
The Hitchhiker's Guide To Congress Not Re-Upping The Highway Bill By March 31
Fox News
Hollywood Debates Its New Planning Standards At City Hall
Curbed LA
House GOP Is Back To A 90-Day Extension, Will See Debate [Today]
StreetsBlog DC
House Nears Vote On Highway Bill To Avert Halt To Road Projects
Business Week
How And Why We Should Green Parking Facilities
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
The Latest Fantastic Transportation System That Will Never Be Built ("Beijing to New York in two hours.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Metro Community Meeting Thursday At Temple Emanuel ("Residents are encouraged to attend the session and weigh in on plans to tunnel under BHHS as part of the Westside Subway Extension.")
Beverly Hills Patch
Metro EIR Targets Beverly Hills Buildings For Demolition: Restaurants, Offices And Apartments Could Be Bulldozed For Subway Extension (cover story plus related articles)
Beverly Hills Weekly
Metro Seeking Community Liaisons In 710 Study: Metro Trying To Bridge Gap Between Community And Government
South Pasadena Patch
Parking On SaMo's Colorado Ave. Taking Hit From Expo Line
Curbed LA
Pressure Mounts On House To Take Up Senate Bill. Does The House Care?
StreetsBlog DC
Public Transit Holds Key To America's Hidden Energy Reserve
The Hill
Rail Returns To The Westside: The Expo Line's Historical Precursors ("Although its tracks, signals, and power lines are all new, much of the light rail line's right-of-way dates to 1875, when the first rail link between downtown L.A. and the Westside opened and gave birth to the city of Santa Monica." Includes numerous photos from Metro Transportation Library's Archive as well as other historical photos and maps)
LA as Subject via KCET
Rep. Mica Calls On Dems To Support Short-Term Highway Bill
The Hill
Road Bill Gridlock Worries States ("The Highway Trust Fund -- the place where federal gas taxes are deposited -- will start incurring losses to the tune of $110 million each day the law is lapsed. That means states won’t be reimbursed for projects already under way, putting them in the uncomfortable position of trying to decide how long they can float the money before they have to shutter projects midstream. The uncertainty created will also mean states just won’t start new projects already planned.")
Politico
Santa Monica Perks Up Streets With New Lights, Landscaping
Curbed LA
Tax Collector Wants To Freeze State Levy On Gasoline
Los Angeles Times
The Utter Futility Of A Gas Tax "Holiday"
StreetsBlog DC
We're Number 1! In Density, That Is
KCET
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3/28/2012
Expo Line, Highway Bill, UCLA Traffic, Gold Line Mariachi Plaza, Farmers Field, Westside Subway, Gas Tax & More
48% Say Feds Should Drop Gas Tax Until Prices Come Down
Rasmussen Reports
California High-Speed Rail: Building A Faster Train Faster
Southern California Public Radio
Can A 100% Private Passenger Rail Line Turn A Profit?
StreetsBlog DC
Did The Senate Kill Private Finance In Infrastructure?
New Republic
Expo Line Arrives: Taking The Train With Zev Yaroslavsky
KCRW
Is Mass Transit Rail In Los Angeles Finally On The Right Track? (audio)
KCRW
Expo Line Scheduled To Open April 28
USC Daily Trojan
Expo Takes Trees, Gives Back Double
Santa Monica Daily Press
Google Maps Getting Rid Of Weird And Inaccurate Nabe Names
Curbed LA
GOP Scraps Planned Highway Vote For A Second Day In A Row
The Hill
Highway Vote Punt Complicates Hill Timing
Politico
House Schedules, Skips, Debates, Ultimately Delays Vote On 60-Day Extension
StreetsBlog DC
How To Build A Successful Downtown Stadium
The Atlantic: Cities
Illustrating A Commute, One Rider At A Time
The Atlantic: Cities
Lawmakers Ready To Green-Light California High-Speed Rail
Sacramento Bee
Libros Schmibros Lending Library And Bookshop Moves To Mariachi Plaza ("If you visit train stations in any city in the world . . . so many of them have newsstands. And most of those newsstands don’t just sell magazines, they sell books.")
