6/08/2011
405 Closure, Transit TV, Metro Snack Bar, "Bicycle Business District," Open Data Trip Planners, 1915 Map, 1924 Road Projects & More
9 Most Doom-y Official Statements About The July 405 Closure
Curbed LA
405 Freeway Closure Will Make July 16, 17 The "Carmageddon" Of Traffic Mayhem In Los Angeles ("The only good news: The Red Line subway from the Valley to Hollywood will be free of charge that weekend. The Metro's bus fleet, on the other hand, will continue to charge. Thus continuing the grand tradition of working-class bus riders getting screwed in L.A.")
LA Weekly
All Aboard! Student Art Finds Its Way To TransitTV
StreetsBlog LA
Out The Window ("What do you know about Los Angeles? Share your knowledge on Bus TV.")
County Approves Funding Agreement For Lenwood Bridge Project ("The bridge project is also considered part of the Alameda Corridor East, which is a national goods movement plan for moving freight from ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach to the rest of the nation.")
Desert Dispatch
Creating Pacific Coast Highway And Other Landmark Projects From 1924: Metro Library's New Collection Of Historic California Highway Commission Documents
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Cul-De-Sacs Are Killing Us: Public Safety Lessons From Suburbia
StreetsBlog DC
Enabling Cost-Effective Multimodal Trip Planners Through Open Transit Data (115p. PDF : Examines whether multimodal trip planners can be developed using open-source software and open data sources)
University Of South Florida National Center For Transit Research
Five Infographics On The Ripple Effects Of Gas Prices
GOOD
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Names Borja Leon As Transportation Deputy: Leon, 36, Said Part Of His New Emphasis Will Be To Help Push Congress To Adopt Villaraigosa's America Fast Forward Plan That Would Speed Construction Of Local Transit Projects, Including Those Approved By Voters
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Issues Statement On City's Largest "Operation Pothole"
California Newswire
L.A. Traffic Cameras May Get The Red Light: Citing Costs And Safety Issues, The Police Commission Votes To Shut The Cameras Down. Unless The City Council Intervenes, Their Use At 32 Intersections Could End Within Weeks
Los Angeles Times
Labor And Environmentalists Unite To Push For Transportation Reforms
StreetsBlog DC
BlueGreen Alliance Calls For Transportation Reauthorization In 2011
BlueGreen Alliance Press Release
Policy Brief: National Policy On Transportation (2p. PDF)
BlueGreen Alliance
Light Rail "For Dummies?" (Transit blogger Jarrett Walker takes last week's Atlantic article and infographic to task)
Human Transit
Long Beach Unveils "Bicycle Business District" Program
KCET
Map Of Los Angeles And The San Gabriel Mountains, 1915 (An early map commissioned by the Automobile Club Of Southern California, which improved roads, standardized traffic laws, and promoted automobile accessibility)
Big Map Blog
Jumbo-Size Close-Up View (click here and spend some time exploring bygone outlying areas of Los Angeles such as Clearwater, Marion, Tropico, Lordsburg and others)
Mayor Villaraigosa Appoints Borja Leon As New Transportation Deputy
Los Angeles Daily News
Muni Cameras Cut Accident Rate By 50 Percent, Agency Says ("Installed in all 800 of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s buses in November 2009, the DriveCam is activated automatically by jarring events such as quick accelerations, the jerking of a wheel or the slamming of brakes. It’s mainly used for recording accidents, collisions and improper driving techniques.")
San Francisco Examiner
Officials To Address Safety Concerns At Downtown Station: Since The Introduction Of Metrolink's Express Service, The Downtown Station Has Seen An Increase In Use
Burbank Leader
Opinion: Case For High-Speed Rail Grows Only Stronger (co-written by the mayors of Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Fresno)
Sacramento Bee
Rideshare And Metrolink Aren't Just For The Daily Grind: Metrolink Trains And Ridesharing Offer Local Convenient Methods To Save Time, Money, And Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Walnut Patch
Ridesharing As An Alternative To Transportation Capacity Increases
Transport Politic
Rush Snack Bar Coming To 7th/Metro Subway Station In Downtown LA
Brigham Yen
Transportation Statistics Annual Report, 2010 (222p. PDF : This annual report presents and analyzes data on safety, the state of good repair of the U.S. transportation system, economic competitiveness, livable communities, passenger expenditures, and environmental sustainability, and explores how to improve transportation statistics)
U.S. DOT RITA Bureau Of Transportation Statistics
Press Release and Individual Chapters For Download
U.S. DOT Encourages Production Of Steel Streetcar Rails
Metro Magazine
Will Congestion Pricing Ever Catch On Here?
New Republic
Would You Like A Coffee With Your Bus Ticket? Presto! ("Commuters will eventually be able to pay for coffee and parking with the same Presto smartcard they use to pay their bus fares.")
Toronto Star
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6/07/2011
America Fast Forward, Beverly Hills Subway, Bob Hope Transit Center, Suburban Jitneys, Disneyland & L.A. Monorail, Westwood FlyAway & More
Around The Halls: North Spring Street Viaduct, Streetcar Funding, Expo Improvements
Blog Downtown
Bev Hills School District Tries New Tack To Get Its Way On Subway
Curbed LA
Bike Rides In Balance: Claremont Gives Cyclists Their Way
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Bob Hope Airport Officials Go Back To Drawing Board On Transit Center: Officials Look To Scale Back Bob Hope Airport Transit Center Plans After Construction Bids Come In Much Higher Than Anticipated
Los Angeles Times
Can The Private Sector Close The Gap In Suburban Transit? ("For those unfamiliar with them, jitneys are shared taxis running on fixed routes. They occupy a middle ground between buses and taxicabs, with the ability to divert somewhat from their routes to provide door-to-door service. They arose in Los Angeles in 1914 and quickly spread across the country, but generated enough opposition from private streetcar companies that most cities and states had banned them by 1920.")
New Republic
China's New Bullet Trains Plan To Challenge Airlines
Business Report
Cost-Effective Connection Details For Highway Sign, Luminaire, And Traffic Signal Structures (236p. PDF web-only document)
TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Could Focusing On Repairs Please Everyone? ("Could a focus--mandated from Congress--on repair and maintenance, instead of new construction, reduce the cost of a surface-transportation bill such that the legislating process could begin in earnest? Would Republicans and Democrats embrace that idea equally? What are the drawbacks? Why does maintenance get ignored by states and cities? What is the appropriate role for new construction in a tight budget situation?")
National Journal Transportation Expert Blogs
Disneyland's Alweg Monorail: Walt Disney's Highway In The Sky
Micechat
Emergency Responders Prepare For 405 Freeway Closure: Extra Firefighters And Paramedics As Well As Additional Buses And Free Rides On The Red Line Are Planned During Mid-July Weekend
Encino Patch
Emerging Technologies Applicable To Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety And Security (133p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
Endangered Westwood FlyAway LAX Shuttle Route Granted 2-Week Reprieve
Daily Breeze
If You Know How Mass Transit Can Adapt To Climate Change, The FTA Has A Check For You
AltTransport
Los Angeles Leads Full-Throttle Dash For U.S. Transit Cash ("LA Metro sees a good omen in the fact that 67 percent of voters approved the sales tax increase to fund new projects. "You've got a whole sea change, a paradigm shift with Los Angeles being a car culture," said Roger Moliere, LA Metro's chief of real property management development. Rail has so far failed to "connect the dots," he said, between the area's six or seven downtowns in places like Century City, West Los Angeles and Santa Monica. "It's just now happening.")
