Culver City Expo, 110 Toll Lanes, Beverly Hills Tunnel, Debt Deal & Transportation, Green Construction & More

110 Freeway To Gain Toll Lanes: The Carpool Lanes On The Harbor Freeway Will Be Converted Into Toll Lanes During Overnight Closures

Redondo Beach Patch

Advancing Bus Rapid Transit And Transit Oriented Corridors In California's Central Valley

Reconnecting America

Full-Text Report (19p. PDF)

University Of California, Berkeley Institute Of Transportation Studies

Analysis Of Contracting For Fixed Route Bus Service (81p. PDF)

University Of South Florida National Center For Transit Research

Beverly Hills Mayor, Manager Meet With DSA Over BHHS MTA Tunnel

Beverly Hills Courier

Cities See The Other Side Of The Tracks ("Cities around the country, including Chicago, Philadelphia and St. Louis, are working up plans to renovate their aging railroad trestles, tracks and railways for parkland. Cities with little public space are realizing they badly need more parks, and the High Line has taught that renovating an old railway can be the spark that helps improve a neighborhood and attract development.")

New York Times

Debt Ceiling Deal Confirms No New Federal HSR Funds Likely In This Congress

California High Speed Rail Blog

Debt Deal Could Mean More Painful Cuts For Transportation
StreetsBlog DC

Demise Of Redevelopment In California Will Be Litigated (may require subscription)

Planning Report

Fifty Years On, It May Be Time For Personal Rapid Transit

Globe And Mail

First Steps In Culver City, Connecting Downtown To The Expo Station
StreetsBlog LA

FTA Climate Change Adaptation Initiative

U.S. Federal Transit Administration

LA's Transportation Agency To Vote On A Green Construction Policy

Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Not Carmageddon: 710 Freeway Closure Set In Southeast L.A. County

Los Angeles Times

Public Transportation: Requirements For Smaller Capital Projects Generally Seen As Less Burdensome (48p. PDF)

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Real-Time Virtual World Modeling For Transportation Systems

Terranautix

USC Clever Transportation Project

USC Integrated Media Systems Center

Senate Should Act On Highway Bill After Break: Reid

Reuters

StreetsBlog's Next Reader Q And A: L.A. Deputy Mayor Borja Leon
StreetsBlog LA

Thursday's Metro Board Meeting: Crenshaw, Bike Share, High Speed Rail And More...
StreetsBlog LA

The Traffic Problems That Will Disappear When Vehicles Can Talk To Each Other

Fast Company

Villaraigosa Now Says He's Not Made A Final Century City Subway Location Decision

Beverly Hills Courier

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Upcoming 710 Carmageddon, First MTA 60 Years Ago, Downtown Streetcar, High-Speed Rail, Air Quality, Cap Parks, UCLA Commuting & More

60 Years Ago This Week: Los Angeles Gets Its First Publicly-Governed Transportation Planning Agency
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

California Lawmakers Travel To China To Study High-Speed Rail

Los Angeles Times

California Poll Shows Air-Quality Concerns High Among Latinos

Fox News Latino

Capping Freeways To Make Parks: Who Wants A Billion Dollar Bike Path?

KCET

Changing Lanes: Bruin Commuter Club Offers Incentives For UCLA Members Who Switch To Environmentally Friendly Transportation

UCLA Daily Bruin

City May Help Pay For College Student Bus Passes

Riverside Press-Enterprise

Cooperative Research Programs Security, Emergency Management, And Infrastructure Protection Research Status Report (12p. PDF)

U.S. Transportation Research Board

Security & All-Hazards Preparedness, Response, And Recovery Activities: TRB's All Hazards Context For Coordinated, All Modes, Security-Related Research (146p. PDF)

