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6/23/2011

SF To LA On Transit, Monrovia Gold Line, Bev Hills Tunnel, More 405, I-5 Improvements, Regional Connector, Climate Change, Red Light Cams, HSR & More

405 Closure: Westside Businesses To Go About Their Business
NBC Los Angeles

Adapting Transportation To The Impacts Of Climate Change: State Of The Practice 2011 (64p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board Circular

America Stumbles Forward ("As for America Fast Forward, we have our work cut out for us. Sadly, thanks in part to partisan politics the reality remains an America stumbling, rather than speeding, forward on public infrastructure investment and economic recovery.")
Huffington Post

Caltrans Breaks Ground On I-5 Improvement Projects
NBC Los Angeles

City Again Puts Off Decision On Gold Line Deal: The City And Gold Line Officials Continue To Try To Hammer Out A Deal Before Eminent Domain Comes Into Play Next Month
Monrovia Patch

Congress Battling Over Infrastructure Privatization
Fleet Owner

Council Approves Bus Funding
Redlands Daily Facts

Council, School Officials Residents Criticize Subway Extension: Officials And Residents Share Impassioned Views Against Plans To Put An MTA Subway Tunnel Under Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills Patch

Dem: Amtrak Privatization Is Unconstitutional
The Hill

Fiscal Constraints Spark Debate On Transportation Funding
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

High-Speed Rail Poised To Alter China (but like the U.S., has many domestic critics as well)
New York Times

HopStop Adds Biking, Carshare, Twitter To Transit Directions
Transportation Nation

In Transit: From S.F. To L.A. Via Public Transportation ("32-hour, 14-transfer trek from this city to Los Angeles seemed crazy, too, at first glance. Going over it again and again, however — nah, still crazy.")
SF Weekly
San Francisco To Los Angeles On Public Transportation: Maps, Pictures, Insanity
SF Weekly

It's A Splitting Headache: Chino Hills Upset Over Proposed New District ("Imagine getting those dollars out of the feds when we are competing against L.A. and the Metro...It will be very hard to lobby against MTA and Metro to get what we need.")
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Lawmakers: Only So Much Can Be Done To Secure Railways, But TSA Should Do More
The Hill

Long Beach Port To Celebrate 100 Years
California State University, Long Beach Daily 49er

The Mayors' Foreign Policy (“It’s time to bring our investments back home,” Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa of Los Angeles said as he assumed the presidency of the mayors conference at its annual gathering, held in Baltimore. “We can’t be building roads and bridges in Baghdad and Kandahar, and not in Baltimore and Kansas City.”)
New York Times

Meeting On 405 Closure Scheduled For Thursday Night: Officials To Answer Questions At Skirball Center About July 16-17 Freeway Shutdown
Calabasas Patch

Moving Platforms By Priestmangoode (Industrial designers reveal some eye-catching designs for how high-speed rail can transfer passengers to local trains while still moving, instead of stopping at stations!)
De Zeen Design Magazine
Animated Video Demonstration
via Vimeo

New Car-Tab Fee To Fund Buses May Head To Ballot ("King County Metro Transit faces a $60 million deficit next year and a 17-percent reduction in service over the next two years, with the majority of the cuts expected in the Seattle-Shoreline area. There is an alternative — a new car tab fee that appears headed for the November ballot, where it would compete for taxpayer approval with other local measures.")
Seattle Times

Officials Break Seal On $380 Million Freeway Project In Santa Fe Springs
Whittier Daily News

Rail Industry Data And Trends From Progressive Railroading June 2011
Progressive Railroading

Regional Connector To Bring 3 Stations, Improvements For Flower St.
Curbed LA

SD Council Asked To Back "Transit First" In 40-Year Transportation Plan
San Diego Union-Tribune

Seniors And Transit Report Generates Widespread Coverage And Discussion
Transportation For America

Top 10 Climate-Ready Cities In The U.S.
Triple Pundit

Transit Center Plans Scaled Back: Officials Cut 130,000 Square Feet From The Design After Bids Came In Well Over Budget
Burbank Leader

Unveiled, Millennium Hollywood ("A bulk of the development will be located at the corner of Vine and Yucca, near the Hollywood/Vine Red Line Station, and will not obscure the landmark Capitol Records building, with its iconic form.")
Architect's Newspaper

