Adding More Transportation to the Climate Change Mix
LA StreetsBlog
Anaheim mayor will lead fight for high-speed rail line - Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle will help state vie for $8 billion in federal stimulus funds
OC Register
ARRA Surface Transportation Funds Missing the Smart Growth Mark
Smart Growth Online
BART and MUNI labor relations in a crushing economic climate
Examiner
Big Boss Tours Gold Line Extension
Curbed LA
Cubic Purchase Will Expand and Strengthen Services Operations in U.S. Public Transport
Earthtimes
Developer files claim against city for $10.5 million
Desert Sun
Finmeccanica's AnsaldoBreda In Deal For Chinese Subway System
Wall Street Journal
For Los Angeles, it's 'hard to plan' for memorial
USA Today
Free Park and Ride with the Los Angeles Metro
Travelin’ Local
Gold Line's Eastside Extension is a model for America
USDOT Fastlane
Google Transit Arrives in L.A.
LA StreetsBlog
Google Transit for Metro is Here (in Beta)
Curbed LA
Google Transit Finally Launches in Los Angeles (Metro Calls it a Data Test)*
LAist
Google Transit Live in Los Angeles
MetroRiderLA
Los Angeles gets Google Transit
Green LA Girl
MBTA tests collision-avoidance system for trolleys
The Transit Wire
Metro Considers Ending Rush Hour Ban for Bikes on Trains
LA StreetsBlog
Metrolink to Add More Service for Michael Jackson Memorial
LAist
Michael Jackson Memorial Could Suspend Blue Line Service
LAist
More serious thinking about high speed rail
Trains for America
New land-use revisions call for increasing housing density
Pasadena Star News
Obituary - Dr. Zdenek Dan Eisenstein PhD, DSc, PEng 1936 - 2009
Tunnel Talk
Officials to roll out vision for downtown Long Beach - Preliminary plan will include zoning, design and development standards
Press Telegram
Transportation Reauthorization Depends On Funding Sources
Planetizen
USDOT, two states agree to extend California HSR corridor from L.A. to Las Vegas
Progressive Railroading
Utah Transit Riders Use Smart Cards to Pay Fares
Government Technology
7/06/2009
Transportation Headlines for Monday July 6, 2009
California's ports: transportation leadership at work
USDOT Fastlane
Considerations for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane To High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lane Conversions Guidebook Now Available
Federal Highway Administration
Expo Line Transit Service Interface Proposal — Part 1: Culver CityBus
MetroRiderLA
Foothill Transit bus line spends $259,000 for wheel polisher from foreign country
Whittier Daily News
Four pillars of effective use of Web 2.0 in government
The Transit Wire
Google Transit Is Now Operational, Angelenos!
Militant Angeleno
Inland cities jockey for position for high-speed rail stops
Press Enterprise
Los Angeles Metro is now on Google Maps
Travelin’ Local
Metro to Detour Numerous Bus Lines due to Street Closures for Michael Jackson Memorial in Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New rail corridor between L.A. and Las Vegas could doom maglev project - Corridor along I-15 draws support from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who says he will try to move funds from the maglev project to a new, European-style train system
Los Angeles Times
Orange County takes over the CHSRA Board
California High Speed Rail Blog
Portland Studies Streetcar Expansion Citywide
Transport Politic
Richardson Plans Bill That Would Force Distribution Of Port Levies
Long Beach Press-Telegram
State’s Gas Consumption Falls For A 12th Quarter
Sacramento Bee
Super Shuttle Is Last Shuttle Standing At Ontario Airport After New Rules Take Effect Today
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Subway Fares around the World
Tree Hugger
Tagger who L.A. mayor offered to mentor is arrested again
Los Angeles Times
Update On The Iconic Freeway Structure
I Will Ride
US Railcar to Resume Production of Former Colorado Railcar DMU
Trains for America
Valley gateway across the 210 Freeway moves closer to reality
Pasadena Star News
USDOT Fastlane
Considerations for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane To High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lane Conversions Guidebook Now Available
Federal Highway Administration
Expo Line Transit Service Interface Proposal — Part 1: Culver CityBus
MetroRiderLA
Foothill Transit bus line spends $259,000 for wheel polisher from foreign country
Whittier Daily News
Four pillars of effective use of Web 2.0 in government
The Transit Wire
Google Transit Is Now Operational, Angelenos!
