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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5/10/2013
5/09/2013
405 Delays & Cost, 91 Tolls, Crenshaw Subway, Crenshaw Leimert, SCIG, ACE & More
$500 Million SCIG Rail Yard Approved For Port Of Los Angeles, Setting Stage For Lawsuits
Los Angeles Daily News
ACE To Close Baldwin Avenue In El Monte For Two Years
Pasadena Star-News
BNSF Rail Yard Project Approved
Los Angeles Business Journal
California Authority To Market High-Speed Rail Project To Minority-Owned Firms
Progressive Railroading
Crenshaw Subway Coalition Get Ready For Leimert Park Train Stop Showdown
Los Angeles Wave
Delays, Costs Build Up For 405 Freeway Project In L.A. ("The 10-mile project is expected to be mostly finished by mid-2014, a year later than anticipated. Meanwhile, who pays what for cost overruns is up in the air.")
Los Angeles Times
Free, Historic, Fun: National Train Day ("Education and entertainment knowledge converges on National Train Day, which returns to downtown LA's Union Station, and several other points around the nation, on Saturday, May 11. It's a free daytime celebration, backed by Amtrak, that offers stuff to do for wee conductors-to-be as well as those people who've been riding (and dreaming about) trains for several decades. For the little riders: Activites, model train exhibits, and educational-type displays are the focus. For adult fans, tours of luxury cars will be offered.")
NBC Southern California
Highway 91: Toll Lanes Coming To Corona Stretch
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Issues With The Crenshaw-LAX Line On Crenshaw Blvd
Los Angeles Wave
L.A. Council Approves Controversial Rail Yard For Port Complex ("Action sets stage for possible court challenges alleging environmental and civil rights violations. Backers say the project would bolster efficiency and create jobs.")
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles City Council Approves Railyard Project Near Port Of LA
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Los Angeles Transportation Authority Lands $390 Million In State Bond Funds
Progressive Railroading
Mark Your Calendars: The Big Parade Is Back In May 2013 ("This is urban hiking at its best: two days, 35 miles, 15 Los Angeles neighborhoods, some 80 public staircases, more than two dozen parks, and -- most importantly -- making new connections and friends.")
KCET
NBCUniversal Puts $13.5 Million Toward L.A. River Bikeway
KCET
Opinion: Rail Project Makes Sense For The Region
Long Beach Post
Study: Walkable Infill Development A Goldmine For City Governments
StreetsBlog DC
Walkable Communities Aim Of UC Riverside, Community Collaboration ("UCR researchers participating in $250,000 grant to develop walkability plans for two Riverside neighborhoods.")
UC Riverside Today
Why Historical Maps Still Matter So Much, Even Today
The Atlantic: Cities
You're An Urban Planner, Too: Design A More Walkable City With This Tool
GOOD
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Los Angeles Daily News
ACE To Close Baldwin Avenue In El Monte For Two Years
Pasadena Star-News
BNSF Rail Yard Project Approved
Los Angeles Business Journal
California Authority To Market High-Speed Rail Project To Minority-Owned Firms
Progressive Railroading
Crenshaw Subway Coalition Get Ready For Leimert Park Train Stop Showdown
Los Angeles Wave
Delays, Costs Build Up For 405 Freeway Project In L.A. ("The 10-mile project is expected to be mostly finished by mid-2014, a year later than anticipated. Meanwhile, who pays what for cost overruns is up in the air.")
Los Angeles Times
Free, Historic, Fun: National Train Day ("Education and entertainment knowledge converges on National Train Day, which returns to downtown LA's Union Station, and several other points around the nation, on Saturday, May 11. It's a free daytime celebration, backed by Amtrak, that offers stuff to do for wee conductors-to-be as well as those people who've been riding (and dreaming about) trains for several decades. For the little riders: Activites, model train exhibits, and educational-type displays are the focus. For adult fans, tours of luxury cars will be offered.")
NBC Southern California
Highway 91: Toll Lanes Coming To Corona Stretch
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Issues With The Crenshaw-LAX Line On Crenshaw Blvd
Los Angeles Wave
L.A. Council Approves Controversial Rail Yard For Port Complex ("Action sets stage for possible court challenges alleging environmental and civil rights violations. Backers say the project would bolster efficiency and create jobs.")