With Red Light Cameras All But Gone, What's Next for Creating Safe Crossings
StreetsBlog LA

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6/22/2011

Monrovia's Gold Line Deal, More Gold Line Trains, More Beverly Hills Subway, Public-Private Partnerships, Railroad Lawsuit, Cycling Highway & More

Advancing Regional Transportation Options: A National Workshop (46p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board Circular

America's Reviving Its Highway System For Cyclists
GOOD

Assembly Transportation Committee Schedules June 27 Vote on "Give Me 3"
StreetsBlog LA

Bending The Rules: The Arts District As A Haven For Street "Murals"
KCET

Bicycle Lanes Planned For Figueroa, Flower, Spring And Main Streets
Blog Downtown

Bike-Ped Defunding Proposal Sparks Mutiny In Mica's Home District
StreetsBlog DC

City Council To Discuss Subway Route [Yesterday Afternoon]: Residents Are Expected To Appear Before The City Council To Urge The Panel To Take A Stronger Position Against A Proposed Westside Subway Extension Alignment To Century City
Beverly Hills Patch

County Facing Slow Economic Recovery (Observations from Tuesday's 2011 "What's Next LA?" forum in downtown Los Angeles)
Whittier Daily News

Final Decision Delayed On Future Of Red-Light Cameras, LA City Council Divided
LAist

Funding Transport: The Role Of Public-Private Partnerships ("Two U.S. Congressmen want to bring competitive bidding and private sector involvement into building new high-speed rail for the country.")
The City Fix

Getting Urban Form Right Before Transit (video : land building codes' relationship to transit)
Reconnecting America

Groups Challenge California Rail Yards To Clean Up Their Act ("California’s two major rail yard operators are illegally disposing hazardous waste thereby increasing the risk of serious health problems such as chronic respiratory disease and cancer in neighboring communities.")
Media Newswire

HopStop To Offer More Than Directions
New York Times

Improving Cycling In Los Angeles By Learning From New York
This Big City

Is A Monrovia Gold Line Deal Now Likely?: A Land Deal Must Get Done Between The City And GLCA For The Gold Line Foothill Extension To Stay On Track
Monrovia Patch

Metro Adding New Trains To Gold Line To Speed Up Service During Peak Commuting Hours
Pasadena Star-News

Metro Gold Line To Introduce More Trains During Peak Hour
Beverly Hills Courier

New Report: How To Save Money On Road Construction
Infrastructurist
Delivering Taxpayer Value: Three Tools That Can Help Ensure A More Effiicient, Cost-Effective Infrastructure (15p. PDF : explains performance management process focusing on life cycle cost analysis, alternative design/alternative bid, mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide)
Whataretherealcosts.org

Opinion: Who's Clean Among Potential Bullet Train Bidders?
Hanford Sentinel

Port Of Long Beach $828M Budget For 2012 Gets OK
Commercial Carrier Journal

Public Support For Climate And Energy Policies In May 2011 (35p. PDF)
Yale Project On Climate Change Communication

Railroads Threatened With Lawsuit ("An environmental group threatened to sue two of the nation's biggest rail owners Tuesday under a novel legal theory that would classify diesel exhaust as hazardous waste.")
Associated Press

Report Says Big Southland Quake Would Have Huge Effect On Workforce And Economy: A 7.8-Magnitude Quake On The San Andreas Could Affect 430,000 Businesses And 4.5 Million Workers, U.S. Agency Says ("Because rail systems, ports and roads are likely to be damaged, shipments by truck and train from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach would be affected. Over 23% of the total value of U.S. goods passed through the two ports in 2009.")
Los Angeles Times
Labor Market Risks Of A Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake In Southern California (6p. PDF)
U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics Regional Report

Right Track For Los Angeles Is Light Rail ("Adding lanes to reduce traffic is like a drunk trying to drink himself sober...Building a rail line through the Sepulveda Pass won't be cheap, but 40 more years of lost man-hours, missed family time, CO2 emissions and wasted $4-a-gallon unleaded isn't exactly a bargain.")
Los Angeles Daily News