U.S. Transportation Research Board

Debt Deal Could Mean More Painful Cuts For Transportation
StreetsBlog DC

Eastside's Overlooked Carmageddon: 710 Closing On 10 Weekends

Curbed LA

710 To Be Fully Closed Between 105 Freeway, Atlantic Blvd. Exits On Weekends In August, September, October

Long Beach Post

I-710 Long Life Pavement Rehabilitation Project

Caltrans

Finger Band Bus Passes: The Oi Wearable Travel Card Is A Handy Way To Pay Your Fare

Trendhunter

For Particle Physicists Who Study Phase Transitions, A Traffic Jam Is Simply A Solid Made Up Of Idling Cars

Seed

Hazard Analysis: The Practice Of Using Cell Phones While Operating A Transit Vehicle

Metro Magazine

In San Francisco, All-Door Boarding Catches On

Transport Politic

Keeping The Tall Towers Safe: As The 10-Year Anniversary Of 9/11 Approaches, Officials Rely On Inter-Agency Cooperation To Make Downtown High-Rises Secure

Los Angeles Downtown News

L.A. Moves Closer To Bringing Streetcars Back
StreetsBlog LA

Little Change To Los Angeles County Gas Price

Los Angeles Daily News

Metropolis (Mixed-Use Project) Slated To Break Ground In 2012 In Downtown LA

Brigham Yen

Public Meeting To Discuss The Resurgence Of L.A. Streetcars

LAist

Senate Bill Would Allow States To Opt Out Of Federal Programs

Land Line

Technology To Advance The Future Of Rail Transport (Philadelphia : April 17-19, 2012)

ASME

Torrance Plans To Renew Landmark Bridge ("Historic, architecturally significant and elegant in its simplicity, the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge spanning Torrance Boulevard just east of Old Torrance may be the city's most recognizable landmark.")

Daily Breeze

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Commits $30 Million To Innovative Partnership That Improves Access To Jobs And Community Services For America's Military Families

U.S. Federal Transit Administration

Two-Hour COG Closed-Session Meeting Ends With No Action On Caltrans Audit

Pasadena Star-News

What Does The Debt Ceiling Mean For Transportation?

Transportation For America

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Metro's Air Quality, Constellation Station, Downtown Streetcar, Manhattanization Of L.A., Sharrows, Montebello Bus At 80 & More

10 Of The Dumbest Road Signs You'll Ever See

Infrastructurist

A Breath Of (Not So) Fresh Air ("Commuters on the Los Angeles Red Line subway are exposed to higher levels of potentially hazardous components of particulate matter in the air - in some cases twice as much - as commuters on the above-ground Gold Line light rail, according to a new USC study. However, the Metro system’s levels of these air pollutants, some of which are known carcinogens, pale in comparison to the levels of particulate matter that bombard commuters stuck in traffic on the freeways.")

USC News

The City Of Angels Who Never Sleep: Can Downtown Los Angeles Be Manhattanized?

TIME

City Receives PCH Safety Grant

Malibu Patch

An Economic Growth And Competitiveness Agenda For California (32p. PDF : "The farsighted and largely self-financed package of transit andtransport projects put together by Los Angeles in its 30/10 project exemplifies the scale needed to build the next generation ofinfrastructure.")

California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom

Editorial: City Council Finally Sees The Light, Kills Its Red-Light Camera Program

Los Angeles Daily News

Feds Commit $750,000 For Moorpark Railroad Crossing Upgrade

Ventura County Star

The Final Route: Metro Holds Meeting To Discuss Streetcar Path

Los Angeles Downtown News

How Los Angeles Lost Its Mojo: The City's Misguided Political Leaders Could Turn This Economic Dynamo Into An Athens By The Pacific

Wall Street Journal

Hate Pollution? The Air May Be Cleaner On The Metro Than In Your Car

Los Angeles Times

High-Speed Rail Legacy, Despite Hassles, Still On Track

Capitol Weekly

Independent Peer Review Of The California High-Speed Rail Ridership And Revenue Forecasting Process: Final Report (13p. PDF)

California High Speed Rail Authority

Los Angeles, California Rail Systems (1906 map)

