April 20: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (A landmark report titled "Cities Are For People" released 70 years ago today reviews the rapid growth of the region since the 1920s and analyzes transportation planning in light of the imminent L.A. freeway system)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Antonio Villaraigosa, The Transportation Mayor
StreetsBlog LA
BH City Council Action Could Delay Subway Decision ("If the Beverly Hills City Council agrees to file for a hearing with the Metro board, it would delay the board's upcoming vote on the Westside Subway Extension.")
Westwood-Century City Patch
California High-Speed Rail In Trouble
Sacramento Bee
California High Speed Rail Slammed In New Government Report, Defunding Project Recommended
Huffington Post
Celebrate Earth Day The FTA Way, With A Map Of Sustainable Transpo Projects
StreetsBlog DC
City Seeks Design Ideas For New Sixth Street Bridge
Los Angeles Wave
City Will Drop Bombshell On MTA ("Informed sources in City Hall and the Beverly Hills Unified School District have confirmed to The Courier that the City Council intends to authorize its attorneys to call for a public hearing on locating stations in Century City and in Beverly Hills. The hearing procedure would delay implementation of any decision of Metropolitan Transportation Authority by 60 days or more. The seldom-if-ever used procedure under Public Utilities Code Section 30639, allows cities and counties affected by the “location of facilities” by MTA to demand a “reasonableness” hearing before the MTA board.")
Beverly Hills Courier
Editorial: Still L.A.'s Transportation Mayor
Los Angeles Times
Every Day Is Earth Day For Public Transit
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Experts: No Tunnels Under Public Schools In State
Beverly Hills Courier
High Speed Rail And Carbon Emission Reductions
California High Speed Rail Blog
High-Speed Rail Isn't The Most Efficient Way To Cut Carbon Emissions
Washington Post
How Local Transportation Decisions Can Put Public Health Front And Center
StreetsBlog DC
It Takes Many Steps To Get An Echo Park Crosswalk
The Eastsider LA
LA Mayor Wants More Taxpayer Dollars For Transit
CBS
Mayor Had Better Prepare For Pushback On His Fanciful Transportation Plan
LA Observed
Mayor Villaraigosa Storms Out Of Meeting As Measure R Debate Heats Up
Daily Breeze
Metro Testing Buses, Stations On Orange Line Extension
San Fernando Valley Business Journal
A National Authority On Roundabouts (1p. PDF : "Roundabouts have seen unprecedented growth across the United States, from just a handful a decade ago to more than 2,000 and counting.")
National Cooperative Highway Research Program Impacts On Practice
New Farmers Field, Convention Center And L.A. Live Renderings Released
Blog Downtown
Ports' Efforts Impress EPA Chief
Daily Breeze
Red Car Trolley Tests The Track At Disney California Adventure Park (includes photos : "The Red Car Trolley, inspired by the historic Pacific Electric Red Cars which once criss-crossed the Los Angeles area, will make its debut on June 15 when Buena Vista Street opens at Disney California Adventure park.")
Disney Parks Blog
Should California Use Climate Change Fund To Finance A High-Speed Railway?
Giga Om
State Of The City Remarks ("Here is the text of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s State of the City speech. The remarks are as prepared for delivery.")
City Maven
Striking New Photos Of Great 1906 Earthquake Emerge ("On the anniversary of the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has released a stunning new set of photos from their archives." Rarely seen historic transit photos)
SFist
Thumbs Up From America's Planners: "Everything Is Happening In L.A. Right Now" (Review of the American Planning Association national conference held in Los Angeles last weekend, the first since 1986)
StreetsBlog LA
Update: Latest Transpo Action From Westside Grassroots Leaders
CityWatch
Uncertainty Is Part Of Transportation Funding, California High-Speed Rail Chief Says
Sacramento Bee
Vibrant Downtowns Linked To Greater Transit Use
Metro Magazine
The Impact Of Center City Economic And Cultural Vibrancy On Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Transportation (104p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Villaraigosa Walks Out After "Gang Rape" Remark On Transit Tax
Los Angeles Times
Visionary Transpo Bureaucrats, Part 4: Jay Primus And Rina Cutler
StreetsBlog DC
Vote On Rail Segment Delayed ("Members of the California High Speed Rail Authority board failed to vote as scheduled Thursday on a proposed Sand Canyon bullet train route because they ran out of time.")
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
What Developers Get Wrong About Smart Growth
The Atlantic: Cities
Would Obama Really Veto A Transportation Bill?
Transportation Issues Daily
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4/20/2012
4/19/2012
Measure R Extension, Expo Line Suit, Union Station Plan, 6th Street Viaduct, Beverly Hills Subway, 2013 TIGER & More
APTA: As Gas Prices Mount, Transit Savings Approach Historic Highs
Transportation Nation
Beutner, Garcetti, James, Perry And Greuel On CicLAvia
StreetsBlog LA
Beverly Hills Fights Subway Tunnel Under BHHS
Examiner
California High-Speed Rail Chief: Projects Often Lack Sure Funding
Sacramento Bee
California Lawmakers In No Rush On High-Speed Rail Bonds
Reuters
Could State Transportation Agencies Accused Of Patent Infringement Use Constitution As Defense?
Huffington Post
Court Dismisses Expo Line Challenge
Santa Monica Daily Press
House Defies Veto Threat, Passes Drill-And-Drive Extension
StreetsBlog DC
In California, Economic Gap Of East vs. West ("Communities all along the state’s coastline have largely bounced back from the recession, some even prospering with high-tech and export businesses growing and tourism coming back. At the same time, communities from just an hour’s drive inland and stretching all the way to the Nevada and Arizona borders struggle with stubbornly high unemployment and a persistent housing crisis.")