Santa Monica Approves $16Mil For Big Blue Bus
Santa Monica Mirror

Think Privatizing Amtrak Services Is A Good Idea? Think Again
StreetsBlog DC

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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6/21/2011

Wilshire Bus Lanes, LA Transit Paintjobs, 405 Closure, Regional Connector, Villaraigosa Leads Mayors, Bicycling's Gender Gap & More

10 Most Convenient Cities In America ("Despite its reputation as a driving city, Los Angeles' public transportation logs some serious miles. The city's buses alone handled more than 88 million passengers a year.")
The Street

Amtrak: Is It really The Same Old Debate? ("With government budgets strained to their breaking points, does Mica's proposal make sense now, even if it hasn't in the past? Are there areas where public-private partnerships legitimately can shift the burden away from taxpayers to provide passenger rail? Have private-sector companies been shut out of the passenger-rail business as a result of Amtrak? Are there elements of Mica's plan that can be put into place separating Amtrak from the Northeast Corridor?")
National Journal Transportation Blog

As Villaraigosa Takes Helm, National Mayors' Group Backs Red Light Cameras
Los Angeles Times

Bicycling's Gender Gap: It's The Economy, Stupid
Grist
How To Get More Bicyclists On The Road: To Boost Urban Bicycling, Figure Out What Women Want
Scientific American

Can Transit-Only Streets Work In Small Cities?
Human Transit

Charles Moore's Los Angeles ("Architect Charles Moore was an intellect and practitioner that loved Los Angeles, pushing the envelope of the city's nostalgia and utopianism while simultaneously embracing them.")
Planetizen

City Council Approves Plans For Bus-Only Lane
UCLA Daily Bruin

Determining Highway Maintenance Costs (101p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Gas Prices Ease For Summer, But Don't Relax Yet
NPR

Gasoline Prices Fall Again, But The Bottom May Be Near
Los Angeles Times

Great Green Uses For Wasted Infrastructure
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

House Proposal To End Two Transit Programs Could Impact $15 Billion In Projects (21p. report : "Eliminating the New Starts and Small Starts programs would leave municipal, state and transit authority applicants around the country short of money they were counting on. In some cases, they have contractual obligations to construction companies that were written on the expectation of federal grants. In at least two cases, they have paid the bills and are awaiting federal money.")
Bloomberg Government

How Walkable Is Your Street, Neighborhood Or City? (Promising new street-level app)
Walkonomics
Rating Walkability By Combining Open Data And Crowdsourcing
Walkonomics

L.A. Transit Paintjobs Of The Past: King Tut, Disneyland & Other Notable Livery
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Sworn In As 69th President Of The U.S. Conference Of Mayors
PR Newswire

Mayors Declare Support For President Obama's High-Speed Rail Initiative
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog

Meeting On 405 Closure Scheduled For Thursday Night: Officials To Answer Questions At Skirball Center About July 16-17 Freeway Shutdown
Sherman Oaks Patch

Mica Accedes To Dems' Request To Delay Action On Rail Privatization
StreetsBlog DC

Note To City Council: Don't Forget The Transportation Plan For The Stadium
StreetsBlog LA

Public Invited For Update On Regional Connector Plans
Blog Downtown

Streets Built For Bikes And Pedestrians Also Yield More Jobs
StreetsBlog Network
Pedestrian And Bicycle Infrastructure: A National Study Of Employment Impacts (15p. PDF)
University Of Massachusetts, Amherst Political Economy Research Institute

The True Cost Of Gasoline: $15 Per Gallon
The City Fix
The Price Of Gas (video)
Center For Investigative Reporting

To Spend Or Not To Spend: Addressing The Federal Role In Transportation ("At last count, EPW Chairman Barbara Boxer, D-CA, and ranking Republican James Inhofe of Oklahoma were also touting early-to-mid July to roll out their version of the bill.")
Land Line

USC Students And Faculty Will Benefit From Expo Line
Brigham Yen

With Nat Ford's Departure, What's Next For SFMTA?
Transportation Nation

World Going Through Period Of Intense Urbanization: What Does This Mean For Transit?
AltTransport

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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6/20/2011

