700MHz – Public Safety and Mass Transit
Mass Transit Magazine
2009 Urban Congestion Trends: How Operations Is Solving Congestion Problems
Federal Highways Administration
Despite Dwindling Tax Revenues, Top 100 Fleets Soldier On
METRO Magazine
Downtown Los Angeles Streetcar Project - Connecting Neighborhoods and Developing Communities
Urban Land Institute
Fifth and Flower Stop May Get Axed from Downtown Connector
LA Curbed
Google Transit - San Bernardino County Wins
Riding in Riverside
Internalizing positive transit externalities
Market Urbanism
Is the New Parking Meter Policy Fraud?
LAist
Japan readies loans for California high-speed train
Reuters
LA Open House at Metro Headquarters - Please join John A. Pérez, Speaker of the Assembly, for an informational open house on high-speed rail in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Metro.net
L.A. port is hatching a revitalization - PortTechLA, a business incubator run by a group that includes the port and city, will nurture start-ups that make products that reduce pollution and shippers' dependence on fossil fuels
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Westside Subway Extension Debate
LA Weekly
Managing Increasing Ridership Demand
Transportation Research Board
Metrolink’s New CEM Trains - Metrolink is the nation’s first commuter rail system to adopt state-of-the-art crash energy management (CEM) features for cab and passenger cars
Mass Transit Magazine
Next Friday is Park(ing) Day. Here’s Our Park(ing) Day Plans
LA Streetsblog
New Metro Motion TV Show Discusses What A Difference 10 Years Can Make
Metro.net (30/10, Hollywood Redevelopment, robotic maintenance tech & more)
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU26faQLcNQ
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjBxXwjL6oE
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB9Xh-MQUyI
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5O_yE2pbVo
No, We Want It! Politicians Argue for Gold Line in Their Neighborhood
LA Curbed
Oberstar pleased with Obama's transportation plan, but is enough time left to pass it?
Minn Post
Oil companies split on bid to suspend global-warming law - Three are bankrolling Proposition 23, but one opposes it and others are neutral or on the sidelines. A national industry group issues an appeal for money to back the initiative
Los Angeles Times
Ontario: L.A. should relinquish control of Ontario Airport
Daily Breeze
Port of Los Angeles sees increase in cargo traffic - The port moved 23% more containers filled with imported goods last month than in August 2009, and 8% more than in July
Los Angeles Times
President’s plan: Create jobs through infrastructure investments
Finance and Commerce
Rail Front Lines
Mass Transit Magazine
Report: Amtrak improperly removed its watchdog
Washington Post
Rocky Road to a Transport Plan
Journal of Commerce
San Bruno Explosion Evidence of Need for Massive Infrastructure Improvements
Firedog Lake
Shipper Groups Merge to Push Heavier Trucks
Journal of Commerce
Some people do walk in LA - Does Downtown fit into the growing American desire for better public transportation and walkways?
Los Angeles Downtown News
Sound Transit partners with Safeway on fare cards
METRO Magazine
States Struggle To Share Cost Of High-Speed Rail
NPR
Strike slows 215 Freeway jobs - Full project completion still expected in 2013
San Bernardino Sun
UCLA Bike-U-mentary gets ‘Diamond’ from Metro
Be a Green Commuter
Wednesday Metro Meetings: Planning Gold and Green Extensions
LA Streetsblog
What Could We Do With a Pedestrian Plaza on Broadway?
LA Curbed
9/15/2010
9/14/2010
Obama's Infrastructure Plan, Keeping Jobs in LA, Gas Prices, Metro's Congestion Management Plan, and more
Assessing Obama's Infrastructure Plan
Nation Journal – Transportation
California eyes China's high-speed rail
Big Pond News
Center For Transit-Oriented Development Releases Updated MITOD.org - Mixed-Income TOD site boasts updated case studies, resources and news
Reconnecting America
Editorial: Yes on Proposition 22 - This will put a stop to state politicians' audacious thievery of local money
Press Telegram
Editorial: Prop. 22 defends the indefensible
Orange County Register
FTA Assuming Power Over Local Transit Agencies
Planetizen
Gas prices drop for 31st straight day
Daily Breeze
Going electric - Ecoliners hit streets - Foothill Transit introduces buses
Daily Bulletin
Guidebook for Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Transit Managers for Fixed-Route Bus and Paratransit Systems
Transportation Research Board
How to keep jobs in L.A. (and in the U.S.) - Los Angeles is behind the curve in adopting a local preference ordinance, which would give local businesses an edge in landing city contracts. Washington should also act to keep jobs onshore
Los Angeles Times
Judge expected to approve $200M settlement from 2008 Chatsworth Metrolink crash
Daily News
Morris has high hopes for San Bernardino as major transit hub - Mayor takes a very wide view
San Bernardino Sun
New Google Map for all 2010 LADOT Bicycle Facilities
LADOT BikeBlog
Ontario expected to issue proposal to take control of its airport
Daily Breeze
On the Waterfront: Ports distributing grants to combat pollution
Press Telegram
Prop 23's threat to the California dream - For decades, the state has pioneered the way to a green future. Now that narrative is in jeopardy at the ballot box
Salon
President Announces Vision for New Transportation System
National League of Cities
Quick-Charge Electric Bus Rolls Into L.A. County
Wired
Rail Shippers Say Regulatory Bill Could Have Momentum
Journal of Commerce
Redlands to study having more downtown parking
San Bernardino Sun
State cancels plan for Arbor Vitae freeway interchange in Inglewood
Daily Breeze
There is Still No Way to Fund Sustainable Infrastructure in America
Huffington Post
To ease congestion, port traffic must spread out
Daily Breeze
Transportation for America Director Supports Obama’s Infrastructure Plan
The Infrastructurist
Tuesday Metro Meeting: Adoption of the 2010 Congestion Management Plan
Streetsblog
TTC and Ontario still at odds over fare system
The Transit Wire
Two years after Chatsworth crash, Metrolink tries to look forward
KPCC
Use Figueroa between Downtown and Exposition Park? Plans are Afoot to Improve the Street
LAist
Where Did the Transportation Stimulus Money Go?
