50th Anniversary For The Transportation Research Record: Journal Of The Transportation Research Board
Transportation Research Board
America's Most Bikeable Neighborhoods ("In honor of Bike to Work Day, we pulled together a list of America's [25] most bike-friendly neighborhoods. The neighborhood rankings below are based on the latest neighborhood-level data provided to us by the folks at Walk Score.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Amtrak Is Introducing Acela-Like Wi-Fi ("Several state-supported routes in California, including the Capitol Corridor, Pacific Surfliner and San Joaquin routes, have also been upgraded.")
New York Times
Are Streetcars The Future Of Public Transportation? ("Suddenly streetcars — those clanging, clattering, spark-emitting icons of public transit’s past — are among the hottest and most coveted components of public transit’s future. Right now the list of cities looking to introduce new streetcar lines or extend existing ones reads like a back-of-the-envelope tally by members of the NBA’s expansion-team task force, circa 1978: in addition to Charlotte, there’s Dallas, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Fort Lauderdale, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Tucson, among others.")
Salon
Bike To Work Day 2013: Tips For A Green Commute
Huffington Post
Crenshaw Subway Coalition Report Card Rates Greuel Higher Than Garcetti
StreetsBlog LA
Criticism Mounts Over San Pedro Bike Lane Changes
Daily Breeze
Developing Partnerships Between Transportation Agencies And The Disability And Underrepresented Communities (61p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program
Expo Line Provides New Opportunities For South L.A.
Los Angeles Wave
Google Escalates The Competition In Map Services
New York Times
Honolulu Light Rail Announces Art Program
Metro Magazine
Hop On The Subway To Discover LA (Washington Post story about Metro Art Program from a few days ago now appears in New Zealand news source)
Stuff (New Zealand)
Illinois Considering Naming Portion Of Highway After Ray LaHood
The Hill
Is A Future Baseline The Baseline Of The Future? Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In Neighbors For Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority
Thomas Law Group
Judge Dumps EIR For Metrolink Extension ("A planned extension of Metrolink train service to Perris won’t happen anytime soon. A judge has decertified the Environmental Impact Report.")
Inland News Today
Judge To Hear Lawsuits Over High-Speed Rail Bonds
Associated Press
Los Angeles Grows Up (audio : "Los Angeles is historically horizontal, but it's becoming increasingly vertical with a host of new projects going up from downtown to Santa Monica. So-called “smart growth" dictates that high-rise workspace and housing -are the only ways to accommodate increased growth within defined city limits.")
KCRW Which Way L.A.?
Mapping LA's Bike Commuting Habits By Neighborhood
Curbed LA
New York's MTA Takes First Steps Toward Hardening Subway Against Future Storms
WNYC
North Of Salt Lake City, A 21st-Century Highway Revolt
Next City
Obama To Streamline Permits For Infrastructure Projects
The Hill
Pedestrian/Bicycle Warning Devices And Signs At Highway-Rail And Pathway-Rail Grade Crossings (176p. PDF)
Illinois Center For Transportation
Perris Valley Line: Judge Tosses Environmental Impact Report
Riverside Press-Enterprise
The Potential Problem With Personalized Google Maps? We May Never Know What We're Not Seeing
The Atlantic: Cities
Railroads, Transit Agencies Focus On Retaining Young Workers
Progressive Railroading
Regional Connector's Bunker Hill Stop Could Get Grand Avenue Pedestrian Bridge Link-Up
Curbed LA
Solo Driving Drops In DC As Transit And Biking Soar
StreetsBlog DC
South Pas, Metro Officials Issue "Bike To Work" Challenge
South Pasadena Patch
Subway Coalition Weighs In On Mayor's Race
Los Angeles Wave
There's No Doubt: Traffic Enforcement Cameras Save Lives
StreetsBlog DC
The Top 5 Intersections For Speeding Tickets In Los Angeles
Curbed LA
Traction And The Enemy (Photo from last day of rail service along Santa Monica Boulevard, taken May 31, 1953 east of Fairfax Avenue)
Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society
Transportation For The Millennial Generation (extensive infographic)
TOD News
The World's Most Luxurious Metro Station (must-see photos)
The Atlantic: Cities
Weekend Traffic: Plan A 405 Detour At Santa Monica Boulevard Friday And Saturday Night (includes comprehensive list of regional transit rider alerts, ramp closures and construction updates)
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
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5/17/2013
5/15/2013
710 Freeway Extension, "Bikeaggeddon", Cap And Trade, SCIG Rail Yard & More
May 15: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Metro releases a draft environmental impact report for a San Fernando Valley east-west rapidway in 2001. It opens as the Metro Orange Line on October 29, 2005)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Alhambra One Of The Few To Reaffirm Support For 710 Freeway Extension
Pasadena Sun
Bike Sharing? Sure. The Racks? No Way
New York Times
Bikeaggeddon As Metro Closes Bike Path For 405 "Improvements": Re-Opening Date A Moving Target
StreetsBlog LA
Brown's Budget Sends Cap And Trade Funds To Black Hole Of General Fund
StreetsBlog LA
Giving Teens The Option Not To Drive
The Atlantic: Cities
Long Beach City Council Unanimously Approves Lawsuit Against City Of Los Angeles Over Proposed SCIG Rail Yard
StreetsBlog LA
Long Beach To Sue L.A. Over Port Project
Long Beach Press-Telegram
A Los Angeles Primer: The Miracle Mile
KCET
Millennials Will Drive More As They Age, But Still Less Than Their Parents
StreetsBlog DC
Reward Offered In Violent Attack On Metro Bus Driver
KTLA
University Of Michigan Launches New Center To Transform Mobility ("U-M has established the Michigan Mobility Transformation Center as a partnership with government and industry to dramatically improve the safety, sustainability and accessibility of ways that people and goods move from place to place in our society.")
