500 Rigs Affected As Port Of Long Beach Bans Polluting Trucks
Long Beach Press-Telegram
1984: The Year Of Catastrophic Traffic That Never Was ("The summer Olympics promised L.A. a permanent boost in its global status while incurring no debt, but it also promised the kind of hellish, round-the-clock traffic that would make a typical rush hour look like a walk -- or a drive -- in the park.")
KCET
The Bicycle Dividend (The economics and payoff of bike lane construction)
New York Times
California: Ground Zero In The High Speed Rail Wars
StreetsBlog DC
Carmageddon Is Upon Us!
Forbes
City Officials, Residents Gear Up For "Carmageddon"
Santa Monica Daily Press
City To Get $1.24M For PCH Improvements: The Funding Is Part Of A Five-Year Region-Wide Plan To Improve Roadways In The South Bay
Hermosa Beach Patch
Congress Poised To Take On Transportation Authorization This Month ("House and Senate transportation leaders are close to introducing transportation authorization bills, although they will look very different.")
National League Of Cities
The Dangers Of Touting The Job-Creation Benefits Of Transpo Investment
StreetsBlog DC
Editorial: Bullet Train's End Of The Line ("Bullet trains are exciting, and maybe even worth subsidizing on a manageable scale when well conceived, well planned and well run. This project is none of those things. It presents monumental risks at a time when the state can't even get its budget under control, and a money drain that has gone on long enough.")
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Editorial: More Reasons For Commuters To Ride Metrolink
Ventura County Star
For Washington, A Trek To Daylight ("The Metrorail system in Washington has more escalators than any other transit system in North America, and lately those moving staircases have been having health problems of their own. More than 100 escalators are out on a typical day, repairs are taking longer and rider patience is running out.")
New York Times
Gold Line Bridge Construction Starts Next Week: Expect Some Lanes On The Eastbound 210 Freeway To Be Shut Down On Tuesday And Wednesday Nights
Arcadia Patch
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of Greening Cities (Los Angeles ranks #7 in a survey of 27 North American cities)
The Atlantic
How Fast Is Fast Enough? ("The best way to get high-speed rail to succeed in America is to actually build it somewhere, and then to wait for the other states to say "I want that!" The Obama administration doesn't have to "settle" for incremental improvements.")
The Economist
In China's High-Speed Successes, A Glimpse Of American Difficulties
Transport Politic
In Los Angeles, Cuts Will Make Long Bus Commute Longer ("Though the roads in Los Angeles routinely jam with honking cars in the morning, there is also an almost invisible commuter class — the millions of people, most of them poor, who depend on the sprawling bus system.")
New York Times
Is The British Roundabout Conquering The US?
BBC
Los Angeles Bicycling Groups Demand Safer Streets
Culver City Patch
Los Angeles: Deleting Some Lines Can Be Fair
Human Transit
Massive 405 Freeway Project Respects The Boundaries Of A Jewish Tradition: Metro And Caltrans Are Working With Orthodox Jews To Maintain The Thin "Walls" Of A Vast Westside Eruv During Work On The 405 Freeway
Los Angeles Times
Metro Blue Line Is The Route For "Traveling Circus" Plays
Los Angeles Times
Metro Developer Challenge Winners Include Smart Ride
Blog Downtown
Metrolink Proposals Target Pedestrian Safety At Downtown Burbank Station: One Option Is A Pedestrian Underpass, Estimated To Cost $7 Million. Building A Second Elevator Would Cost $3 Million, And Improving The Warning System Would Cost About $4.6 Million
Los Angeles Times
Money-Losing Buses Could Get Ads, Service Cuts
Glendale News-Press
OC's Express Angels' Train Called Largely Unworkable Here ("Angels officials want expanded service to theInland Empire, where 3,650 of the team's 21,500 season-ticket holders live as well as innumerable single-game ticket-buyers. But for financial, logistical and other reasons, don't count on it happening.")
Riverside Press Enterprise
OCTA Rolls Out Pass That Allows Unlimited Bus And Train Rides
San Clemente Times
One Big Idea: An Airline-Style Loyalty Program For Public Transit
The Atlantic
Parking Tech Helping Big Cities Ease Congestion
Government Technology
Plan Your Panic: Maps Of Carmageddon Construction, Detours
LAist
P.R. Firm In Charge Of Selling State's $43 Billion High-Speed Rail Project Resigns
San Jose Mercury News
Recession Hits Transit Budgets Despite Rising Need ("The Great Recession and cuts in government subsidies have wreaked havoc on mass transit in America, even as rising gasoline prices have pushed up demand for reliable service. By one survey, more than 80 percent of U.S. transit systems had cut service, raised fares or both since the economic downturn started.")
Associated Press
Riding Your Bike Is Good For The Economy
GOOD
SGVCOG Apologized, Paid Executive Director $72,000 Settlement After DA's Probe
Whittier Daily News
Urban Renewal Plans In Jeopardy ("Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday that blows a $1.7 billion hole in cities and counties' redevelopment programs. It eliminates the state's 400 redevelopment agencies, although it creates a mechanism allowing them to survive with less money.Redevelopment agencies are preparing a lawsuit, calling the legislation an unconstitutional cash grab that conflicts directly with a recent state ballot initiative.")
Sacramento Bee
Villaraigosa Orders 1,680 Miles Of Networked Bike Paths, Construction To Increase Fourfold
LAist
Why And How To Reduce The Amount Of Land Paved For Roads And Parking Facilities (9p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
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7/05/2011
7/01/2011
CAHSR, LADOT, Crenshaw Line, Westside Mobility Plan, 4th Of July In L.A. Transit History, Analyzing Transpo Costs & More
Back To Basics In Transportation Planning
Project For Public Spaces
Bring Transit To Senior Citizens, Or Bring Seniors To Transit?
StreetsBlog DC
Calculating The Environmental Impact Of Driving In The United States
The City Fix
California Cities Start Recycling Roads
GOOD
Decorated Cable Cars Of 1892 & Other Notable 4th Of July Anniversaries From Early Los Angeles Transit History
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Democrats Chase The Transpo Spending Unicorn
Transportation Nation
Do-It-Yourself: Use The Gas Slider To Analyze Transportation Costs In Your City
Abogo: Transportation Costs Made Apparent
Dozens Of US Cities Line Up To Contest 2010 Census: With State Budgets Tight, Cities Hope To Push 2010 Census Counts Upward To Get Federal Dollars ("Cities considering challenges based on the costs and potential financial rewards include...Santa Ana, San Jose and Long Beach.")