StreetsBlog LA
Local Officials Balk At Bill To Require Them To Spend More On Transit
Ventura County Star
Los Angeles Ends Its Use Of Red Light Cameras
Daily Breeze
NFL Stadium EIR Goes Public On April 5
Los Angeles Daily News
Parking Lots, Ready For A Close-Up And A Spruce-Up
New York Times
Parking Switch Coming To Colorado Avenue ("City Hall plans to reconfigure parking along Colorado Avenue to make room for the Expo Light Rail Line by axing spaces on Colorado and creating angled spaces along six residential streets and one largely commercial road.")
Santa Monica Daily Press
QR Codes In Transportation: The District DOT Shows The Possibilities
Talking Transportation
Subway Makes Tracks Toward Westwood
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Transportation Can Boost Las Vegas Economy (A proposed highway between Las Vegas and Phoenix, DesertXpress, and "Nevada also has the nation's second highest percentage of major roads in good condition and the lowest percentage of structurally deficient bridges.")
KLAS
The True Cost Of Unwalkable Streets
The Atlantic: Cities
UCLA Traffic Hits Lowest Level Since 1990
UCLA Newsroom
UCLA State Of The Commute, 2011 (20p. PDF : transportation statistics)
UCLA Transportation
What Californians Think About The Republican Candidates (audio : includes a segment on "a ride on the Expo Line")
KCRW
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Rasmussen Reports
California High-Speed Rail: Building A Faster Train Faster
Southern California Public Radio
Can A 100% Private Passenger Rail Line Turn A Profit?
StreetsBlog DC
Did The Senate Kill Private Finance In Infrastructure?
New Republic
Expo Line Arrives: Taking The Train With Zev Yaroslavsky
KCRW
Is Mass Transit Rail In Los Angeles Finally On The Right Track? (audio)
KCRW
Expo Line Scheduled To Open April 28
USC Daily Trojan
Expo Takes Trees, Gives Back Double
Santa Monica Daily Press
Google Maps Getting Rid Of Weird And Inaccurate Nabe Names
Curbed LA
GOP Scraps Planned Highway Vote For A Second Day In A Row
The Hill
Highway Vote Punt Complicates Hill Timing
Politico
House Schedules, Skips, Debates, Ultimately Delays Vote On 60-Day Extension
StreetsBlog DC
How To Build A Successful Downtown Stadium
The Atlantic: Cities
Illustrating A Commute, One Rider At A Time
The Atlantic: Cities
Lawmakers Ready To Green-Light California High-Speed Rail
Sacramento Bee
Libros Schmibros Lending Library And Bookshop Moves To Mariachi Plaza ("If you visit train stations in any city in the world . . . so many of them have newsstands. And most of those newsstands don’t just sell magazines, they sell books.")
StreetsBlog LA
Local Officials Balk At Bill To Require Them To Spend More On Transit
Ventura County Star
Los Angeles Ends Its Use Of Red Light Cameras
Daily Breeze
NFL Stadium EIR Goes Public On April 5
Los Angeles Daily News
Parking Lots, Ready For A Close-Up And A Spruce-Up
New York Times
Parking Switch Coming To Colorado Avenue ("City Hall plans to reconfigure parking along Colorado Avenue to make room for the Expo Light Rail Line by axing spaces on Colorado and creating angled spaces along six residential streets and one largely commercial road.")
Santa Monica Daily Press
QR Codes In Transportation: The District DOT Shows The Possibilities
Talking Transportation
Subway Makes Tracks Toward Westwood
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Transportation Can Boost Las Vegas Economy (A proposed highway between Las Vegas and Phoenix, DesertXpress, and "Nevada also has the nation's second highest percentage of major roads in good condition and the lowest percentage of structurally deficient bridges.")
KLAS
The True Cost Of Unwalkable Streets
The Atlantic: Cities
UCLA Traffic Hits Lowest Level Since 1990
UCLA Newsroom
UCLA State Of The Commute, 2011 (20p. PDF : transportation statistics)
UCLA Transportation
What Californians Think About The Republican Candidates (audio : includes a segment on "a ride on the Expo Line")
KCRW
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3/27/2012
Gold Line Foothill Extension, High-Speed Rail, DesertXpress, Highway Bill, I-5 Widening, NoHo Tunnel, Westside Subway Meetings & More
10 Best American Cities For Cycling
Huffington Post
210 Gold Line Bridge Construction Stays On Track
Monrovia Patch
237 Express Lane Opens: Small Step In Huge Plan ("Whether, and when, Bay Area drivers will take to express lanes - carpool lanes that solo drivers buy their way into for a varying toll - remains to be seen. But the beginnings of what could become a nearly 600-mile network of the lanes are taking shape, and lone drivers seem willing to pay.")