University Of Michigan
U.S. PIRG: The Driving Boom Is Over But The Road-Building Binge Continues
StreetsBlog DC
When L.A.'s Farmers Market Came To Third And Fairfax
LA as Subject via Los Angeles Magazine
Why We Should Never Fine Cyclists
The Atlantic: Cities
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Alhambra One Of The Few To Reaffirm Support For 710 Freeway Extension
Pasadena Sun
Bike Sharing? Sure. The Racks? No Way
New York Times
Bikeaggeddon As Metro Closes Bike Path For 405 "Improvements": Re-Opening Date A Moving Target
StreetsBlog LA
Brown's Budget Sends Cap And Trade Funds To Black Hole Of General Fund
StreetsBlog LA
Giving Teens The Option Not To Drive
The Atlantic: Cities
Long Beach City Council Unanimously Approves Lawsuit Against City Of Los Angeles Over Proposed SCIG Rail Yard
StreetsBlog LA
Long Beach To Sue L.A. Over Port Project
Long Beach Press-Telegram
A Los Angeles Primer: The Miracle Mile
KCET
Millennials Will Drive More As They Age, But Still Less Than Their Parents
StreetsBlog DC
Reward Offered In Violent Attack On Metro Bus Driver
KTLA
University Of Michigan Launches New Center To Transform Mobility ("U-M has established the Michigan Mobility Transformation Center as a partnership with government and industry to dramatically improve the safety, sustainability and accessibility of ways that people and goods move from place to place in our society.")
University Of Michigan
U.S. PIRG: The Driving Boom Is Over But The Road-Building Binge Continues
StreetsBlog DC
When L.A.'s Farmers Market Came To Third And Fairfax
LA as Subject via Los Angeles Magazine
Why We Should Never Fine Cyclists
The Atlantic: Cities
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5/13/2013
Expo Line, Wilshire Bus Lanes, Metrolink TAP, The Great Parade, UCLA Commute, CEQA, ONT, Bike Lanes & More
May 13: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Los Angeles Railway introduces a 7-day pass, authorizing all employees to sell unlimited weekly access for $1.00)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Airport Inks Marketing Deal With Rose Bowl, UCLA Sports
Burbank Leader
Bike Lanes Led To 49% Increase In Retail Sales
Boing Boing
Measuring The Street: New Metrics For 21st Century Streets (16p. PDF)
New York City DOT
Bikeside Asks Again: Is L.A. Bike Friendly?
StreetsBlog LA
Bundy Drive Expo Line Utility Work Continues Monday ("Heavy machinery to be used in day and nighttime hours in West Los Angeles to make way for the Bundy Expo Line extension station.")
Brentwood Patch
Celebrating L.A.'s Hidden Walkability
The Atlantic: Cities
CEQA Roundup: What The CEQA Debate Is Really About
California Economic Summit
Cities Ramp Up Data Projects (Overview of "big data" and "open data" movements)
Governing
Extreme Commuter: UCLA Staffer Bikes 22 Miles To Campus From Valley
UCLA Today
Fail Harder: Lessons From L.A.'s Best Unrealized Transit Ideas
GOOD
First Wilshire Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit Lane Work Begins
Brentwood Patch
Hey, I Am Walking In Los Angeles, And You Can Too
GOOD
Historic Dayton Avenue Signal Tower Relocated As Work Begins On The Taylor Yard Development ("...as part of the site work underway at the Taylor Yard Transit Village site.")
News & Insights
Interstate 5 Lane Closures, Pavement Improvement Project
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Metro Windfall Won't Help Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Stop
Curbed LA
Metrolink To Provide TAP-Enabled Tickets
Metrolink How To Ride
Next CicLAvia To Show Off Architectural History Of Wilshire Blvd.
Curbed LA
NYC Holds Bike-Share Program Demonstration
Greenwich Time
Opinion: Metro Must Keep Faith On Gold Line (Doug Tessitor and Sam Pedroza, Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority Directors)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Secretary Of Transportation: Who Is Anthony Foxx?
AllGov
Sixth Street Bridge Replacement Bringing Upgrades All Around
Curbed LA
Struggling Ontario Unimpressed With LA's Efforts To Help
Curbed LA
Traffic Pollution May Be Harming Kids In Ways We Never Imagined
The Atlantic: Cities
Train The Trainer Pilot Courses For Incident Responders And Managers (210p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
Using Development Charges As A Transit Funding Mechanism
Human Transit
Vast Network Of Express Lanes On Way ("Despite nationwide declines in ridesharing, the San Diego region is embarking on a vast expansion of “next-generation” carpool corridors.")
San Diego Union-Tribune
Ventura County Officials Urge People To Pedal To Work
Ventura County Star
WeHo Weekend "Entertainment Shuttle" Gets Branding Company
WeHoVille
Work On 5, 170 Freeways To Divert Traffic Tuesday And Wednesday
Los Angeles Daily News
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