New York Times
In State Of The City, Villaraigosa Calls For Extending Measure R
Los Angeles Wave
Is A 2013 TIGER Program Funded In Senate Draft Budget?
Transportation Issues Daily
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Vows To Build Sepulveda Pass Rail Link, Complete Wilshire Subway 13 Years Early
LA Weekly
Mayor Pushing For Measure R Extension To Build 12 Transit Projects In 10 Years
Curbed LA
Mayor Wants Tax Hike Extension To Fast Track Subway: A Permanent Measure R, The Half-Cent Sales Tax Increase, Would Expedite The City's Transportation Projects
Westwood-Century City Patch
Measure R: Mayor Villaraigosa Asks Taxpayers To Keep Funding His Subway Dreams
LA Weekly
Metro Committee Recommends To Board: Tunnel Under BHHS
Beverly Hills Courier
Metro Offers Free Fare For New Expo Line Opening
USC Annenberg TV News
Metro To Explore The Future Of Union Station; Make A Plan For Change By 2050
Blog Downtown
More Political Games On Federal Transportation
Mobilizing The Region
New Rail Line Set To Run From Downtown To Westside Opening In April ("A station in Culver City is slated to open in summer 2012 and will serve as the western-most point of the Expo Line. That is, until a Santa Monica station opens during phase 2 in 2016.")
NBC Southern California
New Renderings For Farmers Field Released
View From A Loft
New Farmers Field Project Renderings
Farmers Field via Facebook
Opinion: Don't Stop Supporting The Westside Subway Extension
Beverly Hills Patch
Redesigning LA's Sixth Street Viaduct (audio : "Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa offers his thoughts on why the city opened up the challenge to a wider audience. But what should the bridge look like? Advocacy groups like Friends of the Los Angeles River (FOLAR) are pushing for an ambitious design. Alex Ward, architect and chair of FOLAR, describes his vision for the new bridge. It’s not unusual for cities to use competitions to attract innovative and high-level public architecture. Gary Lee Moore is LA's City Engineer and explains how the City of LA plans to select its designer for the $400 million project.")
KCRW
Senate Budget Restores Some Sanity To Transportation Programs
Transportation For America
S.F. Meters Won't Be Free On Sundays: Muni Board Also Approves Free Transit Passes For Low-Income Youth
Bay Citizen
Should We Use Effectiveness Or Fun To Build Transit Ridership?
Transportation Issues Daily
The Soulvine: Showdown At The MTA Corral
Los Angeles Wave
Speaker Perez Strongly Endorses Funding HSR In 2012
California High Speed Rail Blog
Tests Start Monday On Orange Line North-South Extension ("West San Fernando Valley motorists are urged to be careful Monday as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority begins testing buses on the Orange Line north-south extension near Canoga Avenue between Victory Boulevard and Devonshire Street. The busway's four-mile extension would run north-south between Canoga Park and the Metrolink/Amtrak Station in Chatsworth. It is expected to open in June.")
Los Angeles Daily News
TIGER IV Over-Requested By $9.7 Billion
Transportation Issues Daily
Villaraigosa Doubles Down On Transit Legacy In State Of The City Address
LA Observed
Villaraigosa Speech Focuses On Transit Issues, Not L.A. Budget Woes
Los Angeles Times
Villaraigosa Wants Extension Of Measure R Sales Tax On Ballot
Los Angeles Independent
Villaraigosa's Legacy Rides On Transit Plan: The Los Angeles Mayor Wants Voters To Help Break The Impasse Over His Bid To More Swiftly Build A Rail Network
Los Angeles Times
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Transportation Nation
Beutner, Garcetti, James, Perry And Greuel On CicLAvia
StreetsBlog LA
Beverly Hills Fights Subway Tunnel Under BHHS
Examiner
California High-Speed Rail Chief: Projects Often Lack Sure Funding
Sacramento Bee
California Lawmakers In No Rush On High-Speed Rail Bonds
Reuters
Could State Transportation Agencies Accused Of Patent Infringement Use Constitution As Defense?
Huffington Post
Court Dismisses Expo Line Challenge
Santa Monica Daily Press
House Defies Veto Threat, Passes Drill-And-Drive Extension
StreetsBlog DC
In California, Economic Gap Of East vs. West ("Communities all along the state’s coastline have largely bounced back from the recession, some even prospering with high-tech and export businesses growing and tourism coming back. At the same time, communities from just an hour’s drive inland and stretching all the way to the Nevada and Arizona borders struggle with stubbornly high unemployment and a persistent housing crisis.")
New York Times
In State Of The City, Villaraigosa Calls For Extending Measure R
Los Angeles Wave
Is A 2013 TIGER Program Funded In Senate Draft Budget?
Transportation Issues Daily
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Vows To Build Sepulveda Pass Rail Link, Complete Wilshire Subway 13 Years Early
LA Weekly
Mayor Pushing For Measure R Extension To Build 12 Transit Projects In 10 Years
Curbed LA
Mayor Wants Tax Hike Extension To Fast Track Subway: A Permanent Measure R, The Half-Cent Sales Tax Increase, Would Expedite The City's Transportation Projects
Westwood-Century City Patch
Measure R: Mayor Villaraigosa Asks Taxpayers To Keep Funding His Subway Dreams
LA Weekly
Metro Committee Recommends To Board: Tunnel Under BHHS
Beverly Hills Courier
Metro Offers Free Fare For New Expo Line Opening
USC Annenberg TV News
Metro To Explore The Future Of Union Station; Make A Plan For Change By 2050
Blog Downtown
More Political Games On Federal Transportation
Mobilizing The Region
New Rail Line Set To Run From Downtown To Westside Opening In April ("A station in Culver City is slated to open in summer 2012 and will serve as the western-most point of the Expo Line. That is, until a Santa Monica station opens during phase 2 in 2016.")