New York Times
Motorists Warned About "Nightmare" Of 405 Closure: Northbound And Southbound Lanes Of The Freeway Will Be Closed For 53-Hours In July, Mainly For Demolition Work On The Mulholland Drive Bridge. Officials Are Asking People To Plan Ahead And Consider Alternate Routes
Los Angeles Times
Newest Attempt To Give Cities Power Over Speed Limits Gains Ground In Sacramento
StreetsBlog LA
NYC's Plaza Program: An Open Space Model For L.A.? (Janette Sadik-Khan)
StreetsBlog LA
Pomona Jockeys For Rail: High-Speed Train Route, Funding Are In Question
Contra Costa Times
Port Of Los Angeles Adopts 2011-2012 Fiscal Budget
Logistics Week
Port Of Los Angeles Proposed Annual Budget Fiscal Year 2011-2012 (24p. PDF)
City Of Los Angeles Harbor Department
Ride Along With Metro Chief Art Leahy (audio : "The latest installment in a transportation series with Metro chief Art Leahy, with updates on the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s plans for new highways, railways, and extensions of the existing Orange and Gold Lines. How will the Metro’s decisions to eliminate some bus lines and significantly reduce others affect its low-income ridership, which is expected to increase in light of rising gas prices? Whatever came of the controversy surrounding the construction of a new station in Leimert Park? And are you prepared for the temporary closing of the 405 freeway, July 16-17? Plus, check out the Metro’s new online bus-tracking service, NexTrip, and its revolutionary Spanish-language blog El Pasajero, which attempts to put a “Latino face on Metro.”)
Southern California Public Radio
The Shadow Government: With Little Public Oversight, The Organization That Invented The LEED System Is Remaking An Industry
Architecture Boston
South L.A. Still Fuming Over Metro Leimert Park / Crenshaw Subway Vote
StreetsBlog LA
Southland Gas Prices Drop For 31st Consecutive Day
Los Angeles Daily News
"Stay The Heck Out Of Here," Supervisor Warns, When Part Of 405 Freeway Closes In Mid-July
Los Angeles Times
A Subway Runs Through It: School District Officials Oppose Tunneling Under Beverly Hills High
LAist
Taking The Bars Off West L.A. Park ("Just as Metro is proving there are more ways to get around Los Angeles than by oneself in a car, join us in demonstrating that the business community recognizes that community means open space as well as shops, parking and public safety.")
Los Angeles Business Journal
Using Market Processes To Reform Government Transportation Programs: Report No. 1
Heritage Foundation
Why Building Roads Creates Traffic
Infrastructurist
Will Governor Or Assembly Stop Senate's Attack On High Speed Rail?
California High Speed Rail Blog
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Blog Downtown
Bev Hills School District Tries New Tack To Get Its Way On Subway
Curbed LA
Bike Rides In Balance: Claremont Gives Cyclists Their Way
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Bob Hope Airport Officials Go Back To Drawing Board On Transit Center: Officials Look To Scale Back Bob Hope Airport Transit Center Plans After Construction Bids Come In Much Higher Than Anticipated
Los Angeles Times
Can The Private Sector Close The Gap In Suburban Transit? ("For those unfamiliar with them, jitneys are shared taxis running on fixed routes. They occupy a middle ground between buses and taxicabs, with the ability to divert somewhat from their routes to provide door-to-door service. They arose in Los Angeles in 1914 and quickly spread across the country, but generated enough opposition from private streetcar companies that most cities and states had banned them by 1920.")
New Republic
China's New Bullet Trains Plan To Challenge Airlines
Business Report
Cost-Effective Connection Details For Highway Sign, Luminaire, And Traffic Signal Structures (236p. PDF web-only document)
TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Could Focusing On Repairs Please Everyone? ("Could a focus--mandated from Congress--on repair and maintenance, instead of new construction, reduce the cost of a surface-transportation bill such that the legislating process could begin in earnest? Would Republicans and Democrats embrace that idea equally? What are the drawbacks? Why does maintenance get ignored by states and cities? What is the appropriate role for new construction in a tight budget situation?")
National Journal Transportation Expert Blogs
Disneyland's Alweg Monorail: Walt Disney's Highway In The Sky
Micechat
Emergency Responders Prepare For 405 Freeway Closure: Extra Firefighters And Paramedics As Well As Additional Buses And Free Rides On The Red Line Are Planned During Mid-July Weekend
Encino Patch
Emerging Technologies Applicable To Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety And Security (133p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
Endangered Westwood FlyAway LAX Shuttle Route Granted 2-Week Reprieve
Daily Breeze
If You Know How Mass Transit Can Adapt To Climate Change, The FTA Has A Check For You
AltTransport
Los Angeles Leads Full-Throttle Dash For U.S. Transit Cash ("LA Metro sees a good omen in the fact that 67 percent of voters approved the sales tax increase to fund new projects. "You've got a whole sea change, a paradigm shift with Los Angeles being a car culture," said Roger Moliere, LA Metro's chief of real property management development. Rail has so far failed to "connect the dots," he said, between the area's six or seven downtowns in places like Century City, West Los Angeles and Santa Monica. "It's just now happening.")
New York Times
Motorists Warned About "Nightmare" Of 405 Closure: Northbound And Southbound Lanes Of The Freeway Will Be Closed For 53-Hours In July, Mainly For Demolition Work On The Mulholland Drive Bridge. Officials Are Asking People To Plan Ahead And Consider Alternate Routes
Los Angeles Times
Newest Attempt To Give Cities Power Over Speed Limits Gains Ground In Sacramento
StreetsBlog LA
NYC's Plaza Program: An Open Space Model For L.A.? (Janette Sadik-Khan)
StreetsBlog LA
Pomona Jockeys For Rail: High-Speed Train Route, Funding Are In Question
Contra Costa Times
Port Of Los Angeles Adopts 2011-2012 Fiscal Budget
Logistics Week
Port Of Los Angeles Proposed Annual Budget Fiscal Year 2011-2012 (24p. PDF)
City Of Los Angeles Harbor Department
Ride Along With Metro Chief Art Leahy (audio : "The latest installment in a transportation series with Metro chief Art Leahy, with updates on the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s plans for new highways, railways, and extensions of the existing Orange and Gold Lines. How will the Metro’s decisions to eliminate some bus lines and significantly reduce others affect its low-income ridership, which is expected to increase in light of rising gas prices? Whatever came of the controversy surrounding the construction of a new station in Leimert Park? And are you prepared for the temporary closing of the 405 freeway, July 16-17? Plus, check out the Metro’s new online bus-tracking service, NexTrip, and its revolutionary Spanish-language blog El Pasajero, which attempts to put a “Latino face on Metro.”)