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles City Council Approves Railyard Project Near Port Of LA
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Los Angeles Transportation Authority Lands $390 Million In State Bond Funds
Progressive Railroading
Mark Your Calendars: The Big Parade Is Back In May 2013 ("This is urban hiking at its best: two days, 35 miles, 15 Los Angeles neighborhoods, some 80 public staircases, more than two dozen parks, and -- most importantly -- making new connections and friends.")
KCET
NBCUniversal Puts $13.5 Million Toward L.A. River Bikeway
KCET
Opinion: Rail Project Makes Sense For The Region
Long Beach Post
Study: Walkable Infill Development A Goldmine For City Governments
StreetsBlog DC
Walkable Communities Aim Of UC Riverside, Community Collaboration ("UCR researchers participating in $250,000 grant to develop walkability plans for two Riverside neighborhoods.")
UC Riverside Today
Why Historical Maps Still Matter So Much, Even Today
The Atlantic: Cities
You're An Urban Planner, Too: Design A More Walkable City With This Tool
GOOD
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5/08/2013
Crenshaw Line, L.A. Bridges, Road Pricing, Amtrak Bikes, CAHSR, ONT & More
May 8: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Renowned urban planner Federick Law Olmsted, Jr. submits his major traffic street plan, one of the most important traffic studies in history, to the City Clerk. The plan addresses convergence of rapid population growth, the rise in personal automobile ownership and the peak of streetcar system use in 1924 Los Angeles)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
3 Initiatives To Drive The New Secretary Of Transportation
Huffington Post
Advocates Of Distance Based Road Pricing Look To Oregon In The Coming Months
Road Pricing
Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner Adopts Wildly Anti-Bicycle Policy
StreetsBlog LA
Pacific Surfliner Rider Brochure (8p. PDF)
Caltrans Awards Los Angeles Region Nearly $194 Million To Improve Public Transit And Air Quality
Caltrans News Release
City Plans 20 Intersection Upgrades For Bridge Project
Los Angeles Downtown News
Crenshaw Line: No News Is Good News
Curbed LA
The Debate About Bike Infrastructure Has Been Settled
StreetsBlog Network
Designing A New Town Square For Our Crowded Urban Future
Fast Company Exist
Everybody Already Hates The Google Maps Redesign
The Atlantic: Cities
Growing Impact Of Social Media In Transportation Public Engagement
Transportation Issues Daily
Has High-Speed Rail Been Derailed? ("Four years after President Barack Obama declared high-speed rail a national priority, the financial hurdles seem higher than ever.")
Governing
High Speed Rail Is Not Like Toll Roads
California High Speed Rail Blog
The History Of Turning Left In Los Angeles ("Left-turn pockets didn’t appear on most L.A. roads until 1956; before then, cars waiting to turn left shared a lane with thru-traffic, as if inviting a demonstration of their rear bumpers’ effectiveness. Protected left-turn signals—first introduced on Sepulveda Boulevard in 1956—are still uncommon on L.A. streets today.")
LA as Subject via Los Angeles Magazine
If The Internet Sales Tax Fails, Expect Higher Gas Prices
Next Gov
LA Ad Town: Fake Elevated Line Edition ("This may be one of the more bizarre creative licenses I've seen in a while: The Red Line subway magically appears above ground in downtown LA, via this University of Phoenix spot.")
Franklin Avenue Blog
L.A. Board Seeks To Halt Decline At Ontario Airport ("Commissioners approve a plan to reimburse carriers for ads, incentives to lower rents and fees, and contracting out security and custodial work.")
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Is A Leader In Green Ports, Mayor Villaraigosa Says ("The world looks to L.A. for ways to reduce pollution, Villaraigosa says at a ports conference. He cites a modernization of the Port of L.A. and the state's tough emissions law.")