NBC Southern California
New Renderings For Farmers Field Released
View From A Loft
New Farmers Field Project Renderings
Farmers Field via Facebook
Opinion: Don't Stop Supporting The Westside Subway Extension
Beverly Hills Patch
Redesigning LA's Sixth Street Viaduct (audio : "Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa offers his thoughts on why the city opened up the challenge to a wider audience. But what should the bridge look like? Advocacy groups like Friends of the Los Angeles River (FOLAR) are pushing for an ambitious design. Alex Ward, architect and chair of FOLAR, describes his vision for the new bridge. It’s not unusual for cities to use competitions to attract innovative and high-level public architecture. Gary Lee Moore is LA's City Engineer and explains how the City of LA plans to select its designer for the $400 million project.")
KCRW
Senate Budget Restores Some Sanity To Transportation Programs
Transportation For America
S.F. Meters Won't Be Free On Sundays: Muni Board Also Approves Free Transit Passes For Low-Income Youth
Bay Citizen
Should We Use Effectiveness Or Fun To Build Transit Ridership?
Transportation Issues Daily
The Soulvine: Showdown At The MTA Corral
Los Angeles Wave
Speaker Perez Strongly Endorses Funding HSR In 2012
California High Speed Rail Blog
Tests Start Monday On Orange Line North-South Extension ("West San Fernando Valley motorists are urged to be careful Monday as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority begins testing buses on the Orange Line north-south extension near Canoga Avenue between Victory Boulevard and Devonshire Street. The busway's four-mile extension would run north-south between Canoga Park and the Metrolink/Amtrak Station in Chatsworth. It is expected to open in June.")
Los Angeles Daily News
TIGER IV Over-Requested By $9.7 Billion
Transportation Issues Daily
Villaraigosa Doubles Down On Transit Legacy In State Of The City Address
LA Observed
Villaraigosa Speech Focuses On Transit Issues, Not L.A. Budget Woes
Los Angeles Times
Villaraigosa Wants Extension Of Measure R Sales Tax On Ballot
Los Angeles Independent
Villaraigosa's Legacy Rides On Transit Plan: The Los Angeles Mayor Wants Voters To Help Break The Impasse Over His Bid To More Swiftly Build A Rail Network
Los Angeles Times
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4/18/2012
Measure R Extension, Expo Line, Century City Station, Bike-Sharing, Dodger Development & More
Active Living For All Ages: Creating Neighborhoods Around Transit
StreetFilms
Bike Sharing Systems Aren't Trying To Peddle For Profit: Many Cities Find That Bike Sharing Isn't A Revenue-Generator. Does It Matter?
U.S. News & World Report
Carnage Interrupted: An Analysis Of Fifteen Terrorist Plots Against Public Surface Transportation (92p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
China: Face-Recognition Systems Bound For Train Stations
Mass Transit
Council Sidelines Resolution On Subway Opposition ("The mayor and vice mayor will instead synthesize the views of council members and residents into a reworked resolution or an official letter to the MTA.")
Beverly Hills Patch
Developing Chavez Ravine Is Likely In Play For New Dodgers Owner ("Real estate experts say the rich price Guggenheim Baseball Management paid for the team probably means it is looking to do more with the land surrounding Dodger Stadium than simply park cars.")
Los Angeles Times
Earth Day Latino 2012: Celebrating Los Angeles History, Culture, And Ecosystem
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Free Expo Line Rides During Opening Weekend, April 28 & 29 ("Operating on a limited schedule, the rail line will finally open its doors to commuters for free on both Saturday, April 28, and Sunday, April 29, from 5am to 7pm. All other Metro buses and trains, however, will require the usual fares.")
LAist
Free Rides On New Expo Line Opening Weekend, April 28/29 ("Several community events are planned for Sat. April 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those community events will be held at the 7th Street Metro Center Station in downtown Los Angeles, Expo Park/USC Station, Expo/Crenshaw Station and the La Cienega/Jefferson Station.")
Culver City Patch
Halt California Funds For High-Speed Rail: Budget Watchdog
Reuters
High-Speed Rail Could Free Up Valuable Space At SFO ("Small, inefficient flights between The City and the Los Angeles area account for 15 percent of all domestic travel at the San Francisco International Airport. With the option of traveling between the two cities in just two hours and 40 minutes on high-speed rail, travelers may start eschewing the short flights.")
San Francisco Chronicle
House Committee Ignores Highway Bill Veto Threat
The Hill
How CicLAvia Can Inform Implementation Of The Los Angeles City Bike Plan
StreetsBlog LA
Is It Finally Over? Court Denies Appeal Of Expo Phase II Environmental Documents
StreetsBlog LA
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa To Urge Measure R Tax Extension In Today's State Of The City Speech
Los Angeles Daily News
La Plaza Bones Reburied: Native American Remains Go Back Into Ground After Year-Long Dispute
Los Angeles Downtown News
LA Transit Commissioner Has Some Sharp Words For Toronto's Transit Debate
Open File
Legislative Analyst: High-Speed Rail Funding "Speculative"
Sacramento Bee
Linking Community Visioning And Highway Capacity Planning (90p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
"Might Rail" To "Light Rail": The Expo Line Example
CityWatch
No, Metro Is Not Really Considering An Aerial Station For Santa Monica/Century Park East
StreetsBlog LA
Obama Says He'll Veto Transpo Extender Tied To Keystone XL
Transportation Nation
Our Nation's Travel Infrastructure And How It Works
Huffington Post
Out Of Cash ("The whole arrangement is known as tax increment financing, or TIF. Redevelopment agencies do not directly develop property, but they do nearly everything else: They create redevelopment plans, fund local infrastructure improvements, assemble parcels, assist developers, broker deals and sell bonds to pay for all of the above.")
