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4/30/2013

Gold Line Azusa, Sepulveda Pass Tunnel?, ONT, Subway Cell Service, Figueroa Overhaul, Bike Lanes, Traffic Engineering, Electric Bikes & More

The Administration Refreshes Its Push For A Major Infusion Of Funds Into The National Rail Program
The Transport Politic

An App To Help You Navigate The Many, Many Car-Share And Transit Options Out There
The Atlantic: Cities

APTA Applauds Selection Of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx As Next U.S. Secretary Of Transportation
APTA Press Release

Are We There Yet? The Bias Of Traffic Engineering
Reconnecting America

The Big Leap From Car-Lite To Car-Free
StreetsBlog Network

CA Legislation: Public Agency Immunity For Bike Lanes Tabled
Cyclicio.us

California Bullet Train Groundbreaking Faces New Obstacles ("Challenges are coming from a private railroad, a legislative committee and a powerful federal agency asserting authority over the project.")
Los Angeles Times

City Hoping To Extend LA River Bike Path To Sepulveda Basin
Curbed LA

The Coming Bold Transformation Of The American City
The Atlantic: Cities

The Copenhagenize Index: 2013 Bicycle Friendly Cities (The 20 most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, ranked with explanations)
Copenhagenize

Electric Bikes, A Rising Force On Urban Transit Landscape -- 38 Million Units Per Year By 2020
Clean Technica

Elon Musk Invests Money To Speed Up Highway Construction (video)
KABC Los Angeles

Expanding Car-Share Beyond America's Biggest Cities
StreetsBlog DC

Eyes On The Street: New Bike Lanes And Continental Crosswalks From Wilshire To Cesar Chavez On Figueroa
StreetsBlog LA

Gold Line Extension To Close Azusa Avenue For Three Months
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

How Does Anthony Foxx's Transportation Experience Compare To Past USDOT Secretaries?
Transportation Issues Daily

LA Mayoral Candidates Talk About Possible Tunnel Under Sepulveda Pass
CBS Los Angeles

Long Beach: City (Finally) Releases Public-Private RFQ For New Civic Center
StreetsBlog LA

New App Links Music To OC Transpo Route (Ontario, Canada)
CBC News (Canada)

Obama Praises LaHood As "Maybe The Best Secretary Of Transportation" In U.S. History
The Hill

Opinion: High-Speed Rail Plan Is On The Right Track (Hasan Ikrata, Director of SCAG)
San Bernardino Sun

The Overwhelming Proliferation Of Car-Sharing Companies ("The transportation industry is squarely in the crosshairs of the tech start-up industry, and the fruits of their disruption were on full display at this year's South by Southwest...Panels with names like "Transportation Apps and the Sharing Economy" and "Damn the Man! Disrupting Regulated Industries" featured the founders of Lyft and Zimride (ride-sharing), Wheelz and Getaround (car-sharing), and Flywheel (taxi-hailing).")
The Atlantic

President Obama Nominates Mayor Anthony Foxx As 17th Secretary Of Transportation
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog

Private-Sector Mentality Thriving At OCTA
Public CEO

Silicon Valley's High-Tech Buses: Just Transit? Or Chariots Of The Übergeeks
KQED

WNYC

Daily Breeze

The Atlantic: Cities

The Hill

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Transit Cooperative Research Program

The Atlantic: Cities

Governing


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