Los Angeles Times
Plans Move Forward On Los Cerritor/Bixby Knolls Bike Infrastructure
StreetsBlog LA
Transit-Oriented Development In The Chicago Region: Efficient And Resilient Communities For The 21st Century (62p. PDF)
Center For Neighborhood Technology
What Public Transit Data Teaches Us About How People Use A City
The Atlantic: Cities
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
3 Initiatives To Drive The New Secretary Of Transportation
Huffington Post
Advocates Of Distance Based Road Pricing Look To Oregon In The Coming Months
Road Pricing
Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner Adopts Wildly Anti-Bicycle Policy
StreetsBlog LA
Pacific Surfliner Rider Brochure (8p. PDF)
Caltrans Awards Los Angeles Region Nearly $194 Million To Improve Public Transit And Air Quality
Caltrans News Release
City Plans 20 Intersection Upgrades For Bridge Project
Los Angeles Downtown News
Crenshaw Line: No News Is Good News
Curbed LA
The Debate About Bike Infrastructure Has Been Settled
StreetsBlog Network
Designing A New Town Square For Our Crowded Urban Future
Fast Company Exist
Everybody Already Hates The Google Maps Redesign
The Atlantic: Cities
Growing Impact Of Social Media In Transportation Public Engagement
Transportation Issues Daily
Has High-Speed Rail Been Derailed? ("Four years after President Barack Obama declared high-speed rail a national priority, the financial hurdles seem higher than ever.")
Governing
High Speed Rail Is Not Like Toll Roads
California High Speed Rail Blog
The History Of Turning Left In Los Angeles ("Left-turn pockets didn’t appear on most L.A. roads until 1956; before then, cars waiting to turn left shared a lane with thru-traffic, as if inviting a demonstration of their rear bumpers’ effectiveness. Protected left-turn signals—first introduced on Sepulveda Boulevard in 1956—are still uncommon on L.A. streets today.")
LA as Subject via Los Angeles Magazine
If The Internet Sales Tax Fails, Expect Higher Gas Prices
Next Gov
LA Ad Town: Fake Elevated Line Edition ("This may be one of the more bizarre creative licenses I've seen in a while: The Red Line subway magically appears above ground in downtown LA, via this University of Phoenix spot.")
Franklin Avenue Blog
L.A. Board Seeks To Halt Decline At Ontario Airport ("Commissioners approve a plan to reimburse carriers for ads, incentives to lower rents and fees, and contracting out security and custodial work.")
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Is A Leader In Green Ports, Mayor Villaraigosa Says ("The world looks to L.A. for ways to reduce pollution, Villaraigosa says at a ports conference. He cites a modernization of the Port of L.A. and the state's tough emissions law.")
Los Angeles Times
Plans Move Forward On Los Cerritor/Bixby Knolls Bike Infrastructure
StreetsBlog LA
Transit-Oriented Development In The Chicago Region: Efficient And Resilient Communities For The 21st Century (62p. PDF)
Center For Neighborhood Technology
What Public Transit Data Teaches Us About How People Use A City
The Atlantic: Cities
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5/07/2013
Expo Line Ridership, LA Streets, Anaheim Streetcar Project, LA/LB Ports, Rosemead Blvd & More
May 7: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Freeway flyer bus service begins between the San Fernando Valley and downtown Los Angeles)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The 6 (Surprising) LA 'Hoods With The Best And Worst Streets
Curbed LA
American Maglev Still Stuck At The Station
Earth Techling
Amtrak Subsidy Gone, States Must Pay The Freight To Keep Rail Routes
New York Times
Charlotte's Pro-Transit Mayor Is A Good Choice To Head The Department Of Transportation ("As a former mayor, Foxx would bring a much-needed urban perspective to our national transportation programs. The latest transportation bill shifted more funding to states, which typically prefer to spend on highway projects, at the expense of metropolitan regions. Having the mayor of a thriving city with a growing transit network at the helm of the national transit agency could help metropolitan areas get their fair share of the funding they need to serve their growing populations.")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Colorado Road Money Can Now Be Used On Transit Projects
Denver Post
Deconstructing New York's Bike-Share Freak Out
The Atlantic: Cities
Disneyland Driving Up Costs Of Anaheim Streetcar Project
Voice Of OC
Do American Transit Projects Suffer From A Democracy Deficit?
StreetsBlog Network
Exclusive First Look At Transbay Transit Center Construction
Curbed SF
Improved Bike ParkingAt Dodger Stadium? The Dodgers Earn An Incomplete
StreetsBlog LA
In The Wake Of The Times' Editorial, Our Challenge To Film L.A.
StreetsBlog LA
LA Expo Line Riders Appear To Be New Transit Riders
California High Speed Rail Blog
Letter Report On Review Of The U.S. DOT Strategic Plan For Research, Development, And Technology 2013-2018 (14p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
Study Of Shipping Routes Maps Delivery Of Invasive Organisms ("Eggs or cells can be carried across the world in ballast water, posing a threat to local wildlife. Scientists find Los Angeles and Long Beach to be among the most vulnerable ports.")
