AFL-CIO Pushes For Mass Transit Jobs In Los Angeles
Apollo Blog
Assessing The Cost Of High Speed Rail
California High Speed Rail Blog
City To Retrofit Buses With GPS Tracking
NYU News
Deadliest For Walkers: Male Drivers, Left Turns
New York Times
Defining A Transit Wireless Blueprint
Mass Transit
Demand For High-Speed Rail Funding Swells
Reuters
A Desert City That Didn't Fan Out: Nathan Mendelsohn, A Professor Turned Developer, Believed California City Would Become The State's Next Metropolis. Instead It's A Sleepy Outpost That Exists Largely In The Imagination
Los Angeles Times
A Field Guide To Transit Quarrels
Human Transit
Goodbye Land Transit? Say Hello To The New Flying Suntram (Denver's high-speed regional transportation system supported primarily by a catenary cable: a flying tram that carries cars and passengers high above the roads and bridges, at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour)
Infrastructurist
Suntram Video Via YouTube
Helmets Ready! Mayor Hosts First Bike Summit
StreetsBlog LA
LEED Building Standards Fail To Protect Human Health
Yale Environment 360
Living In A Walker's Paradise?
The City Fix
Los Angeles Unified Transportation Recognized For Achievements In CNG
School Transportation News
NHTSA Working To Improve Motorcoach Safety With Lap-Shoulder Belt Requirement
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
OCTA Moves Forward With Long-Term Traffic Relief Plan In Central County: Agency Will Seek Funding To Begin Improvements to Freeways, Streets, Transit In The Area Over The Next 25 Years
OC Metro
Outgunned And Outnumbered, California High-Speed Rail Opponents Have Numerous Options To Fight Back
Mass Transit
Rail Safety: Making The Railroad Mantra "Safety First" More Than Words In A Manual
Progressive Railroading
Railroads' Guarded Secret: Not Even HAZMAT Teams Are Told What's On Train
Press Connects
Research Roundup: Transit Benefits & Costs, Highway Funding, Bus & Rail Transit, Security & Procurements
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
San Gabriel Selling Old Street Signs Steeped In History
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Smarter Cities: Crowdsourcing Ideas For Urban Innovation
Big Think
Smarter Cities
TRB Webinar: Toward Zero Deaths ("TRB is conducting a webinar or “web seminar” on August 25-26, 2010, of a stakeholder workshop that will gather input for developing and implementing a national strategic highway safety plan. Registration is free; however, participants must register in advance of the workshop.")
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Registration
Vintage Tokyo Subway Manner Posters (Must-see posters reminding subway riders of proper behavior)
Pink Tentacle
Walk Score Expands Into Transit Score; Housing Plus Transportation Costs
Transportation For America
TransitScore
Well, Where SHOULD We Develop In LA?
CityWatch
White House Under Fire For Unspent Infrastructure Cash
Wall Street Journal
8/17/2010
8/16/2010
NYT On 405 Gridlock, Red Cars Coming To Anaheim, Maglev & Vegas, Commuting Health Poll, Highway Trust Fund, Cost Of Free Parking & More
Bar Cars Keep Chugging
Wall Street Journal
Billions Earmarked For Bay Area Transportation Projects ("Desperate for work, construction companies are entering bids at 30 to 40 percent under projected cost. While that has saved state and local agencies about $4 billion since 2006, it is only part of the story. Stimulus funds that must be allocated by the end of September have propelled work. Since 2006, voters have approved two bonds totaling $30 billion for road and transit upgrades that must be under way by 2012. And bridge tolls have been raised four times in the past 10 years.")
San Jose Mercury News
Carnegie Mellon Tries Crowdsourcing To Develop Optimal Electric Car Formula
Campus Technology
Collaborative Democracy: Beth Noveck On Reengineering Civic Life ("The way we are bringing about change is by opening the doors and data of government - by making unprecedented openness the default.")
