Gold Line Maintenance Yard, Replacing The Gerald Desmond Bridge, Is HSR "Techno-Glamour?," Walk Score's 2,500 New Cities & More

8 Ways To Create Better Streets In Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock Patch

The Allure Of Techno-Glamour ("High-speed trains exemplify autonomy and grace, sliding along effortlessly, with no visible source of fuel. To a stressed-out public, they promise an escape from traffic jams—and, at least until the first terrorism scare, from the hassles, intrusion and delays of airport security.")
Wall Street Journal

Artist Chris Burden Building Little Freeway Network For LACMA
Curbed LA

Beyond The Triple Circle: Design Alternatives For Traffic Lights
Los Angeles Times

Crumbling Long Beach Bridge's $1 Billion Replacement Nears
Beverly Hills Courier

Digitization And Transportation: Northwestern University's Google Books Project
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

A Former Traffic Engineer On The Industry's Perverse Standards
StreetsBlog DC

High-Speed Rail Takes A Shellacking
Wired

Long Beach Bridge At The End Of Its Lifespan: Officials Expect To Replace The Gerald Desmond Bridge With One Higher And Wider To Accomodate Larger Ships And More Vehicle Traffic ("According to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., the project is expected to generate about 4,000 jobs each year and more than $2 billion in economic activity.")
Los Angeles Times

[N.Y.] MTA Workers Didn't Do Thousands Of Subway Safety Checks On Time, Filed Bogus Reports, Sources Say
New York Daily News

A New Political Reality Settling In For National Transportation Financing ("Austerity measures that may be introduced in the House could result in significant cutbacks in support for transit. Meanwhile, the decision by Republican legislators to phase out earmarks may reduce support for a future transportation bill.")
Transport Politic

Not Enough Clipper Cheats To Fix Glitch, BART Says
San Francisco Chronicle

On The Waterfront: Cargo Traffic Climbs Back To '07 Levels
Long Beach Press-Telegram

One-Way Car Sharing To Airports Launches In NYC: Makes Practice More Like Bike Share Or Taxi
Transportation Nation

Otis Report On The Creative Economy Of The Los Angeles Region: The Power Of Art And Artists (73p. PDF)
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation; Otis College Of Art And Design

Peter Appel Discusses USDOT (audio : Appel, the Administrator of the USDOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), is responsible for leveraging effective research and cross-modal coordination. In this "Business of Government Hour," innovative transportation solutions are discussed)
Federal News Radio

Residents Opposed To Gold Line Maintenance Yard Now Keeping An Open Mind: The City Believes It Has Allayed The Concerns Of Many Residents Who Signed A Letter Opposing The Construction Of The Maintenance Facility In Monrovia
Monrovia Patch

Solution To 405 Backup Nightmare: East/West Tunnels Under Wilshire & Santa Monica
Calcanis

Some Doubt Ridership Estimates For S.F.-L.A. High-Speed Rail ("Rail officials say the ambitious projections were not meant to forecast revenue. Rather, they were developed to help planners account for the harshest possible effect of the system on the environment, they say. That means the numbers needed to be as high as could reasonably be expected.")

Fresno Bee

Streetline Named IBM Global Entrepreneur Of The Year ("At the core of Streetline's technology is its patented smart parking platform which detects the presence of a car through a network of ultra-low power wireless sensors located in each parking space.")
PR Newswire

Subway Cars On Venice Blvd.?
Plus Metro

Talking The Walk: The Great LA Walk 2010 Does Wilshire Blvd.
LAist

The Tea Party Targets...Sustainable Development? ("If you believe conservative activists, smart growth is really a global conspiracy to herd Americans into human habitation zones.")
Mother Jones

Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Recipients Of New Railroad Safety Technology Grants ("Seven projects will share $50 million to help make the nation’s rail system safer by facilitating deployment of Positive Train Control (PTC) collision avoidance systems and other advanced technologies...Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) Shared LA PTC Communications Infrastructure will develop and test the communications best practices guide for all railroads that must implement a standard Vital Train Management System (VTMS) which requires an interoperable communication architecture that will allow trains to operate safely across railroad networks using the Los Angeles basin as the prototype.")
PressZoom