Monrovia Gold Line Yard, Metro Parking vs. Ridership, Car Mageddon, Regional Connector, Walkability & More

50 Motorists Cited For Rail Crossing Violations
Glendale News-Press

710 Bill Gets Major Overhaul: SR 710 Bill Now Refers To Vehicle Checkpoints
South Pasadena Patch

Amtrak Privatization Debate Continues
AltTransport

Bill Would Mandate Repayment Of Federal Money In Privatizations
Wall Street Journal

Caltrans-Owned Homes Get Costly New Roofs: Roofs Installed On More Than 30 Pasadena-Area Homes Cost Taxpayers An Average Of $71,000 -- Far Higher Than A Typical Homeowner Would Pay. Caltrans Has Owned The Properties For Decades, Awaiting A Freeway Extension
Los Angeles Times

Car Mageddon (A 405 Shutdown "survival guide" has popped up on Twitter, including a link to its own fancy countdown clock and Facebook page)
via Twitter

Downtown Culver City Parking Lot Looking Sexy To Developers ("Recommendations for the project site include...access to the Washington/National Expo Line light rail station.")
Curbed LA

Editorial: Monrovia Must Cut Deal For The Gold Line Yard
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Editorial: Time For A Football Stadium Deal: With Jobs, Tax Revenue And The Revitalization Of A Public Asset On The Line, The Los Angeles City Council Should Quit Dawdling And Allow The Project To Move Forward
Los Angeles Times

Intermodal Traffic Hits 2011 High
Journal Of Commerce

LA Metro Parking And Ridership (analysis of parking spaces per boardings of major Metro rail lines)
Straight Outta Suburbia

Land Tussle Could Delay Azusa Rail By Two Years
Beverly Hills Courier

Livability Trend Puts Walking Expert In Demand (Southern California expert is considered a guru for street improvement and improving pedestrian safety and walkability)
Associated Press

Lynwood Hopes To Receive State Grant For Linear Park Project (“The entire strip has the potential to go all the way to Long Beach Boulevard, which is one of our goals. If we can make that happen, then we can truly connect our transit station and our commercial corridors with the rest of the city.”)
Los Angeles Wave

Mass Transit: From The Holey Snail To The Holy Grail
CityWatch

Metro Officials Set Meetings On Plans For L.A. Train Tunnel (Downtown Regional Connector)
Long Beach Press-Telegram

More Regional Connector Meetings
Los Angeles Downtown News

Open House In Fontana Will Offer Information About Proposed High-Speed Rail System In Southern California
Fontana Herald News

Opinion: Rebuild American Instrastructure? Companies' Offshore Profits Can Help
Washington Post

Reliability Project L01: A Guide To Improving Travel Time Reliability By Integrating Business Processes (4p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board Strategic Highway Research Program

Reconnecting America

Senate Introduces Fix-It-First Bill To Save Crumbling U.S. Roads
Infrastructurist

SGV Council Of Governments Board Member Says Removal Of Executive Director Might Be Best For Agency
Pasadena Star-News

Stadium Groups Tout Business Backing, Economic Impact
Blog Downtown

Step Back In Time With The Santa Fe Depot Tour
Riverside Press-Enterprise

Think Big: Transportation Overhaul Would Save Money, Create Jobs, Cut Pollution, Burn Less Oil ("Our transportation infrastructure is not merely plagued with antique equipment and battered pavement. Shaky old ideas predominate as well. In spite of the obvious purpose of transportation—connecting human beings, goods and services—we have allowed inefficiency, gridlock, lethal pollution and fiscal insustainability to rule the day.")
Daily Kos

TRB 2011 Transportation Hazards And Security Summit: Looking Beyond The 10th Anniversary Of 9/11 (Irvine : August 22-25, 2011)
U.S. Transportation Research Board

Transit Agency Weighs A Digital Upgrade For Aging Subway Cars
New York Times

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6/17/2011

"Vision Los Angeles," Union Station, Wilshire Bus Lanes, New Transportation Bill, Gas Tax, LEED, Obesity And Driving & More