Next American City
Plans For "LA's French Quarter" Between South Park And FiDi
Curbed LA
Practices And Procedures For Site-Specific Evaluations Of Earthquake Ground Motions (90p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Real-Time Change And Damage Detection Of Landslides And Other Earth Movements Threatening Public Infrastructure (108p. PDF)
Oregon DOT / OTREC
Report Urges Delay In Bullet Train Funding Decisions
Los Angeles Times
The 2012-2013 Budget: Funding Requests For High-Speed Rail
California Legislative Analyst's Office
Residents Circulate Petition To Block Subway Tunnel Under BHHS
Beverly Hills Courier
S.F. Agency OKs Free Muni For Low-Income Kids
San Francisco Chronicle
The Spontaneous Activities On 4th Street During CicLAvia
StreetsBlog LA
This Bus Drives Us Wild: M15 Crowd Shares Love
New York Post
Transit Funding: GOP Plan Appears Squashed
Politico
TransitWire: Cheviot Hills Loses Expo Battle, Bev Hills Shows Off Purple Line Opposition
Curbed LA
Villaraigosa Wants Voters To Extend Sales Tax To Fund Transit ("LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will pitch his proposed November ballot measure to L.A. County voters in his State of the City speech Wednesday evening.")
Los Angeles Times
Visionary Transpo Bureaucrats, Part 2: Keith Parker And Mike McKeever
StreetsBlog DC
Want More Bikers? Build More Bike Lanes
Washington Post
Cycling To Work In 90 Large American Cities: New Evidence On The Role Of Bike Paths And Lanes
Rutgers University
What Will It Take To Change Commuters' Behavior In Los Angeles? ("Angeleno commuters lose about 70 hours per person per year sitting in traffic—that's the equivalent of nearly ten days! It averages to about 485 million wasted hours that cost the region more than $10 billion annually, estimates Vision Los Angeles. Plus, commutes in Los Angeles are a third longer than they should be, according to a study by Texas Transportation Institute. But it wouldn't even take that much change to see an improvement in those numbers, according to a study by RAND. Reducing the number of cars on the road by only 2 or 3 percent could cut congestion delays by 10 to 15 percent.")
GOOD
Why Don't Conservative Cities Walk?
Slate
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
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.
StreetFilms
Bike Sharing Systems Aren't Trying To Peddle For Profit: Many Cities Find That Bike Sharing Isn't A Revenue-Generator. Does It Matter?
U.S. News & World Report
Carnage Interrupted: An Analysis Of Fifteen Terrorist Plots Against Public Surface Transportation (92p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
China: Face-Recognition Systems Bound For Train Stations
Mass Transit
Council Sidelines Resolution On Subway Opposition ("The mayor and vice mayor will instead synthesize the views of council members and residents into a reworked resolution or an official letter to the MTA.")
Beverly Hills Patch
Developing Chavez Ravine Is Likely In Play For New Dodgers Owner ("Real estate experts say the rich price Guggenheim Baseball Management paid for the team probably means it is looking to do more with the land surrounding Dodger Stadium than simply park cars.")
Los Angeles Times
Earth Day Latino 2012: Celebrating Los Angeles History, Culture, And Ecosystem
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Free Expo Line Rides During Opening Weekend, April 28 & 29 ("Operating on a limited schedule, the rail line will finally open its doors to commuters for free on both Saturday, April 28, and Sunday, April 29, from 5am to 7pm. All other Metro buses and trains, however, will require the usual fares.")
LAist
Free Rides On New Expo Line Opening Weekend, April 28/29 ("Several community events are planned for Sat. April 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those community events will be held at the 7th Street Metro Center Station in downtown Los Angeles, Expo Park/USC Station, Expo/Crenshaw Station and the La Cienega/Jefferson Station.")
Culver City Patch
Halt California Funds For High-Speed Rail: Budget Watchdog
Reuters
High-Speed Rail Could Free Up Valuable Space At SFO ("Small, inefficient flights between The City and the Los Angeles area account for 15 percent of all domestic travel at the San Francisco International Airport. With the option of traveling between the two cities in just two hours and 40 minutes on high-speed rail, travelers may start eschewing the short flights.")
San Francisco Chronicle
House Committee Ignores Highway Bill Veto Threat
The Hill
How CicLAvia Can Inform Implementation Of The Los Angeles City Bike Plan
StreetsBlog LA
Is It Finally Over? Court Denies Appeal Of Expo Phase II Environmental Documents
StreetsBlog LA
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa To Urge Measure R Tax Extension In Today's State Of The City Speech
Los Angeles Daily News
La Plaza Bones Reburied: Native American Remains Go Back Into Ground After Year-Long Dispute
Los Angeles Downtown News
LA Transit Commissioner Has Some Sharp Words For Toronto's Transit Debate
Open File
Legislative Analyst: High-Speed Rail Funding "Speculative"
Sacramento Bee
Linking Community Visioning And Highway Capacity Planning (90p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
"Might Rail" To "Light Rail": The Expo Line Example
CityWatch
No, Metro Is Not Really Considering An Aerial Station For Santa Monica/Century Park East
StreetsBlog LA
Obama Says He'll Veto Transpo Extender Tied To Keystone XL
Transportation Nation
Our Nation's Travel Infrastructure And How It Works
Huffington Post
Out Of Cash ("The whole arrangement is known as tax increment financing, or TIF. Redevelopment agencies do not directly develop property, but they do nearly everything else: They create redevelopment plans, fund local infrastructure improvements, assemble parcels, assist developers, broker deals and sell bonds to pay for all of the above.")