WorldChanging
Councilman Plays Matchmaker For The Southwest Museum ("Councilman Jose Huizar, who represents Mount Washington, said he's been working to find a match and has approached Occidental College in Eagle Rock about their interest in running Los Angeles' first museum.")
Eastsider LA
Councilmember Wants City To Study Cyclist-Friendly Staircases
LAist
Crowdsourcing Architecture Criticism
Metropolis
CSULB Students Will Get A Free Ride On Long Beach Buses
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Debt Woes Sap Europe's Big Dream Investments
Associated Press
Driverless Cars Just Around The Corner
Kansas City Star
Evaluating Public Transit Benefits And Costs: Best Practices Guidebook (120p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Free Parking Comes At A Price
New York Times
The Highway Trust Fund: Big Wheel, Keep On Turning
Transportation Nation
Improvement Project Continues On 110 Freeway
Pasadena Star-News
LA Hopes To Blow Up Postwar Zoning Codes: Planning Commission Undertaking First Top-To-Bottom Revision In Six Decades, Streamlining And Speeding Up Land-Use
Architect's Newspaper
Mapping Transit Frequency Online
Trillium Transit
Mayor Using "Google Moderator" To Reach Out Before Summit
StreetsBlog LA
Myths Destroying Los Angeles
CityWatch
New Stress Added To The Heart Of Los Angeles Gridlock ("The intersection of Interstate 405 and Sunset Boulevard, cutting through a prosperous stretch of rolling Los Angeles hills and estates, is notorious for its knots of traffic and frustrating delays. Traffic is so bad that it is hard to figure out how it could get any worse.")
New York Times
Opinion: Maglev Technology Makes Sense For Las Vegas-L.A. Train
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Overselling The Benefits Of High-Speed Rail
Transport Politic
Quality Public Transportation = Quality Of Life, APTA Report Says
Progressive Railroading
Questions Bedevil Proposed California High-Speed Rail System
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Red Car Trolley To Ply Disney California Adventure Streets In 2012 ("Reminiscent of the Pacific Electric Railway that ran throughout Southern California in the 1920s when Walt Disney first arrived in Los Angeles, the Red Car Trolley will feature a butterfly grill evocative of the original and seating for 20 passengers amid a green-and-cream interior.")
Los Angeles Times
Social Bicycles Bike Sharing System Powered By Iphone App To Hit NYC This Fall
Engadget
Slow Progress On Some Big Stimulus Projects
Wall Street Journal
Streets Are For People!: Park(ing) Day LA
CityWatch
Thousands Rally For Jobs And Public Transit In L.A.
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Top 10 Reasons People Avoid Public Transit
Plus Metro
Voinvich [sic] Clarifies Gas Tax Hike Should Help Transportation Funding
The Hill
Wellbeing Lower Among Workers With Long Commutes (poll)
Gallup
Where Are O.C.'s Busiest Intersections?
Orange County Register
Who Will Pay For California's High-Speed Rail System?
San Jose Mercury News
Wall Street Journal
Billions Earmarked For Bay Area Transportation Projects ("Desperate for work, construction companies are entering bids at 30 to 40 percent under projected cost. While that has saved state and local agencies about $4 billion since 2006, it is only part of the story. Stimulus funds that must be allocated by the end of September have propelled work. Since 2006, voters have approved two bonds totaling $30 billion for road and transit upgrades that must be under way by 2012. And bridge tolls have been raised four times in the past 10 years.")
San Jose Mercury News
Carnegie Mellon Tries Crowdsourcing To Develop Optimal Electric Car Formula
Campus Technology
Collaborative Democracy: Beth Noveck On Reengineering Civic Life ("The way we are bringing about change is by opening the doors and data of government - by making unprecedented openness the default.")
WorldChanging
Councilman Plays Matchmaker For The Southwest Museum ("Councilman Jose Huizar, who represents Mount Washington, said he's been working to find a match and has approached Occidental College in Eagle Rock about their interest in running Los Angeles' first museum.")