53 Ways To Survive Without The 405
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District

Bad Traffic In LA: Can Vision LA Help End It?
Southern California Public Radio

A Better Transportation Vision For Los Angeles
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Bipartisan Policy Center's National Transportation Policy Project Issues Innovative Reform Proposal For Near-Term Federal Transportation Reauthorization
PR Newswire
Performance Driven: Achieving Wiser Investment In Transportation (32p. PDF)
National Transportation Policy Project
Executive Summary (8p. PDF)
Key Recommendations (2p. PDF)

Captive Audience: Video Art Installation Now Airing On All 2,200 L.A. Metro Buses
LAist

City Council Green-Lights Wilshire Bus Lanes: The Portion Of The Street Running Through Beverly Hills, Santa Monica And Westwood Will Not Be Included
Pacific Palisades Patch

Environmental Defense, Economic Development Corp. Releases Their "Vision Los Angeles"
StreetsBlog LA
Vision Los Angeles: Clearer Roads, Clearer Skies, And A Brighter Future For Los Angeles (46p. PDF)
Environmental Defense Fund ; Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
Executive Summary (6p. PDF)

Federal Transportation Bill Uncertain; Cities Try New Ways To Finance Streetcars (looks at the mix of traditional and innovative financing methods being used for streetcar projects in Seattle, Tempe and Salt Lake City)
Urban Land Institute

From London To D.C., Bike-Sharing Is Safer Than Riding Your Own Bike
StreetsBlog

Gov Vetoes Budget, Fight Breaks Out Over Redevelopment Money
Curbed LA

Highway Industry Official Expects Transport Bills In July: AASHTO Chief Says First Look At House Committee's Proposal Could Come In Days
Journal Of Commerce

How To Fix Crumbling U.S. Roads, Rails And Airways: Falling Tax Revenue Is Hurting U.S. Shipping And Prosperity ("Last year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, typically hostile toward taxation, called for a 10-cent boost to the 18.4-cents to 24.4 cents federal gas tax range, which hasn’t changed since it was enacted in 1993. After adjusting for inflation, the static tax has declined more than 33%.")
MarketWatch

Is LEED The Gold Standard In Green?: A Lawsuit Challenges The Claims Of The Nation's Foremost Green Building Effort -- The Leadership in Energy And Environmental Design (LEED Certification) Program
Miller-McCune

L.A. Gridlock, Air Pollution Can Be Cut Significantly With Proven Solutions In Visionary Plan
News Channel 5

Metro Staff Lays Out Timeline For Union Station Planning ("Metro is in the process of creating a master plan that will guide plans for development of the station and its surrounding 38 acres...staff presented a timeline that aims for completion of the ambitious plan by August of 2013.")
Blog Downtown
Union Station Master Plan Implementation (4p. PDF)
Metro Planning And Programming Committee

Muni Chief Nathaniel Ford To Leave June 30
San Francisco Chronicle
Muni Sends Chief Nat Ford Packing From The SF Transit Agency
San Francisco Examiner
With Nat Ford's Departure, What's Next For SFMTA?
Transportation Nation

Opinion: Lost Value From Wide Streets
Long Beach Post

Partnership For Sustainable Communities Marks Two Trailblazing Years
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog

Pasadena At 125: Early History Of The Crown City ("Set ten miles northeast of central Los Angeles at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, the Crown City has been an important cultural center of Southern California since its incorporation on June 19, 1886.")
LA As Subject via KCET

Poll: Republicans Support Transpo Policies To Avert Climate Change, Too
StreetsBlog DC

Railroads Fined When Cartels Hide Drugs On Trains
Associated Press

Road Hogs: A Striking Relationship Between Obesity And Driving
The Economist

South Bay Bicycle Coalition Releases Plan To Expand Bike Path Network
Daily Breeze

Transit Safety Management And Performance Management: Volume 1 -- Guidebook (143p. PDF)
Federal Transit Administration Office Of Safety And Security

Westwood Segment Of Wilshire To Be Exempt From Bus Lanes: The Portion From Comstock To Selby Avenues Will Not Be Included, The City Council Decides In Approving The Lanes Tuesday
Westwood-Century City Patch

Will New "Vision LA" Traffic Plan Change Anything On The 405?
Southern California Public Radio

Yellow Left-Turn Signals Get Their Chance To Shine
USA Today

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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6/16/2011