TIME
With 10,000 to 15,000 Bicycles a Day on USC's Campus, Calls for a Beefier Bicycle Plan
LAist
9/13/2010
Gold Line Extension Routing, Little Tokyo Station, Hollywood Car Sharing, Future Of Regional Organizations, Las Vegas Rail Race & More
5 Things America's Strongest Cities Have In Common
Assessing Obama's Infrastructure Plan (panel of experts weighs in)
National Journal Transportation Blog
Bikes And Streetcars Under Threat As The Suburban Car Loving Politicians Fight Back
Treehugger
The First 21 Infrastructure Projects Obama Should Fund
Business Insider
Frequent Network Maps By Routefriend (Example: Los Angeles)
Human Transit
Routefriend
FTA Getting Set For Role In Transit Safety
Washington Post
High Speed, High Stakes Dominate Vegas Rail Race (An extended look at the Desert XPress, Maglev, and Desert Lightning plans. "If there are two places facing an uncertain future for how people travel, they are Southern California and southern Nevada. Growth is increasingly making them more of one mega-region than two distinct locales. Travel between the two is also becoming a burden for transportation officials and the commuting public.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
L.A.-Long Beach Stakeholders Working Group Chipping Away At Terminal Issues
Cunningham Report
Long Beach Transit Service Reductions Take A Toll
California State University, Long Beach Daily 49er
Meet The Spring Street Park
Blog Downtown
New York To Study Red Hook Streetcars, But What Are The City's Goals? (Historic streetcars for Brooklyn)
Transport Politic
Policy Shift: Cities Invest In Public Transport
Financial Times
Politicians Duck Blame For Transit Mess: New Poll Finds That 60% Of New Yorkers Hold The MTA - Not Elected Officials - Responsible For Fare Increases, Service Cuts
Wall Street Journal
Rail Car Issue Not Yet Settled: Company Says Millions Of Dollars Will Be Wasted If [Houston] Metro Deal Is Axed ("The company holding Metro rail car contracts valued at $330 million said on Sunday that millions of taxpayer dollars could be wasted and as many as 100 Houston jobs lost if the transit agency complies with a federal mandate to cancel the deal.")
Waiting for PRT: How About Some Moonshot Mojo? (personal rapid transit)
Citiwire
We Don't Know What We're Talking About (Planning is overrun by verbiage with vague definitions, to the detriment of the process)
National League Of Cities
What MacArthur Park's History Tells Us About CicLAvia
CicLAvia
The Atlantic
Assessing Obama's Infrastructure Plan (panel of experts weighs in)
National Journal Transportation Blog
Bikes And Streetcars Under Threat As The Suburban Car Loving Politicians Fight Back
Treehugger
The First 21 Infrastructure Projects Obama Should Fund
Business Insider
Frequent Network Maps By Routefriend (Example: Los Angeles)
Human Transit
Routefriend
FTA Getting Set For Role In Transit Safety
Washington Post
Daily Breeze
High Speed, High Stakes Dominate Vegas Rail Race (An extended look at the Desert XPress, Maglev, and Desert Lightning plans. "If there are two places facing an uncertain future for how people travel, they are Southern California and southern Nevada. Growth is increasingly making them more of one mega-region than two distinct locales. Travel between the two is also becoming a burden for transportation officials and the commuting public.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
L.A.-Long Beach Stakeholders Working Group Chipping Away At Terminal Issues
Cunningham Report
Hollywood Unbound
Long Beach Transit Service Reductions Take A Toll
California State University, Long Beach Daily 49er
Meet The Spring Street Park
Blog Downtown
New York To Study Red Hook Streetcars, But What Are The City's Goals? (Historic streetcars for Brooklyn)
Transport Politic
StreetsBlog LA
No, We Want It! Politicians Argue For Gold line In Their Neighborhood (Making The Case For Washington Blvd. vs. SR-60 routing of next Gold Line extension)
Curbed LA
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Policy Shift: Cities Invest In Public Transport
Financial Times
Politicians Duck Blame For Transit Mess: New Poll Finds That 60% Of New Yorkers Hold The MTA - Not Elected Officials - Responsible For Fare Increases, Service Cuts
Wall Street Journal
Houston Chronicle
Rocky Road: Past Metro Mistakes Complicate The Effort To Build Houston's Light-Rail
Houston Chronicle
Regional Organizations, Past And Present: Will They Work In The Future? (Colloquium, October 2, 2010 : "The Metropolitan Water District brought Southern California abundant and cheap water; the Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports gave the Los Angeles region the opportunity to be a global player; the Los Angeles World Airport brought the people of the world here; the Alameda Corridor gave us a world class goods rail link and, overnight, Metrolink gave us a regional passenger transit system. All of these regional systems have been hugely successful. Now the issues of water, goods movement, aviation, and regional transit face new and daunting challenges.")
Los Angeles Region Planning History Group In Cooperation With Huntington-USC Institute On California And The West
Scwharzenegger Checks Out China's High-Speed Rail
Associated Press
Schwarzenegger Says Asia Trip Will Help To Select High-Speed Rail Provider (“In each one of the countries that we go to, which is China, Japan and Korea, we are going to ride high speed rail and they all are going to be part of the bidding process in California,” Schwarzenegger said.)