San Francisco Chronicle
All Aboard Patrón Billionaire John Paul DeJoria's Golden-Era Railcar ("DeJoria’s train has three staterooms, a master suite, a dining room, a vast kitchen, an observation room, and a crew member who looks after it all.")
Forbes
As Young Lose Interest In Cars, G.M. Turns To MTV For Help
New York Times
Boehner, Reid Talks May End U.S. Transport Bill Standoff
Chicago Tribune
Boxer Warns Of Transportation Bill's Urgency
San Francisco Chronicle
CA Gov. Brown Says High Speed Rail Is On Track (video)
MarketWatch
California High-Speed Rail Likely To Get Green Light
Scripps News
California Home To Most Densely Populated Areas ("Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif. is the most densely populated area in the country, with nearly 7,000 residents per square mile.")
Governing
Center For Transit-Oriented Development's Comments On Proposed Changes To New Starts, Small Starts Rules
Reconnecting America
Dear DesertXpress Developers: Has Your Project Gone Off Tracks?
Vegas Inc
Few U.S. Cities Are Ready For Aging Baby Boomer Population ("Transportation usually tops the list of unmet needs in local aging-agency surveys, advocates say. Public transit routes and stops sometimes aren't flexible enough; volunteer transportation networks are popping up in a few places but remain rare.")
USA Today
Greening Government's Fleet Of Big Trucks: Street Sweepers, Snow Plows And Fire Trucks Will Soon Be Cleaner And More Fuel Efficient Under New Emissions Standards ("Welcome to the inaugural issue of Governing's Sustainability newsletter. Each month, we'll be delving into the latest environmental news and analysis that public managers need to know to meet present needs without compromising the future.")
Governing
Guidance On Protecting People From The Aerodynamic Effects Of Passing Trains (40p. PDF)
Rail Safety And Standards Board (U.K.)
High Line May Mix Past With Koons' Vision ("Mr. Hammond speculated that Los Angeles and New York could both eventually wind up with Mr. Koons’s train replica.")
New York Times
Highway Bill: House GOP Delays Vote
Politico
House Republicans Abruptly Cancel Vote On Extension Of Highway Programs As Deadline Looms
Washington Post
How Can Cities Reverse Urban Sprawl, Increase Transit Use, Reduce Emissions?
Sys-Con
The Impact Of Center City Economic And Cultural Vibrancy On Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Transportation (104p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
How The House Transpo Extension Hurts The Senate's Two-Year Bill
StreetsBlog DC
I-210 Gold Line Bridge Construction Stays On Track: A Critical Portion Of Bridge Construction Is Completed
Glendora Patch
Interstate 5 Truck Lanes To Be Extended
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Las Vegas May Get DesertXpress High-Speed Rail Link ("The vast park-and-ride project hinges on the untested idea that car-loving Californians will drive about 100 miles from the Los Angeles area, pull off busy Interstate 15 and board a train for the final leg to the famous Strip.")
Huffington Post
Let The Muni Party Begin (San Francisco Municipal Railway, "Muni," turns 100 on April 5)
San Francisco Chronicle
Mathematical Modeling For Optimizing Skip-Stop Rail Transit Operation Strategy Using Genetic Algorithm (37p. PDF)
Morgan State University National Transportation Center
Mayors Urge House To Pass Senate's Transportation Bill
Governing
Meeting Tuesday Details Downtown Rail Project ("Work extending Metrolink service to downtown San Bernardino will not start for another year or more, but residents and others curious about the plan to bring passenger trains past the Santa Fe Depot can find out more tonight.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Metro To Hold Public Meetings For Westside Subway Plans ("Three public meetings are scheduled this week to give residents a chance to learn about the project's final environmental report.")