Militant Angeleno
Inland cities jockey for position for high-speed rail stops
Press Enterprise
Los Angeles Metro is now on Google Maps
Travelin’ Local
Metro to Detour Numerous Bus Lines due to Street Closures for Michael Jackson Memorial in Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New rail corridor between L.A. and Las Vegas could doom maglev project - Corridor along I-15 draws support from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who says he will try to move funds from the maglev project to a new, European-style train system
Los Angeles Times
Orange County takes over the CHSRA Board
California High Speed Rail Blog
Portland Studies Streetcar Expansion Citywide
Transport Politic
Richardson Plans Bill That Would Force Distribution Of Port Levies
Long Beach Press-Telegram
State’s Gas Consumption Falls For A 12th Quarter
Sacramento Bee
Super Shuttle Is Last Shuttle Standing At Ontario Airport After New Rules Take Effect Today
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Subway Fares around the World
Tree Hugger
Tagger who L.A. mayor offered to mentor is arrested again
Los Angeles Times
Update On The Iconic Freeway Structure
I Will Ride
US Railcar to Resume Production of Former Colorado Railcar DMU
Trains for America
Valley gateway across the 210 Freeway moves closer to reality
Pasadena Star News
7/02/2009
Transportation Headlines for Thursday July 2, 2009
13 States Adopting California Clean Car Standards Would Reap Significant Economic And Environmental Benefits
Environmental Defense Fund
Administration Releases Their Principles For An 18-Month Transportation Bill
Transportation For America
The Best U.S. Transit Systems You Never Knew Existed
Grist
A Breakdown Of LA’s Stimulus Money Efforts
Public CEO
Court Rejects State Raids On Transit Funding
California Transit Association
Editorial: A Road Map Or A Road To Ruin? The House Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure Has Laid Out A $500 Billion Blueprint Of Highway, Bridge, Rail And Green Projects. The Problem Is, It Hasn’t Found A Way To Pay For It
Los Angeles Times
EPA Targets Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions Near Freeways
Los Angeles Times
Glendale City Councilman Najarian Takes Over As Metro Board Chair
LA StreetsBlog
How To Convince A Conservative To Support Public Transportation
Infrastructurist
Metro’s New LRTP Boosts Bike/Ped Funding From 2008 Draft Levels
LA StreetsBlog
Obama Administration’s Transportation Goals: Read Them Here
LA StreetsBlog
Path Clears For Federal Support Of Fast Train To California: Transportation Chief Will Announce Key Designation For Las Vegas Route Today
Las Vegas Sun
Ride Report: Metro Line 632, The Gold Line Emulator
MetroRiderLA
Transit Authorities Testing Site For Future Gold Line Bridge
Pasadena Star-News
Unveiled: First American-Made Streetcar In 60 Years
Infrastructurist
Environmental Defense Fund
Administration Releases Their Principles For An 18-Month Transportation Bill
Transportation For America
The Best U.S. Transit Systems You Never Knew Existed
Grist
A Breakdown Of LA’s Stimulus Money Efforts
Public CEO
Court Rejects State Raids On Transit Funding
California Transit Association
Editorial: A Road Map Or A Road To Ruin? The House Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure Has Laid Out A $500 Billion Blueprint Of Highway, Bridge, Rail And Green Projects. The Problem Is, It Hasn’t Found A Way To Pay For It
Los Angeles Times
EPA Targets Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions Near Freeways
Los Angeles Times
Glendale City Councilman Najarian Takes Over As Metro Board Chair
LA StreetsBlog
How To Convince A Conservative To Support Public Transportation
Infrastructurist
Metro’s New LRTP Boosts Bike/Ped Funding From 2008 Draft Levels
LA StreetsBlog
Obama Administration’s Transportation Goals: Read Them Here
LA StreetsBlog
Path Clears For Federal Support Of Fast Train To California: Transportation Chief Will Announce Key Designation For Las Vegas Route Today
Las Vegas Sun
Ride Report: Metro Line 632, The Gold Line Emulator
MetroRiderLA
Transit Authorities Testing Site For Future Gold Line Bridge
Pasadena Star-News
Unveiled: First American-Made Streetcar In 60 Years
Infrastructurist
7/01/2009
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday July 1, 2009
$20 Billion Needed For Highway, Transit Projects (audio)
NPR
120 Days In, SGA Reviews The Stimulus Spending On Transportation
Smart Growth America
Bikers To Congress: Give Us Some Respect!
Wall Street Journal
Caltrans Working Hard To Speed Up Local Streets
LA StreetsBlog
City Celebrates Groundbreaking Of Bike Path Extension In Elysian Valley
LA StreetsBlog
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa To Be Sworn In At 11 a.m.