Southern California Public Radio
The Shadow Government: With Little Public Oversight, The Organization That Invented The LEED System Is Remaking An Industry
Architecture Boston
South L.A. Still Fuming Over Metro Leimert Park / Crenshaw Subway Vote
StreetsBlog LA
Southland Gas Prices Drop For 31st Consecutive Day
Los Angeles Daily News
"Stay The Heck Out Of Here," Supervisor Warns, When Part Of 405 Freeway Closes In Mid-July
Los Angeles Times
A Subway Runs Through It: School District Officials Oppose Tunneling Under Beverly Hills High
LAist
Taking The Bars Off West L.A. Park ("Just as Metro is proving there are more ways to get around Los Angeles than by oneself in a car, join us in demonstrating that the business community recognizes that community means open space as well as shops, parking and public safety.")
Los Angeles Business Journal
Using Market Processes To Reform Government Transportation Programs: Report No. 1
Heritage Foundation
Why Building Roads Creates Traffic
Infrastructurist
Will Governor Or Assembly Stop Senate's Attack On High Speed Rail?
California High Speed Rail Blog
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
6/06/2011
Downtown Streetcar, Westside Subway, LADOT, Bergamot Station, Palmdale & CAHSR, 405 Closure, Angeles Crest Highway & More
Angeles Crest Highway Reopens, And Fans Can't Wait To Hit The Road: Hundreds Of Riders, Drivers And Nature Lovers Trek To The Angeles National Forest To Enjoy The Winding Route That Was Closed For Over A Year
Los Angeles Times
Arroyoland's Next Hot 'Hoods: Where Will Home Buyers Be Flocking To A Decade Or More From Now? Not Necessarily Where You Think("That will make living near rail stations the next hottest real estate trend — one that may be here to stay. Here are five Arroyoland neighborhoods I predict will gain momentum as the rail network matures")
Pasadena Weekly
Bergamot Development Gets $650K Grant
Santa Monica Mirror
Caltrans Reopens 7 Miles Of Angeles Crest Highway
Pasadena Star-News
Can The Hummer Guy Fix L.A.'s Transportation Problems?
Los Angeles Times
Design-Build: The "New, New Thing" In L.A. County -- Wow!
Planning Report
Dismantling The Mulholland Bridge Will Be An Intricate Task
Los Angeles Daily News
DOT's Stimulus Spending Hits $28.4 Billion: Department Disbursed $3.7 Billion So Far In 2011
Journal Of Commerce
Editorial: Put Union Station Tie In Streetcar Vision ("We think the northeast extension is a solid idea worth serious consideration. While it would likely spur a price hike for an already expensive effort, it seems like a no-brainer to ensure that the line would have a connection to Southern California’s primary mass transit center. Not making the streetcar reach (or get close to) Union Station would be a Downtown equivalent of the goof of not running the Green Line into LAX.")
Los Angeles Downtown News
Find Everywhere You Can Go In 15 Minutes Or Less (more on Mapnificent)
Flowing Data
Group Launches Central Valley Campaign Against High-Speed Rail Project
Central Valley Business Times
The Insane California High-Speed Rail Project
Washington Examiner
It Is Time For Beverly Hills To Give Up ("Numerous schools elsewhere in the world have subway tunnels under them – Berkeley High School in Northern California has a cut and cover subway tunnel just below the surface that has no influence on the regular operation of the school. Other far more vulnerable targets, like the US Capitol, have rail tunnels under them.")
Wilshire/Vermont: Transportation In Los Angeles And Beyond
Jaime De La Vega To Lead The Troubled Los Angeles Transportation Department: Villaraigosa Wants Him To Improve Management Practices And Develop Measure R Programs. Mayor Also Names A Police Commander To Oversee Reforms In Parking Enforcement Operations
Los Angeles Times
Judge Rejects Argument Against Video Cameras In Metrolink Locomotives
Los Angeles Times
Legislature Votes To Tighten Up Oversight Of High-Speed Rail ("The Assembly approved Assembly Bill 145, which would make the authority an advisory body while shifting control of the project to a new state agency called the Department of High-Speed Trains.")
Sacramento Bee
Metro: Free Subway Rides During 405 Nightmare
Los Angeles Daily News
Metro Offering Free Subway Rides During 405 Closure
CBS Los Angeles
Metro To Offer Free Subway Rides During July 405 Fwy Closure
KABC-7
Officials Tussle Over Rail Crossing: Proximity Of Adjacent Propane Facility Constitutes A Danger, One Says
Burbank Leader
Palmdale Challenges High-Speed Rail Study Of Alternative I-5 route
Los Angeles Daily News
Palmdale To Pursue Legal Action If High-Speed Rail Authority Considers Bypassing Antelope Valley
Los Angeles Times
Report: California Mulls A "Department Of High-Speed Trains"
Government Technology
Residents Brace For Closure Of 405 Freeway
Los Angeles Daily News
Road Crews Fan Out Across Los Angeles To Fix Potholes: For This Weekend's Operation Pothole, City Crews Hope To Fix About 20,000 Potholes In Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
School Officials Oppose Subway Extension Under Beverly Hills High: School District Officials Say One Of The Routes Being Considered Would Quash Their Plans To Renovate The Aging Campus. Prominent Developers Prefer That Route Because It Goes Through The Heart Of Century City
Los Angeles Times
Top Ten Reasons To Have The Subway Station At Constellation & Avenue Of The Stars
Century City Chamber Of Commerce
Value Capture As A Tool For Tying Land Use To Transit
Human Transit
The Virtues Of Investing In Transportation ("Infrastructure spending, adjusted for inflation and accounting for the depreciation of existing assets, is at about the same level it was in 1968, when the economy was one-third smaller. Public investment on transportation and water infrastructure as a share of gross domestic product has fallen steadily since the 1960s and now stands at 2.4 percent, compared with 5 percent in Europe and more than 9 percent in China.")
New York Times
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Los Angeles Times
Arroyoland's Next Hot 'Hoods: Where Will Home Buyers Be Flocking To A Decade Or More From Now? Not Necessarily Where You Think("That will make living near rail stations the next hottest real estate trend — one that may be here to stay. Here are five Arroyoland neighborhoods I predict will gain momentum as the rail network matures")
Pasadena Weekly
Bergamot Development Gets $650K Grant
Santa Monica Mirror
Caltrans Reopens 7 Miles Of Angeles Crest Highway
Pasadena Star-News
Can The Hummer Guy Fix L.A.'s Transportation Problems?
Los Angeles Times
Design-Build: The "New, New Thing" In L.A. County -- Wow!
