The 7 Best Railway Trips (photos)
Huffington Post
The 8 Sexiest Subway Systems In The World (photos)
Huffington Post
Bottom Line: Through Wesson's Tireless Advocacy, Crenshaw Corridor Gets A Square Deal
Los Angeles Wave
A Chat With T4America Director James Corless
Bike Portland
Congestion, You Say? That's What Trains Are For
Trucking Info
[D.C.] Metro Seeks To Ease Congestion On Busy Bus Routes, Saving Time And Millions
Washington Post
How Fast Is Your Bus? WMATA Maps Bus Speeds
Greater Greater Washington
Former Mayor, Others Oppose City's Plans For More Mixed-Use Development For Downtown South Pasadena
Pasadena Star-News
The Hidden (And Massive) Costs Of Letting Our Roads Deteriorate
Infrastructurist
The High Price Of BART's Expansion
San Francisco Examiner
Information Innovation: Metro Transportation Library Leads The Way
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Looking Into Los Angeles' 2010 Draft Bike Plan
StreetsBlog LA
The Mission Ahead: Recalibrating "Urbandwith" ("Short of the word “urbanism” and its modified variants, there is no one English word which holistically captures the qualities of livable cites or the associated metrics that many commentators tout and exemplify.")
Myurbanist
Nearly $80 Billion Needed to Shore Up Nation's Rail, Bus System, Study Shows
The Hill
FTA Press Release
Full-Text Report: National State Of Good Repair Assessment 2010 (35p. PDF)
Public Transit CIOs Form Consortium (12 CIOs representing some of the biggest transit agencies in the U.S. have formed a consortium that will expedite collaboration, education and the sharing of technology solutions)
Government Technology
Taking Photos In Public Places Is Not A Crime: Analysis - Too Many Officials Think taking Photos Is A Crime. Here's Why They're Wrong
Popular Mechanics
TriMet Embraces Open Source With "Open Trip Planner"
Bike Portland
Westchester: Crenshaw/LAX Corridor Update Has New Options For Maintenance Yard, Possible Second Light Rail Station
The Argonaut
Working With China To Build Public Transportation In LA
Huffington Post
7/22/2010
7/21/2010
ADA Turns 20, Seat Hogs, Religion & Bus Ads, Metro Chair Drives The Bus & More
4th Annual Competition And Call Communicating Concepts With John And Jane Q. Public: Sustainability And Livability (PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board Planning And Environment Group
Amtrak To Help Communities Develop Stations For New Service
Progressive Railroading
As [D.C.] Metro Congestion Grows, So Does Anger At "Seat Hogs"
Washington Post
Seat Hogs Website
DOT Celebrates 20 Years Of Progress Under The Americans With Disabilities Act
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
DOTs, Toll Authorities Gain Fans On Social Media
NJTPA Intransition
Forecast: O.C. To Lead SoCal Economy
Orange County Register
MetroFlickrLA: Los Angeles State Historic Park
MetroRider LA
Opinion: California Shouldn't Fall Behind On License Plate Advertising: New Technologies For Displaying Messages On Motorists' License Plates Will Emerge Whether Or Not Sacramento Gets Involved. SB 1453 Will Merely Direct The DMV To Study The Issue
Los Angeles Times
Transit Agencies Find New On-Ramps To The Information Superhighway: Social Media's Stock On The Rise As A Tool To Reach The Public
NJTPA Intransition
Traveler Response To Transportation System Changes: Employer And Institutional TDM Strategies (185p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Vehicle Fee Could Bring In $5M For Street Projects ("San Francisco residents will vote in November on adopting a $10 vehicle registration fee, a measure that’s projected to generate $5 million annually for improvements to transit operations, street conditions and pedestrian networks.")
San Francisco Examiner
Speed Up Transit: Abolish The $1 Bill
Riding In Riverside
Supervisor Knabe Learns To Drive A Metro Bus (video : "As Chair of Metro, Supervisor Knabe was invited to partake in a hands on bus training session. Supervisor Knabe drove "passengers" around a course set up at the Metro Bus training center. Among the passengers was Second District Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.")
