Chicago balances budget without cuts, increases
Metro Magazine
DC Metro signaling system continues to fail
USA Today
Federal bill extension keeps Inland road plans on course
Press Enterprise
Metro Clarifies Position on Access to Express Lanes
LA StreetsBlog
New Train Lines to be Fast-Tracked Tomorrow?
CurbedLA
NTSB issues safety recommendation to D.C. Metro
Metro Magazine
Private Section Interest in High Speed Rail
California High Speed Rail Blog
Riverside Co. transit projects appear on track
Press Enterprise
Streetsblog Interview: Introducing Art Leahy
LA Streetsblog
Streetsblog Interview: The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
LA Streetsblog
Stimulus: DOT momentum creating jobs, rebuilding infrastructure
USDOT Fastlane
Trolley is cool and 'so cute'
Press Enterprise
U.S. Chamber Wants Congress to Expedite Transportation Bill
Journal of Commerce
U.S. Senate Committee OKs $20 billion for highway fund
Reuters
White House Staying Quiet For Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill
LA StreetsBlog
Wilshire/Normandie Purple Line Getting Gates
CurbedLA
Yelphikers Guide to ... Metro Orange Line
Yelp
7/15/2009
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday July 15, 2009
Amtrak mooning draws crowd of 1,000
UPI
BART a National Leader in Real-Time Data Transparency and Development
SF Streetsblog
Big chunk of bus service to be cut in March - By March 2010, 22 percent of bus service will be cut to deal with budget woes
OC Register
Design Flexibility Considerations for Built Urban Environments
Transportation Research Board
Expo Line Maintenance Yard, Take 2
Curbed LA
First Subway Fare Gates Coming this Week
LAist
International Scan Summary Report on Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety and Mobility
Transportation Research Board
Long Beach Port Traffic Decline Continues
Los Angeles Business Journal
LRT News: July 2009
Transportation Research Board
Measure R Acceleration Plans Aren’t a Political Slam Dunk
LA Streetsblog
Metrolink station gets new parking garage
Press Enterprise
OC transit officials push back date for more cuts
89.3 KPCC
Proposing a new plan for Expo maintenance yard
Santa Monica Daily Press
Santa Monica looking at new plan for Expo Line maintenance yard
Los Angeles Times
Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter - June 2009
Transportation Research Board
USDOT Announces HSR Pre Applications
California High Speed Rail Blog
Voinovich Joins House Dems in Saying No to Transpo Funding Stopgap
DC Streetsblog
UPI
BART a National Leader in Real-Time Data Transparency and Development
SF Streetsblog
Big chunk of bus service to be cut in March - By March 2010, 22 percent of bus service will be cut to deal with budget woes
OC Register
Design Flexibility Considerations for Built Urban Environments
Transportation Research Board
Expo Line Maintenance Yard, Take 2
Curbed LA
First Subway Fare Gates Coming this Week
LAist
International Scan Summary Report on Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety and Mobility
Transportation Research Board
Long Beach Port Traffic Decline Continues
Los Angeles Business Journal
LRT News: July 2009
Transportation Research Board
Measure R Acceleration Plans Aren’t a Political Slam Dunk
LA Streetsblog
Metrolink station gets new parking garage
Press Enterprise
OC transit officials push back date for more cuts
89.3 KPCC
Proposing a new plan for Expo maintenance yard
Santa Monica Daily Press
Santa Monica looking at new plan for Expo Line maintenance yard
Los Angeles Times
Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter - June 2009
Transportation Research Board
USDOT Announces HSR Pre Applications
California High Speed Rail Blog
Voinovich Joins House Dems in Saying No to Transpo Funding Stopgap
DC Streetsblog
7/14/2009
Transportation Headlines for Tuesday July 14, 2009
City of Anaheim Selects HOK Los Angeles and Parsons Brinckerhoff to Design and Create the Iconic Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center
Earthtimes
CityWatchLA - Metro’s Identity Crisis
SoapBoxLA
Councilman urges bonds for green projects including L.A. River and CleanTech zone
Los Angeles Times
Coverage of Request for Congressional Investigation of MTA
Citizen’s Campaign to Fix Expo
Editorial: A little relief on roadways - Gas prices, economy cited
Ventura County Star
Fare Gates for Metro Trains Are Coming, But Slowly
LA Streetsblog
FHWA Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter – June 2009
Transport Gooru
How Do We Modernize Transportation For An Unknown Future?
