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L.A. Transportation Headlines Metro Transportation Library: Aggregating transit and transportation news via Twitter & select RSS feeds, curated on weekdays. Published by Metro Library 12 July 2013 Read paper → Education Environment Leisure Stories Society #hsr #paperli How NIMBYs hurt California - latimes.com Shared by Metro Library www­.latimes.com - Maybe this doesn't sound too draconian, but the outcome of this project is all too familiar. And Los Angeles is suffering for it. Amazingly, the same people and politicians leading the charge again... AOL On - L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti: Ride-Sharing Services Like Uber Are 'Great' Shared by AAG: Ending Gridlock on­.aol.com - HuffPost Live is a new live-streaming network, that puts you -- the community -- front and center. Coming to your computer, tablet and boxtop. BHUSD Consultant Fires Back At Metro’s ‘Presumptions’ Shared by Metro Library bhcourier­.com - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority tossed aside valid science once again this week, shooting down a report from Kenney Geoscience stating that under Metro’s own definitions, the preferred Pu... Organizations want to ensure that Blacks get work on Crenshaw/LAX Line | Our Weekly Shared by Crenshaw Subway www­.ourweekly.com - The Black Workers Center and Young Black Contractors Association are two local organizations that are passionate about ensuring that Black construction workers are included in the Crenshaw/LAX Tran... Incline L.A.: The Lost Residential Railway of Mt. Washington (Episode Two) | LA as Subject | SoCal Focus Shared by L.A. as Subject www­.kcet.org - In case you missed it, watch Part 1 on incline rail in downtown L.A. here. Mount Washington: a hill more than a mountain, the landform in northeast Los Angeles is home today to leafy streets and ar... Bike Metro Shared by metrolosangeles www­.metro.net - Bike Metro wants to support your trip and help get you to your destination. You'll be able to go further with your bike when combining your trip with Metro Rail and bus. Whether it's using the bike... Condo, retail and park projects near completion in Santa Monica - latimes.com Shared by Metro Library www­.latimes.com - Under development for several years, the two big projects within sight of the ocean are part of a push by officials to enliven the city's Civic Center district south of the Santa Monica Freeway aro... Santa Monica Civic Center Finally Livening Up With Huge New Park and Condo Projects - GentrificationWatch - Curbed LA Shared by Metro Library la­.curbed.com - This is a confusing time for the Santa Monica Civic Center and the surrounding area. Two mainstays of civic identity are on the ropes: the beloved Civic Auditorium has just closed, and the future o... LADOT Transit Services - Rider Alert Shared by LADOT Transit www­.ladottransit.com - Please be advised that beginning on Friday July 12th at 10 p.m. thru Monday July 15th at 5:00 a.m., Ocean Boulevard will be closed in both directions between SR-47 and Harbor Scenic Drive. During t... Gold Coast Transit Celebrates 40th Year - Mass Transit Shared by Metro Library www­.masstransitmag.com - Lupe Juarez, Shelley Richards and Debbie Thacker have nearly 100 years of combined experience driving buses for Gold Coast Transit. On Wednesday, they were featured speakers at the Oxnard-based bus... Meet the Lost Mount Washington Railway, Closed in 1919 - Video Interlude - Curbed LA Shared by Metro Library la­.curbed.com - KCET continues its delightful series on the tiny railways of Los Angeles (our specialty!) with a video on the Mount Washington Incline Railway. Back in the early 1900s, Mount Washington was a scrub... Lawsuit settlement puts $237 million Riverside County rail project back on track - Daily Journal Shared by Metro Library www­.dailyjournal.net - RIVERSIDE, California — An environmental group that blocked a $237 million commuter rail project in Southern California has agreed to drop its lawsuit. The Riverside Press-Enterprise (http://bit.ly... Our Voice: New leadership for SunLine is a good route | The Desert Sun Shared by Metro Library www­.mydesert.com - New leadership is good for the SunLine Transit Agency. C. Mikel Oglesby, who served as general manager for nine years, resigned on June 28. He had been placed on administrative leave in May pending... The Insane, True Costs of Raising a Family in America's Major Metros - Emily Badger - The Atlantic Cities Shared by Metro Library www­.theatlanticcities.com - Poverty – or, more generally speaking, deprivation – is a notoriously difficult thing to define. Whether or not you experience it has to do with how many mouths you have to feed, where your family ... Settlement reached over Metro's