Supervisor Don Knabe via YouTube
Walking And Biking Key To Reversing U.S. Childhood Obesity Epidemic
The City Fix
When Transportation And Religion Collide: Muslim Ads On The Bus
Infrastructurist
U.S. Transportation Research Board Planning And Environment Group
Amtrak To Help Communities Develop Stations For New Service
Progressive Railroading
As [D.C.] Metro Congestion Grows, So Does Anger At "Seat Hogs"
Washington Post
Seat Hogs Website
DOT Celebrates 20 Years Of Progress Under The Americans With Disabilities Act
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
DOTs, Toll Authorities Gain Fans On Social Media
NJTPA Intransition
Forecast: O.C. To Lead SoCal Economy
Orange County Register
MetroFlickrLA: Los Angeles State Historic Park
MetroRider LA
Opinion: California Shouldn't Fall Behind On License Plate Advertising: New Technologies For Displaying Messages On Motorists' License Plates Will Emerge Whether Or Not Sacramento Gets Involved. SB 1453 Will Merely Direct The DMV To Study The Issue
Los Angeles Times
Transit Agencies Find New On-Ramps To The Information Superhighway: Social Media's Stock On The Rise As A Tool To Reach The Public
NJTPA Intransition
Traveler Response To Transportation System Changes: Employer And Institutional TDM Strategies (185p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Vehicle Fee Could Bring In $5M For Street Projects ("San Francisco residents will vote in November on adopting a $10 vehicle registration fee, a measure that’s projected to generate $5 million annually for improvements to transit operations, street conditions and pedestrian networks.")
San Francisco Examiner
Speed Up Transit: Abolish The $1 Bill
Riding In Riverside
Supervisor Knabe Learns To Drive A Metro Bus (video : "As Chair of Metro, Supervisor Knabe was invited to partake in a hands on bus training session. Supervisor Knabe drove "passengers" around a course set up at the Metro Bus training center. Among the passengers was Second District Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.")
Supervisor Don Knabe via YouTube
Walking And Biking Key To Reversing U.S. Childhood Obesity Epidemic
The City Fix
When Transportation And Religion Collide: Muslim Ads On The Bus
Infrastructurist
7/20/2010
Expo Line Time-Lapse Tour, L.A. 2030, Cleantech Corridor, Multi-Modal Airports, Immigrants And Transit, & More
Airports Pitch Sites As All-Purpose Transport Hubs
USA Today
Anaheim Launches Transit Website Highlighting Present And Future Mobility
TransitRider OC
A Connext
Bikes Belong On LA's Streets
Huffington Post
Bus Routes To Be Altered In September
Riverside Press-Enterprise
The City Hub: People-Managed Bike Share
Utility Cycling
A Complete Atlas Of Complete Streets
Wired
Complete Streets Atlas
National Complete Streets Coalition
Council Gives Nod To Light Rail Station Designs
Santa Monica Mirror
Debate Over HSR Routing Near LA Union Station Heats Up Again
California High Speed Rail Blog
From Online To Paper: Blogdowntown To Publish A Weekly For Downtown L.A. (Interview with Eric Richardson who discusses new venture which begins August 5)
LAist
Germans Take Cultural Party On To Motorway (video footage of 3 million people packing a 40-mile stretch of the Autobahn to celebrate history)
BBC
Highway Closures Confuse, Frustrate
Glendale News-Press
Hop On Your Time-Traveling Segway, Let's Visit Los Angeles, 2030
Curbed LA
London Opens Bike "Superhighways"
GOOD
Routes & Maps From Transport For London
Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor & Green District Competition (An Open Ideas competition coming soon)
Sci-ARC
Mobile Mapping While Driving: Is It Risky?
CNN
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride Through Expo Line, Complete With Pesky Kids
Curbed LA
Los Angeles Metro Expo Line, Phase II Tour, Part 1 (video : "A speedy, time-lapse trip through the disputed rail right-of-way for Metro's Expo line - currently being built from Downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica.")
YouTube
OCTA Proposes Route, Schedule Changes For September 2010
TransitRider OC
Parsons Brinckerhoff Names New VP In L.A. Office ("Eugene Kim is responsible for managing PB's Los Angeles transportation planning practice, which provides comprehensive multimodal corridor planning, transportation policy and program implementation services to Southern California’s regional transportation agencies.")
Better Roads
Pasadena City Manager Michael Beck Favors Splitting Up Planning & Development
Pasadena Star-News
Planning For Demographic Diversity: The Case Of Immigrants And Public Transit (p. 28-50 of 138p. PDF : Immigrants comprise nearly 50% of all transit commuters in California, but over time, their reliance on transit declines)
Journal Of Public Transportation
Revamping Cities To Attract The Elderly ("These efforts include everything from budgeting more public funds for elder-assistance to catering public transit to older people to lengthening the “walk” times at crosswalks.")