Los Angeles Times
Temple City Businesses Have Mixed Feelings About Rosemead Boulevard Project
Pasadena Star-News
Waiting For Foxx ("What does Foxx's urban experience bring to the table for the Transportation Department? Does it matter that he knows little about highway funding formulas and infrastructure loan programs? What should Foxx be fighting for in the administration and in Congress? What can he learn from LaHood's experience? How should he handle the big issues coming up this year on water resources and passenger rail?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Why America's Population Density Is Falling
Reuters
Will The Nation's First Strategic Freight Plan Be Multi-Modal?
StreetsBlog DC
Your Rush-Hour Commute As An Animated Cartoon
The Atlantic: Cities
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The 6 (Surprising) LA 'Hoods With The Best And Worst Streets
Curbed LA
American Maglev Still Stuck At The Station
Earth Techling
Amtrak Subsidy Gone, States Must Pay The Freight To Keep Rail Routes
New York Times
Charlotte's Pro-Transit Mayor Is A Good Choice To Head The Department Of Transportation ("As a former mayor, Foxx would bring a much-needed urban perspective to our national transportation programs. The latest transportation bill shifted more funding to states, which typically prefer to spend on highway projects, at the expense of metropolitan regions. Having the mayor of a thriving city with a growing transit network at the helm of the national transit agency could help metropolitan areas get their fair share of the funding they need to serve their growing populations.")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Colorado Road Money Can Now Be Used On Transit Projects
Denver Post
Deconstructing New York's Bike-Share Freak Out
The Atlantic: Cities
Disneyland Driving Up Costs Of Anaheim Streetcar Project
Voice Of OC
Do American Transit Projects Suffer From A Democracy Deficit?
StreetsBlog Network
Exclusive First Look At Transbay Transit Center Construction
Curbed SF
Improved Bike ParkingAt Dodger Stadium? The Dodgers Earn An Incomplete
StreetsBlog LA
In The Wake Of The Times' Editorial, Our Challenge To Film L.A.
StreetsBlog LA
LA Expo Line Riders Appear To Be New Transit Riders
California High Speed Rail Blog
Letter Report On Review Of The U.S. DOT Strategic Plan For Research, Development, And Technology 2013-2018 (14p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
Study Of Shipping Routes Maps Delivery Of Invasive Organisms ("Eggs or cells can be carried across the world in ballast water, posing a threat to local wildlife. Scientists find Los Angeles and Long Beach to be among the most vulnerable ports.")
Los Angeles Times
Temple City Businesses Have Mixed Feelings About Rosemead Boulevard Project
Pasadena Star-News
Waiting For Foxx ("What does Foxx's urban experience bring to the table for the Transportation Department? Does it matter that he knows little about highway funding formulas and infrastructure loan programs? What should Foxx be fighting for in the administration and in Congress? What can he learn from LaHood's experience? How should he handle the big issues coming up this year on water resources and passenger rail?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Why America's Population Density Is Falling
Reuters
Will The Nation's First Strategic Freight Plan Be Multi-Modal?
StreetsBlog DC
Your Rush-Hour Commute As An Animated Cartoon
The Atlantic: Cities
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5/06/2013
Metro Station Gates, Arcadia Gold Line, Union Station, LA Road Conditions, Transit Clubs, Transit Social Media & More
Arcadia's Colorado Boulevard Closure Extended Three Weeks For More Gold Line Work
Pasadena Star-News
BART Can Begin Banning Unruly Passengers Next Week ("BART will be able to ban violent passengers or those who repeatedly deface buildings or trains, use them as bathrooms or harass other riders.")
San Francisco Chronicle
Bill To Change California's Environmental Review Law Advances
Sacramento Bee
Buy, Sell Or Hold: Sustainable Transit Edition
Motley Fool
Club Transit ("Why shouldn't riders be members of the non-profit organization that provides them transportation services on a regular basis? And why shouldn't they help govern that organization?")
The Transportationist
D.C. Streetcars' Success Will Be Measured By More Than Just Passenger Counts
Washington Post
D.C.'s Elegant Metro Map Suffers From Growing Pains
The Atlantic: Cities
DTLA's Latest Get: Palihouse Hotel Headed To South Park ("South Park Palihouse will be catty-corner from the Pico station of the Blue and Expo Lines -- so expect triple-enforced windows thanks to those train horns -- and across from a proposed mixed-user.")