Expo Line Fly Over, Westside Subway Cease-Fire, One Santa Fe Project, Amtrak Privatization, Transit Station Ads, Electric Buses & More

Ads Change Stations: In A Cluttered Media Landscape, Companies Go Big To Stand Out, Blanketing Transit Centers With Larger-Than-Life Campaigns
Boston Globe

Amtrak California Ridership Hits Record Numbers
Transportation Nation

A Call For A temporary Cease Fire In The Westside Subway Wars
StreetsBlog LA

Bike Lanes Coming Soon To CicLAvia's 7th Street
CicLAvia

CEO: Privatization Plan Takes Amtrak Apart
The Hill

Chalk On The Ground, Bike Lanes In The Gutter, Faster Cars: A Wilbur Ave. Update
StreetsBlog LA

The Cost And Savings Of Bicycle Commuting
Forbes

Electric Buses Get A Jump Start: A GM-Funded Bus Could Reduce Transit Agencies' Fuel Bills By 80 Percent
MIT Technology Review

Expo Line Fly Over (video : YouTube user "ExpoLineFan" used Google Earth to produce this fascinating aerial fly over of the new Expo Line route, from 7th Street downtown to 4th Street in Santa Monica)
via YouTube

GOP Seeks Bidders On Amtrak's Rail Lines
Wall Street Journal

House Plan To Privatize Northeast Corridor Retains Public Ownership
StreetsBlog DC

LA City Council Approves Wilshire Bus Only Lanes: The Lanes Will Begin Near MacArthur Park And End At The Santa Monica Border
NBC Los Angeles

L.A. Council Opposes Bill That Would Take Away City Control Of Ontario Airport
Los Angeles Times

LaHood Defends Amtrak Against GOP Privatization Plan
StreetsBlog DC

Long Beach Transportation Manager Retires
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Los Angeles City Council Approves Bus-Only Lanes For 7.7 Mile Stretch, But Urges Metro To Consider More
Southern California Public Radio

Measuring Transportation Investments: The Road To Results (108p. PDF)
Pew Center On The State

New Lease, New Groundbreaking Date For Maltzan's One Santa Fe ("The four-acre lot across from SCI-Arc that One Santa Fe will occupy across is owned by the MTA, which has given developers a 65-year lease...Renderings also show a pedestrian bridge that will connect the complex to a new Metro Red Line station to be built in the adjoining rail yard.")
Curbed LA

No Quick Rebound In Inland Forecast: The Downturn In Building And Jobs In The Government Sector Will Mean Slower Growth, A Report Says
Riverside Press-Enterprise

One Santa Fe To Get Reworked Lease, Metro As Retail Tenant
Blog Downtown

Opinion: We Are Leaving Our Children A Toxic Transportation Legacy
Los Angeles Daily News

Reason And Not Vitriol Is Needed To Win The Subway Fight (p. 6 of 20p. PDF)
Beverly Hills Courier

Redevelopment Bill Protecting Los Angeles?
Sacramento Bee

A Simple Idea To Transform The Life Of Our Cities (pedestrian districts around the world)
Shareable

Smart Growth To Blame For The Housing Crash? Not By A Long Shot
StreetsBlog DC

Transportation Satellite Accounts: A Look At Transportation's Role In The Economy (60p. PDF)
U.S. Bureau Of Transportation Statistics

Wilshire Bus-Only Lane Construction Likely To Start In A Year
Curbed LA

Would Airport-Style Train Security Make Us Less Safe?
Infrastructurist

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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6/15/2011

Wilshire Bus Lane, Beverly Hills Tunnel, 710, Dump The Pump, Fixing Transit, Seniors & Transit, House Transpo Bill Coming & More

Building LA's Transit System With Green Construction Equipment
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Bus-Only Lane Will Run 7.7 Miles Down Wilshire Boulevard -- Conveniently Sparing Westwood's "Condo Canyon"
LA Weekly

By 2015, Nearly One In Five Angelenos Won't Have Access To Transportation
StreetsBlog LA

CicLAvia Is...En Espanol
StreetsBlog LA

City Council Approves 7.7 Mile Route For Wilshire Bus Only Lanes, Asks Metro To Consider 8.7 Mile Route
StreetsBlog LA