Eastsider LA
Councilmember Wants City To Study Cyclist-Friendly Staircases
LAist
Crowdsourcing Architecture Criticism
Metropolis
CSULB Students Will Get A Free Ride On Long Beach Buses
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Debt Woes Sap Europe's Big Dream Investments
Associated Press
Driverless Cars Just Around The Corner
Kansas City Star
Evaluating Public Transit Benefits And Costs: Best Practices Guidebook (120p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Free Parking Comes At A Price
New York Times
The Highway Trust Fund: Big Wheel, Keep On Turning
Transportation Nation
Improvement Project Continues On 110 Freeway
Pasadena Star-News
LA Hopes To Blow Up Postwar Zoning Codes: Planning Commission Undertaking First Top-To-Bottom Revision In Six Decades, Streamlining And Speeding Up Land-Use
Architect's Newspaper
Mapping Transit Frequency Online
Trillium Transit
Mayor Using "Google Moderator" To Reach Out Before Summit
StreetsBlog LA
Myths Destroying Los Angeles
CityWatch
New Stress Added To The Heart Of Los Angeles Gridlock ("The intersection of Interstate 405 and Sunset Boulevard, cutting through a prosperous stretch of rolling Los Angeles hills and estates, is notorious for its knots of traffic and frustrating delays. Traffic is so bad that it is hard to figure out how it could get any worse.")
New York Times
Opinion: Maglev Technology Makes Sense For Las Vegas-L.A. Train
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Overselling The Benefits Of High-Speed Rail
Transport Politic
Quality Public Transportation = Quality Of Life, APTA Report Says
Progressive Railroading
Questions Bedevil Proposed California High-Speed Rail System
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Red Car Trolley To Ply Disney California Adventure Streets In 2012 ("Reminiscent of the Pacific Electric Railway that ran throughout Southern California in the 1920s when Walt Disney first arrived in Los Angeles, the Red Car Trolley will feature a butterfly grill evocative of the original and seating for 20 passengers amid a green-and-cream interior.")
Los Angeles Times
Social Bicycles Bike Sharing System Powered By Iphone App To Hit NYC This Fall
Engadget
Slow Progress On Some Big Stimulus Projects
Wall Street Journal
Streets Are For People!: Park(ing) Day LA
CityWatch
Thousands Rally For Jobs And Public Transit In L.A.
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Top 10 Reasons People Avoid Public Transit
Plus Metro
Voinvich [sic] Clarifies Gas Tax Hike Should Help Transportation Funding
The Hill
Wellbeing Lower Among Workers With Long Commutes (poll)
Gallup
Where Are O.C.'s Busiest Intersections?
Orange County Register
Who Will Pay For California's High-Speed Rail System?
San Jose Mercury News
8/13/2010
Green Line Turns 15, Gold Line Walkability, ELA & 710, Pershing Square Garage, Driverless Cars & More
10 Web Apps To Help You With Your Transit Needs
AltTransport
American Cities Get Smart About Energy (22 U.S. cities have been named "2010 Smarter Cities" for their investment in green power, energy efficiency measures and conservation. Seven of them are in California)
Natural Resources Defense Council Smarter Cities
Amtrak Chugs Toward Record-Breaking Year
WVNS
Broadway Streetcar Opening Pushed Back: A 2014 Planned Start Will Be Reassessed As Group Focuses On Convincing Stakeholders To Help Pay For Project
Los Angeles Downtown News
Budget Impasse May Hurt Transportation Projects
San Francisco Chronicle
Calif. Bill Would Air Rail Bidders' Holocaust Role
Associated Press
Code For America
Urban Omnibus
Cycling In The City: New Momentum, But Challenges Remain
Blog Downtown
Cyclists v Drivers? They're Often The Same People: Research Suggests A Boom In Cycling Among Affluent "Mid-Life Crisis" Men And Car Owners
Guardian (UK)
Driverless Cars Hit The Road (video : Cars that drive and park themselves are being test-driven through at least six countries)
Reuters
East LA Residents Organize Against 710 Expansion & Evictions
Uprising Radio
The Flying Car Lifts Off
Brand X Daily
The Gold Line's Walk Score
Straight Outta Suburbia
Government By The People: The Importance Of Public Engagement
The City Fix
Happy 15th Birthday, Green Line!