Big Map Blog

Los Angeles Sharrows: Pre-Installation Studies

LADOT Bike Blog

LADOT Sharrows Report Results: Sharrows Are Good

LADOT Bike Blog

Shared Lane Marking Study: Final Report (37p. PDF)

LADOT

Metro Gold Line Extension To Azusa Set For 2015 Extension

San Gabriel Foothills Examiner

Montebello Bus Lines Celebrates 80 Years

Whittier Daily News

OCTA Develops Improvements For Transit System: Results From Transit Study Will Improve Efficiency And Sustainability

OC Metro

Opinion: Finish The 710 Freeway: It Could Be The Poster Child For How The Nation Evaluates Transportation Projects

Los Angeles Times

Opinion: Subway's Tunnel Vision: Transportation Officials Have Been Planning Since The 1960s For A Station At Constellation Boulevard

Los Angeles Business Journal

Photo Essay: Expo Line Cars Reach Washington Bl.

More Than Red Cars

PLACE Grant Coordinators Explain Transpo., Public Health, And Their Projects

StreetsBlog LA

Public Meeting For Historic Los Angeles Streetcar Service

EGP News

Sen. Wyden Proposes TRIP Bonds To Fund Transportation

StreetsBlog DC

Senators Introduce Bill To Allow States To Opt Out Of Federal Highway Program

Fed Smith

Some Cities Say They'll Keep Their Red-Light Cameras Operating

Los Angeles Times

South Pasadena Council Votes To Approve New 710 Ordinance

Pasadena Star-News

Study: Who Is Riding Curbside Buses, And Should Amtrak Worry?

Transportation Nation

Who Rides Curbside Buses? A Passenger Survey Of Discount Curbside Bus Services In Six Eastern And Midwestern Cities

Chaddick Institute For Metrpolitan Development, DePaul University

Traffic Safety For First Responders Gets High-Tech Makeover

Government Technology

"Transit Mayor" Of Los Angeles

KCET

Yes, People Walk In Los Angeles

Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

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LA Parking, Beverly Hills Subway, Metrolink Parking, CAHSR PPP?, Velomobiles & More

Assessing The Value Of Delay To Truckers And Carriers (44p. PDF)

National Center For Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education / Texas Transportation Institute

Brucker Discusses Subway Tunnel With State Architect In Sacramento (p. 3 of 20p. PDF)
Beverly Hills Weekly

City Council Votes To End Red-Light Camera Program ("The MTA manages 69 red light photo cameras on the Blue, Orange and Gold lines, many of which are in Los Angeles...The MTA is now reviewing it’s photo red light program.")

Los Angeles Wave

City Seeks To Ease Parking Restrictions For Driveways: The City's Transportation Committee Is Working On A Draft Motion To Bring Relief To Residents Affected By The Recent "Apron Parking" Crackdown

Venice Patch

Data-Driven Support Tools For Transit Data Analysis, Scheduling And Planning (link to full-text report)

University Of Minnesota Center For Transportation Studies

Expanded Parking Planned For Newhall Metrolink Station

Santa Clarita Valley Signal

Follow Me: Tweeting Transit News Builds Community, Knowledge & New Information Tools

Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

For Whom The Road Tolls

Governing

Game Changer: Disabled Angelenos Win Major Concessions From City

StreetsBlog LA

High-Speed Rail -- Public, Private Or Both?: Assessing The Prospects, Promise And Pitfalls Of Public-Private Partnerships (45p. PDF)

U.S. PIRG Education Fund

Innovative Federal Financing Is Expanded Under House Bill ("Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called TIFIA a “key component” that “has proven to be a powerful tool in getting worthwhile projects launched from the drawing board to their construction phase.”)