Planning Report
Dismantling The Mulholland Bridge Will Be An Intricate Task
Los Angeles Daily News
DOT's Stimulus Spending Hits $28.4 Billion: Department Disbursed $3.7 Billion So Far In 2011
Journal Of Commerce
Editorial: Put Union Station Tie In Streetcar Vision ("We think the northeast extension is a solid idea worth serious consideration. While it would likely spur a price hike for an already expensive effort, it seems like a no-brainer to ensure that the line would have a connection to Southern California’s primary mass transit center. Not making the streetcar reach (or get close to) Union Station would be a Downtown equivalent of the goof of not running the Green Line into LAX.")
Los Angeles Downtown News
Find Everywhere You Can Go In 15 Minutes Or Less (more on Mapnificent)
Flowing Data
Group Launches Central Valley Campaign Against High-Speed Rail Project
Central Valley Business Times
The Insane California High-Speed Rail Project
Washington Examiner
It Is Time For Beverly Hills To Give Up ("Numerous schools elsewhere in the world have subway tunnels under them – Berkeley High School in Northern California has a cut and cover subway tunnel just below the surface that has no influence on the regular operation of the school. Other far more vulnerable targets, like the US Capitol, have rail tunnels under them.")
Wilshire/Vermont: Transportation In Los Angeles And Beyond
Jaime De La Vega To Lead The Troubled Los Angeles Transportation Department: Villaraigosa Wants Him To Improve Management Practices And Develop Measure R Programs. Mayor Also Names A Police Commander To Oversee Reforms In Parking Enforcement Operations
Los Angeles Times
Judge Rejects Argument Against Video Cameras In Metrolink Locomotives
Los Angeles Times
Legislature Votes To Tighten Up Oversight Of High-Speed Rail ("The Assembly approved Assembly Bill 145, which would make the authority an advisory body while shifting control of the project to a new state agency called the Department of High-Speed Trains.")
Sacramento Bee
Metro: Free Subway Rides During 405 Nightmare
Los Angeles Daily News
Metro Offering Free Subway Rides During 405 Closure
CBS Los Angeles
Metro To Offer Free Subway Rides During July 405 Fwy Closure
KABC-7
Officials Tussle Over Rail Crossing: Proximity Of Adjacent Propane Facility Constitutes A Danger, One Says
Burbank Leader
Palmdale Challenges High-Speed Rail Study Of Alternative I-5 route
Los Angeles Daily News
Palmdale To Pursue Legal Action If High-Speed Rail Authority Considers Bypassing Antelope Valley
Los Angeles Times
Report: California Mulls A "Department Of High-Speed Trains"
Government Technology
Residents Brace For Closure Of 405 Freeway
Los Angeles Daily News
Road Crews Fan Out Across Los Angeles To Fix Potholes: For This Weekend's Operation Pothole, City Crews Hope To Fix About 20,000 Potholes In Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
School Officials Oppose Subway Extension Under Beverly Hills High: School District Officials Say One Of The Routes Being Considered Would Quash Their Plans To Renovate The Aging Campus. Prominent Developers Prefer That Route Because It Goes Through The Heart Of Century City
Los Angeles Times
Top Ten Reasons To Have The Subway Station At Constellation & Avenue Of The Stars
Century City Chamber Of Commerce
Value Capture As A Tool For Tying Land Use To Transit
Human Transit
The Virtues Of Investing In Transportation ("Infrastructure spending, adjusted for inflation and accounting for the depreciation of existing assets, is at about the same level it was in 1968, when the economy was one-third smaller. Public investment on transportation and water infrastructure as a share of gross domestic product has fallen steadily since the 1960s and now stands at 2.4 percent, compared with 5 percent in Europe and more than 9 percent in China.")
New York Times
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6/03/2011
405 Closure Next Month, "Light Rail For Dummies," Roadbuilding & Congestion, CAHSR, Cool Subway Stations, Mapnificent & More
405 Shutdown Will Be "Heard Around The World"
LA Observed
America Pays For Villaraigosa's Transit Legacy: You Can't Say No To Federal Funds For L.A.'s Empty Trains, Fake Transit Hubs, And Unfixed Potholes
Reason
An App That Organizes Your City By Travel Time
GOOD
Mapnificent (Dynamic public transportation travel time maps)
Bill To Create Ontario Airport Authority Passes Senate
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Building More Roads Only Causes More Traffic: Expanding Highways And Roads Increases Congestion By Creating More Demand -- And Building More Public Transportation Doesn't Help The Problem
Fast Company
The Fundamental Law Of Road Congestion: Evidence From US Cities
Gilles Duranton & Matthew A. Turner
Fare Hikes Coming For LA City Buses (DASH and Commuter Express buses)
My Fox LA
Fast Train To Trouble: Now That High-Speed Trains Are Crisscrossing The Country, Enormous Costs And Other Shortcomings Have Been Exposed (8p. PDF : A leading Chinese rail engineer takes his nation's high-speed rail building boom to task)
Caixin Weekly
For And Against High-Speed Rail: Part III
Infrastructurist
A look back at Part I and Part II
Harbor Commissioners Approve $976.6M Budget For Port Of L.A.
Daily Breeze
HUD Secretary Pays Bergamot A Visit
Santa Monica Daily Press
Infographic: Light Rail Transit For Dummies
The Atlantic
Judge Tosses Engineers' Lawsuit Against Metrolink Video Cameras
CBS Los Angeles
LaHood Answers Questions About Bike Lanes, Fuel Economy, And HSR (video)
StreetsBlog DC
Lawmakers Introduce Reality-Based Plan To Achieve "Freedom From Oil"
StreetsBlog DC
Metro Board Votes To Reduce Day Pass Price
EGP News
Modern Metro: 14 Of The Coolest Subway Stations (photoessay)
Web Urbanist
Pioneering Sustainability Plan Takes Shape In San Diego Region ("Amid Regional Transportation Plans – not to mention regional comprehensive plans, county general plans, transportation funding schemes, and, of course, cities’ own general plans – it’s hard to tell where a region’s own initiative ends and SB 375’s mandate begins.")
California Planning & Development Report
Rejecting High-Speed Rail Is Not A Good Political Move
Grist
Repair Priorities: Transportation Spending Strategies To Save Taxpayer Dollars And Improve Roads (47p. PDF)
Smart Growth America & Taxpayers For Common Sense
Executive Summary (3p. PDF)
San Gabriel Valley COG Moves To Rectify One Complaint From Recent Caltrans Audit
Pasadena Star-News
Senate, Assembly Panels Diverge On Rail Funding
Bakersfield Californian
The Soulvine: The Usual Suspects
Los Angeles Wave
South Pasadena Mayor Seeks El Sereno Council's Help On 710 Freeway
Eastsider LA
Start Mapping Your 405 Getaway
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Tom Umberg Elected Chair Of California High Speed Rail Authority Board
California High Speed Rail Blog
World Likely To End When The 405 Shuts Down For A July Weekend
Curbed LA
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LA Observed
America Pays For Villaraigosa's Transit Legacy: You Can't Say No To Federal Funds For L.A.'s Empty Trains, Fake Transit Hubs, And Unfixed Potholes
Reason
An App That Organizes Your City By Travel Time
GOOD
Mapnificent (Dynamic public transportation travel time maps)
Bill To Create Ontario Airport Authority Passes Senate
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Building More Roads Only Causes More Traffic: Expanding Highways And Roads Increases Congestion By Creating More Demand -- And Building More Public Transportation Doesn't Help The Problem
Fast Company
The Fundamental Law Of Road Congestion: Evidence From US Cities
Gilles Duranton & Matthew A. Turner
Fare Hikes Coming For LA City Buses (DASH and Commuter Express buses)
My Fox LA
Fast Train To Trouble: Now That High-Speed Trains Are Crisscrossing The Country, Enormous Costs And Other Shortcomings Have Been Exposed (8p. PDF : A leading Chinese rail engineer takes his nation's high-speed rail building boom to task)
Caixin Weekly
For And Against High-Speed Rail: Part III
Infrastructurist
A look back at Part I and Part II
Harbor Commissioners Approve $976.6M Budget For Port Of L.A.