Walk Score Ambles Into 2,500 New Cities
GOOD

Was AV Transit Agency Board Asleep At The Board?
In The AV

Orange Line Bikeway, South LA CicLAvia?, Congestion Pricing In SGV, Car-Free Chat, Dodger Stadium Shuttle, 57 / 60 Interchange & More

Buildings Don't Cause Traffic In Pasadena, Drivers Do
Brigham Yen

Caltrans cited by EPA For Water Pollution
San Francisco Chronicle

Chat With Us 11/22: Living Car-Free In Southern California (today online, 3 - 4pm)
Southern California Public Radio

The Cold And The Dark ("If Art Leahy were to meet you at the Blue Line station or at one of the Rapid bus stops, introduce you to the Metro driver, and get a conversation among the passengers started, you might even consider putting your car aside once in a while and taking Metro. He's that good.")
KCET Departures

Congressional Reps Agree To Let Go Of Earmarks, Reluctantly ("Locally, the $1.8 billion Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority project to separate traffic from railroads is a popular target for earmark funds. But there is no funding category for so-called "grade separation" projects")
Whittier Daily News

Connections vs. Complexity ("The striking thing about the Los Angeles map is that most streets have only a single line on them, even though we are immediately south of downtown and you would expect many lines to be converging.")
Human Transit

Contrasting Visions Of Urban Transport: Critique Of "Fixing Transit: The Case For Privatization" (26p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute

Dodger Stadium Express A Success, But Future Depends On Funding
Blog Downtown

Editorial: Echoes Of The Holocaust: France's National Railway Delivered Jews To The Nazis. It's Apologized, And Now Wants To Bid On A High-Speed Rail Project In California
Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Rail Sinkhole ("More federal cash would not make a bullet train a higher-priority need for California, nor would it answer the troubling questions that surround the proposal. Other states' rejection of federal funds for high-speed rail should serve as a sign to California to rethink a dubious project, not an invitation to grab more money.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise

European Import Has Cars Spinning. Heads, Too ("Armed with mounting data showing that roundabouts are safer, cheaper to maintain and friendlier to the environment, transportation experts around the country are persuading communities to replace traditional intersections with them. There's just one problem: Americans don't know how to navigate them.")
New York Times

GOP Wants To Bring Transpo Policy Back To The 1950s
StreetsBlog DC

In The U.S., Poor Communication And Poor Choices Plague Bus Rapid Transit
The City Fix

Metrolink Adding To Fleet Of Crash-Savvy Cars: The Commuter Railroad Is Buying 20 More Hyundai Rotem Co. Coaches, Which Will Make Up 137 Of 160 Passenger Cars. Some Of The State-Of-The-Art Passenger Units Will Be Rolled Out Next Month
Los Angeles Times

Opinion: Downtown Drops The Ball On Transit Stop
Los Angeles Downtown News

Opinion: Have You Tried The Gold Line Yet?: Yes Monrovians Need To Drive To Pasadena To Catch The Train To L.A., But Now's A Great Time To Practice Your Strap-Hanging Skills
Monrovia Patch

Sanchez Urges Feds To Ship Surplus Rail Funds To California
Voice Of OC

Schulz Named President Of Los Angeles Transportation Club
Daily Breeze

S.F. Solves Funding Quandary For Central Subway
San Francisco Chronicle

Some Hope Given To Those Who Endure Traffic Bottleneck at 57 / 60 Interchange In Diamond Bar ("Led by the city of Industry, the 57/60 Confluence Project promises to solve the problem of 16 lanes of traffic being squeezed into 12.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

South L.A. CicLAvia Community Meeting (December 9)
CicLAvia

To Thwart Distracted Driving, US Government Considers Cell Phone Jammers In Cars
Popular Science

Transportation Benefits Will Soon Be Cut In Half: Help Us Stop It
Transportation For America