Infrastructurist
Top Irving Planning Official To Work For City's Nemesis (SCAG)
Voice Of OC
Transportation Planning Update, Summer 2010 (13p. PDF)
U.S. DOT Federal Highway Administration & Federal Transit Administration
USA Today
Anaheim Launches Transit Website Highlighting Present And Future Mobility
TransitRider OC
A Connext
Bikes Belong On LA's Streets
Huffington Post
Bus Routes To Be Altered In September
Riverside Press-Enterprise
The City Hub: People-Managed Bike Share
Utility Cycling
A Complete Atlas Of Complete Streets
Wired
Complete Streets Atlas
National Complete Streets Coalition
Council Gives Nod To Light Rail Station Designs
Santa Monica Mirror
Debate Over HSR Routing Near LA Union Station Heats Up Again
California High Speed Rail Blog
From Online To Paper: Blogdowntown To Publish A Weekly For Downtown L.A. (Interview with Eric Richardson who discusses new venture which begins August 5)
LAist
Germans Take Cultural Party On To Motorway (video footage of 3 million people packing a 40-mile stretch of the Autobahn to celebrate history)
BBC
Highway Closures Confuse, Frustrate
Glendale News-Press
Hop On Your Time-Traveling Segway, Let's Visit Los Angeles, 2030
Curbed LA
London Opens Bike "Superhighways"
GOOD
Routes & Maps From Transport For London
Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor & Green District Competition (An Open Ideas competition coming soon)
Sci-ARC
Mobile Mapping While Driving: Is It Risky?
CNN
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride Through Expo Line, Complete With Pesky Kids
Curbed LA
Los Angeles Metro Expo Line, Phase II Tour, Part 1 (video : "A speedy, time-lapse trip through the disputed rail right-of-way for Metro's Expo line - currently being built from Downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica.")
YouTube
OCTA Proposes Route, Schedule Changes For September 2010
TransitRider OC
Parsons Brinckerhoff Names New VP In L.A. Office ("Eugene Kim is responsible for managing PB's Los Angeles transportation planning practice, which provides comprehensive multimodal corridor planning, transportation policy and program implementation services to Southern California’s regional transportation agencies.")
Better Roads
Pasadena City Manager Michael Beck Favors Splitting Up Planning & Development
Pasadena Star-News
Planning For Demographic Diversity: The Case Of Immigrants And Public Transit (p. 28-50 of 138p. PDF : Immigrants comprise nearly 50% of all transit commuters in California, but over time, their reliance on transit declines)
Journal Of Public Transportation
Revamping Cities To Attract The Elderly ("These efforts include everything from budgeting more public funds for elder-assistance to catering public transit to older people to lengthening the “walk” times at crosswalks.")
Infrastructurist
Top Irving Planning Official To Work For City's Nemesis (SCAG)
Voice Of OC
Transportation Planning Update, Summer 2010 (13p. PDF)
U.S. DOT Federal Highway Administration & Federal Transit Administration
7/19/2010
Santa Monica's Expo Stations, L.A. River & HSR, "LA Beyond Cars," Less Pavement, Bendable Bikes & More
110 Freeway Improvement Project To Begin; Section Will Be Closed Nightly [Every Other] Weekend
Los Angeles Times
As Los Angeles's River Runs Again, Designers Determine Its Course ("California's High Speed Rail system — the impending train network linking the state's major cities — is also intertwined with the river's future. Piggy Backyard is walking distance from Union Station, where the city's high-speed rail station will be constructed, and any routes in or out of that station must pass over (or under) the river channel.")
GOOD
About Railroads, The River, And The Piggyback Yard
Piggyback Yard: A Friends Of The Los Angeles River Central City Initiative
The Piggyback Yard Conceptual Master Plan (62p. PDF)
Bay Bridge Gateway Park Plans Move Forward (Plans for converting unused space into vibrant community asset when a major transportation project opens in 2013)
The Dirt: Connecting The Built & Natural Environments
Blue Line 20-Year Progress Report
MetroRider LA
Bridge Over Untroubled Waters: Glendale Looks To Build Pedestrian Pathway To Griffith Park
Los Angeles Times
Citizens Plan Town Halls On I-5 Expansion Plans: Opponents Worried Caltrans Meetings Will Be Too Controlled
North County Times
City Officials Weigh in On Exposition Light Rail Stations
Santa Monica Daily Press
Cycling Copenhagen, Through North American Eyes (video : captivating film shows how Copenhagen has fully embraced bicycling as a primary mode of transportation: nearly 38% of all transportation trips are via bike)
StreetFilms
Gail Goldberg Retires: TPR Reader Quotes -- Whither Planning In The City Of L.A.?