Daily Breeze
HUD Secretary Pays Bergamot A Visit
Santa Monica Daily Press
Infographic: Light Rail Transit For Dummies
The Atlantic
Judge Tosses Engineers' Lawsuit Against Metrolink Video Cameras
CBS Los Angeles
LaHood Answers Questions About Bike Lanes, Fuel Economy, And HSR (video)
StreetsBlog DC
Lawmakers Introduce Reality-Based Plan To Achieve "Freedom From Oil"
StreetsBlog DC
Metro Board Votes To Reduce Day Pass Price
EGP News
Modern Metro: 14 Of The Coolest Subway Stations (photoessay)
Web Urbanist
Pioneering Sustainability Plan Takes Shape In San Diego Region ("Amid Regional Transportation Plans – not to mention regional comprehensive plans, county general plans, transportation funding schemes, and, of course, cities’ own general plans – it’s hard to tell where a region’s own initiative ends and SB 375’s mandate begins.")
California Planning & Development Report
Rejecting High-Speed Rail Is Not A Good Political Move
Grist
Repair Priorities: Transportation Spending Strategies To Save Taxpayer Dollars And Improve Roads (47p. PDF)
Smart Growth America & Taxpayers For Common Sense
Executive Summary (3p. PDF)
San Gabriel Valley COG Moves To Rectify One Complaint From Recent Caltrans Audit
Pasadena Star-News
Senate, Assembly Panels Diverge On Rail Funding
Bakersfield Californian
The Soulvine: The Usual Suspects
Los Angeles Wave
South Pasadena Mayor Seeks El Sereno Council's Help On 710 Freeway
Eastsider LA
Start Mapping Your 405 Getaway
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Tom Umberg Elected Chair Of California High Speed Rail Authority Board
California High Speed Rail Blog
World Likely To End When The 405 Shuts Down For A July Weekend
Curbed LA
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6/02/2011
Expo Line Construction, Crenshaw/LAX, "Street Fleet" Beach Buses, Angeles Crest Highway, CAHSR, Value Capture, Debt Ceiling & More
Angeles Crest Highway To Reopen Friday: Closed For Nearly Two Years Since The Devastating Station Fire, The Portion Of Highway 2 Is Finally Re-Opening
Montrose Patch
"Come Ride With Us" On The Rolling Submarines Of Los Angeles: SCRTD's 1974 "Street Fleet" Beach Bus Service
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Did Villaraigosa Kill Ridley-Thomas' Crenshaw-LAX Motion?: MTA Board Rejects Call That Portion Of Crenshaw/LAX Line Be Built Underground In Park Mesa Heights, But Leaves Open The Possibility For A Leimert Park Rail Station
Los Angeles Wave
Equal Access To Transportation: A Right For All Americans ("In the twenty years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, there’s no doubt we’ve made significant strides forward. But we won’t rest until everyone has equal access to all forms of transportation.")
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Existing Roads Slide Into Decrepitude As States Splurge on Highway Expansion
StreetsBlog DC
Hollywood Landmark At A Crossroads ("New York developers are reviving plans to surround the Capitol Records building with a mixed-use project covering 1 million square feet...Aarons has pushed his architects to think carefully about how the new development will work at sidewalk level — and in particular how to link it to a Metro subway stop at Hollywood and Vine.")
Los Angeles Times
Is Sen. Boxer's Highway Plan Realistic? ("Boxer revealed a broad set of parameters that will be included in the legislation, which allocates $339.2 billion over six years for surface transportation. That's the value of SAFETEA-LU, the previous six-year bill, adjusted for inflation.")
Governing
Let's Leave Our Roads To The States
Real Clear Markets
MacArthur Park Subway-Adjacent Mixed-Use Project Rising Fast
Curbed LA
Monrovia City Council Pushing Forward With $39 Million Land Sale To Gold Line
Arcadia Patch
Passenger Service Ends In Tehachapi
Tehachapi News
Paying For Infrastructure: Value Capture And The Use Of Private Land
Infrastructurist
State Senate OKs Bill To Overhaul High-Speed Rail Project's Authority
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Survey Accents Economy, Jobs, Transportation ("“Very few people are saying they’d get out of their cars to ride the Metrolink or the bus. Only 38 percent said they’d carpool more often. People definitely do like their cars.")
Inland News Today
Then & Now: The Landmarks Of L.A. Noire ("The video game's Sydney, Australia-based developers recounted how they studied over 180,000 historical photos, including Robert Spence's aerial photos, to bring '40s Los Angeles back to life.")
LAist
Town Council Waiting On County For Proposed Parking Ordinance
Altadena Patch
What The Debt Ceiling Vote Means For Transportation
StreetsBlog DC
The Wheels Start Moving On Expo Line Construction
Santa Monica Lookout
Where Will 500,000 Cars Go? I-405 Closure In L.A. In July
Orange County Register
Where's Your Bus? MTA Gives Riders Up-To-The-Minute Updates
KABC-7
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6/01/2011
Orange Line, 405 Closure, Grapevine Bullet Train, Leimert Park, L.A. Bicycling History, TIFs vs. RDAs, UCLA FlyAway & More
Bicycling Is For Everyone: The Connections Between Cycling In Developing Countries And Low-Income Cyclists Of Color In The U.S. ("Many of these riders live and/or work in neglected parts of Los Angeles including portions of Westlake/MacArthur Park, Downtown, South LA, Pacoima/Van Nuys, and East LA.")
StreetsBlog LA
California TIFs May Be The New RDAs (As redevelopment agencies face the chopping block in California, new legislation could allow tax increment financing districts to essentially replace them)
Bond Buyer
Caltrans Exhibit Features Archived Images From L.A.'s Bicycling Past ("A new exhibit inside the District 7 headquarters of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) features images—many contributed by L.A. as Subject member archives—of Southern California's bicycling past.")
L.A. As Subject
Caltrans Opens Museum Exhibit "Everyday Bicycling: Gearing Up For Transportation"
Caltrans Press Release
Commuters Will Be The Bellwether For Google Wallet
New Scientist
Countdown To 405 Closure: Mark Calendars For July 16-17
KHTSD
Does Smart Growth Reduce Carbon Emissions? Bet The House On It ("The National Association Of Home Builders would have us believe that development patterns have nothing to do with carbon emissions. But the research paints a dramatically different picture.")