NBC Southern California
Mica Introduces Three-Month Extension To SAFETEA-LU
Progressive Railroading
More Employed, But L.A.'s Jobless Rate Stays Steady
Los Angeles Business Journal
National Train Day ("Join us on Saturday, May 12 for the 5th annual National Train Day, as we celebrate trains and train travel across America.")
National Train Day
New Expo Line To Finally Open To Public
USC Annenberg Intersections South LA
NoHo May Get Underground Tunnel Between Red, Orange Lines
Curbed LA
Obama Administration Trying To Curb Distracted Driving Among Public Transit Employees
The Hill
Obama Considers $4.9Bn High-Speed Bullet Train To Connect California And Las Vegas
Daily Mail (U.K.)
Practical Approaches For Involving Traditionally Underserved Populations In Transportation Decisionmaking (521p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Project Will Speed Traffic In South O.C.
Orange County Register
Railroads, Republicans Muscling Out Amtrak
Forbes
Rethinking A Lot: The Design And Culture Of Parking
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Road-Work Halt Days Away As Congress Argues Funding Bill
Business Week
Santa Monica Celebrates Opening Of Bike Corrals
StreetsBlog LA
Sidetracking Competition In Commuter Rail
Governing
Standoff In Congress Threatens Highway Construction Funding
CNN
State Bonds Propel Road-Building Blitz Across Bay Area
Silicon Valley Mercury Area
Tell Us Your Sob Stories ("What projects are being put on hold while lawmakers dither? How is the uncertainty affecting business, private investment, or even traffic? How many jobs are on the line? How much longer can you hold out with things as they are? Give us details, anecdotes, data, or just plain rants.")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Transportation More Costly Than Food For Most Families
WTOP
Two More Down! SoCal And Sacramento Do Right In Regional Sustainability Plans
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Westside Subway: Community Open House (Three meetings are announced)
StreetsBlog LA
When Will Metro Move The Regional Connector? Maybe This Month...
StreetsBlog LA
While Congress Fiddles, Southern California Shows How To Get Things Done ("While the grand coalition that championed the Measure R sales tax for transportation in L.A. County in 2008 is one example of how to get things done in a bipartisan manner, another perhaps even grander example of how cooperation, community and bipartisanship can yield impressive results is currently underway in Southern California.")
Huffington Post
Who's To Blame? As Gas Prices Soar, So Does America's Anger
Los Angeles Daily News
A Wider Look At How Travellers Value The Quality And Quantity Of Travel Time (128p. PDF)
New Zealand Transport Agency
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Huffington Post
210 Gold Line Bridge Construction Stays On Track
Monrovia Patch
237 Express Lane Opens: Small Step In Huge Plan ("Whether, and when, Bay Area drivers will take to express lanes - carpool lanes that solo drivers buy their way into for a varying toll - remains to be seen. But the beginnings of what could become a nearly 600-mile network of the lanes are taking shape, and lone drivers seem willing to pay.")
San Francisco Chronicle
All Aboard Patrón Billionaire John Paul DeJoria's Golden-Era Railcar ("DeJoria’s train has three staterooms, a master suite, a dining room, a vast kitchen, an observation room, and a crew member who looks after it all.")
Forbes
As Young Lose Interest In Cars, G.M. Turns To MTV For Help
New York Times
Boehner, Reid Talks May End U.S. Transport Bill Standoff
Chicago Tribune
Boxer Warns Of Transportation Bill's Urgency
San Francisco Chronicle
CA Gov. Brown Says High Speed Rail Is On Track (video)
MarketWatch
California High-Speed Rail Likely To Get Green Light
Scripps News
California Home To Most Densely Populated Areas ("Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif. is the most densely populated area in the country, with nearly 7,000 residents per square mile.")
Governing
Center For Transit-Oriented Development's Comments On Proposed Changes To New Starts, Small Starts Rules
Reconnecting America
Dear DesertXpress Developers: Has Your Project Gone Off Tracks?
Vegas Inc
Few U.S. Cities Are Ready For Aging Baby Boomer Population ("Transportation usually tops the list of unmet needs in local aging-agency surveys, advocates say. Public transit routes and stops sometimes aren't flexible enough; volunteer transportation networks are popping up in a few places but remain rare.")