MetroRider LA
High Speed Rail As Economic Recovery
California High Speed Rail Blog
Higher Peak-Time Tolls Mean Less Delays
KALW
Metro's Erasable Line: Calculating Employee Ridership Equals PR Debacle
LAist
NTSB Urges Tighter Controls On Distracted Boating
USA Today
NY's New Deputy Mayor Likes BRT And Congestion Charging, But Does He Like Bike Lanes?
Transportation Nation
Pershing Square Garage Vote Delayed: Critics Say Privatization Plan Could Hike Rates At Downtown Parking Facility
Los Angeles Downtown News
Riverside Officials Press For March Area Bullet Train Stop
Riverside Press-Enterprise
San Francisco's Breaks Ground On Green Transbay Transit Center (includes several renderings of stunning new terminal which features rainwater and greywater catchement systems, wind turbines, geothermal power supply and a massive rooftop park)
Inhabitat
Subway Postponed As MTA Looks Further Into Environmental Affects, Alternative Routes (p. 4-5 of 20p. PDF)
Beverly Hills Weekly
AltTransport
American Cities Get Smart About Energy (22 U.S. cities have been named "2010 Smarter Cities" for their investment in green power, energy efficiency measures and conservation. Seven of them are in California)
Natural Resources Defense Council Smarter Cities
Amtrak Chugs Toward Record-Breaking Year
WVNS
Broadway Streetcar Opening Pushed Back: A 2014 Planned Start Will Be Reassessed As Group Focuses On Convincing Stakeholders To Help Pay For Project
Los Angeles Downtown News
Budget Impasse May Hurt Transportation Projects
San Francisco Chronicle
Calif. Bill Would Air Rail Bidders' Holocaust Role
Associated Press
Code For America
Urban Omnibus
Cycling In The City: New Momentum, But Challenges Remain
Blog Downtown
Cyclists v Drivers? They're Often The Same People: Research Suggests A Boom In Cycling Among Affluent "Mid-Life Crisis" Men And Car Owners
Guardian (UK)
Driverless Cars Hit The Road (video : Cars that drive and park themselves are being test-driven through at least six countries)
Reuters
East LA Residents Organize Against 710 Expansion & Evictions
Uprising Radio
The Flying Car Lifts Off
Brand X Daily
The Gold Line's Walk Score
Straight Outta Suburbia
Government By The People: The Importance Of Public Engagement
The City Fix
Happy 15th Birthday, Green Line!
MetroRider LA
High Speed Rail As Economic Recovery
California High Speed Rail Blog
Higher Peak-Time Tolls Mean Less Delays
KALW
Metro's Erasable Line: Calculating Employee Ridership Equals PR Debacle
LAist
NTSB Urges Tighter Controls On Distracted Boating
USA Today
NY's New Deputy Mayor Likes BRT And Congestion Charging, But Does He Like Bike Lanes?