New Urban Network
Can Smart Growth Policies Conserve Energy And Reduce Emissions? (11p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
From Here To There: A Creative Guide To Making Public Transport The Way To Go
EMBARQ
Full-Text Report (29p. PDF : Looks at brand identity, internal communication, user education, user information systems, marketing campaigns, public relations and external communication, user feedback systems and online engagement)
Good, Clean (American) Jobs ("Setting aside the cost of such investments for a moment, can there be a solid marriage between environmentalists, domestic-manufacturing advocates, unions, and the transportation community? Does it make sense for separate coalitions like this to come together to advocate for infrastructure investment?...Can highway maintenance be considered under the "green jobs" banner? Are domestic manufacturers a viable option for developers of high-speed rail or other transit products?")
Natioanl Journal Transportation Blog
The Grapevine: Back In Play As A Bullet Train Route ("Planners had a number of reasons to avoid the Grapevine when it was written out of the project in 2005. But more recently, a route following Interstate 5 has become appealing because of its shorter total distance -- roughly 85 miles -- as compared with two alternatives that would lay about 110 miles of track east of Bakersfield through Mojave and the Antelope Valley into Sylmar.")
Bakersfield Californian
Group Wants Congress To Use "Life-Cycle Budgeting" For Transportation Bill
The Hill
How Do We Build The Best Crenshaw/LAX Line?
CityWatch
Leimert Park Metro Stop's Future Remains Uncertain Following Board Vote
Southern California Public Radio
MTA: Think About Detours During 405 Closure July 16-17
Los Angeles Daily News
New Park Design In Los Angeles: Part One, Exhibition (June 2-8 : Six new Southern California parks make up an exhibit in Hollywood, including the Park 101 freeway cap park and Los Angeles State Historic Park (Cornfield))
Los Angeles Forum For Architecture And Urban Design
No More Play: Conversations On Urban Speculation In Los Angeles And Beyond
KCET
Orange Line Busway Makes Tracks For Chatsworth: Work On The $216-Million Extension From Canoga Park To Chatsworth Passes The Halfway Point
Chatsworth Patch
Pacific Coast Highway Sewer Project To Squeeze Summer Traffic
Los Angeles Times
Putting American Workers And Businesses Back In The Fast Lane (America Fast Forward article coauthored by President/CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce & Executive Secretary/Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor)
Fox & Hounds Daily
Southern California Leaders Commend Bipartisan Support Of America's Transportation Infrastructure: Mobility 21 Officials Highlight Key Provisions To Accelerate Jobs
Business Wire
State Senate Approves Bill Encouraging Transfer Of Ontario Airport Control
Daily Breeze
State's High-Speed Rail Draws Spaniards' Attention
San Francisco Chronicle
Study: Building Roads To Cure Congestion Is An Exercise In Futility
StreetsBlog DC
Transportation Dept. Gets $100 Million For Wireless Apps
Information Week
UCLA Community Proposes Solutions To Save FlyAway Shuttle Service
UCLA Daily Bruin
Visiting Some Great San Francisco Bike Facilities (innovative bike lanes, sharrows, bike boulevards, and "The Wiggle")
L.A. Eco-Village Blog
Wheels Come Off Transport Program: Service Designed for City's Youth Falls Victim To Slow Economy
Burbank Leader
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
StreetsBlog LA
California TIFs May Be The New RDAs (As redevelopment agencies face the chopping block in California, new legislation could allow tax increment financing districts to essentially replace them)
Bond Buyer
Caltrans Exhibit Features Archived Images From L.A.'s Bicycling Past ("A new exhibit inside the District 7 headquarters of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) features images—many contributed by L.A. as Subject member archives—of Southern California's bicycling past.")
L.A. As Subject
Caltrans Opens Museum Exhibit "Everyday Bicycling: Gearing Up For Transportation"
Caltrans Press Release
Commuters Will Be The Bellwether For Google Wallet
New Scientist
Countdown To 405 Closure: Mark Calendars For July 16-17
KHTSD
Does Smart Growth Reduce Carbon Emissions? Bet The House On It ("The National Association Of Home Builders would have us believe that development patterns have nothing to do with carbon emissions. But the research paints a dramatically different picture.")
New Urban Network
Can Smart Growth Policies Conserve Energy And Reduce Emissions? (11p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
From Here To There: A Creative Guide To Making Public Transport The Way To Go
EMBARQ
Full-Text Report (29p. PDF : Looks at brand identity, internal communication, user education, user information systems, marketing campaigns, public relations and external communication, user feedback systems and online engagement)
Good, Clean (American) Jobs ("Setting aside the cost of such investments for a moment, can there be a solid marriage between environmentalists, domestic-manufacturing advocates, unions, and the transportation community? Does it make sense for separate coalitions like this to come together to advocate for infrastructure investment?...Can highway maintenance be considered under the "green jobs" banner? Are domestic manufacturers a viable option for developers of high-speed rail or other transit products?")
Natioanl Journal Transportation Blog
The Grapevine: Back In Play As A Bullet Train Route ("Planners had a number of reasons to avoid the Grapevine when it was written out of the project in 2005. But more recently, a route following Interstate 5 has become appealing because of its shorter total distance -- roughly 85 miles -- as compared with two alternatives that would lay about 110 miles of track east of Bakersfield through Mojave and the Antelope Valley into Sylmar.")
Bakersfield Californian
Group Wants Congress To Use "Life-Cycle Budgeting" For Transportation Bill
The Hill
How Do We Build The Best Crenshaw/LAX Line?