Bloomberg
The Station Equation: Budget Could Nix Regional Connector Stop At Fifth And Flower
Los Angeles Downtown News
Subway Trains To Generate Power For The Grid: A Battery Will Capture Power From Braking Trains
MIT Technology Review
Rocky Road: Past Metro Mistakes Complicate The Effort To Build Houston's Light-Rail
Houston Chronicle
Regional Organizations, Past And Present: Will They Work In The Future? (Colloquium, October 2, 2010 : "The Metropolitan Water District brought Southern California abundant and cheap water; the Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports gave the Los Angeles region the opportunity to be a global player; the Los Angeles World Airport brought the people of the world here; the Alameda Corridor gave us a world class goods rail link and, overnight, Metrolink gave us a regional passenger transit system. All of these regional systems have been hugely successful. Now the issues of water, goods movement, aviation, and regional transit face new and daunting challenges.")
Los Angeles Region Planning History Group In Cooperation With Huntington-USC Institute On California And The West
Scwharzenegger Checks Out China's High-Speed Rail
Associated Press
Schwarzenegger Says Asia Trip Will Help To Select High-Speed Rail Provider (“In each one of the countries that we go to, which is China, Japan and Korea, we are going to ride high speed rail and they all are going to be part of the bidding process in California,” Schwarzenegger said.)
Bloomberg
The Station Equation: Budget Could Nix Regional Connector Stop At Fifth And Flower
Los Angeles Downtown News
Subway Trains To Generate Power For The Grid: A Battery Will Capture Power From Braking Trains
MIT Technology Review
Southern California Public Radio
LAist
Waiting for PRT: How About Some Moonshot Mojo? (personal rapid transit)
Citiwire
We Don't Know What We're Talking About (Planning is overrun by verbiage with vague definitions, to the detriment of the process)
National League Of Cities
What MacArthur Park's History Tells Us About CicLAvia
CicLAvia
What's In A Name?: Little Tokyo Subway Station ("Just one minor issue remains, as far as I'm concerned: All of the Draft EIR documents show the station as "Second and Central" instead of "Little Tokyo.")
Little Tokyo Unblogged
9/10/2010
Metro Transit App, Expo Pics, Building BRT, Business Of LEED, Nevada's 90 MPH Proposal, Metrolink 2 Years Later, Shoup Vs. Cato & More
Broad LA Coalition Pushes Congress For Transportation Funds
Southern California Public Radio
Build HSR In Central Valley First?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Building The Open City Stack ("By coordinating and leveraging the collective efforts of cities around the country, the organization would ultimately foster the creation of a “civic stack” of software and data standards that could allow cities [to] adopt open city technology – such as constituent relationship software or transit tracking – while avoiding the time and expense of reinventing the wheel.")
Next American City
Introducing Civic Commons ("Civic Commons’ mission is to help governments share technology more effectively...Civic Commons will support the sharing of actual technology as well as the many related resources such as policy language, contract language, case studies, etc., needed to make this possible.")
OpenPlans
Can LA Afford To Go Green In Today's Economy? Is It The Wrong Time Or The Only Time? (September 17 panel discussion : "The Westside Urban Forum brings together the worlds of economics, politics and the environment for a frank and urgent conversation. With the May of Los Angeles recalibrating his goals, big-oil supporting a rollback of clean air regulation on this November's ballot, and a bad economy continuing to ravage Los Angeles, is it now or never? What are the real costs of going green? What are the financial benefits? Who will end up footing the bill?")
Westside Urban Forum
CleanTech Manufacturing Center RFP
CleanTech Los Angeles
Cutting Through The Fog Of LA Planning: Seven Developments To Watch
CityWatch
Daimler To Launch The Twitter Of Ride Sharing
Giga Om
Does Our Transportation Funding Violate The Civil Rights Act?
Great City
FTA: Houston's Metro Broke Federal Laws ("FTA officials say METRO violated both federal purchasing laws and Buy America requirements when it handed over two light rail contracts to a Spanish rail car vendor. FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff called METRO’s purchasing process “alarming and disturbing” in letter he delivered in person to Houston Mayor Annise Parker and METRO officials.")
Transportation Nation
Gov 2.0 Summit 2010 (68 thought-provoking video highlights of conference held September 7-8 in Washington, D.C. : "Leaders inside and outside government are turning to the Web 2.0 principles of participation, collaboration, transparency, and efficiency to address the challenges facing our country and the world. This is the agenda of the Gov 2.0 Summit.")
Gov 2.0 Summit via YouTube
Green Building: A Real Estate Revolution? (LEED Certification : Part 1 of 2)
NPR
Critics Say LEED Program Doesn't Fulfill Promises (Part 2 of 2)
NPR
How Mobile Devices Could Lead To More City Living
The Atlantic
The Infrastructure Bank Is A Triple Win
New Republic
LA Civic Leaders Break Ground On Olvera Street Mural Visitor Center
Southern California Public Radio
Look Out? Building A BRT Line In California Is No Simple Matter (Part 1 of a 3-part series)
Next American City
MBTA Releases Real-Time Data For All Bus Routes
Transit Wire
Metro's First Offering Isn't Great, But There Are Transit Apps For L.A.
Blog Downtown
Mid-Corridor Construction Photo Gallery (Expo Line)
Friends 4 Expo
Perspectives: A Tale Of Two Gold Line Extensions; 60 Freeway Route Will Best Serve SG Valley
Pasadena Star-News
Shoup: Cato HQ The Perfect Lab For Reforming Commuter Parking Subsidies
StreetsBlog
Stop Or I'll Sue: California High Speed Rail Opponents And Their Bag Of Tricks
AltTransport
Time To Accelerate Freeway Teardowns?