Transportation Nation
Pershing Square Garage Vote Delayed: Critics Say Privatization Plan Could Hike Rates At Downtown Parking Facility
Los Angeles Downtown News
Riverside Officials Press For March Area Bullet Train Stop
Riverside Press-Enterprise
San Francisco's Breaks Ground On Green Transbay Transit Center (includes several renderings of stunning new terminal which features rainwater and greywater catchement systems, wind turbines, geothermal power supply and a massive rooftop park)
Inhabitat
Subway Postponed As MTA Looks Further Into Environmental Affects, Alternative Routes (p. 4-5 of 20p. PDF)
Beverly Hills Weekly
8/12/2010
Demand-Based "Smart Parking," OCTA Twitter Star, HSR Breaks Ground, Pasadena Rail Meeting & More
$2.8M Earmarked For LCF Sound Walls: Measure R Funds Will Be Used To Design Multiple Segments Along 210 Freeway
La Canada Valley Sun
Bus And Rail Transit Preferential Treatments In Mixed Traffic (212p. PDF)
U.S. Transit Cooperative Research Program
California Drive-Thru Ban And The "Health In All Policies" Approach
The City Fix
California Sees Income Decline For First Time Since World War II
Huffington Post
Demand Based "Smart Parking": Watch How It Works
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Driving Transportation Policy Through Technological Innovation (7p. PDF)
(Register for free limited account)
Interactions
The First High Speed Rail Station Breaks Ground (“CA got the most HSR funding because you all have your act together” -USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood)
California High Speed Rail Blog
Historic Groundbreaking Of First New High-Speed Rail Station In United Sates
Mass Transit
Foreign Firms See Profits In U.S. High-Speed Rail
Philadelphia Inquirer
Freight-Rail Capacity Expansion Bill Enters Senate
Progressive Railroading
Government 2.0: In Twitter World, OCTA Personality Followed By Nearly 27,000 (OCTA Public Communications Manager Ted Nguyen)
Public CEO
How Much Do You Spend On Transport? New Web App Aims To Show You
Grist
Abogo: Transportation Costs Made Transparent
Abogo
L.A. City Council Considers Plan To Partially Privatize Parking Garages; No One Likes Idea
LA Weekly
LA County Sidewalk Riding: Part 2
LADOT Bike Blog
Long Beach Gets Port-Themed Art While It Waits For Its Skyscraper
Curbed LA
Meeting On Proposed Rail Route Is Set For Thursday Night
Pasadena Star-News
Metro Says Many Of Its Higher-Ups Take Transit To Work
Curbed LA
My Message To The National Infrastructure Forum: Obama Administration Meets Transportation Challenges
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Rail Freight Bounces In July
Journal Of Commerce
Seattle May Create Transportation Taxing District
Seattle Times
Settlement Terms Released In Train Derailment
Glendale News-Press
Transparent [D.C.] Metro Data Sets Developer Conference (16p. PDF)
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
La Canada Valley Sun
Bus And Rail Transit Preferential Treatments In Mixed Traffic (212p. PDF)
U.S. Transit Cooperative Research Program
California Drive-Thru Ban And The "Health In All Policies" Approach
The City Fix
California Sees Income Decline For First Time Since World War II
Huffington Post
Demand Based "Smart Parking": Watch How It Works
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Driving Transportation Policy Through Technological Innovation (7p. PDF)
(Register for free limited account)
Interactions
The First High Speed Rail Station Breaks Ground (“CA got the most HSR funding because you all have your act together” -USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood)
California High Speed Rail Blog
Historic Groundbreaking Of First New High-Speed Rail Station In United Sates
Mass Transit
Foreign Firms See Profits In U.S. High-Speed Rail
Philadelphia Inquirer
Freight-Rail Capacity Expansion Bill Enters Senate
Progressive Railroading
Government 2.0: In Twitter World, OCTA Personality Followed By Nearly 27,000 (OCTA Public Communications Manager Ted Nguyen)
Public CEO
How Much Do You Spend On Transport? New Web App Aims To Show You
Grist
Abogo: Transportation Costs Made Transparent
Abogo
L.A. City Council Considers Plan To Partially Privatize Parking Garages; No One Likes Idea
LA Weekly
LA County Sidewalk Riding: Part 2
LADOT Bike Blog
Long Beach Gets Port-Themed Art While It Waits For Its Skyscraper
Curbed LA
Meeting On Proposed Rail Route Is Set For Thursday Night
Pasadena Star-News
Metro Says Many Of Its Higher-Ups Take Transit To Work
Curbed LA
My Message To The National Infrastructure Forum: Obama Administration Meets Transportation Challenges
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Rail Freight Bounces In July
Journal Of Commerce
Seattle May Create Transportation Taxing District
Seattle Times
Settlement Terms Released In Train Derailment
Glendale News-Press
Transparent [D.C.] Metro Data Sets Developer Conference (16p. PDF)
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
8/11/2010
Positive Train Control, Alhambra & HSR, Bikeway Innovations, Go511, Beverly Hills Tunneling & More
City Council Reacts To Metro's Alternate Subway Plans: Concerned Residents Confront City Council About The Possibility Of Digging Subway Tunnels Under Residential Areas
Beverly Hills Patch
Beverly Hills Patch
Information Week
Congestion Pricing: The View From Canada
Human Transit
Winning The Battle With Traffic Congestion: The Benefits Of Accurate Transport Pricing (15p. PDF)
Frontier Centre For Public Policy
Go Go511 Gadget!
