60 Years Ago, Hollywood Freeway Opened Through Civic Center
Blog Downtown
2011 Streetsies: It Was The Best Of Times
StreetsBlog LA
77% Of Americans Oppose Raising The Gas Tax, Reason-Rupe Transportation Poll Finds
Sacramento Bee
Reason-Rupe Public Opinion Survey Winter 2011 Topline Results (13p. PDF)
Reason Foundation
AIA Los Angeles: Political Leadership Could Bolster Green Design
The Planning Report
Baldwin Park Plans To Construct Transit Center
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Barbara Boxer's Transportation Bill Would Drop Environmental Criteria In Much-Touted TIFIA Loan Program
Huffington Post
The Best City Reads Of 2011
The Atlantic: Cities
Beverly Hills School District To Conduct Earthquake Study; Hoping To Disprove Metro's Findings
LA Weekly
Biking And Walking Score Big In TIGER III
StreetsBlog DC
Calif. Governor Brown Declares State Of Emergency Following State Route 60 Accident
California Wire
Candy Cane Buses And Streetcars Of The Past (Vintage images of 1950s Los Angeles transit decked out for the holidays)
Metro Transportation Library via Flickr
Historic Santa Claus Images From Los Angeles' Transit Past (1950s-1980s)
Metro Transportation Library via Flickr
Christmas Transit Photos From The Archives: 1953 Hollywood Boulevard And More
Metro Transportation Library via Flickr
Check Out Hollywood Boulevard Decked Out For Christmas In The 1940s (video)
LAist
Despite Lower Gas Prices, Public Transit Riders Still Reap Big Savings
APTA Press Release
Engineering Talk: Explaining Transportation From The User's Perspective (First post in new blog focusing on communicating about the transportation industry)
Talking Transportation
A Fatal Bullet For The California Bullet Train (Seven important questions should now be asked about California high-speed rail)
CityWatch
First Street Bridge P Line Streetcar (The bridge just reopened after a 3-year closure -- here's how it looked with LAMTA streetcar service in 1963)
Metro Transportation Library via Flickr
Fixing Suburbs With Green Streets That Accomodate Everyone
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Gas Takes Its Biggest Bite Out Of Family Budget In 30 Years
Chicago Tribune
Gold Line Construction Authority To Weight Eminent Domain For Monrovia Land
Pasadena Star-News
Health Benefits Of Ciclovia Events Outweigh Costs
StreetsBlog Networks
The Honor System In Public Transit (Lookst at enforcement of Metro Rail and Metrolink fares and ticketing)
Long Beach Post
How To Boost Biking And Walking Even Further In Your City
Shareable
Improving Value Of Travel Time Savings Estimation For More Effective Transportation Project Evaluation (91p. PDF)
University Of South Florida Center For Urban Transportation Research
Infographic Says Angelenos Could Buy 36 Christmas Trees With Money Wasted Annually In Traffic
LAist
L.A.'s Historic 1st Street Bridge Reopens After 3-Year Closure ("Los Angeles officials hail the restoration of a cultural link between the city's core and neighborhoods to the east. The bridge carries tracks of the Gold Line's Eastside extension.")
Los Angeles Times
Leveraging Transit To Remake Suburbia
ULI
Mapping Sustainable Communities Awards
Reconnecting America
McCarthy Requests Federal High-Speed Rail Audit ("Rep. Kevin McCarthy joined 11 other Republican members of the House this week in requesting a federal audit of California's high-speed rail project. Monday's letter asks the Government Accountability Office, Congress' investigative arm, to dig into the $98 billion project's "viability and questionable ridership and costs projections.")
Bakersfield Californian
House Republicans Want Inquiry Into California High-Speed Rail ("Because of the agency's carefully maintained reputation for neutrality and thoroughness, a GAO study could effectively shape both public and political attitudes toward the California project. One way or another, it's likely to become ammunition...Other Republican lawmakers signing the letter, from California, are Reps. Darrell Issa, John Campbell, Brian Bilbray, Duncan Hunter, Tom McClintock, Gary Miller, Buck McKeon and Devin Nunes.")