Next American City
Plans For "LA's French Quarter" Between South Park And FiDi
Curbed LA
Practices And Procedures For Site-Specific Evaluations Of Earthquake Ground Motions (90p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Real-Time Change And Damage Detection Of Landslides And Other Earth Movements Threatening Public Infrastructure (108p. PDF)
Oregon DOT / OTREC
Report Urges Delay In Bullet Train Funding Decisions
Los Angeles Times
The 2012-2013 Budget: Funding Requests For High-Speed Rail
California Legislative Analyst's Office
Residents Circulate Petition To Block Subway Tunnel Under BHHS
Beverly Hills Courier
S.F. Agency OKs Free Muni For Low-Income Kids
San Francisco Chronicle
The Spontaneous Activities On 4th Street During CicLAvia
StreetsBlog LA
This Bus Drives Us Wild: M15 Crowd Shares Love
New York Post
Transit Funding: GOP Plan Appears Squashed
Politico
TransitWire: Cheviot Hills Loses Expo Battle, Bev Hills Shows Off Purple Line Opposition
Curbed LA
Villaraigosa Wants Voters To Extend Sales Tax To Fund Transit ("LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will pitch his proposed November ballot measure to L.A. County voters in his State of the City speech Wednesday evening.")
Los Angeles Times
Visionary Transpo Bureaucrats, Part 2: Keith Parker And Mike McKeever
StreetsBlog DC
Want More Bikers? Build More Bike Lanes
Washington Post
Cycling To Work In 90 Large American Cities: New Evidence On The Role Of Bike Paths And Lanes
Rutgers University
What Will It Take To Change Commuters' Behavior In Los Angeles? ("Angeleno commuters lose about 70 hours per person per year sitting in traffic—that's the equivalent of nearly ten days! It averages to about 485 million wasted hours that cost the region more than $10 billion annually, estimates Vision Los Angeles. Plus, commutes in Los Angeles are a third longer than they should be, according to a study by Texas Transportation Institute. But it wouldn't even take that much change to see an improvement in those numbers, according to a study by RAND. Reducing the number of cars on the road by only 2 or 3 percent could cut congestion delays by 10 to 15 percent.")
GOOD
Why Don't Conservative Cities Walk?
Slate
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
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.
4/17/2012
APA Los Angeles, Union Station, CicLAvia, CAHSR, LA Pedestrians, SoCal Sustainability & More
11 Transportation Officials Who Are Changing The Game
StreetsBlog DC
$16M Bike-Sharing Program Comes to Los Angeles
Blog Downtown
Aging Transit Systems Grapple With Repair Backlog
Business Week
Art And Politics About To Collide ("It's hardly where you'd expect to find such news, but an environmental impact statement just issued by the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Purple Line subway contains an ominous report on the status of the arts in Los Angeles. According to the document, before the transportation agency begins digging tunnels through the tar-and-fossil-filled veins of San Pedro sand that lie beneath Wilshire Boulevard, it will aim an above-ground wrecker's ball at three of L.A.'s most vulnerable arts establishments, leveling the city's only architecture museum along with two other gallery spaces that are part of the city's Museum Row.")
CityWatch
"The Californians": SNL Skit Parodies Our Obsession With Side Streets & Beating Traffic
Huffington Post
Cargo Consensus ("Riverside needs relief from traffic congestion and air pollution caused by international trade — but so does the rest of Southern California. Riverside, however, cannot address the issue of goods movement by itself. Any city effort to get freight to help pay for local transportation improvements should come as part of a broad-based regional coalition, not as go-it-alone grandstanding.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
CicLAvia: Reimagining The Streets Of Los Angeles ("Just in the last five years, such notable urban planning projects as the Metroʼs Expo Line and Gold Line extensions, the Los Angeles Streetcar, the Los Angeles Bicycle Plan, the Downtown Urban Design Guidelines, and the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan have pushed forward an agenda to make the city more sustainable -- with an emphasis on walkability, public transit, complete streets, vibrant neighborhoods and public spaces.")
The Design Observer Group Places
The Fantasy Solution Of An Infrastructure Bank
Transportation Issues Daily
Finding Quiet Moments In A Crush Of 100,000 CicLAvistas Is Easier Than You Think
StreetsBlog LA
Free Muni For S.F. Kids Could Hit A Few Bumps
San Francisco Chronicle
High-Speed Rail Authority Board Passes Revised 2012 Business Plan
Public CEO
House Likely To Vote Wednesday On Transport Bill Extension
Journal Of Commerce
Improving L.A.'s Multimodal Transit, One Passenger At A Time ("Our Los Angeles colleagues deserve our recognition of their achievements in contributing to the public realm. Not so much because we as their colleagues can see the value of their contribution as it relates to the public health, environmental, and economic sectors. The reason we should offer our congratulations is because the public sees the improvements.")
APA Reimagining Los Angeles Blog
L.A. Transit Advocate Has Some Advice For Toronto Politicians ("When Los Angeles transit advocate Richard Katz took a whirlwind tour of Toronto’s downtown transit network Monday, what caught his eye as he rode the Yonge line is a sight that most battle-weary Toronto commuters regard as routine.")
Globe And Mail (Canada)
California Dreaming Up New Ways To Fund Public Transit ("From turning off idling locomotives to asking China for the money, Richard Katz has some fresh ideas for funding transit.")
Torontoist
LA's 4 Most Dangerous Pedestrian Areas And The New Advocacy Group That's Tackling Them
Curbed LA
LA's CicLAvia: A Primer Of How Bicycling Can Boost Communities And The Economy
Triple Pundit
Latest Pew Study Gives Further Evidence That It Is A Mobile World ("63% of American adults access the internet through some kind of wireless/mobile device.")