National Journal
Latest in de-car-ing: Bikes on trains, women on the move
Green LA Girl
New Big Blue Bus Stops
Mikhail Silin’s Blog
Obama Paints a New Vision for Nation's Urban Policy
Washington Post
Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money
StreetsBlog
Purple Line in puberty
MetroRiderLA
Smart Growth Policies Book
Smart Growth Online
This Week’s Measure R Workshop; Accelerated Rail Projects; and Villaraigosa Wants Foothill Extension in 2013
I Will Ride
Three Rail Projects Could Have Timelines Moved Up, Mayor & Advocates Seeking More
LAist
Transit Outsourcing Booms — But Are There Safety Trade-offs?
LA Streetsblog
Transportation Bill Inches Forward
National League of Cities
Trutanich criticizes city planners for approving billboard plan
Los Angeles Times
Earthtimes
CityWatchLA - Metro’s Identity Crisis
SoapBoxLA
Councilman urges bonds for green projects including L.A. River and CleanTech zone
Los Angeles Times
Coverage of Request for Congressional Investigation of MTA
Citizen’s Campaign to Fix Expo
Editorial: A little relief on roadways - Gas prices, economy cited
Ventura County Star
Fare Gates for Metro Trains Are Coming, But Slowly
LA Streetsblog
FHWA Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter – June 2009
Transport Gooru
How Do We Modernize Transportation For An Unknown Future?
National Journal
Latest in de-car-ing: Bikes on trains, women on the move
Green LA Girl
New Big Blue Bus Stops
Mikhail Silin’s Blog
Obama Paints a New Vision for Nation's Urban Policy
Washington Post
Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money
StreetsBlog
Purple Line in puberty
MetroRiderLA
Smart Growth Policies Book
Smart Growth Online
This Week’s Measure R Workshop; Accelerated Rail Projects; and Villaraigosa Wants Foothill Extension in 2013
I Will Ride
Three Rail Projects Could Have Timelines Moved Up, Mayor & Advocates Seeking More
LAist
Transit Outsourcing Booms — But Are There Safety Trade-offs?
LA Streetsblog
Transportation Bill Inches Forward
National League of Cities
Trutanich criticizes city planners for approving billboard plan
Los Angeles Times
7/13/2009
Transportation Headlines for Monday July 13, 2009
Appiphilia: Some Google Maps smartphone apps get L.A. transit info
Los Angeles Times
Call to shift car plants to bullet trains
Pedestrian View of Los Angeles
City Considering a Bicycle Rental Facility for Downtown
LAist
County raises bus fares to Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties - One-way fare will increase by 50 cents in fall, and by 50 cents again next year
Ventura County Star
CurbedWire: Subway Soil Testing on Wilshire, Shy Still Painting
LA Curbed
Dear Eastsider: What’s to keep my car from plunging into the Arroyo Seco?
The Eastsider
DHS Allocates Grants Based on Risk, but Its Risk Methodology, Management Controls, and Grant Oversight Can Be Strengthened
GAO
Duarte MTA open house, tours of light rail yards
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Downtown Streetcar Project Opens Website, Seeks Feedback
LA Streetsblog
Google this: SEPTA getting more searches since Google Transit go-live
Examiner
Green Line to LAX Takes Another Step
LAist
It’s official: Los Angeles Metro is on Google Transit
The Transit Wire
LA Metro, Riverside Transit Agency, SEPTA and many more join Google Transit
Trillium
Metro Proposes Canning Rush-Hour Bike-on-Rail Ban, Limiting Bikes Per Railcar
LAist
New LA Marathon Route Could End in Santa Monica
LAist
Highway Toll Lane Construction Bill Stalled in State Senate Committee
SF StreetsBlog
Metro rep tells WANA about possible new LB light-rail line
Signal Tribune
Poll touts 710 tunnel - Survey of 200 Glendale residents shows more than 50% supporting the freeway connector
Glendale News Press
Ports of LA and Long Beach can cruise into prosperity
Daily Breeze
Reduce the Costs of Traffic Congestion by using Metro
Travelin’ Local
Regional Council of the Southern California Association of Governments offers scholarship opportunity for students
Whittier Daily News
Streetcar Project Unveils New Website, Asks for Input on Route
Blogdowntown
TEMECULA: New express bus links Temecula, Escondido
The Californian
Texas Transportation Institute’s New Congestion Report Drives Home the Value of Public Transportation to Help Alleviate Congestion
American Public Transportation Association
The Fourth Urbanism
Planetizen
Traffic congestion eases in Riverside, San Diego counties
Valley News
White House to Push Forward on National Urban Policy Agenda
Washington Post
Who's Next on Google Transit? A Sampling
LAist
Los Angeles Times
Call to shift car plants to bullet trains
Pedestrian View of Los Angeles
City Considering a Bicycle Rental Facility for Downtown
LAist
County raises bus fares to Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties - One-way fare will increase by 50 cents in fall, and by 50 cents again next year
Ventura County Star
CurbedWire: Subway Soil Testing on Wilshire, Shy Still Painting
LA Curbed
Dear Eastsider: What’s to keep my car from plunging into the Arroyo Seco?