Transportation For America

The Latest Target Of House Spending Cuts: EPA's Smart Growth Office

StreetsBlog DC

The Los Angeles River: Through Culverts To The Sea, A Waterway That Says A Lot About Its City

The Economist

Metro's Lost World
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District

Mica And Rail Supporters Meet Halfway

StreetsBlog DC

New Projects Fuel Downtown L.A.'s Transformation

Retail Traffic

New Report: Failure To Invest In Transportation Infrastructure Will Costs Jobs, Shrink GDP

Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Papers Selected For The 19th International Symposium On Transportation And Traffic Theory(Berkeley, Calif. : July 18-20, 2011)

Science Direct

Pod People: Velomobiles Tour The U.S. This Summer

GOOD

Red-Light Cameras Taken Seriously In Ventura County
Ventura County Star

Report Casts Doubt On Forecasts For California High Speed Rail: In A Review Of California's High Speed Rail Project, A Panel Of Experts Determine That Ridership And Revenue Projections Need To Be More Conservative

Los Angeles Times

Villaraigosa Now Says He's Not Made A Final Subway Decision

Beverly Hills Courier

Wyden, Hoeven, Begich Introduce TRIP Bond Program To Help Build Transportation Infrastructure: TRIPs Will Inject $50 Billion In Private Investment into Transportation Projects
United States Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Press Release
Background Information (How it works, etc.)

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Gold Line Foothill Extension, State Of Infrastructure, Red-Light Cameras, Green Energy, SANDAG Plan & More

$1,060: The Cost Of Decrepit Infrastructure For Your Family Last Year
StreetsBlog DC

$486 Million Pasadena To Azusa Gold Line Extension Contract Awarded

Pasadena Star-News

Angels Flight Deemed Safe To Ride (Again)
Southern California Public Radio

Beach Bus Runs Through Labor Day

Topanga Messenger
Topanga Canyon Summer Beach Bus

Los Angeles County Department Of Public Works

Bike League: "Eligibility" For Bike-Ped Isn't The Same As "Dedicated Funding"
StreetsBlog DC

California Dreaming: LA Imagines Life Without Cars

AFP

City Postpones Paying $30,000 Cleaning Bill

Canyon News

Deteriorating Transportation Infrastructure Could Cost America $3.1 Trillion

Huffington Post

Gas Tax Expires September 30

StreetsBlog DC

Gold Line Board OKs Monrovia Deal, Awards $486M Contract: The City Must Still Sign Off On The Land Deal, Which Paved The Way For A $486 Million Gold Line Foothill Extension Design-Build Contract Awarded Wednesday

Arcadia Patch

Green Energy: California Poll Finds Overwhelming Support ("Seventy percent of the sample said they commute by driving alone, with just 12% carpooling and even fewer taking public transit (8%). Seventy-six percent also said recent gas price hikes have caused households financial hardship.")

Los Angeles Times

How Much Will It Cost You If We Fail To Invest In Future Infrastructure?

Infrastructurist

Failure To Act: The Economic Impact Of Current Investment Trends In Surface Transportation Infrastructure (40p. PDF)

American Society Of Civil Engineers

Technical Appendix (47p. PDF)

Press Release ("The report, the first of four scheduled by the Society, examined the country’s surface transportation infrastructure. Future reports will examine the state of the nation’s infrastructure as it relates to water and, wastewater delivery and treatment; energy transmission; and airports and marine ports.")

If The Debt Ceiling Isn't Raised, What Will Happen To U.S. Infrastructure?

Infrastructurist

An Indecent Proposal For Our Country's Infrastructure Future

PBS

L.A. Council Votes To End Red-Light Camera Program At 32 Intersections Sunday ("Motorists should be aware there are other jurisdictions out there with cameras tracking motorists, such as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and neighboring cities.")