USA Today
Greening Government's Fleet Of Big Trucks: Street Sweepers, Snow Plows And Fire Trucks Will Soon Be Cleaner And More Fuel Efficient Under New Emissions Standards ("Welcome to the inaugural issue of Governing's Sustainability newsletter. Each month, we'll be delving into the latest environmental news and analysis that public managers need to know to meet present needs without compromising the future.")
Governing
Guidance On Protecting People From The Aerodynamic Effects Of Passing Trains (40p. PDF)
Rail Safety And Standards Board (U.K.)
High Line May Mix Past With Koons' Vision ("Mr. Hammond speculated that Los Angeles and New York could both eventually wind up with Mr. Koons’s train replica.")
New York Times
Highway Bill: House GOP Delays Vote
Politico
House Republicans Abruptly Cancel Vote On Extension Of Highway Programs As Deadline Looms
Washington Post
How Can Cities Reverse Urban Sprawl, Increase Transit Use, Reduce Emissions?
Sys-Con
The Impact Of Center City Economic And Cultural Vibrancy On Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Transportation (104p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
How The House Transpo Extension Hurts The Senate's Two-Year Bill
StreetsBlog DC
I-210 Gold Line Bridge Construction Stays On Track: A Critical Portion Of Bridge Construction Is Completed
Glendora Patch
Interstate 5 Truck Lanes To Be Extended
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Las Vegas May Get DesertXpress High-Speed Rail Link ("The vast park-and-ride project hinges on the untested idea that car-loving Californians will drive about 100 miles from the Los Angeles area, pull off busy Interstate 15 and board a train for the final leg to the famous Strip.")
Huffington Post
Let The Muni Party Begin (San Francisco Municipal Railway, "Muni," turns 100 on April 5)
San Francisco Chronicle
Mathematical Modeling For Optimizing Skip-Stop Rail Transit Operation Strategy Using Genetic Algorithm (37p. PDF)
Morgan State University National Transportation Center
Mayors Urge House To Pass Senate's Transportation Bill
Governing
Meeting Tuesday Details Downtown Rail Project ("Work extending Metrolink service to downtown San Bernardino will not start for another year or more, but residents and others curious about the plan to bring passenger trains past the Santa Fe Depot can find out more tonight.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Metro To Hold Public Meetings For Westside Subway Plans ("Three public meetings are scheduled this week to give residents a chance to learn about the project's final environmental report.")
NBC Southern California
Mica Introduces Three-Month Extension To SAFETEA-LU
Progressive Railroading
More Employed, But L.A.'s Jobless Rate Stays Steady
Los Angeles Business Journal
National Train Day ("Join us on Saturday, May 12 for the 5th annual National Train Day, as we celebrate trains and train travel across America.")
National Train Day
New Expo Line To Finally Open To Public
USC Annenberg Intersections South LA
NoHo May Get Underground Tunnel Between Red, Orange Lines
Curbed LA
Obama Administration Trying To Curb Distracted Driving Among Public Transit Employees
The Hill
Obama Considers $4.9Bn High-Speed Bullet Train To Connect California And Las Vegas
Daily Mail (U.K.)
Practical Approaches For Involving Traditionally Underserved Populations In Transportation Decisionmaking (521p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Project Will Speed Traffic In South O.C.
Orange County Register
Railroads, Republicans Muscling Out Amtrak
Forbes
Rethinking A Lot: The Design And Culture Of Parking
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Road-Work Halt Days Away As Congress Argues Funding Bill
Business Week
Santa Monica Celebrates Opening Of Bike Corrals
StreetsBlog LA
Sidetracking Competition In Commuter Rail
Governing
Standoff In Congress Threatens Highway Construction Funding
CNN
State Bonds Propel Road-Building Blitz Across Bay Area
Silicon Valley Mercury Area
Tell Us Your Sob Stories ("What projects are being put on hold while lawmakers dither? How is the uncertainty affecting business, private investment, or even traffic? How many jobs are on the line? How much longer can you hold out with things as they are? Give us details, anecdotes, data, or just plain rants.")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Transportation More Costly Than Food For Most Families
WTOP
Two More Down! SoCal And Sacramento Do Right In Regional Sustainability Plans
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Westside Subway: Community Open House (Three meetings are announced)
StreetsBlog LA
When Will Metro Move The Regional Connector? Maybe This Month...