Associated Press
Editorial: Bullet Train's Folly Factor Rises
Orange County Register
Flat Rate Established For Taxis Traveling To And From LAX (to and from Santa Monica)
Santa Monica Patch
High-Speed Rail Authority, PR Firm Go Separate Ways
Los Angeles Times
How To Get People To Pay Higher Taxes
Infrastructurist
In Heat Of The Moment, Twitter Is Fast T Fix (Boston's MBTA is asking customers to tweet about broken air-conditioning in rail cars)
Boston Herald
Increasing Public Transport Use With Smart Campaigns ("Marketing efforts by public transportation systems are vastly outspent by those of the major automobile companies, which spend billions each year to attract new customers...public transportation systems must not forget about branding, marketing, and advertising and using smart, creative, cost-efficient campaigns targeted at increasing and maintaining ridership.")
American Society Of Landscape Architects' The Dirt Blog
LADOT Touts Spike In Rider Satisfaction
Los Angeles Daily News
Live Chat: I-405 Countdown To Closure, July 16-17 (transcript of Wednesday's Metro Live Chat with Metro's Executive Director of Highway Projects and Executive Director of Transit Project Delivery)
Metro
Reading L.A.: Mike Davis, "City Of Quartz" And Southern California's "Spatial Apartheid"
Los Angeles Times
Riders Rave About DASH Service, Survey Says
Blog Downtown
Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Proposes Compensation For Rail Line
Los Angeles Wave
Tips For Air Travel During 405 Closure: Los Angeles International Airport Officials Say They Expect Impacts On Departing And Arriving Passengers, But There Are Ways To Avoid Frenzy
Hermosa Beach Patch
U.S. Opens New Round Of Transportation Grants
Reuters
Washington Metro Could Benefit From Clarified Board Roles And Responsibilities, Improved Strategic Planning (69p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
West L.A. Residents Give Their Input On Area Transportation Problems: Parking Concerns Dominate The Discussion At A Meeting Wednesday Organized By City Offiicals To Get Residents' Feedback On The Westside Mobility Plan
Brentwood Patch
Westside Subway Extension Work Could Begin In 2012
Los Angeles Business
William Shatner's "Carmageddon" Tweet: Watch My Documentary
Los Angeles Times
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Project For Public Spaces
Bring Transit To Senior Citizens, Or Bring Seniors To Transit?
StreetsBlog DC
Calculating The Environmental Impact Of Driving In The United States
The City Fix
California Cities Start Recycling Roads
GOOD
Decorated Cable Cars Of 1892 & Other Notable 4th Of July Anniversaries From Early Los Angeles Transit History
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Democrats Chase The Transpo Spending Unicorn
Transportation Nation
Do-It-Yourself: Use The Gas Slider To Analyze Transportation Costs In Your City
Abogo: Transportation Costs Made Apparent
Dozens Of US Cities Line Up To Contest 2010 Census: With State Budgets Tight, Cities Hope To Push 2010 Census Counts Upward To Get Federal Dollars ("Cities considering challenges based on the costs and potential financial rewards include...Santa Ana, San Jose and Long Beach.")
Associated Press
Editorial: Bullet Train's Folly Factor Rises
Orange County Register
Flat Rate Established For Taxis Traveling To And From LAX (to and from Santa Monica)
Santa Monica Patch
High-Speed Rail Authority, PR Firm Go Separate Ways
Los Angeles Times
How To Get People To Pay Higher Taxes
Infrastructurist
In Heat Of The Moment, Twitter Is Fast T Fix (Boston's MBTA is asking customers to tweet about broken air-conditioning in rail cars)
Boston Herald
Increasing Public Transport Use With Smart Campaigns ("Marketing efforts by public transportation systems are vastly outspent by those of the major automobile companies, which spend billions each year to attract new customers...public transportation systems must not forget about branding, marketing, and advertising and using smart, creative, cost-efficient campaigns targeted at increasing and maintaining ridership.")
American Society Of Landscape Architects' The Dirt Blog
LADOT Touts Spike In Rider Satisfaction
Los Angeles Daily News
Live Chat: I-405 Countdown To Closure, July 16-17 (transcript of Wednesday's Metro Live Chat with Metro's Executive Director of Highway Projects and Executive Director of Transit Project Delivery)
Metro
Reading L.A.: Mike Davis, "City Of Quartz" And Southern California's "Spatial Apartheid"
Los Angeles Times
Riders Rave About DASH Service, Survey Says
Blog Downtown
Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Proposes Compensation For Rail Line
Los Angeles Wave
Tips For Air Travel During 405 Closure: Los Angeles International Airport Officials Say They Expect Impacts On Departing And Arriving Passengers, But There Are Ways To Avoid Frenzy
Hermosa Beach Patch
U.S. Opens New Round Of Transportation Grants
Reuters
Washington Metro Could Benefit From Clarified Board Roles And Responsibilities, Improved Strategic Planning (69p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
West L.A. Residents Give Their Input On Area Transportation Problems: Parking Concerns Dominate The Discussion At A Meeting Wednesday Organized By City Offiicals To Get Residents' Feedback On The Westside Mobility Plan
Brentwood Patch
Westside Subway Extension Work Could Begin In 2012
Los Angeles Business
William Shatner's "Carmageddon" Tweet: Watch My Documentary
Los Angeles Times
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6/30/2011
Arcadia & Gold Line, Leimert Park Station, Carmageddon Live Chat & Warnings, AEG & Transit, CRA Demise, Parklets & More
3 Simple Ways Tech Can Grow Greener Cities (Offering wifi on public transit, encouraging checkins, installing parking sensors)
Mashable
405 Carmageddon Machine Cranks Up
LA Observed
AEG Encourages Us All To Hop The Train To Stadium-Ville
Curbed LA
America's Interstate Highway System Celebrates 55 Years
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Arcadia Gold Line Station Clears City Hurdles: City Council Authorizes City Manager To Enter Agreement With Construction Authority
Arcadia Patch
California Department Of Transportation Selects Autodesk For Road And Highway Design Projects
MarketWatch
California Redevelopment Agencies' Demise
LA Weekly
Carmageddon: Metro Addresses Questions During Live Chat
KABC-7
Contractor Faces Huge Financial Penalties If 405 Freeway Isn't Reopened On Time: Kiewit Pacific Co. Will Be Charged Approximately $6,000 For Every 10 Minutes It Exceeds The Deadline For Reopening The Freeway After The July 15-18 Closure
Encino Patch
Creation Of Inland Empire Authority To Control Ontario Airport Placed On Hold
Daily Breeze
Crenshaw Update: Ridley-Thomas Pushes Community Update Benefits, Community Weighs Options For Subway/Leimert Station
StreetsBlog LA
DOT Lends Amtrak $562.9 Million For Locomotives
Journal Of Commerce
Drivers Worry About Monday Morning Commute In Metro Chat On 405 Closure: Drivers' Biggest Concern Expressed During Wednesday's Live Chat With Metro Officials Is Whether Construction On The 405 Freeway Will Remain On Schedule, Or If It Will Affect Their Monday Commute
Marina Del Rey Patch
The Fiction Of The Persecuted European Motorist
StreetsBlog Network
How Will The 405 Closure Affect N.E. Los Angeles?