The Planning Report
In A New Decade, During A New Recession, Cities Are Going Back To Public Transit (The American Institute of Architects discovers that architects are finding work redesigning stations, and that a new focus on transit is driving development)
AIA Practicing Architecture
The Incredible Shrinking American City
Slate
LA Beyond Cars: A Global Perspective On Rail And Public Space ("This Idea Box exhibit will be a multimedia experience showcasing concepts, ideas, and musings from around the world on the future of Los Angeles, a future beyond just cars. Opening on July 29, the exhibit will run through the month of August in the Jewel Box at City National Plaza, 525 S. Flower Street.")
Rail LA
Less Beeping, More Biking: 10-10-10 Is The Day Bikes Will Rule L.A. (although the CicLAvia website still lists the date as September 12)
NBC Los Angeles
NYC Project Uses Off-Hours Deliveries To Fight Gridlock; A Safe, Effective Model For Cities Across America
U.S. DOT Fast Lanes Blog
Open Letter To Streetsbloggers (Turns out that StreetsBlog LA will continue publishing beyond July after all)
StreetsBlog LA
Past On Parade: Pasadena Municipal Electric Railroad
Pasadena Star-News
Plan Calls For Tolls: Some Car Pool Lanes Would Be Switched
San Bernardino Sun
Rail Plan Could Cut Through Cornfield: Activists Worry That Proposed Route Would Shutter Los Angeles State Historic Park For Years
Los Angeles Downtown News
Remember When: The Day The Blue Line Opened
Southern California News Wire
Roads To Ruin: Towns Rip Up The Pavement
Wall Street Journal
Senators Aim To Reintroduce Transportation Into Climate Bill Debate
StreetsBlog DC
Should Federal Government Front Money For Transportation Projects?
National Journal Transportation Blog
This Bendable Bike Can Tie Itself To Any Post
Inhabitat
Transformational Transportation: Panel Discussion (July 30 : "RailLA is a joint effort between the Los Angeles Chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the American Planning Association with the specific purpose of increasing public awareness of the benefits inherent in integrating high-speed rail into our cities, most notably, at first, in Los Angeles")
Rail LA
TSA Chief Plans To Put A Higher Priority On Mass-Transit Security
Mass Transit
Urban Lands Of Opportunity (People used to follow jobs, but now they pick a city whose "thick labor markets and greater economic opportunities," will support a variety of lifestyles and vocations. "We are now at the cusp of a far-reaching movement — with the magnetic pull of urban centers strengthening our economy and leading to a more seamless blending of work and life.")
New York Times
Weigh In On High Speed Rail Station Designs
Los Angeles Downtown News
What Does Wall Street Really Say About HSR?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Los Angeles Times
As Los Angeles's River Runs Again, Designers Determine Its Course ("California's High Speed Rail system — the impending train network linking the state's major cities — is also intertwined with the river's future. Piggy Backyard is walking distance from Union Station, where the city's high-speed rail station will be constructed, and any routes in or out of that station must pass over (or under) the river channel.")
GOOD
About Railroads, The River, And The Piggyback Yard
Piggyback Yard: A Friends Of The Los Angeles River Central City Initiative
The Piggyback Yard Conceptual Master Plan (62p. PDF)
Bay Bridge Gateway Park Plans Move Forward (Plans for converting unused space into vibrant community asset when a major transportation project opens in 2013)
The Dirt: Connecting The Built & Natural Environments
Blue Line 20-Year Progress Report
MetroRider LA
Bridge Over Untroubled Waters: Glendale Looks To Build Pedestrian Pathway To Griffith Park
Los Angeles Times
Citizens Plan Town Halls On I-5 Expansion Plans: Opponents Worried Caltrans Meetings Will Be Too Controlled
North County Times
City Officials Weigh in On Exposition Light Rail Stations
Santa Monica Daily Press
Cycling Copenhagen, Through North American Eyes (video : captivating film shows how Copenhagen has fully embraced bicycling as a primary mode of transportation: nearly 38% of all transportation trips are via bike)
StreetFilms
Gail Goldberg Retires: TPR Reader Quotes -- Whither Planning In The City Of L.A.?
