April 25: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (SCRTD opens the Central Maintenance Facility, supporting 13 operating divisions for equipment and maintenance)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
405 Project Stuck In The Slow Lane ("Plagued by cost overruns and delays, the widening will take at least a year longer than first anticipated. Pencil in June 2014, when officials aim to complete the bulk of the construction.")
Los Angeles Times
California High-Speed Rail Estimates "Astounding"
Washington Examiner
Decision On Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Stop Arriving Soon
Curbed LA
Elon Musk Hates 405 Freeway Traffic, Offers Money To Speed Widening
Los Angeles Times
For The MTA, The Buck Stops At Leimert Park (by Mark Ridley-Thomas)
LA Observed
How Did Richie Trimble Get His CicLAvia Bike Into Media Stories In Mexico, Greece and Croatia? By Riding One That Is "StoopidTall" (over 14 feet off the ground)
Yahoo News
Video of "StoopidTall" at CicLAvia 2013 via YouTube
Mapping The Screens At 7th Street / Metro Center ("Many of these screens have been added in less-than-useful places or show less-than-useful information.")
Steven White: The Accidental Urbanist
Mayor Villaraigosa Mandates MTA Hold Contractors Accountable For Lack Of Blacks Hired On Phase I Of Crenshaw Rail Project
Los Angeles Sentinel
New Low For L.A.: Ticketing Cars At Broken Parking Meters
Los Angeles Times
San Bernardino To Celebrate Historic Train Culture At Railroad Days
San Bernardino Sun
Spring Street Bike Lane Poised For A Paint Job Despite Film Industry Concerns
Blog Downtown
State Senate Approves Caltrans Chief Despite Concerns
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Tunneling Machine For Central Subway Arrives In SF ("They're called an 'earth pressure balance machine' and they have a rotating cutter head for soft ground, and we're anticipating drilling into soft ground.")
KGO San Francisco
Villaraigosa Announces Bike Share Program For Los Angeles
Latinos Post
What's A Bike Good For? Churning Ice Cream, Apparently ("The Peddler’s Creamery grand opening took place during L.A.'s recent CicLAvia, a daylong event that opens city streets to bikes and pedestrians.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Whittier OKs Purchase For Greenway Trail Extension
Whittier Daily News
Will The Casden Development Be L.A.'s Bermuda Triangle Of Traffic? ("Billionaire Alan Casden plans "transit concierge" for his project at 405 and Pico.")
LA Weekly
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