Echo Park Patch
Interstate Bike Highway Effort Reappears
Sustainable Business Oregon
Investing In Transit: Investing In America ("With regions around the nation searching for ways to combat sprawl and stabilize their economies, this begs the question: can America really afford to wait this long for transit?")
Reconnecting America
LAPD Asks Celebrities To Tweet Out Word On 405 Freeway Closure
Los Angeles Times
Like Carmageddon, Metro Preparing Us For Westside Subway Construction
Curbed LA
Major L.A. Study Shows Importance Of Bike-Transit Connection
Bike Portland
[Beverly Hills] Mayor Reaffirms Subway Tunneling Opposition
Canyon News
Metro Officials Answer Questions In Web Chat About 405 Closure Through Sepulveda Pass
Los Angeles Daily News
NETWORK_LA Transit (video : "a conceptual design response by Gensler Los Angeles to an open invitation by Sci-Arc, The Architect’s Newspaper and LA Metro to shift people from their cars to public transit. Increasing the movement of people, not cars should be the goal of any public transit initiative. For this ambitious project, Gensler Los Angeles proposes an integrated set of ideas to adapt the current system to improve its performance at the various scales based on user needs. The belief is that a more responsive system and an improved user experience ultimately leads to the means to meet that challenge.")
Tam Thien Tran via Vimeo
Can Technology Transform Public Transit In LA?
Gensler On Cities
New Budget Passes, Nabs $1.7B From Redevelopment Agencies
Curbed LA
Ontario Airport Bill Is Staying Where It Is
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Opinion: State Should Lead Again On Emission Standards
Sacramento Bee
"Parklets" Create Public Space, 120 Square Feet At A Time
California Planning & Development Report
Railspeak Should Be Terminated: Train And Station Announcements Offer A Relentless Barrage Of Drivel In A Language All Of Their Own
Guardian (U.K.)
Safe Passing Bill For Bicyclists Wins Key Assembly Committee Vote
StreetsBlog SF
Santa Monica To Open Emergency Center For Freeway Closure
Santa Monica Lookout
Strollers, Carts, And Other Large Items On Buses And Trains (174p. PDF)
U.S. Transit Cooperative Research Program
Wayfinding Maps For Urban Navigators
The City Fix
Westside Subway Construction: The Basics
LA Observed
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Mashable
405 Carmageddon Machine Cranks Up
LA Observed
AEG Encourages Us All To Hop The Train To Stadium-Ville
Curbed LA
America's Interstate Highway System Celebrates 55 Years
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Arcadia Gold Line Station Clears City Hurdles: City Council Authorizes City Manager To Enter Agreement With Construction Authority
Arcadia Patch
California Department Of Transportation Selects Autodesk For Road And Highway Design Projects
MarketWatch
California Redevelopment Agencies' Demise
LA Weekly
Carmageddon: Metro Addresses Questions During Live Chat
KABC-7
Contractor Faces Huge Financial Penalties If 405 Freeway Isn't Reopened On Time: Kiewit Pacific Co. Will Be Charged Approximately $6,000 For Every 10 Minutes It Exceeds The Deadline For Reopening The Freeway After The July 15-18 Closure
Encino Patch
Creation Of Inland Empire Authority To Control Ontario Airport Placed On Hold
Daily Breeze
Crenshaw Update: Ridley-Thomas Pushes Community Update Benefits, Community Weighs Options For Subway/Leimert Station
StreetsBlog LA
DOT Lends Amtrak $562.9 Million For Locomotives
Journal Of Commerce
Drivers Worry About Monday Morning Commute In Metro Chat On 405 Closure: Drivers' Biggest Concern Expressed During Wednesday's Live Chat With Metro Officials Is Whether Construction On The 405 Freeway Will Remain On Schedule, Or If It Will Affect Their Monday Commute
Marina Del Rey Patch
The Fiction Of The Persecuted European Motorist
StreetsBlog Network
How Will The 405 Closure Affect N.E. Los Angeles?
Echo Park Patch
Interstate Bike Highway Effort Reappears
Sustainable Business Oregon
Investing In Transit: Investing In America ("With regions around the nation searching for ways to combat sprawl and stabilize their economies, this begs the question: can America really afford to wait this long for transit?")
Reconnecting America
LAPD Asks Celebrities To Tweet Out Word On 405 Freeway Closure
Los Angeles Times
Like Carmageddon, Metro Preparing Us For Westside Subway Construction
Curbed LA
Major L.A. Study Shows Importance Of Bike-Transit Connection
Bike Portland
[Beverly Hills] Mayor Reaffirms Subway Tunneling Opposition
Canyon News
Metro Officials Answer Questions In Web Chat About 405 Closure Through Sepulveda Pass
Los Angeles Daily News
NETWORK_LA Transit (video : "a conceptual design response by Gensler Los Angeles to an open invitation by Sci-Arc, The Architect’s Newspaper and LA Metro to shift people from their cars to public transit. Increasing the movement of people, not cars should be the goal of any public transit initiative. For this ambitious project, Gensler Los Angeles proposes an integrated set of ideas to adapt the current system to improve its performance at the various scales based on user needs. The belief is that a more responsive system and an improved user experience ultimately leads to the means to meet that challenge.")
Tam Thien Tran via Vimeo
Can Technology Transform Public Transit In LA?
Gensler On Cities
New Budget Passes, Nabs $1.7B From Redevelopment Agencies
Curbed LA
Ontario Airport Bill Is Staying Where It Is
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Opinion: State Should Lead Again On Emission Standards
Sacramento Bee
"Parklets" Create Public Space, 120 Square Feet At A Time
California Planning & Development Report
Railspeak Should Be Terminated: Train And Station Announcements Offer A Relentless Barrage Of Drivel In A Language All Of Their Own
Guardian (U.K.)