StreetsBlog LA
While Congress Fiddles, Southern California Shows How To Get Things Done ("While the grand coalition that championed the Measure R sales tax for transportation in L.A. County in 2008 is one example of how to get things done in a bipartisan manner, another perhaps even grander example of how cooperation, community and bipartisanship can yield impressive results is currently underway in Southern California.")
Huffington Post
Who's To Blame? As Gas Prices Soar, So Does America's Anger
Los Angeles Daily News
A Wider Look At How Travellers Value The Quality And Quantity Of Travel Time (128p. PDF)
New Zealand Transport Agency
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3/26/2012
Expo Line Opening, DesertXpress, Gas Prices, LA Traffic Lights, Positive Train Control & More
$275 Million I-5 Project Aims To Ease South O.C. Traffic
Orange County Register
$4.9 Billion Loan In The Works For Bullet Train From Victorville To Vegas
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Amtrak To More Than Triple The Number Of Track-Miles Equipped With Positive Train Control (link to PDF)
Amtrak Press Release
Avoiding Logical Fallacies In Planning
Planetizen
Bid To Appease Bullet Train Critics May Violate Law
Los Angeles Times
Buses To Get Longer Yellow Lights Between Torrance And Long Beach
Daily Breeze
Capital Bikeshare Both Replaces And Promotes Transit Trips
StreetsBlog Network
Expo Line Opening Date Is April 28: Two Years Behind Schedule And $292 Million Over Budget
LA Weekly
Expo Line Opens Next Month; But Please, Metro, Change The Name
Franklin Avenue
Expo Line Opens To La Cienega April 28, Take A Ride With Us (numerous photos from press event Friday, March 23)
Curbed LA
Expo Line's Opening Date Finally Set
Los Angeles Times
Expo Opening Date Announced: Downtown To La Cienega On April 28
StreetsBlog LA
Federal Transportation Programs, Funding To Be Extended This Week
Transportation Issues Daily
Gas Price Debate Complicates Dems' Case Against Short-Term Highway Bill
The Hill
Gold Line Bridge Completes Major Phase Of Construction
Pasadena Star-News
GOP Budget Would Cut Transpo To The Bone
StreetsBlog DC
High Gas Prices Pinch CA College Students' Budgets ("Perhaps the hardest hit group of students, though, are the 2.5 million who attend California's 112 community colleges. Only 11 campuses have student housing, which means almost everyone commutes.On a recent day at Pasadena City College, the campus' multilevel garage was filled to capacity before noon, with a long line of cars, engines idling, waiting to get in.")
Silicon Valley Mercury News
House GOP Proposes 36% Cut To Transportation Funding
Transportation Issues Daily
In Long Beach, City Looks At Removing Terminal Island Freeway
StreetsBlog LA
Industry Seeks Relief For Valley Boulevard Gridlock ("The City Council Thursday morning voted to solicit bids for a $900,000 Advanced Traffic Management System that would be linked to LA County's.")
Walnut Patch
L.A. Traffic Signals Are Finally Getting In Sync ("Workers are finishing the final links in a network that will synchronize more than 4,000 traffic signals across the city to reduce drive time and pollution. The citywide system, which also includes video cameras along major transit corridors, dates back nearly three decades to the 1984 Olympics, when signals near the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum were synced to help with the traffic load.")
Los Angeles Daily News
L.A.'s Westside Subway Is Practically Ready For Construction, But Its Completion Could Be 25 Years Off
The Transport Politic
Mayor Villaraigosa Urges U.S. House To Fund Transportation For The Long Haul
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Metro Rail Line To La Cienega Open April 28
KABC Los Angeles
Mica Calls Boxer His "Soul Mate" In Defense Of His Highway Bill Role
The Hill
New Report: Road Congestion Wastes 1.9 Billion Gallons Of Gas
USA Today
A New Economic Analysis Of Infrastructure Investment (36p. PDF : "Traffic congestion on our roads results in 1.9 billion gallons of gas wasted per year, and costs drivers over $100 billion in wasted fuel and lost time. More efficient air traffic control systems would save three billion gallons of jet fuel a year, translating into lower costs for consumers. Finally, new research indicates that Americans who were able to live in “location efficient” housing were able to save $200 per month in lower costs, including paying less at the pump, over the past decade.")
