May 10: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Metro unveils two massive solar panel installations in the San Fernando Valley which ensure huge future savings for the agency)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
California Transportation Commission Approves Nearly $1 Billion In New Construction Projects To Improve Transportation And Drive Economic Growth
Caltrans News Release
CicLAvia Introduces Iconic Wilshire Boulevard Route For June 23rd Open Streets Festival (includes map)
StreetsBlog LA
Civic Engagement In The Digital Age (59p. PDF)
Pew Research Center
Cyclists Go Positive Against Mis-Information Campaign In Northeast L.A.
StreetsBlog LA
Executive Order Making Open And Machine Readable The New Default For Government Information
White House Press Release
Landmark Steps To Liberate Open Data
White House Blog
If You Pay Sales Tax At Amazon.com, Your Transit System Could Improve
StreetsBlog DC
Infographic: What Makes A Bicycle Friendly Community?
League Of American Bicyclists
Full-screen PDF of this must-see infographic
L.A.'s Underground Art Scene ("This is a story about Underground Los Angeles. Not the underground music scene — the underground art scene. The subway art scene...Red Line art may not be part of the normal tourist route, but it’s worth a morning or an afternoon. You need to get off the train at some of the 14 stations, wander around the platform, go up to a higher level to get a broad view. Explore both sides of the turnstiles. Once you’ve seen the art at one station, take the train in the same direction to the next station and enjoy the artwork there.")
Washington Post
Details: The L.A. Subway
LACMTA Receives More Than $390 Million from CTC And Caltrans For Improvements
RT&S
Lower Bus Fares? Why One Public System Is Considering It
GOOD
Metrolink To Offer Free Train Ride To Bicyclists On Bike To Work Day (May 16)
Metrolink Press Release
Mid-Town First, Metro Ready To "Break Ground" On Wilshire Bus Only Lanes
StreetsBlog LA
Nearly $70 Million Provided For Inland Projects
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Promoting Transportation Innovation: Champions Of Change
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Rev. Lee Tells Crenshaw Coalition How To Win Their Goals
Front Page Online
Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project Now Expected To Cost $1.1B
CBS Los Angeles
Spring Street Park To Open In June
Los Angeles Downtown News
Traffic Pollution May Cause Higher Rates Of Childhood Diabetes
The Atlantic: Cities
Transit Commuters Are Stinking Low-Lifes, Subaru Tells Transit Commuters ("In recent Canadian editions of Metro — the free daily distributed at transit stops — Subaru ran a two-page spread spouting just about every negative transit, and transit rider, stereotype you can think of.")
StreetsBlog
Transit Officials Find $42.6 Million That Fell "Through The Cracks" ("Los Angeles' transportation department has identified a $42.6-million accumulation of cash that should have been paid to the city's general fund over a 17-year period.")
Los Angeles Times
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