Citiwire
Two Years After Chatsworth Crash, Metrolink Tries To Move Forward
Southern California Public Radio
Want To Drive 90 In Nevada? Buy A Pass
Warmth Of Human Bodies Waiting Below Ground For Paris Metro Will Heat New Apartment Complex
Popular Science
Westside Subway Study Is Defective: The Manhattanization Of LA
CityWatch
Westside Subway Won't Relieve Much Traffic, According To MTA's Draft Environmental Impact Report
Los Angeles Times
What Are The Primary Infrastructure Projects Obama Should Fund?
Infrastructurist
Southern California Public Radio
Build HSR In Central Valley First?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Building The Open City Stack ("By coordinating and leveraging the collective efforts of cities around the country, the organization would ultimately foster the creation of a “civic stack” of software and data standards that could allow cities [to] adopt open city technology – such as constituent relationship software or transit tracking – while avoiding the time and expense of reinventing the wheel.")
Next American City
Introducing Civic Commons ("Civic Commons’ mission is to help governments share technology more effectively...Civic Commons will support the sharing of actual technology as well as the many related resources such as policy language, contract language, case studies, etc., needed to make this possible.")
OpenPlans
Can LA Afford To Go Green In Today's Economy? Is It The Wrong Time Or The Only Time? (September 17 panel discussion : "The Westside Urban Forum brings together the worlds of economics, politics and the environment for a frank and urgent conversation. With the May of Los Angeles recalibrating his goals, big-oil supporting a rollback of clean air regulation on this November's ballot, and a bad economy continuing to ravage Los Angeles, is it now or never? What are the real costs of going green? What are the financial benefits? Who will end up footing the bill?")
Westside Urban Forum
CleanTech Manufacturing Center RFP
CleanTech Los Angeles
Cutting Through The Fog Of LA Planning: Seven Developments To Watch
CityWatch
Daimler To Launch The Twitter Of Ride Sharing
Giga Om
Does Our Transportation Funding Violate The Civil Rights Act?
Great City
FTA: Houston's Metro Broke Federal Laws ("FTA officials say METRO violated both federal purchasing laws and Buy America requirements when it handed over two light rail contracts to a Spanish rail car vendor. FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff called METRO’s purchasing process “alarming and disturbing” in letter he delivered in person to Houston Mayor Annise Parker and METRO officials.")
Transportation Nation
Gov 2.0 Summit 2010 (68 thought-provoking video highlights of conference held September 7-8 in Washington, D.C. : "Leaders inside and outside government are turning to the Web 2.0 principles of participation, collaboration, transparency, and efficiency to address the challenges facing our country and the world. This is the agenda of the Gov 2.0 Summit.")
Gov 2.0 Summit via YouTube
Green Building: A Real Estate Revolution? (LEED Certification : Part 1 of 2)
NPR
Critics Say LEED Program Doesn't Fulfill Promises (Part 2 of 2)
NPR
How Mobile Devices Could Lead To More City Living
The Atlantic
The Infrastructure Bank Is A Triple Win
New Republic
LA Civic Leaders Break Ground On Olvera Street Mural Visitor Center
Southern California Public Radio
Look Out? Building A BRT Line In California Is No Simple Matter (Part 1 of a 3-part series)
Next American City
Transit Wire
Metro's First Offering Isn't Great, But There Are Transit Apps For L.A.
Blog Downtown
Mid-Corridor Construction Photo Gallery (Expo Line)
Friends 4 Expo
Perspectives: A Tale Of Two Gold Line Extensions; 60 Freeway Route Will Best Serve SG Valley
Pasadena Star-News
Shoup: Cato HQ The Perfect Lab For Reforming Commuter Parking Subsidies
StreetsBlog
Stop Or I'll Sue: California High Speed Rail Opponents And Their Bag Of Tricks
AltTransport
Time To Accelerate Freeway Teardowns?
Citiwire
Two Years After Chatsworth Crash, Metrolink Tries To Move Forward
Southern California Public Radio
Want To Drive 90 In Nevada? Buy A Pass
New York Times
Warmth Of Human Bodies Waiting Below Ground For Paris Metro Will Heat New Apartment Complex
Popular Science
Westside Subway Study Is Defective: The Manhattanization Of LA
CityWatch
Westside Subway Won't Relieve Much Traffic, According To MTA's Draft Environmental Impact Report
Los Angeles Times
What Are The Primary Infrastructure Projects Obama Should Fund?
Infrastructurist
9/09/2010
CALPIRG & 30/10, Car-Free SD, CicLAvia, Vegas Crossroads, Archives Bazaar & More
5th Annual L.A. As Subject Archives Bazaar: Save The Date For L.A.'s Premiere Historical & Cultural Event On October 23rd (And It's Free!)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
California Getting $149 Million From U.S. For Distressed Properties: City Of L.A.'s Cut Is Nearly $10 Million
LA Weekly
Dallas Covers Highway With Greenery: Cities Are Increasingly Decking Highways With Piles Of Greenery And New Development
Governing
Days Of Free Parking At Broken Meters In L.A. Coming To An End
Los Angeles Times
Dear Uncle Sam: Transit Design Really Does Matter ("For too long the conversation has been about transit efficiency and what local governments can do to change land use. The attention needs to turn to improving transit design as well. Continuing to follow the old transit facility design playbook is not going to work if we want livable communities.")
Planetizen
Feds Say [Houston] Metro Violated Procurement Laws In Rail Project
Houston Chronicle
Green Transportation Depends On Reining In Space For Cars
StreetsBlog
Highway Deaths Fall To Lowest Level Since 1950
Associated Press
Local And State Elected officials Join 300 Businesses Call For Action On The Subway To The Sea And The Regional Connector
CALPIRG
Build L.A. Transit Now! ("Please sign our letter to Sen. Boxer, asking her to help Los Angeles secure the loans we need to build L.A. transit now.")