Safe Passing Bill For Bicyclists Wins Key Assembly Committee Vote
StreetsBlog SF
Santa Monica To Open Emergency Center For Freeway Closure
Santa Monica Lookout
Strollers, Carts, And Other Large Items On Buses And Trains (174p. PDF)
U.S. Transit Cooperative Research Program
Wayfinding Maps For Urban Navigators
The City Fix
Westside Subway Construction: The Basics
LA Observed
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6/29/2011
AEG Transpo Plan, BH Subway, Regional Connector, LA's 1948 Transportation Battles, LADOT, Metrolink, UCLA Parking, Amazing Trains Never Built & More
AB710 Will Reduce The Cost And Increase The Supply Of Affordable Housing (parking plays a key role)
AIA LA Design Advocate
AEG Touts Transit For L.A. Live Events
Blog Downtown
AEG's Transpo Plan: Early Returns Good, But The Devil Remains In The Details
StreetsBlog LA
Amazing Trains That Were Never Built
Infrastructurist
Bike Lanes, Crosswalks, Pedestrian Signals Coming To Dahab Crash Corner
StreetsBlog LA
Chinese Mass Transit: On The Right Track ("Having for decades largely neglected the need for efficient light-rail systems as its cities grew, it is now in the midst of metro-mania. Last year the number of subway carriages in service across the country grew by 50%, with more than 30 cities in the process of building new metro lines.")
The Economist
Community Meetings For Regional Connector Continue Wednesday And Thursday
Blog Downtown
A Congressman's Pet Project, A Railroad's Boon ("Representative John L. Mica, a Florida Republican and chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has spent years badgering federal agencies, bullying state officials, blocking Amtrak naysayers and trying to bypass federal restrictions to build support and squash opposition to the commuter line.")
New York Times
Declining US $s For Highways: Where Tolling Fits In
Toll Road News
Dirty Land Derails Cleantech Deal: Buyer Backs Out Of $15 Million Acquisition Of Troubled CRA Property
Los Angeles Downtown News
The Fiction Of The Persecuted European Motorist (reaction to Monday's New York Times article)
StreetsBlog Network
Five Must-Know Tenets Of 21st Century Planning (For one, "Fixed rail infrastructure is the cornerstone of transit-oriented development")
CityWatch
Freight As Passenger Rail's Worst Enemy -- Or Something Else?
Transport Politic
Green Transportation Research Bill Introduced In The House
AltTransport
Wu Introduces Major Green Transportation Bill
U.S. House Of Representatives Press Release
LADOT GM De La Vega On Better Data, Multi-Modalism And, Yes, Pedi-Cabs
StreetsBlog LA
L.A. Port's Knatz To Anchor International Port Association
Progressive Railroading
Like A Space Port, Every Sort: A Song About LA Transit
LAist
Metrolink & AEG Want Your Butt In Seats, Announce Transit Partnership
LAist
Metrolink Safety Fix Could Cost Millions: Three Options Are Aimed At Keeping Pedestrians From Crossing Tracks
Burbank Leader
More Proof We've Hit Peak Car Use?
TreeHugger
One Minute On The 405 (video : one minute of footage gives viewers some idea of the impact of the upcoming 405 closure on the average weekend's 300,000 vehicles which normally pass through the Sepulveda Pass)
LA Observed
Opinion: Keeping The Subway On Track: L.A. Business Interests Need To Put The Brakes On Beverly Hills Activists' Efforts To Delay The Purple Line
Los Angeles Business Journal
Rail Rapid Transit Now!: Early Freeways, "Bus Rapid Transit" & The Competing Transportation Plans Of 1948
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Rumor Mill: House Leadership Hostile To Transpo Reauthorization
StreetsBlog DC
SFMTA Names Taxi Director As Interim Nate Ford Replacement
San Francisco Appeal
State Treasurer Worries About Bullet Train's Finances
California Watch
StreetFilms With Espanol: Long Beach Shifts Into High Gear
StreetsBlog LA
UCLA Students Criticize Parking Enforcement Changes In Westwood: After Los Angeles Officials Began Issuing Tickets For "Apron Parking," Some Argue That It Is The Only Solution To The Area's Significant Lack Of Parking
Los Angeles Times
Westside And Valley Businesses Are Preparing For Carmageddon: The Weekend Closure Of A 10-Mile Stretch Of The 405 Freeway Through The Sepulveda Pass Will Force Restaurants And Hotels To Operate With Fewer Workers, Offer Greater Discounts To Attract Customers And Still Face The Prospect Of Revenue Losses
Los Angeles Times
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AIA LA Design Advocate
AEG Touts Transit For L.A. Live Events
Blog Downtown
AEG's Transpo Plan: Early Returns Good, But The Devil Remains In The Details
StreetsBlog LA
Amazing Trains That Were Never Built
Infrastructurist
Bike Lanes, Crosswalks, Pedestrian Signals Coming To Dahab Crash Corner
StreetsBlog LA
Chinese Mass Transit: On The Right Track ("Having for decades largely neglected the need for efficient light-rail systems as its cities grew, it is now in the midst of metro-mania. Last year the number of subway carriages in service across the country grew by 50%, with more than 30 cities in the process of building new metro lines.")
The Economist
Community Meetings For Regional Connector Continue Wednesday And Thursday
Blog Downtown
A Congressman's Pet Project, A Railroad's Boon ("Representative John L. Mica, a Florida Republican and chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has spent years badgering federal agencies, bullying state officials, blocking Amtrak naysayers and trying to bypass federal restrictions to build support and squash opposition to the commuter line.")
New York Times
Declining US $s For Highways: Where Tolling Fits In
Toll Road News
Dirty Land Derails Cleantech Deal: Buyer Backs Out Of $15 Million Acquisition Of Troubled CRA Property
Los Angeles Downtown News
The Fiction Of The Persecuted European Motorist (reaction to Monday's New York Times article)
StreetsBlog Network
Five Must-Know Tenets Of 21st Century Planning (For one, "Fixed rail infrastructure is the cornerstone of transit-oriented development")
CityWatch
Freight As Passenger Rail's Worst Enemy -- Or Something Else?