Riverside rail extension project Shared by scpr.org www­.scpr.org - An environmental group that blocked a $237 million commuter rail project in Southern California has agreed to drop its lawsuit. The group opposed a plan to build a Riverside-to-Perris extension of ... The Ten Worst People on the Subway Shared by Metro Library gawker­.com - It's hot. The subways are crowded. People are peevish, sweating, and on edge. At times like this— when the social fabric of the city seems to hang by the thinnest of threads—it's important to relax... Bus Riders Brace for Impact The Santa Barbara Independent Shared by Metro Library www­.independent.com - Quietly ​— ​almost meekly ​— ​Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) executive Sherrie Fisher put the County Board of Supervisors on notice that the sky was poised to fall on bus riders throughout the... Concepts for High Desert Corridor unveiled - LA Daily News Shared by Metro Library www­.dailynews.com - Transportation officials unveiled Wednesday various concepts for a proposed High Desert Corridor from the Antelope Valley to San Bernardino County that would allow travelers to bypass some of the b... More details on Elon Musk's 4,000-mph Hyperloop travel tubes [w/video] Shared by Metro Library green­.autoblog.com - Category: Emerging Technologies, Tesla Motors, Videos Tags: elon musk, et3, hyperloop, transportation, video Expert Voices: Kevin Maggay, Energy and Technology, Port of Los Angeles – News Watch Shared by Climate Resolve newswatch­.nationalgeographic.com - At the Port of Los Angeles, energy demand is expected to triple or even quadruple in the upcoming years. The current peak demand of approximately 40 to 60 megawatts may go up to over 180 megawatts ... California High Speed Rail Blog » Republicans Claim XpressWest Loan Is Indefinitely Suspended Shared by Metro Library www­.cahsrblog.com - Back in March two Congressional Republicans – Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama and Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin – wrote to Ray LaHood hoping to block a federal loan for the XpressWest proj... Q&A with Andy Kunz, President and CEO of the US High Speed Rail Association Shared by US High Speed Rail thecityfix­.com - Andy Kunz argues that high speed rail is the future of transportation. Photo by Potyike. From China to Spain to Saudi Arabia, it seems that countries can’t build high speed rail (HSR) fast enough. ... Transit GIS Conference* | Blurbs Shared by TRB www­.trb.org - TRB is cosponsoring the Transit GIS Conference on October 16-17, 2013, in Washington, D.C. The mission of the biennial conference is to provide a forum for geographic information systems (GIS) in t... California Highway Expansion Gets $421M TIFIA Loan | ENR: Engineering News Record Shared by WTS Los Angeles enr­.construction.com - A plan to expand and upgrade Southern California's congested state Route 91 has received a $421-million federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan. The U.S. Dept.... High Desert Corridor Could Link Bullet Train Up With Vegas - High-Speed Rail - Curbed LA Shared by Metro Library la­.curbed.com - Since CAHSR is due to run to Palmdale and Xpress only to Victorville, this new rail line could link the two stations, making it possible (theoretically, anyway) to travel from Downtown LA or San Fr... Ontario Spending Half a Million to Get Rail to the Airport - Ride to the Airport - Curbed LA Shared by Metro Library la­.curbed.com - There's been talk of bringing a rail connection to the beleaguered LA/Ontario International Airport for years, but now there's finally real money being thrown at the issue, the Press-Enterprise rep... ONTARIO AIRPORT: $584,000 OK'd to study passenger rail link | Politics Shared by Metro Library www­.pe.com - San Bernardino County transportation officials agreed on Wednesday, July 10, to spend nearly $600,000 on a study of potential ways to provide rail access to the LA/Ontario International Airport. Th... Obama Administration Puts Brakes on XpressWest High-Speed Rail Project Shared by Metro Library blog­.heritage.org - Let’s call it former Transportation Secretary Ray H. LaHood’s eleventh-hour pardon of federal and California taxpayers. Once positioned by the Obama Administration as its transportation pièce de ré... Editorial: Keep Southern California's new-era cabs rolling on - Pasadena Star-News Shared by Metro Library www­.pasadenastarnews.com - It's too big and too spread out. The cities don't go up so much as out. Despite the mostly good weather, there's not the same pedestrian action of eastern U.S. urban areas and thus is an impractica... Bay Area to Sin City? Las Vegas bullet train backers gamble on record loan - San Jose Mercury News Shared by CCHSRA www­.mercurynews.com - Call it the