McClatchy via Miami Herald
Meet The Woman In Charge Of Not Blowing Up The 405 Freeway
Curbed LA
Meet The 405 Project's Utility Player
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
New Year, New Ocean Park: SaMo Street Facelift Starts Soon
Curbed LA
Newt Gingrich: Rail Visionary, Lover Of Oil
Transportation Nation
Next-Level GPS Helps You Avoid Traffic Snarls
Globe And Mail (Canada)
OC Freeway Signs Now Tell You How Much Faster The Train Is
Curbed LA
Online City Of Los Angeles Bikeway Map Now Available
LADOT Bike Blog
Downloadable Maps
Perris Station Transit Center Wins CTF Transportation Award
Newswire Today
Recapturing Global Leadership In Bus Rapid Transit: A Survey Of Select U.S. Cities (80p. PDF)
Institute For Transportation & Development Policy
Regional Planning For A Sustainable America: How Creative Programs Are Promoting Prosperity And Saving The Environment
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Senate Bill Would Allow Other Ports To Mimic L.A.'s Clean Trucks Program
Daily Breeze
Southland Leaders Praise Reopening Of Iconic 1st Street Bridge
Southern California Public Radio
TIGER III: A Big And Agile Cat, With Legs
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
TSA Officials Form Holiday Chorus At LAX (video : The agency tries to soften its image)
American Public Media Marketplace
Vintage Los Angeles Map Shows What To Do In The "Wonder City Of America"
LAist
What We Can Learn From City Busways ("The Orange Line, on the other hand, is considered one of the best BRT systems in the country...Since opening in late October of 2005, at a cost of $324 million, ridership has grown steadily; in the past few years it's risen from about 574,000 in November 2009 to 640,000 in November 2011.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Wilshire Grand Hotel Closes Doors Forever Just Shy Of 60th Birthday
Blog Downtown
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12/21/2011
12/19/2011
Crenshaw Line, Westside Subway, Metro Civil Rights, CAHSR in Federal Spotlight, Mobility 21, TIGER III, Port of LA & More
1959 Film From ULI And National Association Of Homebuilders Warns Of Urban Sprawl (video)
ULI via YouTube
Another Optional Station "Approved" By The Metro Board For Crenshaw Line
StreetsBlog LA
Are We Over High Speed Rail In California?
Southern California Public Radio
Board Approves 3 Month Extension For Venable ("The BHUSD Board of Education continues to keep its arsenal full against the Metro Westside Subway Extension tunnel under Beverly High.")
Beverly Hills Courier
Both Sides Of Pomona Freeway Reopen
NBC Los Angeles
BRU To Metro: Let Public In On Civil Rights Remedies
StreetsBlog LA
Can Americans Make The Switch From Driving To Biking To Work?
Infrastructurist
The Case For Business Investment In Public Transportation (9p. PDF)
APTA
Congressional Transportation Committee Debates CA High Speed Rail
Planetizen
Even In Austere Era, Mitt Romney Promises To Fund Roads, Bridges, And Rail ("Mitt Romney says he doesn’t like borrowing, but he’d do it for infrastructure.")
Transportation Nation
A Fatal Bullet For The California Bullet Train?
CityWatch
Federal Transportation Bill Moves 2 Steps Forward And 1 Step Back In 2011
Transportation Issues Daily
GOP Lawmakers Critical Of Calif. Rail Proposal
Business Week
Griffith Park Turns 115, First Street Bridge Reopening
Curbed LA
Indy To Repurpose Stadium Seats At Bus Stops
Urbanophile
It's Politics: High-Speed Rail Battle Continues
Pasadena Star-News
LA County Unemployment Drops: November Marked The Lowest Jobless Rate In The Southland In Two Years
NBC Los Angeles
A Little Older, A Little Wider, First Street Viaduct Opens
Blog Downtown
Long Beach Transit Offers Free Transportation New Year's Eve
Everything Long Beach
A Measure Of Bicycling Impact On Your Community: Media Attention And Business Generation
Bikeable Communities ("The January 2012 issue of Sunset Magazine, Western America’s largest-circulation regional magazine (more than 1 million subscribers), highlighted Long Beach’s East Village and touted it as a “bike to” destination.”)
Southern California Weekend
Sunset
Mobility 21 Touts $37 Million Funding Award For So Cal Transportation: Riverside County Transportation Commission and Port Of Long Beach Receive Competitive Federal Funding
MarketWatch
Nancy Pelosi: California High-Speed Rail Is On Track
The State Column
The New California Dream: How Demographic And Economic Trends May Shape The Housing Market -- A Land Use Scenario For 2020 And 2035 (73p. PDF : "Housing and neighborhood preference surveys indicate that Californians consider transit options to be far more important in choosing a location in which to live than the rest of the nation: 71 percent in California, compared with 47 percent nationally.")
Urban Land Institute
New Federal "TIGER" Transportation Grants Direct Some Funding To Green Infrastructure Projects, But More Investment Is Needed
Natural Resources Defense Fund Switchboard Blog
New Mexico City Buses Cut Pollution, Generate Cash ("Mexico City's sleek new public bus system is attracting significant international funding in carbon credit sales.")