Los Angeles Daily News
The Metro Crash: A Nation’s Aging Transit System
Time
Measure R Sales Tax Hike Goes Into Effect Today
Los Angeles Times
MTA To Make Changes For Disabled Riders
KABC-TV
New Installment Of Open Source Transit Coming Next Week
MetroRiderLA
One Small, Green Rail Line Makes Peace At The Ports Of L.A. And Long Beach
Los Angeles Times
Our View: Voters Spoke, Now We Pay
Pasadena Star-News
Report: Transportation Stimulus Decisions Missed Golden Opportunities
PR Newswire
U.S. Must Boost Gas Tax, Transportation Expert Says: More Federal Money Needed For Aging Roads And Bridges
Baltimore Sun
NPR
120 Days In, SGA Reviews The Stimulus Spending On Transportation
Smart Growth America
Bikers To Congress: Give Us Some Respect!
Wall Street Journal
Caltrans Working Hard To Speed Up Local Streets
LA StreetsBlog
City Celebrates Groundbreaking Of Bike Path Extension In Elysian Valley
LA StreetsBlog
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa To Be Sworn In At 11 a.m.
Los Angeles Daily News
The Metro Crash: A Nation’s Aging Transit System
Time
Measure R Sales Tax Hike Goes Into Effect Today
Los Angeles Times
MTA To Make Changes For Disabled Riders
KABC-TV
New Installment Of Open Source Transit Coming Next Week
MetroRiderLA
One Small, Green Rail Line Makes Peace At The Ports Of L.A. And Long Beach
Los Angeles Times
Our View: Voters Spoke, Now We Pay
Pasadena Star-News
Report: Transportation Stimulus Decisions Missed Golden Opportunities
PR Newswire
U.S. Must Boost Gas Tax, Transportation Expert Says: More Federal Money Needed For Aging Roads And Bridges
Baltimore Sun
6/30/2009
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday June 30, 2009
Bigger Tax Burden Looms: Consumers, Business Owners Will Have To Pay 9.75 Percent In Los Angeles County
Los Angeles Daily News
City Considering New Locations For More Parking Meters
LAist
Harbor Area Neighborhood Councils Form Alliance
Daily Breeze
How Did The Senate’s 2008 Climate Bill Treat Transportation?
DC StreetsBlog
Late-Night Metrolink
Riding In Riverside
Long Beach Launches Bicycle Sharrows With a ‘Green Lane’
LAist
Metrorail Crash May Exemplify Automation Paradox
Washington Post
New Metro ‘Service Enhancements’ In Effect: Gold Line Bus, Rapid Line Canceled
LAist
Officials: El Monte Transit Project In Spotlight, But Still Viable
Pasadena Star-News
Opinion: Besides Rail, We Need Smart Transportation Technology
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Roads Less Traveled: States Spending On Roads, Not Public Transportation
Wall Street Journal
Transportation Safety Board ‘Calls It Like It Sees It’
NPR
West Coast Port Execs Hit DC To Lobby For Freight Funding
Cunningham Report
Who Owns Muni’s Arrival And Departure Times? That Depends On Whom You Ask
SF Weekly
Los Angeles Daily News
City Considering New Locations For More Parking Meters
LAist
Harbor Area Neighborhood Councils Form Alliance
Daily Breeze
How Did The Senate’s 2008 Climate Bill Treat Transportation?
DC StreetsBlog
Late-Night Metrolink
Riding In Riverside
Long Beach Launches Bicycle Sharrows With a ‘Green Lane’
LAist
Metrorail Crash May Exemplify Automation Paradox
Washington Post
New Metro ‘Service Enhancements’ In Effect: Gold Line Bus, Rapid Line Canceled
LAist
Officials: El Monte Transit Project In Spotlight, But Still Viable
Pasadena Star-News
Opinion: Besides Rail, We Need Smart Transportation Technology
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Roads Less Traveled: States Spending On Roads, Not Public Transportation
Wall Street Journal
Transportation Safety Board ‘Calls It Like It Sees It’
NPR
West Coast Port Execs Hit DC To Lobby For Freight Funding
Cunningham Report
Who Owns Muni’s Arrival And Departure Times? That Depends On Whom You Ask
SF Weekly
6/29/2009
Transportation Headlines for Monday June 29, 2009
BART, largest unions extend contracts to July 9
San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area transit riders about to pay more
San Francisco Chronicle
California's hands-free cell phone law is increasingly being ignored
Mercury News
Cities prepare for court fight over state’s shift of local funds
Capitol Weekly
District of Columbia launches “Where’s My Bus?”