The Planning Report
In A New Decade, During A New Recession, Cities Are Going Back To Public Transit (The American Institute of Architects discovers that architects are finding work redesigning stations, and that a new focus on transit is driving development)
AIA Practicing Architecture
The Incredible Shrinking American City
Slate
LA Beyond Cars: A Global Perspective On Rail And Public Space ("This Idea Box exhibit will be a multimedia experience showcasing concepts, ideas, and musings from around the world on the future of Los Angeles, a future beyond just cars. Opening on July 29, the exhibit will run through the month of August in the Jewel Box at City National Plaza, 525 S. Flower Street.")
Rail LA
Less Beeping, More Biking: 10-10-10 Is The Day Bikes Will Rule L.A. (although the CicLAvia website still lists the date as September 12)
NBC Los Angeles
NYC Project Uses Off-Hours Deliveries To Fight Gridlock; A Safe, Effective Model For Cities Across America
U.S. DOT Fast Lanes Blog
Open Letter To Streetsbloggers (Turns out that StreetsBlog LA will continue publishing beyond July after all)
StreetsBlog LA
Past On Parade: Pasadena Municipal Electric Railroad
Pasadena Star-News
Plan Calls For Tolls: Some Car Pool Lanes Would Be Switched
San Bernardino Sun
Rail Plan Could Cut Through Cornfield: Activists Worry That Proposed Route Would Shutter Los Angeles State Historic Park For Years
Los Angeles Downtown News
Remember When: The Day The Blue Line Opened
Southern California News Wire
Roads To Ruin: Towns Rip Up The Pavement
Wall Street Journal
Senators Aim To Reintroduce Transportation Into Climate Bill Debate
StreetsBlog DC
Should Federal Government Front Money For Transportation Projects?
National Journal Transportation Blog
This Bendable Bike Can Tie Itself To Any Post
Inhabitat
Transformational Transportation: Panel Discussion (July 30 : "RailLA is a joint effort between the Los Angeles Chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the American Planning Association with the specific purpose of increasing public awareness of the benefits inherent in integrating high-speed rail into our cities, most notably, at first, in Los Angeles")
Rail LA
TSA Chief Plans To Put A Higher Priority On Mass-Transit Security
Mass Transit
Urban Lands Of Opportunity (People used to follow jobs, but now they pick a city whose "thick labor markets and greater economic opportunities," will support a variety of lifestyles and vocations. "We are now at the cusp of a far-reaching movement — with the magnetic pull of urban centers strengthening our economy and leading to a more seamless blending of work and life.")
New York Times
Weigh In On High Speed Rail Station Designs
Los Angeles Downtown News
What Does Wall Street Really Say About HSR?
California High Speed Rail Blog
7/16/2010
Quiet Commute, Pullman Porters, Predicting Traffic, Research Roundup, Biking To Work & More
2 New Parks In Santa Monica Calling For Community Input
LAist
105-Year-Old Fondly Recalls His Days As A Pullman Porter: Ben Isaacs Came Forward After The Times Wrote That Lee Wesley Gibson, 100, Was The Oldest Surviving Such Porter
Los Angeles Times
Biking To Work: Sounds Good in Theory
Wall Street Journal
Bus Yard Housing Plan Revived
San Francisco Examiner
City And County Leaders Break Ground On Civic Park At Grand Avenue Project
Los Angeles Times
City Buying Chinatown's Blossom Plaza Development Site
Curbed LA
Concept For U.K. Bullet Train Revealed ("The interior of the design is meant to be akin to an open-plan interior, like you'd find in a cutting-edge office...It's not about being shoe-horned into a hot and sweaty commuter train. The first-class cabins will feature a bar, cabins suited to business meetings or family trips...a children's play area.")
Fast Company Co Design
Create Our Contest Contest ("we want you to create our next big contest. Pitch us your idea - in video or essay format - for the chance to make your idea come to life.")
Amtrak
Data Crunchers Ready To Predict Traffic Tie-Ups ("With huge increases in the use of traffic cameras, roadway sensors and GPS-linked devices like cell phones, transportation agencies are now grappling with a flood of data available to tell them how well vehicles are (or are not) moving.")
Detroit News
Discovery: Some Westside Unity Amidst The Infighting
CityWatch
Downtown's Civic Park Breaks Ground, Look At Latest Renderings
Curbed LA
Is Infrastructure Our Economy's Only Hope For Recovery?