Transport Politic
Green Transportation Research Bill Introduced In The House
AltTransport
Wu Introduces Major Green Transportation Bill
U.S. House Of Representatives Press Release
LADOT GM De La Vega On Better Data, Multi-Modalism And, Yes, Pedi-Cabs
StreetsBlog LA
L.A. Port's Knatz To Anchor International Port Association
Progressive Railroading
Like A Space Port, Every Sort: A Song About LA Transit
LAist
Metrolink & AEG Want Your Butt In Seats, Announce Transit Partnership
LAist
Metrolink Safety Fix Could Cost Millions: Three Options Are Aimed At Keeping Pedestrians From Crossing Tracks
Burbank Leader
More Proof We've Hit Peak Car Use?
TreeHugger
One Minute On The 405 (video : one minute of footage gives viewers some idea of the impact of the upcoming 405 closure on the average weekend's 300,000 vehicles which normally pass through the Sepulveda Pass)
LA Observed
Opinion: Keeping The Subway On Track: L.A. Business Interests Need To Put The Brakes On Beverly Hills Activists' Efforts To Delay The Purple Line
Los Angeles Business Journal
Rail Rapid Transit Now!: Early Freeways, "Bus Rapid Transit" & The Competing Transportation Plans Of 1948
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Rumor Mill: House Leadership Hostile To Transpo Reauthorization
StreetsBlog DC
SFMTA Names Taxi Director As Interim Nate Ford Replacement
San Francisco Appeal
State Treasurer Worries About Bullet Train's Finances
California Watch
StreetFilms With Espanol: Long Beach Shifts Into High Gear
StreetsBlog LA
UCLA Students Criticize Parking Enforcement Changes In Westwood: After Los Angeles Officials Began Issuing Tickets For "Apron Parking," Some Argue That It Is The Only Solution To The Area's Significant Lack Of Parking
Los Angeles Times
Westside And Valley Businesses Are Preparing For Carmageddon: The Weekend Closure Of A 10-Mile Stretch Of The 405 Freeway Through The Sepulveda Pass Will Force Restaurants And Hotels To Operate With Fewer Workers, Offer Greater Discounts To Attract Customers And Still Face The Prospect Of Revenue Losses
Los Angeles Times
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6/28/2011
Metro Bus Changes, Colton Crossing, Colleges & Cars, UCLA/Westwood Parking, State Of The Highways, Carbon Footprint & More
45 Years Ago: Subway Tunnel Given To City
Blog Downtown
After 55 Years, Where Are We On Highways? ("How far have we come since this first highway bill? Is the highway system now true to Eisenhower's vision of a workable, free, transcontinental roadway? Are there new technological or demographic changes since 1955 that should be incorporated into the surface-transportation goals? If Eisenhower was alive now, what would you tell him about his proudest domestic accomplishment?")
National Journal Transportation Blog
Burbank: JetBlue Passengers Ride Free On Metrolink To And From Bob Hope Airport
Los Angeles Times
California Allocates $825 Million To Create Jobs And Improve Transportation
Construction Pros
Caltrans Breaks Ground On I-5 Improvements
MSNBC
Can LA Afford To Neglect Its Bike And Pedestrian Infrastructure?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Carmageddon: Coming To A Theater Near You
KCET
Cars Are Not Welcome Here (Colleges and universities around the U.S. are using both carrots and sticks to entice students, faculty and staff to leave the car at home, freeing up funds locked into large parking budgets)
Inside Higher Ed
Colleges Should Focus On Teaching Students, Not Giving Them Subsidized Parking Spaces
Think Progress
Esplanade Design Contract Up For Approval ("Years of planning and process may result in action Tuesday if the City Council approves a $2.2 million contract to design the Colorado Esplanade, a promenade and plaza that will usher users of the new Expo Light Rail line into Santa Monica proper.")
Santa Monica Daily Press
Federal Player Of The Week: Guiding New Transportation Policies ("Klein’s job is to make sure that ongoing agency-funded research meshes with federal transportation policy, and can overcome technical and bureaucratic bottlenecks.")
Washington Post
Funding Delay Puts Big Rail Project At Risk ("Construction of a railroad overpass in Colton is fast approaching a federal funding deadline and the state's murky financial picture is complicating matters.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Highway Research Moves Toward Livable Transportation Solutions
Project For Public Spaces
IRS Bumps Up Mileage Deductions
Washington Post
Is High-Speed Rail A Culture War?
California High Speed Rail Blog
L.A. Begins Parking Crackdown In UCLA, Westwood Village Area
Los Angeles Times
LA Metro Bus Passengers Get Thrown For A Loop With Route Changes
Southern California Public Radio
Metrolink Fares To Remain The Same For 2011-12 ("The new customer service inititive, called C.O.A.T., or the customer onboard assistance team, adds onboard personnel who can provide service and information to customers during their commute.")
Moorpark Patch
Preservation Approaches For High-Traffic-Volume Roadways (4p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Public Transportation Systems As The Foundation For Economic Growth (20p. PDF)
U.S. Transit Cooperative Research Program
Some State DOTs Promote Tolls On Interstate Highways
Lane Line
Three Southern California Airports Yearn To Leave LAX's Nest
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Transportation Experts Call For More Investment
San Francisco Chronicle
US DOT Announces $1.6 Billion For Transit Projects
Transportation Nation
Villaraigosa To Sign Port Labor Agreement
Los Angeles Wave
Your Carbon Footprint Isn't Small Just Because You Take The Subway
GOOD
Implications Of Urban Structure On Carbon Consumption In Metropolitan Areas
Environmental Research Letters
Blog Downtown
After 55 Years, Where Are We On Highways? ("How far have we come since this first highway bill? Is the highway system now true to Eisenhower's vision of a workable, free, transcontinental roadway? Are there new technological or demographic changes since 1955 that should be incorporated into the surface-transportation goals? If Eisenhower was alive now, what would you tell him about his proudest domestic accomplishment?")
National Journal Transportation Blog
Burbank: JetBlue Passengers Ride Free On Metrolink To And From Bob Hope Airport
Los Angeles Times
California Allocates $825 Million To Create Jobs And Improve Transportation
Construction Pros
Caltrans Breaks Ground On I-5 Improvements
MSNBC
Can LA Afford To Neglect Its Bike And Pedestrian Infrastructure?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Carmageddon: Coming To A Theater Near You
KCET
Cars Are Not Welcome Here (Colleges and universities around the U.S. are using both carrots and sticks to entice students, faculty and staff to leave the car at home, freeing up funds locked into large parking budgets)
Inside Higher Ed
Colleges Should Focus On Teaching Students, Not Giving Them Subsidized Parking Spaces
Think Progress
Esplanade Design Contract Up For Approval ("Years of planning and process may result in action Tuesday if the City Council approves a $2.2 million contract to design the Colorado Esplanade, a promenade and plaza that will usher users of the new Expo Light Rail line into Santa Monica proper.")