Talking Transportation
New High-Speed Rail Biz Plan Crashes Into Reality
Fox & Hounds
New Map Points To The Next Ride In South LA At CicLAvia ("On Sunday, a team called RideSouthLA celebrated the launch of its new bicycle map to the Watts Towers, handing out copies at the southern tip of the massive CicLAvia festival.")
USC Annenberg Intersections South LA
The Next CicLAvia Event For 2012 Is On October 14th
CicLAvia
Opinion: Southern California Hailed As Model Of Sustainability
Los Angeles Times
Patent Troll Sues Transit Agencies For Releasing Real-Time Transit Info
StreetsBlog DC
Petition Supporting Westside Subway Has 1,000 Signatures ("We Do Our Part LA" wants Metro to build the Westside Subway Extension, regardless of whether it goes under Beverly Hills High School.")
Beverly Hills Patch
Proposed 10-Cent Gas Tax Derailed
San Francisco Chronicle
Putting The Pieces In Place: Seamless Regional Fare Payment Puts The "Super" In Southern California's "Super Region" (free webinar : April 26)
U.S. DOT Research And Innovative Technology Administration
SaMo Likes The Idea Of Two Expo-Adjacent Downtown Hotels
Curbed LA
Searching For CicLAvia's Slow Gear ("As the still-young event grows and changes, its identity is evolving as well -- with a large and vocal cycling population reveling in having its own five-hour, 10-mile stretch of nirvana in an otherwise car-dominated metropolis, while an equally passionate walking community stands eager to claim its place on the pavement, too. The challenge of striking a balance stands as the price of success as CicLAvia comes of age.")
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Surface Station: MTA Says "Only An Idea"
Beverly Hills Courier
Trains Increase Number Of Quiet Cars
USA Today
Traffic Explained, Then Fixed In 4 Entertaining Minutes (video)
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Trial Delays Perris Valley Metrolink Line
Inland News Today
UCLA Grad Student Lends Hand In Planning Fourth Annual CicLAvia Event
UCLA Daily Bruin
Union Station Master Plan Vision Board Viewing Next Week
StreetsBlog LA
Vintage Video: A Ride On The Last Of L.A.'s Red Cars ("Filmed on March 31, 1961, this short film shows the regular journey of the Long Beach-bound Red Car rail line. Just a few days later, on April 9, 1961 -- 51 years ago! -- the Red Cars stopped running...forever.")
LAist
Which Cities Tend To Be The Greenest? The Answer May Surprise You
The Atlantic: Cities
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StreetsBlog DC
$16M Bike-Sharing Program Comes to Los Angeles
Blog Downtown
Aging Transit Systems Grapple With Repair Backlog
Business Week
Art And Politics About To Collide ("It's hardly where you'd expect to find such news, but an environmental impact statement just issued by the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Purple Line subway contains an ominous report on the status of the arts in Los Angeles. According to the document, before the transportation agency begins digging tunnels through the tar-and-fossil-filled veins of San Pedro sand that lie beneath Wilshire Boulevard, it will aim an above-ground wrecker's ball at three of L.A.'s most vulnerable arts establishments, leveling the city's only architecture museum along with two other gallery spaces that are part of the city's Museum Row.")
CityWatch
"The Californians": SNL Skit Parodies Our Obsession With Side Streets & Beating Traffic
Huffington Post
Cargo Consensus ("Riverside needs relief from traffic congestion and air pollution caused by international trade — but so does the rest of Southern California. Riverside, however, cannot address the issue of goods movement by itself. Any city effort to get freight to help pay for local transportation improvements should come as part of a broad-based regional coalition, not as go-it-alone grandstanding.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
CicLAvia: Reimagining The Streets Of Los Angeles ("Just in the last five years, such notable urban planning projects as the Metroʼs Expo Line and Gold Line extensions, the Los Angeles Streetcar, the Los Angeles Bicycle Plan, the Downtown Urban Design Guidelines, and the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan have pushed forward an agenda to make the city more sustainable -- with an emphasis on walkability, public transit, complete streets, vibrant neighborhoods and public spaces.")
The Design Observer Group Places
The Fantasy Solution Of An Infrastructure Bank
Transportation Issues Daily
Finding Quiet Moments In A Crush Of 100,000 CicLAvistas Is Easier Than You Think
StreetsBlog LA
Free Muni For S.F. Kids Could Hit A Few Bumps
San Francisco Chronicle
High-Speed Rail Authority Board Passes Revised 2012 Business Plan
Public CEO
House Likely To Vote Wednesday On Transport Bill Extension
Journal Of Commerce
Improving L.A.'s Multimodal Transit, One Passenger At A Time ("Our Los Angeles colleagues deserve our recognition of their achievements in contributing to the public realm. Not so much because we as their colleagues can see the value of their contribution as it relates to the public health, environmental, and economic sectors. The reason we should offer our congratulations is because the public sees the improvements.")
APA Reimagining Los Angeles Blog
L.A. Transit Advocate Has Some Advice For Toronto Politicians ("When Los Angeles transit advocate Richard Katz took a whirlwind tour of Toronto’s downtown transit network Monday, what caught his eye as he rode the Yonge line is a sight that most battle-weary Toronto commuters regard as routine.")
Globe And Mail (Canada)
California Dreaming Up New Ways To Fund Public Transit ("From turning off idling locomotives to asking China for the money, Richard Katz has some fresh ideas for funding transit.")
Torontoist
LA's 4 Most Dangerous Pedestrian Areas And The New Advocacy Group That's Tackling Them
Curbed LA
LA's CicLAvia: A Primer Of How Bicycling Can Boost Communities And The Economy
Triple Pundit
Latest Pew Study Gives Further Evidence That It Is A Mobile World ("63% of American adults access the internet through some kind of wireless/mobile device.")