CityWatch
Leimert Park Metro Stop's Future Remains Uncertain Following Board Vote
Southern California Public Radio
MTA: Think About Detours During 405 Closure July 16-17
Los Angeles Daily News
New Park Design In Los Angeles: Part One, Exhibition (June 2-8 : Six new Southern California parks make up an exhibit in Hollywood, including the Park 101 freeway cap park and Los Angeles State Historic Park (Cornfield))
Los Angeles Forum For Architecture And Urban Design
No More Play: Conversations On Urban Speculation In Los Angeles And Beyond
KCET
Orange Line Busway Makes Tracks For Chatsworth: Work On The $216-Million Extension From Canoga Park To Chatsworth Passes The Halfway Point
Chatsworth Patch
Pacific Coast Highway Sewer Project To Squeeze Summer Traffic
Los Angeles Times
Putting American Workers And Businesses Back In The Fast Lane (America Fast Forward article coauthored by President/CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce & Executive Secretary/Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor)
Fox & Hounds Daily
Southern California Leaders Commend Bipartisan Support Of America's Transportation Infrastructure: Mobility 21 Officials Highlight Key Provisions To Accelerate Jobs
Business Wire
State Senate Approves Bill Encouraging Transfer Of Ontario Airport Control
Daily Breeze
State's High-Speed Rail Draws Spaniards' Attention
San Francisco Chronicle
Study: Building Roads To Cure Congestion Is An Exercise In Futility
StreetsBlog DC
Transportation Dept. Gets $100 Million For Wireless Apps
Information Week
UCLA Community Proposes Solutions To Save FlyAway Shuttle Service
UCLA Daily Bruin
Visiting Some Great San Francisco Bike Facilities (innovative bike lanes, sharrows, bike boulevards, and "The Wiggle")
L.A. Eco-Village Blog
Wheels Come Off Transport Program: Service Designed for City's Youth Falls Victim To Slow Economy
Burbank Leader
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
5/31/2011
Gold Line In Claremont, Crenshaw & Leimert, FlyAway, High Speed Rail, IE Cargo, Metrolink Upgrade, Transpo Careers & More
Awesome Little Video On The Case For Smart Growth
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Bullet Train Hires Chief Of Staff
San Francisco Business Times
Bus-Tracking Technology Comes To L.A. County: Is The Bus Late? Or Did I Miss It? How Much Longer Will I Be Standing Here? Now Metro Riders Can Call Or Go Online To See Exactly When Their Bus Will Arrive At A Particular Stop
Los Angeles Times
California High-Speed Rail Project To Begin On Time
KABC-7
Claremont OKs Track Layout For Gold Line
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Complete Streets Bill Introduced In Senate
StreetsBlog DC
Did L.A.'s African American Community Just Get Passed Over For A Metro Light Rail Stop?
LA Weekly
Editorial: Cargo Baggage ("A rebound in international trade offers a reminder of unfinished business: The Inland region still needs aid with the heavy burdens of goods movement. And that task will require federal help in cutting the traffic congestion and air pollution that result from the cargo trade.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Freedom Riders 50 Years Later: Volunteers Protested Segregated Transportation
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Grapevine Route Emerges As Cost Saver For High-Speed Rail
California Watch
Helium Hokum: Why Airships Will Never Be Part Of Our Transportation Infrastructure
Scientific American
High-Speed Rail Authority Adds Executive
Central Valley Business Times
It Was A Train Wreck Of An Event: In 1906, On A Mile-Long Stretch Of Track Where The L.A. Coliseum Now Stands, Promoters Hurtled Two Giant Locomotives Toward Each Other. As The Engineers Leaped To Safety, The Climactic Moment Came
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Airport Panel Recommends Discontinuation Of Westwood FlyAway Bus Service To LAX: Commissioners Say The $5-Per-Trip Service Is Operating At A Loss, But UCLA And Its Students Are Trying To Negotiate A Way To Save It
Los Angeles Times
LA's Next BRT Line ("Now that the bus riders have won before Metro it is time to redouble efforts to convince the City Council that the transit needs of tens of thousands of daily Wilshire bus riders come first. A Wilshire Blvd without dedicated bus lanes is no longer an acceptable way to treat Metro’s customers. The bus riding public deserves better.")
Urban Times
LADOT Orders 84 MCI Commuter Coaches Powered By CNG: First Deliveries Will Replace Older Diesel Buses On Commuter Express Routes
MCI Coach
Lawmakers Move To Address Pedestrian Safety In The Wake Of Dangerous By Design
Transportation For America
Leimert Park Stop At Crenshaw/LAX Line: Approved But Not Funded
Huffington Post
Los Angeles Metro Gold Line: Time Lapse Tour (video : travel from East L.A. to Pasadena in three minutes)
via YouTube
Los Angeles Parking Chief Jimmy Price To Retire Wednesday
Beverly Hills Courier
Lowering Expectations On Mass Transit: High-Speed Rail Is Now Considered A Less-Appealing Option, According To Regional Transit Planner
Los Angeles Wave
Metro Approves $4.1 Billion Budget
Los Angeles Daily News
Metrolink Crossing To Get $6-Million Upgrade: The Doran Street Crossing In Glendale Has Been Identified As The Riskiest Intersection In The Commuter Line System
Los Angeles Times
More Evidence That California Compares Favorably To Other HSR Routes
California High Speed Rail Blog
MTA Approves Bus Lanes On Wilshire: The Plan Will Now Go To The City Council's Transportation Committee (video)
Brentwood Patch
National Transportation Career Day Among APTA's Initiatives For Developing Public Transportation's Future Workforce (audio : "Within the next five to 10 years, more than 50 percent of transit industry workers are expected to retire. The American Public Transportation Association has made filling those shoes one of its top priorities. Pamela Boswell, APTA’s vice president of program management and educational services, recently talked with Progressive Railroading about the association’s first National Transportation Career Day for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as other ways APTA is trying to raise younger generations’ awareness of career opportunities in public transit.")
Progressive Railroading
A New Transit Problem: Excessively Wordy Train Station Names
Transportation Nation
Officials Hope To Avert Traffic Nightmare During 405 Freeway Closure: With A Widening Project Closing The Busy Stretch Of Freeway For An Entire Weekend In July, Officials Are Warning Locals And Visitors To Avoid Any Car Trips Around The Westside And San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles Times
Powering The Future: A Vision For Clean Energy, Clear Skies, And A Growing Economy In Southern California (10p. PDF)
Southern California Association Of Governments
Pricey Gas Or No, Californians Get Out Of Town
Transportation Nation
Public Safety Officials Issue Ominous Warning About July Weekend Closure Of 405 Freeway
Los Angeles Times
Public Transit, Access To Jobs: Escaping Our "Exit Ramp" Economy
Citiwire
Reading L.A.: David Brodsly's "L.A. Freeway" (The 1981 book is the ninth title in the yearlong Reading L.A. series: "Most of us love to complain about our freeways -- about the bad air and gridlock they produce, mostly, and to a lesser extent about the way they cleave neighborhoods in two. Others -- a smaller group, admittedly -- have praised the freedom they enable and even the beauty of their form as monumental urban objects.")
Los Angeles Times
Senate Transportation Plan Could Cost $339 Billion
Land Line
Seniors Are Piling Onto Public Transportation
New Urban Network
How The Travel Patterns Of Older Adults Are Changing: Highlights From The 2009 National Household Travel Survey (7p. PDF)
AARP Public Policy Institute
SGV Council Of Governments' Dues Surpass Those Of Others; Officials Plan To Review Costs
Pasadena Star-News
Senate Leaders Announce Vision For Transportation Legislation
National League Of Cities
Solar Roadways Could Power The Entire World
Government Technology
Trains To Angel Stadium Save Time, Money
Orange County Register
Transparency: Going The Distance (infographic : "Take a look at the most common forms of transportation to see how much energy it really takes to get around.")
GOOD
Transportation Leaders Propose New Direction For High Speed Rail ("House Transportation Committee leaders today outlined a dramatic change in direction to develop true high-speed passenger rail service in the Northeast Corridor (NEC). Their proposal would transfer development of the nation’s most congested corridor from Amtrak to private sector competition.")
U.S. House Transportation And Infrastructure Committee
Will The Future Of The Northeast Corridor Include Amtrak?