Using Parking Fees To Reduce Street Consumption
StreetsBlog Network

What A Difference Two Years Makes, Warm Reception For Congestion Pricing In San Gabriel Valley
StreetsBlog LA

Work Starts On Orange Line Bikeway, Metro Mulls New Cycling Plans
Curbed LA

Would An Hourglass Traffic Light Work Better?
GOOD

Gold Line Eastside Turns 1, Wilshire BRT, L.A. In Maps, Angels Flight Fare Increase?, Interactive Commuting Maps, L.A. H.S. Of Urban Planning & More

Arcadia Revises Downtown Vision
Pasadena Star-News

Buses Of The Future Unveiled At Vancouver Convention
Vancouver Sun

California Transit Agency Earns National Marketing Award For Cost Saving Text Messaging Program: Orange County Transportation Authority Edges Out Global Brands To Earn Title Of "Best Use Of Mobile Marketing: Relationship Building"
Business Wire

Can The Richest Neighborhoods Be Exempt From Bus Lanes? ("Richer cities Santa Monica and Beverly Hills are already not participating in the bus-only lane. Now, Metro and LA DOT must decide whether the richest section of the City of Los Angeles that the bus lane passes through will also be exempt.")
LA Subway Blog

Carmakers' Next Problem: Generation Y - People In Their Teens And Twenties Are More Interested In Gadgets Than Cars
MSNBC

China Completes World's Longest Bullet Line
Infrastructurist

Connection Penalties As "De Facto Redlining"?
Human Transit
Connection Fare Penalties: Why They Happen
Human Transit

Dutch Planners School U.S. Cities On Bikeability
StreetsBlog DC

Eastside Gold Line Reaches One Year Milestone ("One year later, it appears many East L.A. and Boyle Heights residents, as well as people from the surrounding communities, have adopted the light rail into their routines, local excursions and community activity commitments.")
EGP News

Federal Transit Programs: Federal Transit Administration Has Opportunities To Improve Performance Accountability
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Full-Text Report (46p. PDF)

Highways And Labor Markets
Planetizen

LADOT Westside Mobility Plan Study
Westside Today

Los Angeles In Maps & The Curious Case Of Miss Laura J. Whitlock
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Metro America's Commuting Methods: The Interactive Edition
Infrastructurist
Interactive: State Of Metropolitan America Indicator Map
Brookings

The New New Urbanists: Los Angeles' High School Of Urban Planning Welcomes Its Freshman Class (East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy of Urban Planning)
Metropolis

New Supermarket Coming To Downtown: Rio Ranch To Open Chinatown Area Grocery Store In 2011
Los Angeles Downtown News

NIMBY's In Westwood Threaten Wilshire BRT Project West Of Beverly Hills
StreetsBlog LA

Our View: Taking The Free From Our Freeways
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Project Delays Keep L.A. Metro's Budget In The Black
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy

Should Angels Flight Increase Its Quarter Fare?
Blog Downtown

Sustainable Housing, 30/10 And Public Transit In LA
Huffington Post

Train Makers Rail Against China's High-Speed Designs
Wall Street Journal

Villaraigosa Proposes Free Field Trip Travel For Students On MTA
Daily Breeze

Wilshire Bus Lane Battle On The Horizon
Curbed LA

Best Transpo Inventions For 2010, Metrolink's New Railcars, OC Clean Tech, Perils Of Low Base Fares, Downtown Auto District & More

The 50 Best Inventions Of 2010 (A look at the 10 related to transportation)

Time
Amtrak's Beef-Powered Train
Google's Driverless Car
Martin Jetpack
Edison 2
Anthro Electric Car
Electric-Car Charging Stations
The Straddling Bus
Road-Embedded Rechargers
Terrafugia Transition
The Plastic Bottle Boat

57, 10 Freeways Listed As Candidates For Toll Lanes
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Achieving Traffic Safety Goals In The United States: Lessons From Other Nations (188p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board Special Report

City Debuts System To Improve Traffic Flow ("Murrieta has opened a new traffic-management nerve center in City Hall that allows technicians to manipulate traffic signals in real time.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise

DC's Bike Share Proliferation
Commute By Bike

Downtown Auto District Made Official
Los Angeles Downtown News

European Carmakers Get Into The Bicycle Business
StreetsBlog Network

How Much Money Does Public Transportation Save?
The City Fix

Is This Battery-Powered Subcompact The Future Of Car Sharing?
StreetsBlog Network

LADOT G.M. Search: StreetsBlog's Fab Four Of Fresh Faces That Should Be Considered
StreetsBlog LA

"Mapnificent": Your Freedom To Roam
Human Transit

Midterms Threaten Obama's Rail Plans
New York Times

National High Speed Rail Plan Unveiled, Despite Political Roadblocks
Reuters

New Rotem Cars Are "Ready To Roll"
Metrolink Trains Blog

Nothing Is Simple Down By The River
Blog Downtown

Orange County Hits Pay Dirt With Clean-Tech Industry: The Area Is Attracting Many Companies Focusing On Green Energy And Transportation. It Already Boasts About 300 Such Firms With 20,000 Jobs, Business Groups Say
Los Angeles Times

The Peril Of Low Base Fares ("Los Angeles County transit agencies also labor under a peculiar funding arrangement in which a certain countywide funding source is allocated according to fare revenue divided by base fare. So if you keep your base fare down (by charging for "extras," such as connections) you get more money from the county!")
Human Transit

Port Of Long Beach And Vision Sign Agreement For Zero Emission Truck Demonstration
Market Watch

Public Transportation Prices In 80 Worldwide Cities
Price Of Travel

Report: Letting Transit Tax Benefit Expire Will Throw Riders From The Train
StreetsBlog
The Case To Maintain The Commuter Benefit Gap (6p. PDF)
Transit Center

South Pasadena Officials To Further Discuss 710 Freeway Extension
Pasadena Star-News

Transportation Reauthorization Bill Headed For Yet Another Extension
School Transportation News

Yaroslavsky, Katz Demand Changes To Wilshire Rapid Bus Lane Project
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy

Expo Won't Be Aqua, Alameda Corridor East , No Rail On Wilshire, GPS Risks, New Transpo Safety Campaign, Pedestrian Advocacy & More

Announcing The Subway Announcement Lady
New York Times

Bachmann: Transportation Projects Shouldn't Be Earmarks
Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Beijing-LA Alliance To Fight Traffic ("In an unusual alliance, the transportation agencies of Los Angeles and Beijing have come together to swap ideas on how best to get people walking, biking and riding public transit." MTA Deputy CEO Paul Taylor discusses)
KCRW

China Leads World In High-Speed Rail Tracks (and is on the verge of having more HSR tracks than the rest of the world put together)
NPR

Development's Traffic Impact Questioned: NBC Universal's Expansion Plan Assumes Public Transportation Use, Officials Said
Burbank Leader

Don't Call It The Aqua Line: It's The Aqua-Colored Expo Line
Curbed LA

Downtown Parking May Change: City Officials Are Looking Into Plan To Ease Requirements To Attract Businesses
Glendale News-Press

Editorial: MTA's Legal Trouble
Daily Breeze

Editorial: Paying To Use Those Carpool Lanes
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Joins Call For Redirecting HSR Money
California High Speed Rail Blog

GPS Addict? It May Be Eroding Your Brain
MSNBC

The Horrors Of "Transferring," Circa 1974
Human Transit

How Pedestrian! The Walking Movement Flexes Its Muscle
StreetsBlog DC

LA Transportation Officials Unveil New Airport, Train Station Safety Campaign
Southern California Public Radio

Lawmakers Seek More Rail Money For California: Senators Say California Would Gladly Take Funds For High-Speed Rail Passed On By Other States
ABC News

Light Rail On Wilshire? Why, That Would Be Illegal!
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

London Unveils New High-Tech Double-Decker Bus
USA Today

McConnell Earmark Ban Support Could Mean Even Less For Transpo
Transportation Nation

More Security Sought At Perris, Corona Transit Centers
Riverside Press-Enterprise