CALPIRG
Making Subway Bad News Look Better
New York Times
Nationwide Survey Of Safe Driving Cities Ranks Glendale Near Bottom
Glendale News-Press
Noise On BART: How Bad Is It And Is It Harmful?
San Francisco Chronicle
The Oakland Airport Connector: BART's Little Engine That Could? ("The fatigue is palpable, but the battle over BART's Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) is nowhere near its conclusion.")
StreetsBlog SF
Obama Plan Could Help Dems. But Not The Way You Think
Transportation Nation
Obama Transportation Plan Likely To Have To Wait
Washington Post
Opinion: Banking On 30/10: Obama's Infrastructure Bank Idea Is A Worthy Goal, And Not Merely Because It Could Help Fast-Track LA. Transit Improvements
Los Angeles Times
Plaza Plan For Balboa Park Unveiled: Proposal To Clear Cars Out Of Historic Square Might Mean Parking Fees For A Future Garage (With the centennial of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition that created San Diego's Balboa Square approaching, the city is considering turning back the neighborhood to its former car-free glory)
San Diego Union-Tribune
A Stress Test For America ("The runner-up [behind Detroit] on the stress index is Los Angeles, which is saddled with the most expensive housing and second-worst air pollution among the 50 biggest metros. It’s also afflicted with an unemployment rate of 11.6 percent.")
Portfolio
Ten Historic Buildings Along The CicLAvia Route
CivLAvia
Transportation Expert Says Las Vegas Could Become Crossroads Of West
Las Vegas Sun
Trench Project For San Gabriel Railroad Crossings Moves Forward
Whittier Daily News
What Does President Obama's Transportation Initiative Mean?
Smart Growth America
President Obama's Transportation Initiative Is A Good Start To A Fiscally Responsible 21st Century Infrastructure (2p. PDF : press release)
What Is A "Call For Projects" And Why Is The City Gearing up For It?
StreetsBlog LA
What's The Best Side Effect Of Using Human-Powered Transportation?
GOOD
Zev Yaroslavsky - The Orchestrator: The County Supervisor, Soon Entering His Final Term, Discusses Local Politics And Rumors Of A Possible L.A. Mayor Candidacy (interview)
Los Angeles Times
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
California Getting $149 Million From U.S. For Distressed Properties: City Of L.A.'s Cut Is Nearly $10 Million
LA Weekly
Dallas Covers Highway With Greenery: Cities Are Increasingly Decking Highways With Piles Of Greenery And New Development
Governing
Days Of Free Parking At Broken Meters In L.A. Coming To An End
Los Angeles Times
Dear Uncle Sam: Transit Design Really Does Matter ("For too long the conversation has been about transit efficiency and what local governments can do to change land use. The attention needs to turn to improving transit design as well. Continuing to follow the old transit facility design playbook is not going to work if we want livable communities.")
Planetizen
Feds Say [Houston] Metro Violated Procurement Laws In Rail Project
Houston Chronicle
Green Transportation Depends On Reining In Space For Cars
StreetsBlog
Highway Deaths Fall To Lowest Level Since 1950
Associated Press
Local And State Elected officials Join 300 Businesses Call For Action On The Subway To The Sea And The Regional Connector
CALPIRG
Build L.A. Transit Now! ("Please sign our letter to Sen. Boxer, asking her to help Los Angeles secure the loans we need to build L.A. transit now.")
CALPIRG
Making Subway Bad News Look Better
New York Times
Nationwide Survey Of Safe Driving Cities Ranks Glendale Near Bottom
Glendale News-Press
Noise On BART: How Bad Is It And Is It Harmful?
San Francisco Chronicle
The Oakland Airport Connector: BART's Little Engine That Could? ("The fatigue is palpable, but the battle over BART's Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) is nowhere near its conclusion.")
StreetsBlog SF
Obama Plan Could Help Dems. But Not The Way You Think
Transportation Nation
Obama Transportation Plan Likely To Have To Wait
Washington Post
Opinion: Banking On 30/10: Obama's Infrastructure Bank Idea Is A Worthy Goal, And Not Merely Because It Could Help Fast-Track LA. Transit Improvements
Los Angeles Times
Plaza Plan For Balboa Park Unveiled: Proposal To Clear Cars Out Of Historic Square Might Mean Parking Fees For A Future Garage (With the centennial of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition that created San Diego's Balboa Square approaching, the city is considering turning back the neighborhood to its former car-free glory)
San Diego Union-Tribune
A Stress Test For America ("The runner-up [behind Detroit] on the stress index is Los Angeles, which is saddled with the most expensive housing and second-worst air pollution among the 50 biggest metros. It’s also afflicted with an unemployment rate of 11.6 percent.")
Portfolio
Ten Historic Buildings Along The CicLAvia Route
CivLAvia
Transportation Expert Says Las Vegas Could Become Crossroads Of West
Las Vegas Sun
Trench Project For San Gabriel Railroad Crossings Moves Forward
Whittier Daily News
What Does President Obama's Transportation Initiative Mean?
Smart Growth America
President Obama's Transportation Initiative Is A Good Start To A Fiscally Responsible 21st Century Infrastructure (2p. PDF : press release)
What Is A "Call For Projects" And Why Is The City Gearing up For It?
StreetsBlog LA
What's The Best Side Effect Of Using Human-Powered Transportation?
GOOD
Zev Yaroslavsky - The Orchestrator: The County Supervisor, Soon Entering His Final Term, Discusses Local Politics And Rumors Of A Possible L.A. Mayor Candidacy (interview)
Los Angeles Times
9/08/2010
OC Vs. LA!, Foothill Transit Hybrids, Transit Security Awareness Campaigns, "Car Capacity," Scan A Barcode - Find A Library & More
Airport Fight Gets Boost (The Southern California Associated Governments on Thursday threw its weight behind local management of ONT, sending a letter to Los Angeles City Administrator Miguel Santana favoring it.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Editorial: Fair Flight?