Los Angeles County Strategic Plan For Economic Development
Internalizing The Externalized: The Case Of Roads
Planetizen
Kayaking, Rafting & More In The L.A. River? One L.A. City Councilmember Wants It To Happen
LAist
The Key To Cycling Safety? More Cyclists: Traffic-Calming Measures And Bike Lanes Increase The Number Of Cyclists And Decrease The Risk Of Collisions: Study
Montreal Gazette
LA County Sidewalk Riding: Part 1 ("LADOT Bike Blog will compile sidewalk riding rules for every city in LA County. That’s right, we’re going to wade through all the ordinances and municipal codes on this here blog so you don’t have to.")
LADOT Bike Blog
Looking Into Los Angeles Draft Bike Plan Implementation Strategy
StreetsBlog LA
Mass Transit: The Great Train Robbery ("What constitutes transit's primary mission: to carry more people to work or to reshape our metropolitan areas for ever denser development?...Despite promises that the $8 billion invested in rail lines over the past two decades would lessen L.A.'s traffic congestion and reshape how Angelenos get to work, the sad reality is that there has been no increase in MTA transit ridership since before the rail expansion began in 1985.")
Forbes
Momentum Grows For Federal Policy Breakthrough That Would Fast-Track Bikeway Innovations
Bike Portland
NTSB Criticizes [D.C.] Metro Board Over Fatal Crash In 2009
Washington Post
Only About 1 In 100 Metro Employees Ride MTA Trains And Buses
LA Weekly
Parking Dream: Residents Can Set Parking And Traffic Rules City's More Than 900 Private Streets
New York Daily News
Pershing Square's Garage Gamble: Critics Say Lease Plan Could Hike Rate At Downtown Parking Facility
Los Angeles Downtown News
Portugal Has Embraced Renewable Energy, So Why Can't We?
Infrastructurist
Progress Derailed: The Cause & Effect Of NYC's Transit Funding Crisis: Everyone Who Rides Buses Or Subways Knows That Service Is Down And Fares Are Heading Up, But Why Is this Happening? And Does It Spell Danger For The City's Economic Future?
City Limits
PTC: Railroads, Suppliers Still Have A Ways To Go to Meet The 2015 Positive Train Control Mandate
Progressive Railroading
Residents Oppose High-Speed Railway In Alhambra Monday Night
San Marino Tribune
San Francisco: A Free Market In Parking Begins
Human Transit
A Sustainable City Requires Increased Mass Transit Subsidies
Huffington Post
Top 20 Urban Planning Successes Of All TimeResidents Oppose High-Speed Railway In Alhambra Monday Night
San Marino Tribune
San Francisco: A Free Market In Parking Begins
Human Transit
A Sustainable City Requires Increased Mass Transit Subsidies
Huffington Post
Public Servant Blog
A Wider World Of Transportation
Smarter Cities
8/10/2010
30/10 Jobs, Frequency Mapping, Peaks & Paradigms, Freeway Murals, LAEDC Forecast, OCTA Pay, Car-Dependent Waistlines & More
Basics: The Case For Frequency Mapping
Human Transit
Breaking Ground On The Post-Interstate Interstate
Transportation Nation
Can "Webinars" Make Planning Workshops Obsolete?