Infrastructurist
Mixed-Use Downtown Development Puts Standard Malls' Tax Yield To Shame (Downtown mixed-use generates more than 30 times the tax revenue of malls)
Citi-Wire
The Nimblest City: Slate Readers' Best Ideas For Making Transportation More Efficient
Slate
OCTA And Teamsters OK New Bus Contract
Voice Of OC
OCTA To Charge For Bus-Schedule Book
Orange County Register
Oil Runs Deep In L.A. History: The Southland Is Replete With Examples Of The Petroleum Industry's Handiwork, And Heres A Guide To Some Of The More Notable Oil-Related Sites
Los Angeles Times
Putting Some "Mute" In Your "Commute" (Pilot program will test feasibility of "Quiet Commute" cars)
New Jersey Transit
Research Roundup: High-Speed Rail, Transportation Statistics, Transportation Taxes
(A closer look at recent research and publications on topics of interest)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Ridership Down In America? Look Deeper
Human Transit
Riverside Argues Effects Of Long Beach Port Expansion
Riverside Press-Enterprise
A Streetcar For Oakland? A Student Shares His Plan
San Francisco Chronicle
Tech Advances Improving Transportation Efficiency
ThomasNet News
Tech Talk Podcast: Wi-Fi On Trains And U.S.B. 3.0
New York Times
Westside Extension Would Tunnel Under Beverly Hills Main Disaster Shelter (PDF : p.3)
Beverly Hills Weekly
LAist
105-Year-Old Fondly Recalls His Days As A Pullman Porter: Ben Isaacs Came Forward After The Times Wrote That Lee Wesley Gibson, 100, Was The Oldest Surviving Such Porter
Los Angeles Times
Biking To Work: Sounds Good in Theory
Wall Street Journal
Bus Yard Housing Plan Revived
San Francisco Examiner
City And County Leaders Break Ground On Civic Park At Grand Avenue Project
Los Angeles Times
City Buying Chinatown's Blossom Plaza Development Site
Curbed LA
Concept For U.K. Bullet Train Revealed ("The interior of the design is meant to be akin to an open-plan interior, like you'd find in a cutting-edge office...It's not about being shoe-horned into a hot and sweaty commuter train. The first-class cabins will feature a bar, cabins suited to business meetings or family trips...a children's play area.")
Fast Company Co Design
Create Our Contest Contest ("we want you to create our next big contest. Pitch us your idea - in video or essay format - for the chance to make your idea come to life.")
Amtrak
Data Crunchers Ready To Predict Traffic Tie-Ups ("With huge increases in the use of traffic cameras, roadway sensors and GPS-linked devices like cell phones, transportation agencies are now grappling with a flood of data available to tell them how well vehicles are (or are not) moving.")
Detroit News
Discovery: Some Westside Unity Amidst The Infighting
CityWatch
Downtown's Civic Park Breaks Ground, Look At Latest Renderings
Curbed LA
Is Infrastructure Our Economy's Only Hope For Recovery?
Infrastructurist
Mixed-Use Downtown Development Puts Standard Malls' Tax Yield To Shame (Downtown mixed-use generates more than 30 times the tax revenue of malls)
Citi-Wire
The Nimblest City: Slate Readers' Best Ideas For Making Transportation More Efficient
Slate
OCTA And Teamsters OK New Bus Contract
Voice Of OC
OCTA To Charge For Bus-Schedule Book
Orange County Register
Oil Runs Deep In L.A. History: The Southland Is Replete With Examples Of The Petroleum Industry's Handiwork, And Heres A Guide To Some Of The More Notable Oil-Related Sites
Los Angeles Times
Putting Some "Mute" In Your "Commute" (Pilot program will test feasibility of "Quiet Commute" cars)
New Jersey Transit
Research Roundup: High-Speed Rail, Transportation Statistics, Transportation Taxes
(A closer look at recent research and publications on topics of interest)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Ridership Down In America? Look Deeper
Human Transit
Riverside Argues Effects Of Long Beach Port Expansion
Riverside Press-Enterprise
A Streetcar For Oakland? A Student Shares His Plan
San Francisco Chronicle
Tech Advances Improving Transportation Efficiency
ThomasNet News
Tech Talk Podcast: Wi-Fi On Trains And U.S.B. 3.0
New York Times
Westside Extension Would Tunnel Under Beverly Hills Main Disaster Shelter (PDF : p.3)
Beverly Hills Weekly
7/15/2010
Arroyo Parkway Renaming, L.A. Port Traffic Up, History Pin, Crosswalk Designs & More
After I-15 Work, Freeway To Phoenix Will Become Focus ("Las Vegas and Phoenix are the two largest cities in the country not linked by an interstate highway.")