bachelor or bachelorette party of tomorrow: you and your friends sipping cocktails aboard a futuristic train as it whips travelers across the desert to Las Vegas. You might have to wait... The Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles Begins Downtown Freeway Mural Restoration of 'Galileo...' Shared by Metro Library www­.wkrg.com - This article was originally distributed via PRWeb. PRWeb, WorldNow and this Site make no warranties or representations in connection therewith. The restoration of John Wehrles mural along the downt... Passing a Law Is the Easy Part: The Challenge of Building Complete Streets Shared by Metro Library dc­.streetsblog.org - If Ontario Street in Cleveland, Ohio, is any indication, a complete streets policy is no guarantee you’ll get a safe place to ride a bike, or even a comfortable place to walk. Ontario is one of tho... Save the Date: San Bernardino Active Transportation Network on August 20th from 9:30am to 11:00am Shared by SRTSNP-CA saferoutescalifornia­.org - Save the Date for San Bernardino Active Transportation Network! Time: 9:30am to 11:00am, networking starts at 9:00am Location: SANBAG, 1170 W 3rd St, San Bernardino, CA 92410 Topics of discussion (... TTI Advisory Council — Texas A&M Transportation Institute Shared by TxA&M Trans Inst tti­.tamu.edu - The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Advisory Council is comprised of a small group of high-level transportation professionals from across Texas and every sector of the transportation world... No, Ride-Sharing Is Not the Death of Public Transportation - Eric Jaffe - The Atlantic Cities Shared by Jeffrey Tumlin m­.theatlanticcities.com - One of the most notable outcomes of the recent BART strike was a surge of interest in ride-sharing services. Sidecar lifted its cut of transactions to encourage wider use, and Lyft (uh) lyfted thei... USHSR News... Congressional Hearing; HSR & National Security; TOD Transbay Record Land Sales... Shared by US High Speed Rail myemail­.constantcontact.com - USHSR member Balfour Beatty is proud to announce great progress on the multi-billion dollar Eagle P3 commuter rail project in Denver.   Balfour Beatty Rail, Inc., an industry-leading rail infrastru... L.A. Metro, Office of Traffic Safety Partner to Offer Bicycle Traffic Safety Classes for Los Angeles County Shared by Metro Los Angeles www­.metro.net - In efforts to help make bicycling safer in L.A. County, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has received a California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) grant and is wo... A good plan for L.A. neighborhood council rules: Editorial - LA Daily News Shared by Jose Huizar www­.dailynews.com - Since the phrase "Starbucks stakeholders" first came to public attention last fall, it has represented a venti headache for people concerned about the credibility of L.A.'s neighborhood councils. I... Every lane is a bike lane, but do you know how to use those lanes? Shared by thesource.metro.net thesource­.metro.net - The number of miles driven in the United Stated has dropped each year since 2005 and fewer young adults are getting driving licenses. Concurrently, bicycling is on the rise in L.A. County. From 200... J line - Westbound On Jefferson on Flickr. Los... Shared by Metro Library lacmtalibrary­.tumblr.com - The Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the largest transit operator research collection in the US. We are part... VIDEO: Metro news conference on traffic skills classes for L.A. County Shared by thesource.metro.net thesource­.metro.net - Rain did not dampen interest in Metro’s press conference this morning at Union Station announcing the availability of traffic skills classes for cyclists seeking to increase their safe riding skill... Weekend Traffic: Pomona Freeway partial closure, Ocean Boulevard overpass demolition Shared by scpr.org www­.scpr.org - Three westbound lanes on the 60 freeway will close Friday night. Lanes are expected to re-open Monday at 5 a.m. This photo shows rendering of the bridge under construction to replace the Gerald Des... OC Fair Express Shared by Metro Library www­.metrolinktrains.com - July 13 - August 12, 2012 (Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays only) If you’re going to the Orange County Fair this year, take Metrolink to the Anaheim Canyon, Santa Ana or Irvine Metrolink Station. Then ... Performance Measurement of Transportation Systems: Summary of the Fourth International Conference | Blurbs Shared by Metro Library www­.trb.org - TRB Conference Proceedings 49: Performance Measurement of Transportation Systems: Summary of the Fourth International Conference is the proceedings of a May 2011 conference. These proceedings follo... 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