Oberstar Says Farewell, Talks About Future Of Infrastructure Debate
Trucking Info

Oberstar's Final Words Of Wisdom
StreetsBlog DC

Our View: Help ACE Finish What It Started (Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Pending Expiration Of The Federal Commuter Tax Benefit Presents Mass Transit Riders With Financial Challenges In 2011, Finds New TransitCenter Economic Report
Business Wire

Rail System Still Needs Identification Requirements
Government Security News

Taxis: The New Frontier Of Sustainable Transportation
The City Fix

TCRP Study Of Social Media: Want To Take Part?
Transit Wire

Tools To Help Companies Manage Their Social Media ("A small suite of emerging technologies is offering solutions to help companies manage their social media presence, by archiving business communications or managing individual employees posts on sites like Twitter and Facebook.")
New York Times

Transportation Official To Step Down From High-Speed Rail Panel: Richard Katz, Who Also Serves On The Boards Of The L.A. County MTA And The Metrolink Commuter System, Will Leave His Post Dec. 1
Los Angeles Times

U.S. Falls Behind Other Nations In Reducing Traffic Fatalities And Injuries; Report Identifies Safety Strategies That Could Succeed In U.S.
News From The National Academies

Waze Combines Crowdsourced GPS And Pac-Man
Wired

WeHo Transit Corridor, Congestion Pricing, L.A. Great Walk, Port Recovery, Brick "Road Carpet" & More

AEG Wants A Green Stadium For Downtown L.A.: No New Parking Required
StreetsBlog LA

Amazing Brick Machine Rolls Out Roads Like Carpet
Inhabitat

Editorial: Get Ventura County On A Faster Transit Track
Pacific Coast Business Times

Five Sustainable Building Materials That Could Transform Construction
This Big City

From The Nation's Railroads, Some Positive Economic Signs
Los Angeles Times
Rail Time Indicators: A Review Of Key Economic Trends Shaping Demand For Rail Transportation (34p. PDF)
Association Of American Railroads

The Great Los Angeles Walk, 2010 (Saturday, November 20 : Wilshire Boulevard, 15.6 Miles, Pershing Square to the Pacific Ocean)
Great LA Walk
Curating The City: Explore Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles Conservancy

How The Unions Can Help LA Pay For The Wilshire Subway Extension
Huffington Post

Hwy. 101 Widening Foes File 3 Appeals ("The project involves converting the highway from a four-lane expressway into a six-lane freeway...At issue is whether the County Board Of Supervisors acted lawfully when it approved the $116 million project in September")
Ventura County Star

In Cutting Bus Stops, San Francisco Points Towards A More Efficient Bus System
Transport Politic

LA Metrolink Launches New Mobile Website
Railway Track And Structures

MTA Considering More Freeway Toll Lanes To Reduce Congestion
Los Angeles Times

New Report: U.S. Interstate Bullet System Achievable By 2050
Infrastructurist
A Track Record Of Success: High-Speed Rail Around The World And Its Promise For America (53p. PDF)
U.S. PIRG Education Fund

Op-Ed: Scrutiny Will Keep MTA Finances On Correct Path
Los Angeles Business Journal

Outlook For Highway Reauthorization Unclear After Election
Trucking Info

Ports Of L.A. And Long Beach Post 18% Growth In Container Traffic: The Combined Cargo Total For October Compared With A Year Earlier Offers A Better-Than-Expected Sign Of Recovery
Los Angeles Times

Santa Monica Gears Up For The Season With New Traffic Strategies
LAist

Some Like It HOT: Metro Studying More Roads For Congestion Pricing
StreetsBlog LA

State Projects Will Drive Funding For High-Speed Rail
Washington Post

A Train To Somewhere (Three Los Angeles examples of very short rail lines - The Grove, The Getty, Angels Flight - suggest that seemingly pointless but fun point-to-point transit systems could be the best way to use transit to improve urban areas)
Gelato Baby