Las Vegas Sun
Angelenos Torn Over Funds To Fix CA's Oldest Freeway
American Public Media Marketplace
Bike Parking Takes Over Car Parking Spaces
Spacing Toronto
Bill Lockyer Needs To Show Wall Street The CalPIRG Study
California High Speed Rail Blog
Chicago's Transit Chief: Transit Chief Richard Rodriguez Combats A Monumental Fiscal Crisis
Governing
Five Benefits Of Cycle Commuting
TreeHugger
Frustration With Stop-Gap Funding Shows At DOT Town Hall
StreetsBlog DC
History Pin: Google In Partnership To Take On "Augmented Reality" & Map The World's Photos And Stories
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Is Bike Polo The Next Big Sport?
GOOD
Measure R Set-Aside Ensures Funding For Bike/Ped Projects
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Officials Want To Better Manage Parking In Van Nuys
LAist
Port Traffic Jumps At L.A., Long Beach: Demand At The Twin Port Complex In June Also Prompts The Hiring Of Hundreds Of Part-Time Workers
Los Angeles Times
Postcards From Our National Transportation Funding Meltdown
StreetsBlog DC
Proactive Use Of Social Media In Public Transportation (TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for consultant letters of interest in conducting a synthesis to help identify challenges and successful practices related to the implementation of social media platforms into transit agencies’ marketing and communications strategies)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Some Cities Want Les Roadways, Not More
American Public Media Marketplace
Zebras, Puffins, Pelicans Or Hawks For Pedestrians? (The Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices provides guidance for state and local governments about where crosswalks should be installed, but does not provide guidance on specific conditions and design)
The City Fix
Las Vegas Sun
Angelenos Torn Over Funds To Fix CA's Oldest Freeway
American Public Media Marketplace
Bike Parking Takes Over Car Parking Spaces
Spacing Toronto
Bill Lockyer Needs To Show Wall Street The CalPIRG Study
California High Speed Rail Blog
Chicago's Transit Chief: Transit Chief Richard Rodriguez Combats A Monumental Fiscal Crisis
Governing
Five Benefits Of Cycle Commuting
TreeHugger
Frustration With Stop-Gap Funding Shows At DOT Town Hall
StreetsBlog DC
History Pin: Google In Partnership To Take On "Augmented Reality" & Map The World's Photos And Stories
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Is Bike Polo The Next Big Sport?
GOOD
Measure R Set-Aside Ensures Funding For Bike/Ped Projects
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Officials Want To Better Manage Parking In Van Nuys
LAist
Port Traffic Jumps At L.A., Long Beach: Demand At The Twin Port Complex In June Also Prompts The Hiring Of Hundreds Of Part-Time Workers
Los Angeles Times
Postcards From Our National Transportation Funding Meltdown
StreetsBlog DC
Proactive Use Of Social Media In Public Transportation (TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for consultant letters of interest in conducting a synthesis to help identify challenges and successful practices related to the implementation of social media platforms into transit agencies’ marketing and communications strategies)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Some Cities Want Les Roadways, Not More
American Public Media Marketplace
Zebras, Puffins, Pelicans Or Hawks For Pedestrians? (The Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices provides guidance for state and local governments about where crosswalks should be installed, but does not provide guidance on specific conditions and design)
The City Fix
7/14/2010
30/10 Petition, Google Parking, Metro Blue Ribbon Cmte, State Transpo Statistics, Unlocking Freight & More
Blue Ribbon Committee: Metro Should Focus On The Lines People Use
StreetsBlog LA
Cities' Woes Linger, Thousands Of Jobs Will Go ("Cities and counties are in sorry shape. What's more, they may be among the last entities to feel like they've emerged from the recession.")
NPR
Civic Pride Shaping Civic Park: Downtown's $56-Million Project, Which Has Its Official Groundbreaking Thurday, Audaciously Aims To Be Many Things To Many People -- And That Leaves Some Devilish Details To Sort Out
Los Angeles Times
Cordova Road Diet Completed ("May be continued down Cordova all the way to the Del Mar Gold Line station, which will be a substantial connection for bike users that may need access to the metro Gold Line station.")