Infrastructurist
U.S. Not Dense Enough For High-Speed Rail? Think Again ("Given the success of Spain’s rail system, it stands to reason that California would be fertile ground for high-speed rail.")
Per Square Mile
Westside Drivers Prevail Over Buses, Leimert Park (Sorta...) (audio)
KCRW Which Way L.A.
You'll Be Able To Drive Home And Leave The Parking To The Machine (automated parking garages around Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Daily News
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Bullet Train Hires Chief Of Staff
San Francisco Business Times
Bus-Tracking Technology Comes To L.A. County: Is The Bus Late? Or Did I Miss It? How Much Longer Will I Be Standing Here? Now Metro Riders Can Call Or Go Online To See Exactly When Their Bus Will Arrive At A Particular Stop
Los Angeles Times
California High-Speed Rail Project To Begin On Time
KABC-7
Claremont OKs Track Layout For Gold Line
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Complete Streets Bill Introduced In Senate
StreetsBlog DC
Did L.A.'s African American Community Just Get Passed Over For A Metro Light Rail Stop?
LA Weekly
Editorial: Cargo Baggage ("A rebound in international trade offers a reminder of unfinished business: The Inland region still needs aid with the heavy burdens of goods movement. And that task will require federal help in cutting the traffic congestion and air pollution that result from the cargo trade.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Freedom Riders 50 Years Later: Volunteers Protested Segregated Transportation
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Grapevine Route Emerges As Cost Saver For High-Speed Rail
California Watch
Helium Hokum: Why Airships Will Never Be Part Of Our Transportation Infrastructure
Scientific American
High-Speed Rail Authority Adds Executive
Central Valley Business Times
It Was A Train Wreck Of An Event: In 1906, On A Mile-Long Stretch Of Track Where The L.A. Coliseum Now Stands, Promoters Hurtled Two Giant Locomotives Toward Each Other. As The Engineers Leaped To Safety, The Climactic Moment Came
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Airport Panel Recommends Discontinuation Of Westwood FlyAway Bus Service To LAX: Commissioners Say The $5-Per-Trip Service Is Operating At A Loss, But UCLA And Its Students Are Trying To Negotiate A Way To Save It
Los Angeles Times
LA's Next BRT Line ("Now that the bus riders have won before Metro it is time to redouble efforts to convince the City Council that the transit needs of tens of thousands of daily Wilshire bus riders come first. A Wilshire Blvd without dedicated bus lanes is no longer an acceptable way to treat Metro’s customers. The bus riding public deserves better.")
Urban Times
LADOT Orders 84 MCI Commuter Coaches Powered By CNG: First Deliveries Will Replace Older Diesel Buses On Commuter Express Routes
MCI Coach
Lawmakers Move To Address Pedestrian Safety In The Wake Of Dangerous By Design
Transportation For America
Leimert Park Stop At Crenshaw/LAX Line: Approved But Not Funded
Huffington Post
Los Angeles Metro Gold Line: Time Lapse Tour (video : travel from East L.A. to Pasadena in three minutes)
via YouTube
Los Angeles Parking Chief Jimmy Price To Retire Wednesday
Beverly Hills Courier
Lowering Expectations On Mass Transit: High-Speed Rail Is Now Considered A Less-Appealing Option, According To Regional Transit Planner
Los Angeles Wave
Metro Approves $4.1 Billion Budget
Los Angeles Daily News
Metrolink Crossing To Get $6-Million Upgrade: The Doran Street Crossing In Glendale Has Been Identified As The Riskiest Intersection In The Commuter Line System
Los Angeles Times
More Evidence That California Compares Favorably To Other HSR Routes
California High Speed Rail Blog
MTA Approves Bus Lanes On Wilshire: The Plan Will Now Go To The City Council's Transportation Committee (video)
Brentwood Patch
National Transportation Career Day Among APTA's Initiatives For Developing Public Transportation's Future Workforce (audio : "Within the next five to 10 years, more than 50 percent of transit industry workers are expected to retire. The American Public Transportation Association has made filling those shoes one of its top priorities. Pamela Boswell, APTA’s vice president of program management and educational services, recently talked with Progressive Railroading about the association’s first National Transportation Career Day for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as other ways APTA is trying to raise younger generations’ awareness of career opportunities in public transit.")
Progressive Railroading
A New Transit Problem: Excessively Wordy Train Station Names
Transportation Nation
Officials Hope To Avert Traffic Nightmare During 405 Freeway Closure: With A Widening Project Closing The Busy Stretch Of Freeway For An Entire Weekend In July, Officials Are Warning Locals And Visitors To Avoid Any Car Trips Around The Westside And San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles Times
Powering The Future: A Vision For Clean Energy, Clear Skies, And A Growing Economy In Southern California (10p. PDF)
Southern California Association Of Governments
Pricey Gas Or No, Californians Get Out Of Town
Transportation Nation
Public Safety Officials Issue Ominous Warning About July Weekend Closure Of 405 Freeway
Los Angeles Times
Public Transit, Access To Jobs: Escaping Our "Exit Ramp" Economy
Citiwire
Reading L.A.: David Brodsly's "L.A. Freeway" (The 1981 book is the ninth title in the yearlong Reading L.A. series: "Most of us love to complain about our freeways -- about the bad air and gridlock they produce, mostly, and to a lesser extent about the way they cleave neighborhoods in two. Others -- a smaller group, admittedly -- have praised the freedom they enable and even the beauty of their form as monumental urban objects.")
Los Angeles Times
Senate Transportation Plan Could Cost $339 Billion
Land Line
Seniors Are Piling Onto Public Transportation
New Urban Network
How The Travel Patterns Of Older Adults Are Changing: Highlights From The 2009 National Household Travel Survey (7p. PDF)
AARP Public Policy Institute
SGV Council Of Governments' Dues Surpass Those Of Others; Officials Plan To Review Costs
Pasadena Star-News
Senate Leaders Announce Vision For Transportation Legislation
National League Of Cities
Solar Roadways Could Power The Entire World
Government Technology
Trains To Angel Stadium Save Time, Money
Orange County Register
Transparency: Going The Distance (infographic : "Take a look at the most common forms of transportation to see how much energy it really takes to get around.")
GOOD
Transportation Leaders Propose New Direction For High Speed Rail ("House Transportation Committee leaders today outlined a dramatic change in direction to develop true high-speed passenger rail service in the Northeast Corridor (NEC). Their proposal would transfer development of the nation’s most congested corridor from Amtrak to private sector competition.")
U.S. House Transportation And Infrastructure Committee
Will The Future Of The Northeast Corridor Include Amtrak?
Infrastructurist
U.S. Not Dense Enough For High-Speed Rail? Think Again ("Given the success of Spain’s rail system, it stands to reason that California would be fertile ground for high-speed rail.")
Per Square Mile
Westside Drivers Prevail Over Buses, Leimert Park (Sorta...) (audio)
KCRW Which Way L.A.
You'll Be Able To Drive Home And Leave The Parking To The Machine (automated parking garages around Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Daily News
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
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