U.S. Department Of The Treasury / Council Of Economic Advisers
New WHO Tool Calculates The Health Savings Of Bike/Ped Infrastructure
StreetsBlog DC
Obama: "Common Sense" For House To Pass Senate Transportation Bill (includes video from weekly radio address)
The Hill
Obama Warns Of Economic Hit If Transport Bill Not Passed
Chicago Tribune
Op-Ed: A Wider View Of Area Transit Challenges
Pasadena Star-News
Opinion: Expo Line To Fill An L.A. Gap ("Geographic quibbling, of course, matters less than whether people will actually ride this $930-million train, and whether it will speed their trips. The answer: Yes, sort of.")
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: When A Parking Lot Is So Much More ("It’s estimated that there are three nonresidential parking spaces for every car in the United States. That adds up to almost 800 million parking spaces, covering about 4,360 square miles — an area larger than Puerto Rico. In some cities, like Orlando and Los Angeles, parking lots are estimated to cover at least one-third of the land area, making them one of the most salient landscape features of the built world...Since cars are immobile 95 percent of the time, you could plausibly argue that a Prius and a Hummer have much the same environmental impact: both occupy the same 9-by-18-foot rectangle of paved space.")
New York Times
S.F. Transit Agency's Plan To Speed Muni Service
San Francisco Chronicle
Should We Pay People To Drive Off-Peak?
The Atlantic: Cities
U.S. DOT Bus Safety App Is As Clear As A Blind Curve In A Fogbank
Transportation Nation
Vegas Rail: A Gamble Or A Good Thing? ("The vast park-and-ride project hinges on the untested idea that car-loving Californians will drive about 100 miles from the Los Angeles area, pull off busy Interstate 15 and board a train for the final leg to the famous Strip. Planners imagine that millions of travelers a year will one day flock to a station outside down-on-its-luck Victorville, a small city where shuttered storefronts pock the historic downtown.")
San Francisco Chronicle
Vegas Rail Plan Seeks $4.9 Billion Federal Loan: Idea Is For Los Angeles Visitors To Park In Calif. Town, Then Take Train In (extensive analysis of DesertXpress proposal)
MSNBC
Why Bicyclists Are Better Customers Than Drivers For Local Businesses
StreetsBlog DC
Why Community-Based Planning Works Better Than Anything Else
The Atlantic: Cities
Years Behind Schedule, Expo Line Sets Opening Date
KTLA
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Orange County Register
$4.9 Billion Loan In The Works For Bullet Train From Victorville To Vegas
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Amtrak To More Than Triple The Number Of Track-Miles Equipped With Positive Train Control (link to PDF)
Amtrak Press Release
Avoiding Logical Fallacies In Planning
Planetizen
Bid To Appease Bullet Train Critics May Violate Law
Los Angeles Times
Buses To Get Longer Yellow Lights Between Torrance And Long Beach
Daily Breeze
Capital Bikeshare Both Replaces And Promotes Transit Trips
StreetsBlog Network
Expo Line Opening Date Is April 28: Two Years Behind Schedule And $292 Million Over Budget
LA Weekly
Expo Line Opens Next Month; But Please, Metro, Change The Name
Franklin Avenue
Expo Line Opens To La Cienega April 28, Take A Ride With Us (numerous photos from press event Friday, March 23)
Curbed LA
Expo Line's Opening Date Finally Set
Los Angeles Times
Expo Opening Date Announced: Downtown To La Cienega On April 28
StreetsBlog LA
Federal Transportation Programs, Funding To Be Extended This Week
Transportation Issues Daily
Gas Price Debate Complicates Dems' Case Against Short-Term Highway Bill
The Hill
Gold Line Bridge Completes Major Phase Of Construction
Pasadena Star-News
GOP Budget Would Cut Transpo To The Bone
StreetsBlog DC
High Gas Prices Pinch CA College Students' Budgets ("Perhaps the hardest hit group of students, though, are the 2.5 million who attend California's 112 community colleges. Only 11 campuses have student housing, which means almost everyone commutes.On a recent day at Pasadena City College, the campus' multilevel garage was filled to capacity before noon, with a long line of cars, engines idling, waiting to get in.")