The Transit Wire
Do Shiny New Roads “Only Make Idiots More Dangerous”?
LA StreetsBlog
Good job, y’all! Rise in annual global CO2 emissions halved in 2008
Transport Gooru
HUD, DOT and EPA Announce Interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities
Smart Growth
New report coming Monday: 120 days into the stimulus
Smart Growth America
Full Report: http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/documents/120days.pdf
Officials: El Monte transit project in spotlight, but still viable
Pasadena Star News
Oil jumps above $70 on Nigerian platform attack
Pasadena Star News
Opinion: Besides rail, we need smart transportation technology
Mercury News
Republicans Highly Critical of House Energy Bill
New York Times
SCAG’s Ikhrata Prioritizes Land Use, Transportation Plans
The Planning Report
'Sharrows' promote road sharing in Belmont Shore
Press Telegram
West Coast ports fearing growing competition
News Tribune
San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area transit riders about to pay more
San Francisco Chronicle
California's hands-free cell phone law is increasingly being ignored
Mercury News
Cities prepare for court fight over state’s shift of local funds
Capitol Weekly
District of Columbia launches “Where’s My Bus?”
The Transit Wire
Do Shiny New Roads “Only Make Idiots More Dangerous”?
LA StreetsBlog
Good job, y’all! Rise in annual global CO2 emissions halved in 2008
Transport Gooru
HUD, DOT and EPA Announce Interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities
Smart Growth
New report coming Monday: 120 days into the stimulus
Smart Growth America
Full Report: http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/documents/120days.pdf
Officials: El Monte transit project in spotlight, but still viable
Pasadena Star News
Oil jumps above $70 on Nigerian platform attack
Pasadena Star News
Opinion: Besides rail, we need smart transportation technology
Mercury News
Republicans Highly Critical of House Energy Bill
New York Times
SCAG’s Ikhrata Prioritizes Land Use, Transportation Plans
The Planning Report
'Sharrows' promote road sharing in Belmont Shore
Press Telegram
West Coast ports fearing growing competition
News Tribune
6/28/2009
Transportation Headlines for Sunday June 28, 2009
AnsaldoBreda offers to buy vacant Super Steel site
Daily Gazette
BART Looking at Vendors to Boost Revenues
Planetizen
Bicycle Use Surpasses Car Use in Amsterdam
Planetizen
Calif. to pay owners to scrap high-pollution cars
Pasadena Star News
Caltrans catches heat for meters
Crescenta Valley Sun
DesertXpress on right track? Critics say terminus in Victorville, route through national park could stymie LV rail proposal
Review Journal
Governor's last stand: his way or IOUs
Los Angeles Times
LA city forestalls layoffs through cost-cutting measures
Daily Breeze
Metrolink moves toward hiring its own train crews
Los Angeles Times
Overseas air traffic at LAX drops 20.3 percent in May
Daily Breeze
Teamsters Applaud Congress for Giving Transit Agencies Funding Flexibility
PRNewswire
Transit agency to get money for bays
Desert Sun
Transportation funds misdirected, analysis says
San Francisco Chronicle
Who Cares About Transportation?
Tolling Points
Who Should Build America's Rail System?
NewsWithViews
Will Oberstar’s Grand Highway Plan Stall?
CQ Politics
Daily Gazette
BART Looking at Vendors to Boost Revenues
Planetizen
Bicycle Use Surpasses Car Use in Amsterdam
Planetizen
Calif. to pay owners to scrap high-pollution cars
Pasadena Star News
Caltrans catches heat for meters
Crescenta Valley Sun
DesertXpress on right track? Critics say terminus in Victorville, route through national park could stymie LV rail proposal
Review Journal
Governor's last stand: his way or IOUs
Los Angeles Times
LA city forestalls layoffs through cost-cutting measures
Daily Breeze
Metrolink moves toward hiring its own train crews
Los Angeles Times
Overseas air traffic at LAX drops 20.3 percent in May
Daily Breeze
Teamsters Applaud Congress for Giving Transit Agencies Funding Flexibility
PRNewswire
Transit agency to get money for bays
Desert Sun
Transportation funds misdirected, analysis says
San Francisco Chronicle
Who Cares About Transportation?
Tolling Points
Who Should Build America's Rail System?
NewsWithViews
Will Oberstar’s Grand Highway Plan Stall?
CQ Politics
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