Planetizen
City Wasted $855K On Parking Enforcement Vehicles, Audit Finds
LAist
Cost The Highest Hurdle For High-Speed Rail In U.S
Philadelphia Inquirer
Disability Groups Suing NYC MTA Over Transit Cuts
Transportation Nation
DOT Appeals To Gen Y Online
NextGov
Dude, Where's My Flying Car?: Understanding Peak Years And Paradigm Shifts In Transportation Modes
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
End Is Near For Some LA Freeway Murals Due To Graffiti
Southern California Public Radio
Guiding Pedestrians: HAWKs In The Lead, While Pelicans And Puffins Fall Behind
The City Fix
How Much Will A Carbon Tax Spur Innovation?
The Atlantic
LA Light Rail: Six Decades And A Zillion $$ In The Making
CityWatch
LAEDC Infrastructure Forecast: Major Capital Investments Ongoing In L.A. County
Planning Report
Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor & Green District Competition ("The competition asks architects, landscape architects, designers, engineers, urban planners, students and environmental professionals to create an innovative urban vision for Los Angeles' CleanTech Corridor, a several-mile-long development zone on the eastern edge of downtown LA.")
Sci-ARC
Lost In The Shuffle: Examining TSA's Management Of Surface Transportation Security Inspectors (hearings)
U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Homeland Security
MetroFlickrLA: MTA New Flyer
MetroRider LA
OCTA To Post Employee Pay, Benefits
Orange County Register
A Short Ride On The Bus: OCTA's Mission Imperiled (8p. PDF)
Orange County Grand Jury
Ohio Sen. Voinovich Calls For Higher Federal Gas Tax
California High Speed Rail Blog
Opinion: Accelerating Measure R's Job Creation: By Accelerating Measure R's Transit Construction Through Bond Sales, L.A. County Could Generate At Least 165,000 Jobs Here And Now With The 30/10 Project
Los Angeles Times
Our Waistlines Are Expanding In Sync With Our Car-Dependence
StreetsBlog DC
Railroads Redraw The Intermodal Map
Journal Of Commerce
U.S. Ports To See 15% Gain In 2010
The Street
US Rail Traffic Hits New 2010 Peak
Journal Of Commerce
With L.A.-Style Carpool Lanes, Will We Sacrifice Safety For Convenience?
San Jose Mercury News
How Express Lanes Will Work
San Jose Mercury News
8/09/2010
Beverly Hills Subway, Apple's Smart Bike, Gas Tax Benefits, User-Fee Model, National Freight Act & More
After Herald Tip, MBTA Turns To Social Media To Help Fight Crime On Trains
Boston Herald
Apple Introduces Us To The Smart Bike
Patently Apple
City Walk: Time To Return To L.A.'s Core ("In several pockets of downtown change seems to have paused at an especially opportune moment.")
Los Angeles Times
Engines Of Growth (How high-speed rail in China is fueling the economy)
Time
Governments Go To Extremes As The Downturn Wears On
New York Times
It's No Cars Go In San Juan, Puerto Rico, Makeover
Fast Company
Mayor's Bike Summit Fails The Engagement Test
CityWatch
New And Notable: Traffic & Gridlock, Becoming An Urban Planner, Sustainable Urban Design, Transportation In A Climate-Constrained world
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
New Ideas To Make Parking Easier
LA Observed
New Traffic Signals Make It Safer For Pedestrians
USA Today
Opinion: Think Big About Transportation
Los Angeles Daily News
The Problem With Ports, Or Why We Need A National Freight Act
StreetsBlog DC
Public Transit: Bleeding To Death From A Thousand Cuts?