Reuters
NJ Senator Lautenberg Introduces Bill To Limit Bridge And Tunnel Tolls
StreetsBlog DC
NYC's Top 2011 Google Searches (The top 3 searches are all transit-related)
Huffington Post
Paint Coming Off Green Bike Lane Again
Los Angeles Downtown News
Port Of Los Angeles Gets $17 Million To Speed Trains
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Republican Leaders Seek To Apply Brakes To Bullet Train Project
Los Angeles Times
Santa Monica City Council Approves Development With No Parking ("Under a unique Development Agreement, the Santa Monica City Council voted Tuesday to require the developer of a [56-unit] Downtown housing project that provides no on-site parking to pay $125,000 for transit improvements"..."“We are agreeing to give priority to people without cars”)
Santa Monica Lookout
Transit Flexibility Bill Introduced By Senator Brown Is Badly Needed In Many Cities
Transportation For America
Two Month Drilling Study Begins On BHHS Campus: In An Effort To Stop Metro From Approving A Subway Route That Goes Under The High School, BHUSD Has Hired A Firm To Determine If Faults Under The Campus Are Active
Beverly Hills Patch
Westside Subway Extension Feud: Did Metro Rig A Century City Fault Study To Move The Purple Line?
LA Weekly
Whittier Officials Consider Hiring A Lobbyist To Fight For Light-Rail Line To The City
Whittier Daily News
Will Americans Be Stranded? Inadequate Or Poorly Maintained Transportation: A Looming Crisis
Renew America
Zurich, The World's Best Transit City
Planetizen
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ULI via YouTube
Another Optional Station "Approved" By The Metro Board For Crenshaw Line
StreetsBlog LA
Are We Over High Speed Rail In California?
Southern California Public Radio
Board Approves 3 Month Extension For Venable ("The BHUSD Board of Education continues to keep its arsenal full against the Metro Westside Subway Extension tunnel under Beverly High.")
Beverly Hills Courier
Both Sides Of Pomona Freeway Reopen
NBC Los Angeles
BRU To Metro: Let Public In On Civil Rights Remedies
StreetsBlog LA
Can Americans Make The Switch From Driving To Biking To Work?
Infrastructurist
The Case For Business Investment In Public Transportation (9p. PDF)
APTA
Congressional Transportation Committee Debates CA High Speed Rail
Planetizen
Even In Austere Era, Mitt Romney Promises To Fund Roads, Bridges, And Rail ("Mitt Romney says he doesn’t like borrowing, but he’d do it for infrastructure.")
Transportation Nation
A Fatal Bullet For The California Bullet Train?
CityWatch
Federal Transportation Bill Moves 2 Steps Forward And 1 Step Back In 2011
Transportation Issues Daily
GOP Lawmakers Critical Of Calif. Rail Proposal
Business Week
Griffith Park Turns 115, First Street Bridge Reopening
Curbed LA
Indy To Repurpose Stadium Seats At Bus Stops
Urbanophile
It's Politics: High-Speed Rail Battle Continues
Pasadena Star-News
LA County Unemployment Drops: November Marked The Lowest Jobless Rate In The Southland In Two Years
NBC Los Angeles
A Little Older, A Little Wider, First Street Viaduct Opens
Blog Downtown
Long Beach Transit Offers Free Transportation New Year's Eve
Everything Long Beach
A Measure Of Bicycling Impact On Your Community: Media Attention And Business Generation
Bikeable Communities ("The January 2012 issue of Sunset Magazine, Western America’s largest-circulation regional magazine (more than 1 million subscribers), highlighted Long Beach’s East Village and touted it as a “bike to” destination.”)
Southern California Weekend
Sunset
Mobility 21 Touts $37 Million Funding Award For So Cal Transportation: Riverside County Transportation Commission and Port Of Long Beach Receive Competitive Federal Funding
MarketWatch
Nancy Pelosi: California High-Speed Rail Is On Track
The State Column
The New California Dream: How Demographic And Economic Trends May Shape The Housing Market -- A Land Use Scenario For 2020 And 2035 (73p. PDF : "Housing and neighborhood preference surveys indicate that Californians consider transit options to be far more important in choosing a location in which to live than the rest of the nation: 71 percent in California, compared with 47 percent nationally.")
Urban Land Institute
New Federal "TIGER" Transportation Grants Direct Some Funding To Green Infrastructure Projects, But More Investment Is Needed
Natural Resources Defense Fund Switchboard Blog
New Mexico City Buses Cut Pollution, Generate Cash ("Mexico City's sleek new public bus system is attracting significant international funding in carbon credit sales.")