Talking Transportation
New High-Speed Rail Biz Plan Crashes Into Reality
Fox & Hounds
New Map Points To The Next Ride In South LA At CicLAvia ("On Sunday, a team called RideSouthLA celebrated the launch of its new bicycle map to the Watts Towers, handing out copies at the southern tip of the massive CicLAvia festival.")
USC Annenberg Intersections South LA
The Next CicLAvia Event For 2012 Is On October 14th
CicLAvia
Opinion: Southern California Hailed As Model Of Sustainability
Los Angeles Times
Patent Troll Sues Transit Agencies For Releasing Real-Time Transit Info
StreetsBlog DC
Petition Supporting Westside Subway Has 1,000 Signatures ("We Do Our Part LA" wants Metro to build the Westside Subway Extension, regardless of whether it goes under Beverly Hills High School.")
Beverly Hills Patch
Proposed 10-Cent Gas Tax Derailed
San Francisco Chronicle
Putting The Pieces In Place: Seamless Regional Fare Payment Puts The "Super" In Southern California's "Super Region" (free webinar : April 26)
U.S. DOT Research And Innovative Technology Administration
SaMo Likes The Idea Of Two Expo-Adjacent Downtown Hotels
Curbed LA
Searching For CicLAvia's Slow Gear ("As the still-young event grows and changes, its identity is evolving as well -- with a large and vocal cycling population reveling in having its own five-hour, 10-mile stretch of nirvana in an otherwise car-dominated metropolis, while an equally passionate walking community stands eager to claim its place on the pavement, too. The challenge of striking a balance stands as the price of success as CicLAvia comes of age.")
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Surface Station: MTA Says "Only An Idea"
Beverly Hills Courier
Trains Increase Number Of Quiet Cars
USA Today
Traffic Explained, Then Fixed In 4 Entertaining Minutes (video)
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Trial Delays Perris Valley Metrolink Line
Inland News Today
UCLA Grad Student Lends Hand In Planning Fourth Annual CicLAvia Event
UCLA Daily Bruin
Union Station Master Plan Vision Board Viewing Next Week
StreetsBlog LA
Vintage Video: A Ride On The Last Of L.A.'s Red Cars ("Filmed on March 31, 1961, this short film shows the regular journey of the Long Beach-bound Red Car rail line. Just a few days later, on April 9, 1961 -- 51 years ago! -- the Red Cars stopped running...forever.")
LAist
Which Cities Tend To Be The Greenest? The Answer May Surprise You
The Atlantic: Cities
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4/16/2012
CicLAvia, L.A. Bike Share, 30/10, Bullet Train Plan, Walking, Beverly Hills,
About 100,000 Cyclists And Pedestrians Participate In CicLAvia ("There were no major incidents during the event, which ran from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and there appear to have been no arrests.")
Los Angeles Times
Advocates: Mobilizing Transit Riders A Challenge, Even In Transit-Rich Cities
StreetsBlog DC
All Aboard For Trip Back In Time ("Fourth annual Railroad Days, April 21-22, in San Bernardino.")
Redlands Daily Facts
Americans Do Not Walk The Walk, And That's A Growing Problem ("Americans now walk the least of any industrialized nation in the world.")
NPR
Bike-Riding Day Celebrates Joys Of Riding 2-Wheelers
Los Angeles Daily News
Bike-Share Program Coming To Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Bike Sharing Is Coming To Los Angeles ("Bike Nation chose to keep its initial roll-out limited, focusing on four neighborhoods: downtown, Hollywood, Venice Beach and Westwood.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Bob Hope Ranks Among Magazine's Top 8 Alternative Airports
Glendale News-Press
California Bullet Train Plan Approved By State Rail Agency
Sacramento Bee
CicLAvia Brings Many Street Closures, Traffic For Motorists
Los Angeles Times
CicLAvia Shines Light On L.A.'s Transportation Conundrum
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
CicLAvia's Aaron Paley On The Spectacle's Trajectory, Notions Of Public Space ("I’d love to see Metro come on as a regular sponsor as well as the County Department of Public Health, but we’re also looking to see what we can do on the corporate side. We’ve been trying to enlist large corporate support since the first CicLAvia 18 months ago, and I think we’re finally beginning to make some inroads there. We may see some results in October. I would like to see a model where there is significant corporate support as well as foundation support, individual support, and some major government support at different levels.")
The Planning Report
Commentary: Metro Should Not Force Itself On BH
Century City Patch
Cyclists En Route To CicLAvia Turned Away From Metrolink Trains
Los Angeles Times
The Driving Tax ("Now would be a good time to talk about whether the VMT ever will be a viable option for funding infrastructure.")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Eighties Subway-Staller Henry Waxman Enters Purple Line Fray
Curbed LA
Gallery: Upload Your CicLAvia Photos Here
Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch
Glendale, Burbank Part Of CicLAvia "Dream Route" ("The route would start in North Hollywood and end in Atwater Village, but organizers would need cities to cover police and transportation costs.")
Burbank Leader
Guess What? More Bike Lanes = More Cyclists (And The Weather Doesn't Matter)
TreeHugger
High-Speed Rail Board Approves Final Plan For California Bullet Train
Silicon Valley Mercury News
How To Enjoy L.A. Arts And Culture Without A Car
LA Weekly
Is The Era Of Smart Growth Over? ("A group of panelists at the American Planning Association conference in Los Angeles suggested Sunday that we may be moving past the 2000-era concept of what smart growth is – and into a new era that combines managing growth, placemaking, climate change, demographic change, and the need for economic growth.")