Santa Monica Daily Press
Federal Player Of The Week: Guiding New Transportation Policies ("Klein’s job is to make sure that ongoing agency-funded research meshes with federal transportation policy, and can overcome technical and bureaucratic bottlenecks.")
Washington Post
Funding Delay Puts Big Rail Project At Risk ("Construction of a railroad overpass in Colton is fast approaching a federal funding deadline and the state's murky financial picture is complicating matters.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Highway Research Moves Toward Livable Transportation Solutions
Project For Public Spaces
IRS Bumps Up Mileage Deductions
Washington Post
Is High-Speed Rail A Culture War?
California High Speed Rail Blog
L.A. Begins Parking Crackdown In UCLA, Westwood Village Area
Los Angeles Times
LA Metro Bus Passengers Get Thrown For A Loop With Route Changes
Southern California Public Radio
Metrolink Fares To Remain The Same For 2011-12 ("The new customer service inititive, called C.O.A.T., or the customer onboard assistance team, adds onboard personnel who can provide service and information to customers during their commute.")
Moorpark Patch
Preservation Approaches For High-Traffic-Volume Roadways (4p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
Public Transportation Systems As The Foundation For Economic Growth (20p. PDF)
U.S. Transit Cooperative Research Program
Some State DOTs Promote Tolls On Interstate Highways
Lane Line
Three Southern California Airports Yearn To Leave LAX's Nest
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Transportation Experts Call For More Investment
San Francisco Chronicle
US DOT Announces $1.6 Billion For Transit Projects
Transportation Nation
Villaraigosa To Sign Port Labor Agreement
Los Angeles Wave
Your Carbon Footprint Isn't Small Just Because You Take The Subway
GOOD
Implications Of Urban Structure On Carbon Consumption In Metropolitan Areas
Environmental Research Letters
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6/27/2011
$184 Million Anaheim Transit Hub To Break Ground In 2012: Orange County's ARTIC In Anaheim Will Create Several Thousand Jobs
Los Angeles / Orange Counties Building Trades Council
Activists Protest Cuts To Metro Bus Lines [Which Started] Sunday
Southern California Public Radio
America's Top Cities For Bike Commuting: Happier, Too
The Atlantic
Analysts Question Cost, Ridership For High-Speed Rail Project
Orange County Register
Apps Contests For Non-Programmers
Transit Wire
Bridge Comes To San Francisco With A Made-In-China Label
New York Times
Bus And Rail Services To Be Increased During "Carmageddon": The MTA Will Boost The Number Of Rapid Buses Going In And Out Of Santa Monica During The July Weekend Shutdown Of The 405
Santa Monica Patch
Bus Service Cuts Begin This [Past] Weekend; Riders Union Livid
Los Angeles Daily News
Carmageddon Los Angeles, Brought To You By Erik Estrada
Car Connection
Congestion Pricing: Not Coming Soon To A US City Near You
Next American City
Constellation Blvd: The Subway Stops Here!
CityWatch
Europe Stifles Drivers In Favor Of Alternatives ("While American cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and offering apps to help drivers find parking, many European cities are doing the opposite: creating environments openly hostile to cars.")
New York Times
Expect Two (Radically Different) Reauthorization Proposals Soon
StreetsBlog DC
Funding For Infrastructure Maintenance: Achieving And Sustaining A State Of Good Repair (21p. PDF)
U.S. Transit Cooperative Research Program
Golden State (5) Freeway In Pacoima To Be Closed [This] Week ("Up to two lanes in each direction of the 5 Freeway may be closed between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. each day.")
Los Angeles Daily News
The Great Highway Program (A look back at how Fortune Magazine explained the birth of the nation's interstate highway system in their September, 1958 issue : "The article calls out a number of issues that were then being minimized but that would plague communities for decades, such as the fact that the highway engineers were building roads for speed, cost and convenience, as opposed to thinking about neighborhoods being paved over. Or that building the system was just the start of the costs to come. Fortune was also rightly skeptical of claims that improvements in flying (especially "vertical takeoff aircraft") would make the highway obsolete; or that a magnetic cable "would guide the car while the driver relaxes." As Americans take to the road for the summer, it's good to remember that the creation of the system wasn't always a sure thing.")
Fortune
High Speed Rail Authority Holding Final Inland Empire Forums
Southern California Public Radio
High-Speed Rail Critics Crank Up The Pressure: Bay Area Group Brings Sign Campaign To Valley
Merced Sun-Star
In Case You're Just Joining Us: Pros And Cons In The Amtrak Privatization Debate
Infrastructurist
L.A. Prepares For I-405 "Carmageddon" Shutdown
Orange County Register
LAX Advice For 405 Freeway Shutdown: Avoid Driving To Or From The Airport
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Bus Cuts: MTA Axes 305,000 More Hours Of Service, Stranding Low-Income Workers In L.A. Outskirts
LA Weekly
The Mayor, The City And The Future
Los Angeles Downtown News
Meet The New Metro Board Chair, Same As The Old Metro Board Chair ("The Mayor of Los Angeles chairs the Metro Board once every three years, and Villaraigosa will hold the seat from July 1 until June 30, 2012.")
StreetsBlog LA
Metro Developer Challenge Winners
Metro
Metro Line Changes, Countdown To Sepulveda Pass Closure
Studio City Patch
Metrolink '11-12 Budget: More Trains, More Safety, More Customer Service, No Fare Increase
LAist
Mirsich, Bosse Continue Push For Tougher Council Stance Against MTA: The Council Members' Motions Calling For A More Hard-Line Approach To Fighting Proposed Subway Tunneling Under BHHS Are Rejected By Their Colleagues This Week
Beverly Hills Patch
A Modest Proposal: Privatising Amtrak
The Economist
Public Safety Will Be The Priority During 405 Closure, Officials Say: Police, Fire And Transportation Officials Assured Public Safety Would Be A Priority
Pacific Palisades Patch
Rail Grants Expected To Create Jobs, Increase Safety, Reduce Congestion
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Job
Railway Dangers Should Have Been Caught Sooner, Say Officials: No Timeline For Reopening Of Shuttered Angels Flight
Los Angeles Downtown News
Role Reversal: Calif. High Speed Rail Plan May Use Chinese Tech And U.S. Labor
Transportation Nation
150 Years On, China's Rail Role Would Use U.S. Labor (audio : "Nearly 150 years ago America built the first transcontinental railroad, and 10,000 Chinese laborers used pickaxes to cut tunnels and rail-lines for just $30 per month. Now, President Obama is promoting high-speed rail, and the Chinese are again involved. This time, though, they don't just want to swing an axe. They want to design and part-fund it and have Americans provide the labor.")