The Eastsider
DHS Allocates Grants Based on Risk, but Its Risk Methodology, Management Controls, and Grant Oversight Can Be Strengthened
GAO
Duarte MTA open house, tours of light rail yards
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Downtown Streetcar Project Opens Website, Seeks Feedback
LA Streetsblog
Google this: SEPTA getting more searches since Google Transit go-live
Examiner
Green Line to LAX Takes Another Step
LAist
It’s official: Los Angeles Metro is on Google Transit
The Transit Wire
LA Metro, Riverside Transit Agency, SEPTA and many more join Google Transit
Trillium
Metro Proposes Canning Rush-Hour Bike-on-Rail Ban, Limiting Bikes Per Railcar
LAist
New LA Marathon Route Could End in Santa Monica
LAist
Highway Toll Lane Construction Bill Stalled in State Senate Committee
SF StreetsBlog
Metro rep tells WANA about possible new LB light-rail line
Signal Tribune
Poll touts 710 tunnel - Survey of 200 Glendale residents shows more than 50% supporting the freeway connector
Glendale News Press
Ports of LA and Long Beach can cruise into prosperity
Daily Breeze
Reduce the Costs of Traffic Congestion by using Metro
Travelin’ Local
Regional Council of the Southern California Association of Governments offers scholarship opportunity for students
Whittier Daily News
Streetcar Project Unveils New Website, Asks for Input on Route
Blogdowntown
TEMECULA: New express bus links Temecula, Escondido
The Californian
Texas Transportation Institute’s New Congestion Report Drives Home the Value of Public Transportation to Help Alleviate Congestion
American Public Transportation Association
The Fourth Urbanism
Planetizen
Traffic congestion eases in Riverside, San Diego counties
Valley News
White House to Push Forward on National Urban Policy Agenda
Washington Post
Who's Next on Google Transit? A Sampling
LAist
7/10/2009
Transportation Headlines for Friday July 10, 2009
405 and 101 Interchange to Be Expanded
NBC News
Burbank and Van Nuys airports must work together for night curfews
Daily News
Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities
New York Time
California gets $237M in federal transit improvement funds
89.3 KPCC
Caltrans to Bankroll Million Dollar SCAG “Congestion Study”
Sierra Madre Weekly
Ending Metro’s Rush Hour Ban on Bikes Comes at a Steep Cost
LA StreetsBlog
Expo Line Transit Service Interface Proposal — Part 3: Metro
MetroRiderLA
Freeway Air Pollution Is So Much Worse Than You Thought
The Infrastructurist
Google Makes it Easier to Get Around LA
NBC News
Google Transit Officially Launches with Metro, Big Blue Bus Coming Soon
LAist
Metro Opening It’s Own Blog, Looking for Blogger
LA StreetsBlog
More Green Line to LAX Talk
CurbedLA
MTA will link LA-area transit info to Google Maps
Daily Breeze
Riders criticize plan for higher bus fare
Ventura County Star
RTD scraps real-time arrival updates
The Transit Wire
Soil Samples Studied for Subway to the Sea
Beverly Press (page 1 and 21)
Take a ride with LA Metro in Google Transit
Geo2web
Tolling, Part II
Transport Politic
Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus
Streetsblog
NBC News
Burbank and Van Nuys airports must work together for night curfews
Daily News
Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities
New York Time
California gets $237M in federal transit improvement funds
89.3 KPCC
Caltrans to Bankroll Million Dollar SCAG “Congestion Study”
Sierra Madre Weekly
Ending Metro’s Rush Hour Ban on Bikes Comes at a Steep Cost
LA StreetsBlog
Expo Line Transit Service Interface Proposal — Part 3: Metro
MetroRiderLA
Freeway Air Pollution Is So Much Worse Than You Thought
The Infrastructurist
Google Makes it Easier to Get Around LA
NBC News
Google Transit Officially Launches with Metro, Big Blue Bus Coming Soon
LAist
Metro Opening It’s Own Blog, Looking for Blogger
LA StreetsBlog
More Green Line to LAX Talk
CurbedLA
MTA will link LA-area transit info to Google Maps
Daily Breeze
Riders criticize plan for higher bus fare
Ventura County Star
RTD scraps real-time arrival updates
The Transit Wire
Soil Samples Studied for Subway to the Sea
Beverly Press (page 1 and 21)
Take a ride with LA Metro in Google Transit
Geo2web
Tolling, Part II
Transport Politic
Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus
Streetsblog
7/09/2009
Transportation Headlines for Thursday July 9, 2009
100% Natural Gas Buses for Seoul By 2010
NGV Global News
Americans Waste 175 Million Years In Traffic Jams (But That’s Good News!)