California Planning & Development Report
Metro Offers Carrot To Beverly Hills, But Dirt-Eating Tunnel Machines Await
Beverly Hills Courier
Opinion: Keeping L.A.'s 30/10 Plan On Track
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Why Your Highway Has Potholes: Americans Don't Want To Live In Ray LaHood's Car-Free Utopia
Wall Street Journal
Our 6 Favorite Parts Of The NYT's Story On Dating A Carless Guy (in Los Angeles)
Curbed LA
Looking For Signs That It's Meant To Be
New York Times
Photos: CicLAvia 2012 Brings Promise Of Change Via Bike-Share
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Residents Start Petition To Prevent Subway Tunneling Under BHHS
Beverly Hills Patch
Sales Pick Up In Azusa's Master-Planned Rosedale Community ("When Rosedale is completed it will include 1,250 homes, 10 neighborhood parks and a Metro Gold Line boarding station.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Surprise! City Announces Massive Bike Share Program Coming In December ("The cost to the city will be minimal, as Bike Nation promises to pay for all of the 4,000 bikes and 400 kiosks coming to Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Venice Beach and Westwood. Bike Nation estimates it could take a full year to complete the installation.")
StreetsBlog LA
Three Things A Transportation Project Must Have To Get Built
CityWatch
Viewpoints: Is High-Speed Rail The Transport Of The Future?
Sacramento Bee
Waxman Warns Metro Of "Possible Safety Risks" Over Century City Subway
CBS Los Angeles
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
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.
Los Angeles Times
Advocates: Mobilizing Transit Riders A Challenge, Even In Transit-Rich Cities
StreetsBlog DC
All Aboard For Trip Back In Time ("Fourth annual Railroad Days, April 21-22, in San Bernardino.")
Redlands Daily Facts
Americans Do Not Walk The Walk, And That's A Growing Problem ("Americans now walk the least of any industrialized nation in the world.")
NPR
Bike-Riding Day Celebrates Joys Of Riding 2-Wheelers
Los Angeles Daily News
Bike-Share Program Coming To Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Bike Sharing Is Coming To Los Angeles ("Bike Nation chose to keep its initial roll-out limited, focusing on four neighborhoods: downtown, Hollywood, Venice Beach and Westwood.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Bob Hope Ranks Among Magazine's Top 8 Alternative Airports
Glendale News-Press
California Bullet Train Plan Approved By State Rail Agency
Sacramento Bee
CicLAvia Brings Many Street Closures, Traffic For Motorists
Los Angeles Times
CicLAvia Shines Light On L.A.'s Transportation Conundrum
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
CicLAvia's Aaron Paley On The Spectacle's Trajectory, Notions Of Public Space ("I’d love to see Metro come on as a regular sponsor as well as the County Department of Public Health, but we’re also looking to see what we can do on the corporate side. We’ve been trying to enlist large corporate support since the first CicLAvia 18 months ago, and I think we’re finally beginning to make some inroads there. We may see some results in October. I would like to see a model where there is significant corporate support as well as foundation support, individual support, and some major government support at different levels.")
The Planning Report
Commentary: Metro Should Not Force Itself On BH
Century City Patch
Cyclists En Route To CicLAvia Turned Away From Metrolink Trains
Los Angeles Times
The Driving Tax ("Now would be a good time to talk about whether the VMT ever will be a viable option for funding infrastructure.")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Eighties Subway-Staller Henry Waxman Enters Purple Line Fray
Curbed LA
Gallery: Upload Your CicLAvia Photos Here
Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch
Glendale, Burbank Part Of CicLAvia "Dream Route" ("The route would start in North Hollywood and end in Atwater Village, but organizers would need cities to cover police and transportation costs.")
Burbank Leader
Guess What? More Bike Lanes = More Cyclists (And The Weather Doesn't Matter)
TreeHugger
High-Speed Rail Board Approves Final Plan For California Bullet Train
Silicon Valley Mercury News
How To Enjoy L.A. Arts And Culture Without A Car
LA Weekly
Is The Era Of Smart Growth Over? ("A group of panelists at the American Planning Association conference in Los Angeles suggested Sunday that we may be moving past the 2000-era concept of what smart growth is – and into a new era that combines managing growth, placemaking, climate change, demographic change, and the need for economic growth.")
California Planning & Development Report
Metro Offers Carrot To Beverly Hills, But Dirt-Eating Tunnel Machines Await
Beverly Hills Courier
Opinion: Keeping L.A.'s 30/10 Plan On Track
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Why Your Highway Has Potholes: Americans Don't Want To Live In Ray LaHood's Car-Free Utopia
Wall Street Journal
Our 6 Favorite Parts Of The NYT's Story On Dating A Carless Guy (in Los Angeles)
Curbed LA
Looking For Signs That It's Meant To Be
New York Times
Photos: CicLAvia 2012 Brings Promise Of Change Via Bike-Share
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Residents Start Petition To Prevent Subway Tunneling Under BHHS
Beverly Hills Patch
Sales Pick Up In Azusa's Master-Planned Rosedale Community ("When Rosedale is completed it will include 1,250 homes, 10 neighborhood parks and a Metro Gold Line boarding station.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Surprise! City Announces Massive Bike Share Program Coming In December ("The cost to the city will be minimal, as Bike Nation promises to pay for all of the 4,000 bikes and 400 kiosks coming to Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Venice Beach and Westwood. Bike Nation estimates it could take a full year to complete the installation.")
StreetsBlog LA
Three Things A Transportation Project Must Have To Get Built
CityWatch
Viewpoints: Is High-Speed Rail The Transport Of The Future?
Sacramento Bee
Waxman Warns Metro Of "Possible Safety Risks" Over Century City Subway
CBS Los Angeles
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
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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