The Takeaway
Train To LAX Could See Streetscape Improvements Even If It Might Not Stop In The Heart Of L.A.'s Black Community
LA Weekly
West Side Commuters Brace For "Carmageddon"
KABC-7
Why The World Faces A Massive Traffic Jam
CNN
Los Angeles / Orange Counties Building Trades Council
Activists Protest Cuts To Metro Bus Lines [Which Started] Sunday
Southern California Public Radio
America's Top Cities For Bike Commuting: Happier, Too
The Atlantic
Analysts Question Cost, Ridership For High-Speed Rail Project
Orange County Register
Apps Contests For Non-Programmers
Transit Wire
Bridge Comes To San Francisco With A Made-In-China Label
New York Times
Bus And Rail Services To Be Increased During "Carmageddon": The MTA Will Boost The Number Of Rapid Buses Going In And Out Of Santa Monica During The July Weekend Shutdown Of The 405
Santa Monica Patch
Bus Service Cuts Begin This [Past] Weekend; Riders Union Livid
Los Angeles Daily News
Carmageddon Los Angeles, Brought To You By Erik Estrada
Car Connection
Congestion Pricing: Not Coming Soon To A US City Near You
Next American City
Constellation Blvd: The Subway Stops Here!
CityWatch
Europe Stifles Drivers In Favor Of Alternatives ("While American cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and offering apps to help drivers find parking, many European cities are doing the opposite: creating environments openly hostile to cars.")
New York Times
Expect Two (Radically Different) Reauthorization Proposals Soon
StreetsBlog DC
Funding For Infrastructure Maintenance: Achieving And Sustaining A State Of Good Repair (21p. PDF)
U.S. Transit Cooperative Research Program
Golden State (5) Freeway In Pacoima To Be Closed [This] Week ("Up to two lanes in each direction of the 5 Freeway may be closed between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. each day.")
Los Angeles Daily News
The Great Highway Program (A look back at how Fortune Magazine explained the birth of the nation's interstate highway system in their September, 1958 issue : "The article calls out a number of issues that were then being minimized but that would plague communities for decades, such as the fact that the highway engineers were building roads for speed, cost and convenience, as opposed to thinking about neighborhoods being paved over. Or that building the system was just the start of the costs to come. Fortune was also rightly skeptical of claims that improvements in flying (especially "vertical takeoff aircraft") would make the highway obsolete; or that a magnetic cable "would guide the car while the driver relaxes." As Americans take to the road for the summer, it's good to remember that the creation of the system wasn't always a sure thing.")
Fortune
High Speed Rail Authority Holding Final Inland Empire Forums
Southern California Public Radio
High-Speed Rail Critics Crank Up The Pressure: Bay Area Group Brings Sign Campaign To Valley
Merced Sun-Star
In Case You're Just Joining Us: Pros And Cons In The Amtrak Privatization Debate
Infrastructurist
L.A. Prepares For I-405 "Carmageddon" Shutdown
Orange County Register
LAX Advice For 405 Freeway Shutdown: Avoid Driving To Or From The Airport
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Bus Cuts: MTA Axes 305,000 More Hours Of Service, Stranding Low-Income Workers In L.A. Outskirts
LA Weekly
The Mayor, The City And The Future
Los Angeles Downtown News
Meet The New Metro Board Chair, Same As The Old Metro Board Chair ("The Mayor of Los Angeles chairs the Metro Board once every three years, and Villaraigosa will hold the seat from July 1 until June 30, 2012.")
StreetsBlog LA
Metro Developer Challenge Winners
Metro
Metro Line Changes, Countdown To Sepulveda Pass Closure
Studio City Patch
Metrolink '11-12 Budget: More Trains, More Safety, More Customer Service, No Fare Increase
LAist
Mirsich, Bosse Continue Push For Tougher Council Stance Against MTA: The Council Members' Motions Calling For A More Hard-Line Approach To Fighting Proposed Subway Tunneling Under BHHS Are Rejected By Their Colleagues This Week
Beverly Hills Patch
A Modest Proposal: Privatising Amtrak
The Economist
Public Safety Will Be The Priority During 405 Closure, Officials Say: Police, Fire And Transportation Officials Assured Public Safety Would Be A Priority
Pacific Palisades Patch
Rail Grants Expected To Create Jobs, Increase Safety, Reduce Congestion
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Job
Railway Dangers Should Have Been Caught Sooner, Say Officials: No Timeline For Reopening Of Shuttered Angels Flight
Los Angeles Downtown News
Role Reversal: Calif. High Speed Rail Plan May Use Chinese Tech And U.S. Labor
Transportation Nation
150 Years On, China's Rail Role Would Use U.S. Labor (audio : "Nearly 150 years ago America built the first transcontinental railroad, and 10,000 Chinese laborers used pickaxes to cut tunnels and rail-lines for just $30 per month. Now, President Obama is promoting high-speed rail, and the Chinese are again involved. This time, though, they don't just want to swing an axe. They want to design and part-fund it and have Americans provide the labor.")
The Takeaway
Train To LAX Could See Streetscape Improvements Even If It Might Not Stop In The Heart Of L.A.'s Black Community
LA Weekly
West Side Commuters Brace For "Carmageddon"
KABC-7
Why The World Faces A Massive Traffic Jam
CNN
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6/24/2011
Metro Service Changes, Colton Crossing, 405 Closure, Farmers Field Transit, I-5 Project, Transpo Taxes & More
25 Senators Demand Robust Transit Funding (but not Boxer or Feinstein?)
StreetsBlog DC
Bill Ford: A Future Beyond Traffic Gridlock (video : "Bill Ford is a car guy -- his great-grandfather was Henry Ford, and he grew up inside the massive Ford Motor Co. So when he worries about cars' impact on the environment, and about our growing global gridlock problem, it's worth a listen. His vision for the future of mobility includes "smart roads," even smarter public transport and going green like never before.")