Los Angeles Daily News

LA To Shut Down Money-Losing Red Light Cameras

Sacramento Bee

Melaniphy Named APTA President/CEO

Metro Magazine

Pros And Cons Of Skipping Out On Paying Your Red Light Ticket
Curbed LA

Streetscape Projects On Tap In Midtown Santa Monica

Santa Monica Mirror

Transit-First Plan Challenges SANDAG's 40-Year Plan

San Diego Union-Tribune

Transit Giant Veolia Refuses To Pay More In Chatsworth Train Crash Case

Southern California Public Radio

Who Says Nobody Walks In L.A.?
Los Angeles Times

Why The Future Of Transportation Is All About Real-Time Data (looks at emerging technology applications for real-time data in transportation)

Mashable

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Angels Flight, Metro Bus Service Cuts, UCLA Commuters, Gold Line Deal, Ventura County Transpo Plans, Red-Light Cameras & More

Activists In Los Angeles Call Cuts To Bus Services A Civil Rights Violation (audio : 5:16)

Free Speech Radio News

Angels Flight Safe To Run With New Wheels, State Says

Los Angeles Times

The Art Of Compromise ("How will the Boxer and Inhofe framework impact the conversation about a new surface-transportation bill? How important is it that they compromised? Is a two-year bill a reasonable solution to the budget shortfalls? Or (to borrow a phrase from debt-ceiling talks) are they simply kicking the can down the road? Will the smaller components of the agreement--for example, on bicycle paths and project acceleration--help motivate the larger process of reauthorizing surface-transportation programs.")

National Journal Transportation Experts Blog

Beverly Hills Merchants Wrong To Rail Against Subway
Los Angeles Business Journal

Bruin Commuter Club Gains 950 Members In Less Than Two Weeks

UCLA Be A Green Commuter!

Cap Parks ("A cap park over the 101 Freeway in Hollywood, California, would create badly needed park space, improve the infrastructure, create sustainable green space, and spur economic development." A comprehensive look at the history of proposals)

Urban Land Institute

Car And Driver Magazine: "We Must Consider Alternative Transportation"

StreetsBlog Network

Cash-Strapped MBTA Plans To Incorporate Solar Energy

BostInnovation

Gold Line Extension $500 Million Construction Deal Could Be Announced Wednesday

Pasadena Star-News

How Is Transportation Spending Different From Other Government Spending?

Transportation Issues Daily

HUD Invests $67 Million In Sustainable Communities Grant

The City Fix

Megaprojects Like Bullet Train Have Big Cost Overruns, Critics Say

California Watch

Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority Board Considers Award Of $500 Million Contract For Foothill Extension From Pasadena To Azusa At July 27 Board Meeting

PR Newswire

One-Stop Website Launched To Solicit Public Input On Transportation

Ventura County Star

Go Ventura 2035 ("VCTC is developing Ventura County's first Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP), charting the future for transportation.")

Question Of The Week: Should Transit Be The Mayor's Focus?

Los Angeles Daily News

Ridley-Thomas' Office In Harmony With Metro In Early Community Benefits/Protection Discussion

StreetsBlog LA

Taking Responsibility -- Locally ("A reliance on federal aid may not be a realistic approach in a budget-constrained future.")

The Transport Politic

Transit Trip In Trouble: OCTA-NCTD Connection Under Attack (One's ability to take public transit between Los Angeles and San Diego is now threatened due to budgetary and other issues)

More Than Red Cars

Transportation As A Civil Rights Issue

Wired

Where We Need To Go: A Civil Rights Roadmap For Transportation Equity (14p. PDF)

The Leadership Conference Education Fund

TRB Webinar: Railroad - DOT Institutional Mitigation Strategies (August 31)

U.S. Transportation Research Board

Strategies For Improving The Project Agreement Process Between Highway Agencies And Railroads (186p. PDF)

U.S. Transportation Research Board Strategic Highway Research Program

Who Knew L.A.'s Red-Light Camera Fines Were "Voluntary"?: Drivers Who Paid The Tickets, Some Of Which Are $476, Fume At The Disclosure That Authorities Cannot Force Violators To Pay Up. But Don't Expect To Get A Refund

Los Angeles Times

Why The Proposed New State Of South California Won't Work

KCET

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Expo Update, LA Red Light Cams, Gold Line, 710 Freeway, CA High-Speed Rail, Carpooling & More

Bullet Train's Woes Spark Some New Suggestions

Bakersfield Californian

Chamber Of Commerce: Empty Asphalt = Good Transportation Performance

StreetsBlog DC

City Council Considers Allowing People To Park Cars In Front Of Own Driveways
StreetsBlog LA

City Finalizes 710 Freeway Resolution: City Council Passed Resolution 7172 Wednesday Night

South Pasadena Patch

City Owes $30,000 For Bus Cleanliness ("The City of Santa Monica owes about $30,000 that was spent during the last fiscal year in an effort to keep buses cleaner.")