The Infrastrurist
California bill would ban trucks from Angeles Crest Highway
Land Line
Caltrans reopens 10-mile section of Angeles Crest
La Cañada Valley Sun
Caltrans to resurface I-215 between Perris and Moreno Valley between 9 p.m and 5 a.m. every night this week
Valley News
Cities Lose Out on Road Funds From Federal Stimulus
New York Times
Daily Dig - ‘Hybrid Double Decker Bus’ Edition
The Infrastrurist
How Much LA Traffic Costs You
Curbed LA
Governor's borrowing plan risks stimulus funds
San Francisco Chronicle
Green Line To LAX At Last? F'reals Now?
Militant Angeleno
LACMTA installs Najarian as chairman, nears light-rail extension opening
Progressive Railroading
LA council orders LAX to study Green Line extension
Daily Breeze
Metro unveils new mascot (and video display news)
MetroRiderLA
Motorists get break in traffic congestion
USA Today
Natural Gas Cars Finally Getting Federal Attention, T. Boone Stoked
Earth2Tech
New bus route links Beaumont, Calimesa
Press Enterprise
Ports benefit from EPA Recovery Act grants
Daily Breeze
Report on Montebello's transit operations on Saturday
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Roads in Los Angeles, Orange counties most congested in the United States - However, drivers faced slightly less delay because of rising gas prices, according to an annual report for 2007 by the Texas Transportation Institute
Los Angeles Times
Santa Monica Curbs Cabs
Santa Monica Lookout News
Study: Traffic congestion eases in L.A.
Daily News
Surprise: Los Angeles does not rank as safest in driving report
Los Angeles Times
Third Unanimous Vote for Cedillo's 710 Bill, South Pasadena Reaffirms Support
OBSNews
TTI: Traffic costs $87B in fuel, lost productivity
Metro Magazine
Transit agency extends ban on big rigs on SR-2
Pasadena Star News
Transportation Apps: Are We There Yet?
Read, Write, Web
USA is way behind on high speed rail, and it’s not all bad
Trains for America
U.S. EPA Awards More Than $25 million in Recovery Act Funding to California Communities to Reduce Diesel Emissions and Create Jobs
EPA
NGV Global News
Americans Waste 175 Million Years In Traffic Jams (But That’s Good News!)
The Infrastrurist
California bill would ban trucks from Angeles Crest Highway
Land Line
Caltrans reopens 10-mile section of Angeles Crest
La Cañada Valley Sun
Caltrans to resurface I-215 between Perris and Moreno Valley between 9 p.m and 5 a.m. every night this week
Valley News
Cities Lose Out on Road Funds From Federal Stimulus
New York Times
Daily Dig - ‘Hybrid Double Decker Bus’ Edition
The Infrastrurist
How Much LA Traffic Costs You
Curbed LA
Governor's borrowing plan risks stimulus funds
San Francisco Chronicle
Green Line To LAX At Last? F'reals Now?
Militant Angeleno
LACMTA installs Najarian as chairman, nears light-rail extension opening
Progressive Railroading
LA council orders LAX to study Green Line extension
Daily Breeze
Metro unveils new mascot (and video display news)
MetroRiderLA
Motorists get break in traffic congestion
USA Today
Natural Gas Cars Finally Getting Federal Attention, T. Boone Stoked
Earth2Tech
New bus route links Beaumont, Calimesa
Press Enterprise
Ports benefit from EPA Recovery Act grants
Daily Breeze
Report on Montebello's transit operations on Saturday
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Roads in Los Angeles, Orange counties most congested in the United States - However, drivers faced slightly less delay because of rising gas prices, according to an annual report for 2007 by the Texas Transportation Institute
Los Angeles Times
Santa Monica Curbs Cabs
Santa Monica Lookout News
Study: Traffic congestion eases in L.A.