TED Talks
Colton Crossing Funding In Jeopardy
Inland News Today
Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. Plans For Future Growth
Santa Monica Lookout
Hospitals Worry Employees Won't Be Able To Get [To] Work During 405 Freeway Closure
Los Angeles Times
How To Board A Train That Doesn't Stop (Yesterday, we brought you news of the design for passengers passing between high-speed and local rail without the trains stopping. Today, another novel idea, this time from China: boarding a train from a platform without the train stopping)
via YouTube
The Infrastructure Bank As Political Cover
Reuters
Interchange Project Will Help Unclog I-5
Orange County Register
Making The Case For Investment In The Walking Environment: A Review Of The Evidence (77p. PDF)
Living Streets
Metro Service Changes Take Effect This Sunday
StreetsBlog LA
Metro To Cut Bus Lines Over Weekend
Los Angeles Wave
Mia Lehrer On What LA's Parks Will Look Like In 2031 And More
Curbed LA
Mineta Transportation Institute Survey: Will Americans Support Federal Transportation Tax Options?
PR Newswire
What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options?: Results From Year 2 Of A National Survey (70p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
MTA Expanding Service During 405 Closure
My Fox LA
New Downtown Bike Plan: Lanes From Civic Center To South Park
Curbed LA
Policy Options For Reducing Energy Use And Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Transportation (162p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board Special Report
President Of The United States, Conference Of Mayors [Support] Federal Safe Routes To School Funding
Safe Routes To School California
Seamless Journeys From Door To Door (7p. PDF : "If public transport is to offer a real and attractive alternative to cars, it needs to offer the same kind of door-to-door service that cars do.")
Better Transport (U.K.)
Sierra Club Pushes For Transit Plan For Farmer's Field ("Pico Station currently: A 20 year old station that looks like it's 50 years old"..."If you’re looking for a vision for a sustainable transportation plan for the Downtown Stadium, you shouldn’t look to politicians or even AEG executives. A group of Sierra Club activists, led by Jerard Wright Angeles Chapter Transportation Committee Co-Chair, have outlined a transportation plan that would fulfill AEG’s claims that Farmers Field will encourage more sustainable transportation options than a rival stadium plan in the suburban City of Industry.")
StreetsBlog LA
Farmers Field And the Pico Metro Rail Station Improvement (16p. PDF)
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Transportation Committee
South Bay To Receive $176M For Freeway, Road Improvement Projects
Daily Breeze
Southeast Cities Advocate To Stay Together: That Includes Bell Gardens ("The southeast cities have worked together on public safety and transportation issues, such as the projects on the 710 Freeway, the Long Beach corridor and the Alameda Corrdors, so there is a good partnership there.")
EGP News
Synthesis Of Literature Relating To Cellular Telephone/Personal Digital Assistant Use In Commercial Truck And Bus Operations (32p. PDF)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Van Nuys Airport Seeks "Local Control" As Panel Wants Independent Body To Oversee Facility
Los Angeles Daily News
Wider I-710 Bridge Through Commerce Could Affect Bandini Park
EGP News
StreetsBlog DC
Bill Ford: A Future Beyond Traffic Gridlock (video : "Bill Ford is a car guy -- his great-grandfather was Henry Ford, and he grew up inside the massive Ford Motor Co. So when he worries about cars' impact on the environment, and about our growing global gridlock problem, it's worth a listen. His vision for the future of mobility includes "smart roads," even smarter public transport and going green like never before.")
TED Talks
Colton Crossing Funding In Jeopardy
Inland News Today
Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. Plans For Future Growth
Santa Monica Lookout
Hospitals Worry Employees Won't Be Able To Get [To] Work During 405 Freeway Closure
Los Angeles Times
How To Board A Train That Doesn't Stop (Yesterday, we brought you news of the design for passengers passing between high-speed and local rail without the trains stopping. Today, another novel idea, this time from China: boarding a train from a platform without the train stopping)
via YouTube
The Infrastructure Bank As Political Cover
Reuters
Interchange Project Will Help Unclog I-5
Orange County Register
Making The Case For Investment In The Walking Environment: A Review Of The Evidence (77p. PDF)
Living Streets
Metro Service Changes Take Effect This Sunday
StreetsBlog LA
Metro To Cut Bus Lines Over Weekend
Los Angeles Wave
Mia Lehrer On What LA's Parks Will Look Like In 2031 And More
Curbed LA
Mineta Transportation Institute Survey: Will Americans Support Federal Transportation Tax Options?
PR Newswire
What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options?: Results From Year 2 Of A National Survey (70p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
MTA Expanding Service During 405 Closure
My Fox LA
New Downtown Bike Plan: Lanes From Civic Center To South Park
Curbed LA
Policy Options For Reducing Energy Use And Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Transportation (162p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board Special Report
President Of The United States, Conference Of Mayors [Support] Federal Safe Routes To School Funding
Safe Routes To School California
Seamless Journeys From Door To Door (7p. PDF : "If public transport is to offer a real and attractive alternative to cars, it needs to offer the same kind of door-to-door service that cars do.")
Better Transport (U.K.)
Sierra Club Pushes For Transit Plan For Farmer's Field ("Pico Station currently: A 20 year old station that looks like it's 50 years old"..."If you’re looking for a vision for a sustainable transportation plan for the Downtown Stadium, you shouldn’t look to politicians or even AEG executives. A group of Sierra Club activists, led by Jerard Wright Angeles Chapter Transportation Committee Co-Chair, have outlined a transportation plan that would fulfill AEG’s claims that Farmers Field will encourage more sustainable transportation options than a rival stadium plan in the suburban City of Industry.")
StreetsBlog LA
Farmers Field And the Pico Metro Rail Station Improvement (16p. PDF)
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Transportation Committee
South Bay To Receive $176M For Freeway, Road Improvement Projects
Daily Breeze
Southeast Cities Advocate To Stay Together: That Includes Bell Gardens ("The southeast cities have worked together on public safety and transportation issues, such as the projects on the 710 Freeway, the Long Beach corridor and the Alameda Corrdors, so there is a good partnership there.")
EGP News
Synthesis Of Literature Relating To Cellular Telephone/Personal Digital Assistant Use In Commercial Truck And Bus Operations (32p. PDF)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Van Nuys Airport Seeks "Local Control" As Panel Wants Independent Body To Oversee Facility
Los Angeles Daily News
Wider I-710 Bridge Through Commerce Could Affect Bandini Park
EGP 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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