Canyon News

Deep Below Park Avenue, A Monster At Rest ("Rome has the catacombs; Paris has its sewers. Now New York will have its own subterranean wonder: a 200-ton mechanical serpent’s head.")

New York Times

Drivers Can Disregard Red-Light Camera Tickets In L.A.: City Officials Debating The Future Of The Photo-Enforcement System Recommend That Citations Stop Being Issued At The End Of The Month And That The Program Be Phased Out

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Gov. Brown Must Lead On High-Speed Rail

San Diego Union-Tribune

Expo Light Rail Line Train Testing Update

Build Expo

Freeway Closures Coming To I-710/Long Beach Freeway

Trucking Info

Going Wrong Way: Carpooling Shows Trend Reflects Changes In Work Patterns ("According to the most recent census data, carpooling plunged in Los Angeles County in the past 20 years from 22 percent to 11.1 percent.")

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Gold Line Board To Consider Purchasing 14 Acres Of Monrovia-Owned Land On Wednesday

Pasadena Star-News

Gold Line Foothill Extension Gets Act, Monrovia Land Deal Together

Curbed LA

Inviting Them In: Using Story As A Planning Tool
Planning Commissioners Journal

LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Takes On Big Issues

San Francisco Chronicle

Los Angeles Outlines Financing Plan For Downtown NFL Stadium: Los Angeles Leaders Propose Financing A Downtown NFL Stadium By Issuing Millions In Bonds To Be Repaid By Developer AEG And With Revenue Generated By The Project

Los Angeles Times

Our View: Montebello ACE Project In The Cards ("In late August, the Alameda Corridor East board is ready to approve several new grade separation projects for which funding has been provided. But one of them is on hold because the jurisdiction has not given the OK. That one involves Montebello Boulevard.")

Pasadena Star-News

Our View: Some Welcome Gold Line News For The Valley ("The excellent news for transit progress in the San Gabriel Valley came through late Friday: The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Authority and the city of Monrovia had settled a key part of their dispute over the fractious matter of putting together a large parcel of land for a rail yard in the city.")

Pasadena Star-News

Perris Valley Metrolink Approval

Inland News Today

Port Of LA Gets Keys To First Zero-Emission Truck

Southern California Public Radio

Prospects Dim For Billions In Federal High-Speed Rail Funding

California Watch

Staying Home, Bikes And Carmageddon

LA Observed

Toward A Car-Less California

Metropolis Magazine

Two Alternatives To The Gas Tax

Infrastructurist

UMass To Offer Transit Training Program ("The program, funded with a $127,284 federal grant, is aimed at training the next generation of the transit workforce and will offer students training in many aspects of transit management.")

Metro Magazine

Walk It Out: WeHo Most Walkable City In California ("West Hollywood is the most walkable city in California." Several other cities, including Santa Monica, Culver City, Beverly Hills, Burbank, El Segundo and East Los Angeles are highly ranked)

LAist

Will Federal Transportation Funding Stop If Debt Deal Falls Through?

Transportation Issues Daily

With Lack Of Funding, Will DesertXpress Ever Lay Its Tracks?: There's Still One More Major Approval Necessary To Get The High-Speed Rail Moving: DesertXpress Needs Money -- Lots Of It

Vegas Inc

Zev Reader Questionnaire Part 1: Metro And Transit

StreetsBlog LA

Zev Reader Questionnaire Part 2: Walking, Biking, The SGV And All The Rest

StreetsBlog LA

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