Silicon Valley Mercury News
House GOP Proposes 36% Cut To Transportation Funding
Transportation Issues Daily
In Long Beach, City Looks At Removing Terminal Island Freeway
StreetsBlog LA
Industry Seeks Relief For Valley Boulevard Gridlock ("The City Council Thursday morning voted to solicit bids for a $900,000 Advanced Traffic Management System that would be linked to LA County's.")
Walnut Patch
L.A. Traffic Signals Are Finally Getting In Sync ("Workers are finishing the final links in a network that will synchronize more than 4,000 traffic signals across the city to reduce drive time and pollution. The citywide system, which also includes video cameras along major transit corridors, dates back nearly three decades to the 1984 Olympics, when signals near the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum were synced to help with the traffic load.")
Los Angeles Daily News
L.A.'s Westside Subway Is Practically Ready For Construction, But Its Completion Could Be 25 Years Off
The Transport Politic
Mayor Villaraigosa Urges U.S. House To Fund Transportation For The Long Haul
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Metro Rail Line To La Cienega Open April 28
KABC Los Angeles
Mica Calls Boxer His "Soul Mate" In Defense Of His Highway Bill Role
The Hill
New Report: Road Congestion Wastes 1.9 Billion Gallons Of Gas
USA Today
A New Economic Analysis Of Infrastructure Investment (36p. PDF : "Traffic congestion on our roads results in 1.9 billion gallons of gas wasted per year, and costs drivers over $100 billion in wasted fuel and lost time. More efficient air traffic control systems would save three billion gallons of jet fuel a year, translating into lower costs for consumers. Finally, new research indicates that Americans who were able to live in “location efficient” housing were able to save $200 per month in lower costs, including paying less at the pump, over the past decade.")
U.S. Department Of The Treasury / Council Of Economic Advisers
New WHO Tool Calculates The Health Savings Of Bike/Ped Infrastructure
StreetsBlog DC
Obama: "Common Sense" For House To Pass Senate Transportation Bill (includes video from weekly radio address)
The Hill
Obama Warns Of Economic Hit If Transport Bill Not Passed
Chicago Tribune
Op-Ed: A Wider View Of Area Transit Challenges
Pasadena Star-News
Opinion: Expo Line To Fill An L.A. Gap ("Geographic quibbling, of course, matters less than whether people will actually ride this $930-million train, and whether it will speed their trips. The answer: Yes, sort of.")
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: When A Parking Lot Is So Much More ("It’s estimated that there are three nonresidential parking spaces for every car in the United States. That adds up to almost 800 million parking spaces, covering about 4,360 square miles — an area larger than Puerto Rico. In some cities, like Orlando and Los Angeles, parking lots are estimated to cover at least one-third of the land area, making them one of the most salient landscape features of the built world...Since cars are immobile 95 percent of the time, you could plausibly argue that a Prius and a Hummer have much the same environmental impact: both occupy the same 9-by-18-foot rectangle of paved space.")
New York Times
S.F. Transit Agency's Plan To Speed Muni Service
San Francisco Chronicle
Should We Pay People To Drive Off-Peak?
The Atlantic: Cities
U.S. DOT Bus Safety App Is As Clear As A Blind Curve In A Fogbank
Transportation Nation
Vegas Rail: A Gamble Or A Good Thing? ("The vast park-and-ride project hinges on the untested idea that car-loving Californians will drive about 100 miles from the Los Angeles area, pull off busy Interstate 15 and board a train for the final leg to the famous Strip. Planners imagine that millions of travelers a year will one day flock to a station outside down-on-its-luck Victorville, a small city where shuttered storefronts pock the historic downtown.")
San Francisco Chronicle
Vegas Rail Plan Seeks $4.9 Billion Federal Loan: Idea Is For Los Angeles Visitors To Park In Calif. Town, Then Take Train In (extensive analysis of DesertXpress proposal)
MSNBC
Why Bicyclists Are Better Customers Than Drivers For Local Businesses
StreetsBlog DC
Why Community-Based Planning Works Better Than Anything Else
The Atlantic: Cities
Years Behind Schedule, Expo Line Sets Opening Date
KTLA
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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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