Barriers To Using Fixed-Route Public Transit For Older Adults (251p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Bringing Transit To The Masses (Omnitrans new service)
San Bernardino Sun
Car Capacity Is Not Sacred ("The crucial point is that car infrastructure not only encourages driving, it also sabotages mobility by any other means. It’s a vicious cycle: roads beget sprawl begets car dependence begets roads, and so on. And the result is an ever-expanding built environment in which walking, biking, and transit are not viable options. The only way to break the vicious cycle is to invest our limited transportation dollars in infrastructure that will help make walking, biking, and transit more attractive than driving."
Publicola
City Announces L.A. Bicycle Plan Meetings
LAist
DOT Envisions Human-Free Car Operation
Federal News Radio
El Pueblo Takes First Step To Rehabilitate Pico-Garnier Block: Property Could Bring Department Nearly $1 Million In Annual Rent
Los Angeles Downtown News
Exploring The Effectiveness Of Transit Security Awareness Campaigns In The San Francisco Bay Area (72p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
First Impressions Of Obama's Big Infrastructure Announcement
StreetsBlog
Foothill Transit Introduces The Hybrid Of The Future
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
High-Speed Passenger Rail Safety Strategy (31p. PDF)
U.S. Federal Railroad Administration Office Of Railroad Safety
Local Governments To Bail Out Train Safety Plan
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Mapping The Land Lost To Parking ("Using a technique called a figure ground map you can really get a feel for what's for people and what's for cars. I made a quick one for the area around the Pico Blue Line station in Los Angeles. What's the priority here?")
Straight Outta Suburbia
NJ Transit Introduces "Quiet Train Cars" On Northeast Corridor Express Trains
NJ.com
Obama Wants $50 Billion Invested In Transportation, Villaraigosa Chimes In About 30/10
LAist
Obama's Infrastructure Stimulus: What We Know Now
Infrastructurist
Obama's Infrastructure Stimulus: What We Still Need To Know
Infrastructurist
OC vs. LA: 52 Undeniable Reasons To Live Here & Not There (including drivers, traffic flow, modern highways, surface streets, left-turn lanes, parking)
Orange Coast Magazine
On Infrastructure, Time To Dump The Ideology
National Review Online
Opinion: California's Dismal Economy Needs An Infrastructure Boost: What Better Way To Solve The State's Employment Problem Than Spending On Critical Infrastructure?
Los Angeles Times
Pay To Park: New Parking Meter Stickers Carry A Warning
LAist
Philly Subway To Capture Energy From Braking Trains
CNET
Republicans Line Up To Oppose Obama's Transportation Proposal
StreetsBlog DC
Review: Public Policies For Pedestrian And Bicyclist Safety And Mobility: An Implementation Project Of The Pedestrian And Bicyclist Safety And Mobility International Scan (68p. PDF : Transportation professionals from the United States with expertise in bicycling and walking visited five countries in Europe to identify and assess effective approaches to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety and mobility. The countries visited — Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom — were chosen because of their innovative approaches to pedestrian and bicycle transportation, as well as the potential transferability of their policies and practices)
Federal Highway Administration International Technology Scanning Program
Scan A Barcode, Find A Library: Bringing The World's Library Collections To Your Phone
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Sound Experts To Weight In On Noise Levels At RR Crossings
Orange County Register
Transit Panel Hopes To Raise Fares For Bus Services
Ventura County Star
Union Jobs In LA Disappearing At Rapid Rate
Southern California Public Radio
Waste Underground: Turnstile Boondoggle (video)
Fox News
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Editorial: Fair Flight?
Barriers To Using Fixed-Route Public Transit For Older Adults (251p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Bringing Transit To The Masses (Omnitrans new service)
San Bernardino Sun
Car Capacity Is Not Sacred ("The crucial point is that car infrastructure not only encourages driving, it also sabotages mobility by any other means. It’s a vicious cycle: roads beget sprawl begets car dependence begets roads, and so on. And the result is an ever-expanding built environment in which walking, biking, and transit are not viable options. The only way to break the vicious cycle is to invest our limited transportation dollars in infrastructure that will help make walking, biking, and transit more attractive than driving."
Publicola
City Announces L.A. Bicycle Plan Meetings
LAist
DOT Envisions Human-Free Car Operation
Federal News Radio
El Pueblo Takes First Step To Rehabilitate Pico-Garnier Block: Property Could Bring Department Nearly $1 Million In Annual Rent
Los Angeles Downtown News
Exploring The Effectiveness Of Transit Security Awareness Campaigns In The San Francisco Bay Area (72p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
First Impressions Of Obama's Big Infrastructure Announcement
StreetsBlog
Foothill Transit Introduces The Hybrid Of The Future
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
High-Speed Passenger Rail Safety Strategy (31p. PDF)
U.S. Federal Railroad Administration Office Of Railroad Safety
Local Governments To Bail Out Train Safety Plan
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Mapping The Land Lost To Parking ("Using a technique called a figure ground map you can really get a feel for what's for people and what's for cars. I made a quick one for the area around the Pico Blue Line station in Los Angeles. What's the priority here?")
Straight Outta Suburbia
NJ Transit Introduces "Quiet Train Cars" On Northeast Corridor Express Trains
NJ.com
Obama Wants $50 Billion Invested In Transportation, Villaraigosa Chimes In About 30/10
LAist
Obama's Infrastructure Stimulus: What We Know Now
Infrastructurist
Obama's Infrastructure Stimulus: What We Still Need To Know
Infrastructurist
OC vs. LA: 52 Undeniable Reasons To Live Here & Not There (including drivers, traffic flow, modern highways, surface streets, left-turn lanes, parking)
Orange Coast Magazine
On Infrastructure, Time To Dump The Ideology
National Review Online
Opinion: California's Dismal Economy Needs An Infrastructure Boost: What Better Way To Solve The State's Employment Problem Than Spending On Critical Infrastructure?