City Council To Take Up Cellphone Radiation, Bergamot Transit Village
Santa Monica Patch

Did Smart Growth Fuel The Property-Price Boom?
Wall Street Journal

Electric Buses In Detroit? Not Yet, But General Motors Invests Millions In "Bus Of Tomorrow"
M Live

Experience The Future Of History & Culture In Los Angeles: Our New Leadership Role In "LA As Subject"
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Fix Transit, Officials Say. Or Expand It. Or Both ("The tension between just fixing everything that’s broken — or about to break — and all the new transit that’s needed to really give Americans mobility options was fully on display at an APTA press conference at its annual rail conference Monday.")
Transportation Nation

Full Steam Ahead For China's Rail Links Abroad? ("China's first project is to link itself to its Southeast Asian neighbors, so that rail travelers may soon be able to traverse Asia from China to Singapore in a day.")
NPR

Gardena Council Approves Revised Bus Plan
Rafu Shimpo

High-Speed Rail, High-Speed Controversy
CityWatch

House Transportation Committee Will Unveil Reauthorization Bill Next Week
StreetsBlog DC

How Seniors Get Stuck At Home With No Transit Options
StreetsBlog DC

Inland Empire Seniors Have Nation's Second-Worst Access To Public Transit, Study Says
Los Angeles Times

LA Approves Express Bus Lane On Wilshire Blvd
KABC-7

The LA City Council Talks Too Much ("A city that forgets its transit past is doomed to repeat it. Here's hoping the city council stops talking and does the right thing when it next meets on the Wilshire bus project.")
Huffington Post

L.A. Council Approves Bus-Only Lanes Along 7.7 Miles Of Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles Times

Local Neoliberalism's Role In Defining Transit's Purpose ("Must transit capital projects be construed either as for capitalist development or social welfare? Can the two goals be reconciled?")
Transport Politic

Los Angeles Councilman Paul Koretz Attacks Beverly Hills On Tunnel
Beverly Hills Courier

Los Angeles Ports' Clean Trucks Program Leads To Costs, Complications
Southern California Public Radio

Opinion: Gold Line Authority Should Find Own Solution (Monrovia mayor Mary Ann Lutz)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Opinion: Rick Caruso's Grand Plan: The Possible L.A. Mayoral Candidate Has Initiated A Fascinating Civic Conversation Regarding A City Based On Shopping Centers And Trolley Cars ("Street-level transit by trolley — as in the Grove — is one of Caruso's keys to livability.")
Los Angeles Times

Plans For 710 Improvements Leaves Homes Intact ("Plans to modernize the Long Beach (710) Freeway by widening the roadway and building optional truck-only toll lanes between the port and East Los Angeles are moving forward after years of delay.")
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Red Light Cameras
Where The Sidewalk Starts

Senator Cardin Introduces Bill To Prioritize Repair Of Bridges And Roads
Transportation For America

Study Looks At Air Quality Of West LB Rail Yard
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Study Ranks Inland Empire Poorly In Seniors' Access To Transit
Southern California Public Radio

Tomorrow Is The 6th Annual National "Dump The Pump Day"
APTA
Dump The Pump Transit Facts (Learn how public transportation saves money, provides economic opportunity, saves fuel, reduces congestion, reduces gasoline consumption, reduces the carbon footprint, and enhances personal opportunities)
Suggested Activities

Transportation Boss Wants Screens With Computer Info In Bus Shelters (Chicago’s transportation commissioner wants to install video screens at bus shelters that “would include everything from Bus Tracker information now available on the internet and cell phones to the current inventory for car- and bike-sharing and how long it would take to walk to popular destinations.")
Chicago Sun-Times

Updated Quiz: What Are The Top Seven Transit Systems In The U.S.? -- Some Surprises
Transportation Nation

The Value Of Sustainability: Increasing Quality, Efficiency And Community Benefits In An Ever-Changing Environment (workshop : Los Angeles : July 31 - August 2)
APTA

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Wins Top Honors At The 2011 APTA International Rail Rodeo
ExpertClick

When Urban Planning And Obesity Collide
GOOD

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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