What Now For The West Hollywood Transit Corridor?
StreetsBlog LA

Who's Driving This Public Transit System? ("Most experts conclude that transportation infrastructure does not lend itself to complete privatization because transport systems have network effects (economies of scale and scope) and external impacts, so pure privatization without regulation or subsidy generally leads to an inefficient transport system. Some functions can be contracted out, but most experts recommend that governments maintain strategic planning, management and performance standards, and provide subsidies needed to achieve strategic objectives.")
Planetizen

Expo & Real Estate, 5th & Flower Station, Gas Tax Hike Proposals, Transit And Sprawl, Taxi Safety & More

Arcadia To Vote On Updated General Plan ("City officials aim to set the stage for downtown revitalization by allowing residents to live in traditionally commercial areas around the future Gold Line station.")
Pasadena Star-News

BART Passed Over On Federal Loan For Airport Connector This Fiscal Year
StreetsBlog SF

Boosting Jobs With The Right Kind Of Housing And Transportation Efforts
New Republic

Budget Cuts Lead Cities To Bus Rapid Transit Over Rail
AltTransport

Buses, Bikes And Businesses Battle To Be King Of The Road ("San Francisco Muni...wants to establish 250 miles of transit-only lanes along roadways in The City and add 100 dedicated bike lanes. The goal is to move drivers out of their cars and also to increase the average speed of the transit system, which hovers at 8 mph now.")
San Francisco Examiner

Can We Ditch Our Cars And Embrace High-Speed Rail?
LAist

Clock Running Out On Montebello Railroad Crossing Project
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

The Community Plan Ordinance And Street-Level Planning: A Few False Alarms
CityWatch

Experts Say Sydney Could Learn From LA (''Let's look at a great example, which is Los Angeles...They have made tremendous investments in all kinds of mass transit - light rail, bus rapid transit, sometimes using the existing street grid, and they're doing some heavy
rail.")
Sydney Morning Herald

The Fifth And Flower Tumble: Loss Of Key Regional Connector Station Raises Worries In Downtown
Los Angeles Downtown News

Fuel Tax, Anyone? (an expert panel weighs in)
National Journal Transportation Blog

Is Los Angeles Ready For 30/10? (LA Neighbors United)
StreetsBlog LA

Los Angeles In Maps: What's Next?
KCET Departures

Los Angeles On $100 A Day ("Seven days and six nights without a car turned out to be not only possible but in many ways afforded me a more unfiltered view of Los Angeles than I would have gotten behind the wheel.")
New York Times

Many More Amtrak Services On Google Transit
Trillium Solutions

The Mean, Stupid And Expensive Capital Of The U.S.? Survey Says Los Angeles Is A Contender ("When it came to public transportation, pedestrian-friendliness and friendliness generally, Los Angeles ranked dead last among 35 major U.S. cities.")
Los Angeles Times
America's Favorite Cities
Travel + Leisure

NYC Transit Union Chief Seeks To Unmask Blogger ("A growing number of people are turning to courts to try to unmask their online detractors.")
Wall Street Union

Proposed Gas Tax Increase Fires Up Debate
CNN Money

The Quest For Oregon's "Next Top (Transportation) Model"
Bike Portland

SF Considers Downtown Congestion Pricing
KGO-7

State's Taxi Industry Seen As "Wild West Of Safety" ("Thousands of Californians ride in taxi cabs every day, but the industry is far less regulated than virtually every other form of public transportation.")
Desert Sun

Transit Plaza Design Unveiled
Arcadia's Best

Transit's Role In Sprawl Repair ("What if we learned from Los Angeles's path? Instead of waiting until it's really expensive, as Los Angeles did, what if we take early, gradual, inexpensive steps to make our arterials safe and attractive for transit? That doesn't mean ripping up our single-family neighborhoods, but it does mean rethinking our arterials so that they're safe and attractive places for pedestrians, and so that they provide appropriate levels of priority to transit.")
Human Transit

VISTA Fares To Climb 25 Percent
Camarillo Acorn

Want A 15-Cent Gas Tax Hike? These Groups Do
Contracting Business

Westside Real Estate Agents Talking Expo With Clients
StreetsBlog LA