Los Angeles Times
Pay To Park: New Parking Meter Stickers Carry A Warning
LAist
Philly Subway To Capture Energy From Braking Trains
CNET
Republicans Line Up To Oppose Obama's Transportation Proposal
StreetsBlog DC
Review: Public Policies For Pedestrian And Bicyclist Safety And Mobility: An Implementation Project Of The Pedestrian And Bicyclist Safety And Mobility International Scan (68p. PDF : Transportation professionals from the United States with expertise in bicycling and walking visited five countries in Europe to identify and assess effective approaches to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety and mobility. The countries visited — Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom — were chosen because of their innovative approaches to pedestrian and bicycle transportation, as well as the potential transferability of their policies and practices)
Federal Highway Administration International Technology Scanning Program
Scan A Barcode, Find A Library: Bringing The World's Library Collections To Your Phone
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Sound Experts To Weight In On Noise Levels At RR Crossings
Orange County Register
Transit Panel Hopes To Raise Fares For Bus Services
Ventura County Star
Union Jobs In LA Disappearing At Rapid Rate
Southern California Public Radio
Waste Underground: Turnstile Boondoggle (video)
Fox News
9/07/2010
Westside Subway & Downtown Connector Studies, Obama's $50B Transpo Plans, L.A. & Climate Change, Alameda Corridor & More
Augmented Reality Coming To DC Bus Stops Today
Read Write Web
Bridge Work Begins Over 210 ("Iconic Freeway Structure" for the Gold Line Foothill Extension)
Arcadia's Best
Broadway Is Busy With Pedestrians, If Not Car Traffic
New York Times
California High Speed Rail News Flash: Program Director Tony Daniels Leaves HSR Project
Examiner
Car Sharing Should Expand To Hollywood, Recommends City Report
LAist
Chinese Laborers Finally Rest In Peace: Those Whose Bodies Were Excavated During Construction Of The Metro Gold Line's Eastside Extension And Then Reinterred At A Nearby Cemetery In Boyle Heights Are Honored With A Memorial Wall And Garden
Los Angeles Times
Clever Crosswalk Squashes Jaywalking, By Making It Legal ("Korean designer Jae Min Lim has the clever idea to turn crosswalks into, well, “J”s. By curving the typical Zebra crossing to take up a wider swath of road, you carve out a nice, safe path for pedestrians -- one that reflects how they actually walk." Includes intriguing photos and diagrams)
Fast Company Design
Debt Load Weighs On Alameda Corridor: The Rail Expressway That Helped Make The L.A. And Long Beach Ports Complex The Giant It Is Could Become A Burden Thanks To The Recession
Los Angeles Times
Does The President's Plan For Fixing America's Transportation Infrastructure Go Far Enough?
Brookings
Fast Rail Won't Stop In The SCV
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Get Out The Shovel: Metro Wants Regional Connector Underground
Curbed LA
How Can Los Angeles Adapt To Coming Climate Change? ("Climate change can't alter the blue skies or access to the beach and mountains, but it will pose four tangible threats: The summers will grow hotter, the air will be smoggier, there will be more fires, and there will be much less water.")
Scientific American
How Do Parking Lots Affect The Environment?
Environmental Research Web
If Transit Investment Produces Jobs, Why Isn't There More Of It?
Next American City
Incorporating Health Objectives Into Transport Planning
Planetizen
The Jam Busters: Can Maths Keep Us Moving? - With Car Use Increasing All The Time, In A Few Years We Could Be Facing Global Gridlock. Can The Calculations Of Mathematicians And Engineers Keep Us Moving?
Independent (U.K.)
LA Artists Fight To Save City's Legacy Of Murals
Associated Press
Living On Earth, A National NPR Radio Show, Looks At Cycling And Los Angeles
StreetsBlog LA
It's No Copenhagen
Living On Earth
Measure Your Neighborhood's Transportation Costs
New York Times
Not The Best Of Times For L.A.'s Labor Unions ("If the 30-10 plan gets approved, you are looking at putting 150,000 people back to work...Nothing comes close to creating that number of jobs and get us back on track. That's not just construction, it's suppliers and services, health care, entertainment. Everyone will benefit from it.")
Los Angeles Daily News
Obama Seeks $50 Billion In Transportation Spending To Create Jobs: The President Says The Plan Would Put Construction Workers Back On The Job Without Adding To The Deficit. Republicans Say It's More Unnecessary Spending
Los Angeles Times
Perspectives: A Tale Of Two Gold Line Extensions: Washington Boulevard Route Serves More Riders
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Promoting A Second Stimulus With The Goal Of Actual Job Creation
Transport Politic
Proposed Westside Subway Will Do Little To Relieve Traffic Congestion, Report Shows: The Draft Environmental Impact Report Does Say, However, That The Project Will Give Riders More Options And Allow Them To Travel Across Town Much Faster Than The Buses On Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles Times
Railroad Track Separation Project Stalled, City Debates Alternatives
Whittier Daily News
Regional Connector Report Released: LTCC Hosts Meeting On Sept. 13 To Update Community On Metro Transit Project (Little Tokyo Community Council)
Rafu Shimpo
The Road To Transitville: Everyone Loves 30-10, But Building A Dozen Major Transportation Projects In A Decade Requires A Long Stop In Washington
Los Angeles Downtown News
Rural Transit Takes Off In California
Environmental Defense Fund Way2Go Blog
SCAG Takes A Pass on History, Moves Forward With Lower GHG Reductions
StreetsBlog LA
Top Twitter Feeds On Urban Planning (updated for Fall, 2010)
Planetizen
Traffic Death Experts Ignore The Role Of Dangerous Streets
StreetsBlog
"Train Geeks" Give Railroad Agency High Marks
Washington Post
True HSR Cost Accounting
California High Speed Rail Blog
U.S. Plays Catch-Up On High Speed Rail
New York Times
Vote: Which Downtown Streets Should LA Turn Into Pedestrian Plazas?