Brigham Yen
Do Angelenos Long For "Steel Clouds" Above The 101?
Curbed LA
Editorial: Tax Truth: We Need To Raise The Levy On Gasoline
Washington Post
Google Your Next Parking Spot
GOOD
Open Spot App
Happy 20th Birthday, Metro Rail! Militant Footage Of The Blue Line Grand Opening
Militant Angeleno
Metro Tips Its Hand On Endangered Bus Lines
StreetsBlog LA
Next Stop - California: The Benefits Of High-Speed Rail Around The World And What's In Store For California (47p. PDF)
CALPIRG Education Fund
New Shared-Track Alternative For Bullet Train Minimizes Costs, Eminent Domain But Reduces Future Service Between Los Angeles And Anaheim
TransitRider OC
OCTA Soliciting Metrolink Improvement Ideas, Including On-Site Car Washes, Oil Changes
TransitRider OC
Metrolink Station Parking Management Study
Petition Supporting LA Metro's "30/10 Plan"
Move LA
Port Activity Significantly Increases
Los Angeles Business Journal
State Transportation Statistics 2009 (STS is now a web-only publication)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Statistical Chapters Index
Full-Text Report (143p. PDF)
To Cut Gridlock, Drivers Should Pay For Fast Lane, New Study Says (After three years of false starts, new interest in congestion pricing)
Chicago Tribune
Unlocking Freight (Second in a three-part series titled Transportation Reboot: Restarting America's Most Essential Operating System, report explores what is changing in America and the impact of those changes on the demand for new transportation capacity)
AASHTO
Key Findings
Full-Text Report (40p. PDF)
Part One: Unlocking Gridlock: Key Findings / Full-Text Report (48p. PDF)
Whitman Criticized For Opposing High-Speed Rail
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Will California Achieve Its Anti-Sprawl Targets?
StreetsBlog DC
StreetsBlog LA
Cities' Woes Linger, Thousands Of Jobs Will Go ("Cities and counties are in sorry shape. What's more, they may be among the last entities to feel like they've emerged from the recession.")
NPR
Civic Pride Shaping Civic Park: Downtown's $56-Million Project, Which Has Its Official Groundbreaking Thurday, Audaciously Aims To Be Many Things To Many People -- And That Leaves Some Devilish Details To Sort Out
Los Angeles Times
Cordova Road Diet Completed ("May be continued down Cordova all the way to the Del Mar Gold Line station, which will be a substantial connection for bike users that may need access to the metro Gold Line station.")
Brigham Yen
Do Angelenos Long For "Steel Clouds" Above The 101?
Curbed LA
Editorial: Tax Truth: We Need To Raise The Levy On Gasoline
Washington Post
Google Your Next Parking Spot
GOOD
Open Spot App
Happy 20th Birthday, Metro Rail! Militant Footage Of The Blue Line Grand Opening
Militant Angeleno
Metro Tips Its Hand On Endangered Bus Lines
StreetsBlog LA
Next Stop - California: The Benefits Of High-Speed Rail Around The World And What's In Store For California (47p. PDF)
CALPIRG Education Fund
New Shared-Track Alternative For Bullet Train Minimizes Costs, Eminent Domain But Reduces Future Service Between Los Angeles And Anaheim
TransitRider OC
OCTA Soliciting Metrolink Improvement Ideas, Including On-Site Car Washes, Oil Changes
TransitRider OC
Metrolink Station Parking Management Study
Petition Supporting LA Metro's "30/10 Plan"
Move LA
Port Activity Significantly Increases
Los Angeles Business Journal
State Transportation Statistics 2009 (STS is now a web-only publication)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Statistical Chapters Index
Full-Text Report (143p. PDF)
To Cut Gridlock, Drivers Should Pay For Fast Lane, New Study Says (After three years of false starts, new interest in congestion pricing)
Chicago Tribune
Unlocking Freight (Second in a three-part series titled Transportation Reboot: Restarting America's Most Essential Operating System, report explores what is changing in America and the impact of those changes on the demand for new transportation capacity)
AASHTO
Key Findings
Full-Text Report (40p. PDF)
Part One: Unlocking Gridlock: Key Findings / Full-Text Report (48p. PDF)
Whitman Criticized For Opposing High-Speed Rail
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Will California Achieve Its Anti-Sprawl Targets?
StreetsBlog DC
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