Citiwire
Questions Bedevil Proposed California High-Speed Rail System
Whittier Daily News
Richard Devylder Leads The Charge For Accessibility In Transportation (DOT's new Senior Advisor For Accessible Transportation, formerly of the California Emergency Management Agency, was born without arms or legs. "Because of public transportation, I was able to go to school, I was able to start building a career -- I was able to live independently. Those things wouldn't have happened for me otherwise.")
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Rocket-Powered Personal Helicopter Emits Only Water
Wired
San Francisco Rolls Out Supply-And-Demand Pricing For Parking Meters
GOOD
San Gabriel Valley Debates HSR Routes
California High Speed Rail Blog
Search For Pasadena's New Planning Director To Begin
Pasadena Star-News
A Strategy Session For Los Angeles
California Planning & Development Report
Subway Worries Getting Louder In Beverly Hills
Curbed LA
Sustainable Bus Stops: Tiffany Roddis' "Ecoshel" Encourages People To Use Public Transportation
Trendhunter
Traffic-Camera Debate Heats Up Campaign Trails
New York Times
Transportation User Fee Model Obsolete, But No Solution On The Horizon
Transport Politic
U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Up To $25 Million For High-Speed Passenger Rail Research
Rail Engineer
Voinovich: Gas Tax Hike Would Pump Up The Job Market, Help Close Deficit
The Hill
Where's The World's Most Painful Commute?
The City Fix
Will FREIGHT Act Deliver?
National Journal Transportation Blog
Boston Herald
Apple Introduces Us To The Smart Bike
Patently Apple
City Walk: Time To Return To L.A.'s Core ("In several pockets of downtown change seems to have paused at an especially opportune moment.")
Los Angeles Times
Engines Of Growth (How high-speed rail in China is fueling the economy)
Time
Governments Go To Extremes As The Downturn Wears On
New York Times
It's No Cars Go In San Juan, Puerto Rico, Makeover
Fast Company
Mayor's Bike Summit Fails The Engagement Test
CityWatch
New And Notable: Traffic & Gridlock, Becoming An Urban Planner, Sustainable Urban Design, Transportation In A Climate-Constrained world
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
New Ideas To Make Parking Easier
LA Observed
New Traffic Signals Make It Safer For Pedestrians
USA Today
Opinion: Think Big About Transportation
Los Angeles Daily News
The Problem With Ports, Or Why We Need A National Freight Act
StreetsBlog DC
Public Transit: Bleeding To Death From A Thousand Cuts?
Citiwire
Questions Bedevil Proposed California High-Speed Rail System
Whittier Daily News
Richard Devylder Leads The Charge For Accessibility In Transportation (DOT's new Senior Advisor For Accessible Transportation, formerly of the California Emergency Management Agency, was born without arms or legs. "Because of public transportation, I was able to go to school, I was able to start building a career -- I was able to live independently. Those things wouldn't have happened for me otherwise.")
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Rocket-Powered Personal Helicopter Emits Only Water
Wired
San Francisco Rolls Out Supply-And-Demand Pricing For Parking Meters
GOOD
San Gabriel Valley Debates HSR Routes
California High Speed Rail Blog
Search For Pasadena's New Planning Director To Begin
Pasadena Star-News
A Strategy Session For Los Angeles
California Planning & Development Report
Subway Worries Getting Louder In Beverly Hills
Curbed LA
Sustainable Bus Stops: Tiffany Roddis' "Ecoshel" Encourages People To Use Public Transportation
Trendhunter
Traffic-Camera Debate Heats Up Campaign Trails
New York Times
Transportation User Fee Model Obsolete, But No Solution On The Horizon
Transport Politic
U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Up To $25 Million For High-Speed Passenger Rail Research
Rail Engineer
Voinovich: Gas Tax Hike Would Pump Up The Job Market, Help Close Deficit
The Hill
Where's The World's Most Painful Commute?
The City Fix
Will FREIGHT Act Deliver?
National Journal Transportation Blog
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