Curbed LA
Editorial: Seeing Red Over A Green Bike Lane
Los Angeles Times
Enforceability Of Local Hire Preference Programs (40p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program Legal Research Digest
For Los Angeles, An End To The "Free" Subway Ride ("This might not exactly come as a news flash to anyone who has traveled the subways of New York or the Washington Metro, but a gateless subway entrance is not the most effective way to motivate riders to pay their carriage.")
New York Times
For Planners, Investment In Social Media Pays Dividends ("As social media strategies recently employed by Los Angeles' Department of City Planning and New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority demonstrate, social media networks can be useful tools in connecting planners and public agencies to their communities. Their experiences show that an open conversation between decision-makers and the general public is important for creating more livable communities, and offer lessons for those considering utilizing such platforms.")
Planetizen
Heavy Rail, Or A Light Rail/BRT Mix? Garcetti And Greuel Discuss Options For Sepulveda Pass
StretsBlog LA
Historic LA Union Station Facing Renovation Plans
Hispanic Business
Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures Into The Transportation Planning And Programming Processes (157p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
Guide To Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures Into The Transportation Planning And Programming Processes (89p. PDF)
Technical Reference (198p. PDF)
L.A. Full Of Roads To Ruin For Cars ("The city gives its road network an average grade of C. But a Times analysis finds wide disparities, and they're not driven by wealth or political power.")
Los Angeles Times
LA's Alternate Realities ("This spring and summer, two complementary exhibitions in Los Angeles seek to bring the unfathomableness into focus. The first, “Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990,” which is at the J. Paul Getty Museum through July 21, explores how the city emerged through fitful initial development, explosive postwar growth, and a distinctive built legacy. The second, “Never Built: Los Angeles,” which opens at LA’s Architecture and Design Museum on July 13, examines a stunning array of unexecuted projects to show why the city didn’t become something else." Metro Transportation Library & Archive resources are included in both exhibits)
New York Review Of Books
Macias And Hadjinian Elected As ACE Board Chair And Vice Chair (PDF)
Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority News Release
Marin Grand Jury: Transit For Seniors Inadequate
Marin Independent Journal
Opinion: Rail Project Makes Sense For The Region
Sustainability Busts Out Of Its Cubicle, Permeates DOT, HUD, And EPA
StreetsBlog DC
Telling The Story Of Inequality On Public Transit, With Maps ("With their Transit Quality + Equity web application, Sutedjo-The and Lee mapped the frequency of service on every bus route in San Francisco from the week of Oct. 1-7 last year and accounted for the average delay at each stop between the scheduled and actual arrival times. That map – effectively reflecting the quality of transit service – is then shaded according to the poverty levels by census tract across the city.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Tolling Most Popular Transportation Revenue Option, Survey Results Show
AASHTO Journal
The Time For Tolls Is Now: More Americans Prefer Transportation Tolls Than Taxes, Other Funding Options (2p. PDF)
America THINKS 2013 Tolling Survey
Priced Managed Lanes 2.0 (audio/video : "Panel of transportation experts discuss the trend of priced managed lanes and the results of a related America THINKS survey from HNTB Corporation.")
HNTB
The Uncertain Future Of Public Roads
The Atlantic: Cities
Villaraigosa Defends Faulty Metro Subway Science
Beverly Hills Courier
Where "Share The Road" Is Taken Literally ("'Woonerf' is what the Dutch call a special kind of street or group of streets that functions as shared public space -- for pedestrians, cyclists, children and, in some cases, for slow-moving, cautiously driven cars as well.")
New York Times
Will The Master Plan Preserve Union Station's Art Deco Charm?
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
With Ontario, Some Don't Know Much About Geography
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
With Security Eyes Focused On Airlines, Terrorists Look To Rail, Experts Say
NBC News
Pasadena Star-News
BART Can Begin Banning Unruly Passengers Next Week ("BART will be able to ban violent passengers or those who repeatedly deface buildings or trains, use them as bathrooms or harass other riders.")
San Francisco Chronicle
Bill To Change California's Environmental Review Law Advances
Sacramento Bee
Buy, Sell Or Hold: Sustainable Transit Edition
Motley Fool
Club Transit ("Why shouldn't riders be members of the non-profit organization that provides them transportation services on a regular basis? And why shouldn't they help govern that organization?")
