Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
KCET
$3B Street Repair Measure Could Make For Smoother Car Rides
Curbed LA
7 Uses For Failing Shopping Malls
The Atlantic: Cities
Astounding And Interactive Sidewalk Art Around The World
Flavorwire
Automobile Usage And Urban Rail Transit Expansion (48p. PDF : Estimates the impact of rail accessibility improvements on the usage of rail transit, automobiles, buses, walking, and bicycling)
Environment For Development
Bay Area Transportation Officials Support Lowering Sales Tax Threshold To 55%
Silicon Valley Mercury News
$3B Street Repair Measure Could Make For Smoother Car Rides
Curbed LA
7 Uses For Failing Shopping Malls
The Atlantic: Cities
Astounding And Interactive Sidewalk Art Around The World
Flavorwire
Automobile Usage And Urban Rail Transit Expansion (48p. PDF : Estimates the impact of rail accessibility improvements on the usage of rail transit, automobiles, buses, walking, and bicycling)
Environment For Development
Bay Area Transportation Officials Support Lowering Sales Tax Threshold To 55%
Silicon Valley Mercury News
StreetsBlog LA
City Of Los Angeles City Clerk's Office
Broken Parking Meter Battle: Assemblyman Mike Gatto Wants To Stop L.A. From Collecting Fines
Los Angeles Daily News
Broken Parking Meter Battle: Assemblyman Mike Gatto Wants To Stop L.A. From Collecting Fines
Los Angeles Daily News
StreetsBlog LA
Density Reduces Driving (Even At Pretty High Densities)
Planetizen
Documenting 24 Hours In The Lives Of Transportation Workers Across The Globe ("What’s it like to be a trolley conductor in San Francisco? A taxi driver in New York City? How about a rickshaw driver in India? Lives in Transit, a series of 10 24-hour-long videos from the Global Lives Project -- a nonprofit "video library of life experience" -- wants to document 24 hours in the lives of transportation workers in ten countries around the world.")
Fast Company Exist
Density Reduces Driving (Even At Pretty High Densities)
Planetizen
Documenting 24 Hours In The Lives Of Transportation Workers Across The Globe ("What’s it like to be a trolley conductor in San Francisco? A taxi driver in New York City? How about a rickshaw driver in India? Lives in Transit, a series of 10 24-hour-long videos from the Global Lives Project -- a nonprofit "video library of life experience" -- wants to document 24 hours in the lives of transportation workers in ten countries around the world.")
Fast Company Exist
KCET
Draft Report: To Withstand Storms, Build A Bigger Bus System
Transportation Nation
Draft Report (32p. PDF)
FTA Opens The Door For More Transit Expansions To Receive Federal Funding
StreetsBlog DC
Gold Line Work Prompts Colorado Boulevard Closure In Arcadia
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Draft Report: To Withstand Storms, Build A Bigger Bus System
Transportation Nation
Draft Report (32p. PDF)
FTA Opens The Door For More Transit Expansions To Receive Federal Funding
StreetsBlog DC
Gold Line Work Prompts Colorado Boulevard Closure In Arcadia
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
National Freight cooperative Research Program
StreetsBlog LA
Huell Howser Dies At 67; TV Host Profiled California People And Places ("We have two agendas," Howser said in a 2009 interview with The Times. "One is to specifically show someone China Camp State Park or to talk to the guys who paint the Golden Gate Bridge. But the broader purpose is to open up the door for people to have their own adventures. Let's explore our neighborhood, let's look in our own backyard.")
Los Angeles Times
Is Less Gridlock A Sign Of Slow Growth, Or Just Fewer Cars?
Giga Om
London Underground At 150: Its Past And Future ("The Tube is approaching its 150th anniversary in an improving condition and its long-term future up for grabs.")
Guardian (U.K.)
Is Less Gridlock A Sign Of Slow Growth, Or Just Fewer Cars?
Giga Om
London Underground At 150: Its Past And Future ("The Tube is approaching its 150th anniversary in an improving condition and its long-term future up for grabs.")
Guardian (U.K.)
Opinion: Portland Should Consider Overnight Permits To Solve Its Parking Headache (Donald Shoup)
Oregonian
The Problem With "Public-Private Partnerships"
CityWatch
Ray LaHood Mounts Another Strong Defense Of California HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
Remembering Huell Howser: Some Archived Images Of The Region's Official Rideshare Spokesman (includes link to his 2010 exploration of downtown's Pacific Electric subway tunnel which operated 1925-1955)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Sprawl Could Kill Off 34 Million Acres Of American Forest By 2060
The Atlantic: Cities
Sprawl Could Kill Off 34 Million Acres Of American Forest By 2060
The Atlantic: Cities
Transportation Research Board
Westside Subway Route In Beverly Hills Splits LA's Mayor Candidates
Huffington Post
Westside Subway Route In Beverly Hills Splits LA's Mayor Candidates
Huffington Post
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.
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.