Daily News
Surprise: Los Angeles does not rank as safest in driving report
Los Angeles Times
Third Unanimous Vote for Cedillo's 710 Bill, South Pasadena Reaffirms Support
OBSNews
TTI: Traffic costs $87B in fuel, lost productivity
Metro Magazine
Transit agency extends ban on big rigs on SR-2
Pasadena Star News
Transportation Apps: Are We There Yet?
Read, Write, Web
USA is way behind on high speed rail, and it’s not all bad
Trains for America
U.S. EPA Awards More Than $25 million in Recovery Act Funding to California Communities to Reduce Diesel Emissions and Create Jobs
EPA
7/08/2009
Transportation Headlines for Wednesday July 8, 2009
2009 Annual Urban Mobility Report
Texas Transportation Insitute
710 Freeway bill progressing in state legislature
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Cash Incentives for Carpooling to Get a Trial Run in D.C. Area
Washington Post
Claremont planners to consider giving go-ahead to affordable housing
Daily Bulletin
Court Rejects State Raids on Transit Funding
California Transit Assocation
Expo Line Transit Service Interface Proposal — Part 2: Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus
MetroRiderLA
Hankla: Many Goals Met, More Still To Do, Port in Good Hands
Cunningham Report
Integrating the Priorities of Transportation Agencies and Utility Companies
Transportation Research Board
Is the State Legislature going to screw up HSR?
California High Speed Rail Blog
LA Metro (quietly) tests Google Transit
The Transit Wire
L.A. traffic improving, but still bad
Press Telegram
Long Beach Preparing To Integrate With Google Transit
Long Beach Post
Pedestrian Forum - Summer 2009
Transportation Research Board
Report: Infrastructure Spending to Fall in 2009
Journal of Commerce
Riverside Transit Agency offers two new bus routes
Press Enterprise
Roundabouts 20% More Effective At Moving Traffic
Planetizen
South Pas Tunnel Clears Another Hurdle
LA Curbed
Stuck in traffic less? Study says thank economy
CNN
The Imminent Irrelevance of Randal O’Toole
Streetsblog
Track Measure R Projects Online
County Supervisor Mark Ridely-Thomas
Traffic congestion dipping as economy falters
AP
Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 28
Transportation Research Board
Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2008
Transportation Research Board
USDOT Secretary LaHood: Gold Line Eastside a Model Project
LA Streetsblog
Value Capture for Transportation Finance
Transportation Research Board
Why California “Leaders” Can’t Make a Deal
CityWatch
World’s First Cargo Ship Propelled by Solar Panels
Inhabitat
Texas Transportation Insitute
710 Freeway bill progressing in state legislature
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Cash Incentives for Carpooling to Get a Trial Run in D.C. Area
Washington Post
Claremont planners to consider giving go-ahead to affordable housing
Daily Bulletin
Court Rejects State Raids on Transit Funding
California Transit Assocation
Expo Line Transit Service Interface Proposal — Part 2: Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus
MetroRiderLA
Hankla: Many Goals Met, More Still To Do, Port in Good Hands
Cunningham Report
Integrating the Priorities of Transportation Agencies and Utility Companies
Transportation Research Board
Is the State Legislature going to screw up HSR?
California High Speed Rail Blog
LA Metro (quietly) tests Google Transit
The Transit Wire
L.A. traffic improving, but still bad
Press Telegram
Long Beach Preparing To Integrate With Google Transit
Long Beach Post
Pedestrian Forum - Summer 2009
Transportation Research Board
Report: Infrastructure Spending to Fall in 2009
Journal of Commerce
Riverside Transit Agency offers two new bus routes
Press Enterprise
Roundabouts 20% More Effective At Moving Traffic
Planetizen
South Pas Tunnel Clears Another Hurdle
LA Curbed
Stuck in traffic less? Study says thank economy
CNN
The Imminent Irrelevance of Randal O’Toole
Streetsblog
Track Measure R Projects Online
County Supervisor Mark Ridely-Thomas
Traffic congestion dipping as economy falters
AP
Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 28
Transportation Research Board
Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2008
Transportation Research Board
USDOT Secretary LaHood: Gold Line Eastside a Model Project
LA Streetsblog
Value Capture for Transportation Finance
Transportation Research Board
Why California “Leaders” Can’t Make a Deal
CityWatch
World’s First Cargo Ship Propelled by Solar Panels
Inhabitat
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