The Transportationist
D.C. Streetcars' Success Will Be Measured By More Than Just Passenger Counts
Washington Post
D.C.'s Elegant Metro Map Suffers From Growing Pains
The Atlantic: Cities
DTLA's Latest Get: Palihouse Hotel Headed To South Park ("South Park Palihouse will be catty-corner from the Pico station of the Blue and Expo Lines -- so expect triple-enforced windows thanks to those train horns -- and across from a proposed mixed-user.")
Curbed LA
Editorial: Seeing Red Over A Green Bike Lane
Los Angeles Times
Enforceability Of Local Hire Preference Programs (40p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program Legal Research Digest
For Los Angeles, An End To The "Free" Subway Ride ("This might not exactly come as a news flash to anyone who has traveled the subways of New York or the Washington Metro, but a gateless subway entrance is not the most effective way to motivate riders to pay their carriage.")
New York Times
For Planners, Investment In Social Media Pays Dividends ("As social media strategies recently employed by Los Angeles' Department of City Planning and New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority demonstrate, social media networks can be useful tools in connecting planners and public agencies to their communities. Their experiences show that an open conversation between decision-makers and the general public is important for creating more livable communities, and offer lessons for those considering utilizing such platforms.")
Planetizen
Heavy Rail, Or A Light Rail/BRT Mix? Garcetti And Greuel Discuss Options For Sepulveda Pass
StretsBlog LA
Historic LA Union Station Facing Renovation Plans
Hispanic Business
Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures Into The Transportation Planning And Programming Processes (157p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
Guide To Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures Into The Transportation Planning And Programming Processes (89p. PDF)
Technical Reference (198p. PDF)
L.A. Full Of Roads To Ruin For Cars ("The city gives its road network an average grade of C. But a Times analysis finds wide disparities, and they're not driven by wealth or political power.")
Los Angeles Times
LA's Alternate Realities ("This spring and summer, two complementary exhibitions in Los Angeles seek to bring the unfathomableness into focus. The first, “Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990,” which is at the J. Paul Getty Museum through July 21, explores how the city emerged through fitful initial development, explosive postwar growth, and a distinctive built legacy. The second, “Never Built: Los Angeles,” which opens at LA’s Architecture and Design Museum on July 13, examines a stunning array of unexecuted projects to show why the city didn’t become something else." Metro Transportation Library & Archive resources are included in both exhibits)
New York Review Of Books
Macias And Hadjinian Elected As ACE Board Chair And Vice Chair (PDF)
Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority News Release
Marin Grand Jury: Transit For Seniors Inadequate
Marin Independent Journal
Opinion: Rail Project Makes Sense For The Region
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Washington Post
Sustainability Busts Out Of Its Cubicle, Permeates DOT, HUD, And EPA
StreetsBlog DC
Telling The Story Of Inequality On Public Transit, With Maps ("With their Transit Quality + Equity web application, Sutedjo-The and Lee mapped the frequency of service on every bus route in San Francisco from the week of Oct. 1-7 last year and accounted for the average delay at each stop between the scheduled and actual arrival times. That map – effectively reflecting the quality of transit service – is then shaded according to the poverty levels by census tract across the city.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Tolling Most Popular Transportation Revenue Option, Survey Results Show
AASHTO Journal
The Time For Tolls Is Now: More Americans Prefer Transportation Tolls Than Taxes, Other Funding Options (2p. PDF)
America THINKS 2013 Tolling Survey
Priced Managed Lanes 2.0 (audio/video : "Panel of transportation experts discuss the trend of priced managed lanes and the results of a related America THINKS survey from HNTB Corporation.")
HNTB
The Uncertain Future Of Public Roads
The Atlantic: Cities
Villaraigosa Defends Faulty Metro Subway Science
Beverly Hills Courier
Where "Share The Road" Is Taken Literally ("'Woonerf' is what the Dutch call a special kind of street or group of streets that functions as shared public space -- for pedestrians, cyclists, children and, in some cases, for slow-moving, cautiously driven cars as well.")
New York Times
Will The Master Plan Preserve Union Station's Art Deco Charm?
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
With Ontario, Some Don't Know Much About Geography
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
With Security Eyes Focused On Airlines, Terrorists Look To Rail, Experts Say
NBC News
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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.
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