Curbed LA
Westside Subway Report Released: It Won't Relieve Westside Traffic Congestion, But Does That Matter?
LAist
Will Subway To The Sea Equal More Congestion?
CityWatch
Zippy! Draft Study For Subway Released, Westwood To Union Station In 25 Minutes
Curbed LA
Read Write Web
Bridge Work Begins Over 210 ("Iconic Freeway Structure" for the Gold Line Foothill Extension)
Arcadia's Best
Broadway Is Busy With Pedestrians, If Not Car Traffic
New York Times
California High Speed Rail News Flash: Program Director Tony Daniels Leaves HSR Project
Examiner
Car Sharing Should Expand To Hollywood, Recommends City Report
LAist
Chinese Laborers Finally Rest In Peace: Those Whose Bodies Were Excavated During Construction Of The Metro Gold Line's Eastside Extension And Then Reinterred At A Nearby Cemetery In Boyle Heights Are Honored With A Memorial Wall And Garden
Los Angeles Times
Clever Crosswalk Squashes Jaywalking, By Making It Legal ("Korean designer Jae Min Lim has the clever idea to turn crosswalks into, well, “J”s. By curving the typical Zebra crossing to take up a wider swath of road, you carve out a nice, safe path for pedestrians -- one that reflects how they actually walk." Includes intriguing photos and diagrams)
Fast Company Design
Debt Load Weighs On Alameda Corridor: The Rail Expressway That Helped Make The L.A. And Long Beach Ports Complex The Giant It Is Could Become A Burden Thanks To The Recession
Los Angeles Times
Does The President's Plan For Fixing America's Transportation Infrastructure Go Far Enough?
Brookings
Fast Rail Won't Stop In The SCV
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Get Out The Shovel: Metro Wants Regional Connector Underground
Curbed LA
How Can Los Angeles Adapt To Coming Climate Change? ("Climate change can't alter the blue skies or access to the beach and mountains, but it will pose four tangible threats: The summers will grow hotter, the air will be smoggier, there will be more fires, and there will be much less water.")
Scientific American
How Do Parking Lots Affect The Environment?
Environmental Research Web
If Transit Investment Produces Jobs, Why Isn't There More Of It?
Next American City
Incorporating Health Objectives Into Transport Planning
Planetizen
The Jam Busters: Can Maths Keep Us Moving? - With Car Use Increasing All The Time, In A Few Years We Could Be Facing Global Gridlock. Can The Calculations Of Mathematicians And Engineers Keep Us Moving?
Independent (U.K.)
LA Artists Fight To Save City's Legacy Of Murals
Associated Press
Living On Earth, A National NPR Radio Show, Looks At Cycling And Los Angeles
StreetsBlog LA
It's No Copenhagen
Living On Earth
Measure Your Neighborhood's Transportation Costs
New York Times
Not The Best Of Times For L.A.'s Labor Unions ("If the 30-10 plan gets approved, you are looking at putting 150,000 people back to work...Nothing comes close to creating that number of jobs and get us back on track. That's not just construction, it's suppliers and services, health care, entertainment. Everyone will benefit from it.")
Los Angeles Daily News
Obama Seeks $50 Billion In Transportation Spending To Create Jobs: The President Says The Plan Would Put Construction Workers Back On The Job Without Adding To The Deficit. Republicans Say It's More Unnecessary Spending
Los Angeles Times
Perspectives: A Tale Of Two Gold Line Extensions: Washington Boulevard Route Serves More Riders
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Promoting A Second Stimulus With The Goal Of Actual Job Creation
Transport Politic
Proposed Westside Subway Will Do Little To Relieve Traffic Congestion, Report Shows: The Draft Environmental Impact Report Does Say, However, That The Project Will Give Riders More Options And Allow Them To Travel Across Town Much Faster Than The Buses On Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles Times
Railroad Track Separation Project Stalled, City Debates Alternatives
Whittier Daily News
Regional Connector Report Released: LTCC Hosts Meeting On Sept. 13 To Update Community On Metro Transit Project (Little Tokyo Community Council)
Rafu Shimpo
The Road To Transitville: Everyone Loves 30-10, But Building A Dozen Major Transportation Projects In A Decade Requires A Long Stop In Washington
Los Angeles Downtown News
Rural Transit Takes Off In California
Environmental Defense Fund Way2Go Blog
SCAG Takes A Pass on History, Moves Forward With Lower GHG Reductions
StreetsBlog LA
Top Twitter Feeds On Urban Planning (updated for Fall, 2010)
Planetizen
Traffic Death Experts Ignore The Role Of Dangerous Streets
StreetsBlog
"Train Geeks" Give Railroad Agency High Marks
Washington Post
True HSR Cost Accounting
California High Speed Rail Blog
U.S. Plays Catch-Up On High Speed Rail
New York Times
Vote: Which Downtown Streets Should LA Turn Into Pedestrian Plazas?
Curbed LA
Westside Subway Report Released: It Won't Relieve Westside Traffic Congestion, But Does That Matter?
LAist
Will Subway To The Sea Equal More Congestion?
CityWatch
Zippy! Draft Study For Subway Released, Westwood To Union Station In 25 Minutes
Curbed LA
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