Reuters
NJ Senator Lautenberg Introduces Bill To Limit Bridge And Tunnel Tolls
StreetsBlog DC
NYC's Top 2011 Google Searches (The top 3 searches are all transit-related)
Huffington Post
Paint Coming Off Green Bike Lane Again
Los Angeles Downtown News
Port Of Los Angeles Gets $17 Million To Speed Trains
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Republican Leaders Seek To Apply Brakes To Bullet Train Project
Los Angeles Times
Santa Monica City Council Approves Development With No Parking ("Under a unique Development Agreement, the Santa Monica City Council voted Tuesday to require the developer of a [56-unit] Downtown housing project that provides no on-site parking to pay $125,000 for transit improvements"..."“We are agreeing to give priority to people without cars”)
Santa Monica Lookout
Transit Flexibility Bill Introduced By Senator Brown Is Badly Needed In Many Cities
Transportation For America
Two Month Drilling Study Begins On BHHS Campus: In An Effort To Stop Metro From Approving A Subway Route That Goes Under The High School, BHUSD Has Hired A Firm To Determine If Faults Under The Campus Are Active
Beverly Hills Patch
Westside Subway Extension Feud: Did Metro Rig A Century City Fault Study To Move The Purple Line?
LA Weekly
Whittier Officials Consider Hiring A Lobbyist To Fight For Light-Rail Line To The City
Whittier Daily News
Will Americans Be Stranded? Inadequate Or Poorly Maintained Transportation: A Looming Crisis
Renew America
Zurich, The World's Best Transit City
Planetizen
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12/16/2011
60 Freeway, Gold Line Expenditures, BHHS Drilling, TIGER III, Bus Shelters, Van Nuys At 100, ONT & More
60 Freeway Closure Sends Commuters To Metrolink: Ridership Was Up Thursday On Metrolink Trains, As Commuters Scrambled For New Ways To Get Around
NBC Los Angeles
60 Freeway Shutdown Makes The Case For Dedicated Truck Lanes
Whittier Daily News
100 Years Ago Today: Pacific Electric Railway Reaches Van Nuys, Launching "Wonderful Growth" In The San Fernando Valley
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Advocates For California's High-Speed Rail Line Speak Of State's Growing Transporation Needs
National Association Of Railroad Passengers Press Release
AEG Officials React To New NFL Timeline
Los Angeles Daily News
All Aboard The Transit Hackathon Express: One Day Event Uses Data To Find Creative Solutions To City's Transportation Woes
Montreal Gazette
Antonovich Calls On MTA To Review Gold Line Expenditures
Glendale News-Press
Blocked 60 Freeway Doubles And Triples Drivers' Commute Times: Motorists Taking Alternate Routes Find Other Freeways And Surface Streets Clogged ("Engineers continue assessing damage to the bridge burned by the truck fire and vow to reopen the 60 by 5p.m. Friday.")
Los Angeles Times
Caltrans Will Tear Down Portion Of Overpass Where Truck Ignited
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
City To Start Yanking Out Tracks From Southern Pacific Railroad's Old Alameda Rathole Section
Curbed LA
Congress Puts Off Key Decisions On Transpo Bill And Transit Tax Benefit
StreetsBlog DC
DOT Takes "We Can't Wait" To Heart; TIGER III Projects Announced Ahead Of Schedule
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Early Data From SFPark: Drivers Still Flock To Blocks With Pricey Parking
StreetsBlog Network
Editorial: High Hopes For New Port Of Long Beach Executive Director Christopher Lytle
Los Angeles Daily News
Environmental Drilling Begins At BHHS
Beverly Hills Courier
Free Rides On New Years Eve
Riverside Transit Agency
GOOD Attacks! L.A.'s Traffic: Will You Be There?
GOOD via Facebook
Have Yourself A Merry TRANSIT Christmas (Beautiful transit holiday photos from around the country)
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
High-Speed Rail In California Is Worrying Itself To Death
StreetsBlog DC
In Chicago, Some Find Public Transit Fares Linked To School Attendance
WBEZ
Infographic Of The Day: How Bikes Can Solve Our Biggest Problems
Fast Company Design
It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's A...Flying Car? ("A $30 million hotel planned for the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Colorado Avenue could be shot out of the air by, of all things, a flying car.")
Santa Monica Daily Press
L.A. Airport Board Discusses Closing One Ontario Terminal ("Ontario International, which has two terminals, has seen a sharp dropoff in passenger traffic. Inland Empire leaders want L.A. to surrender the airport to them.")
Los Angeles Times
LA Streetcar Not Among Winners Announced For 2011 TIGER Grants
Blog Downtown
LA's Christmas Story: No (Bus) Shelter For Mother And Child (Rainy weather prompts the author to share his story that, four years later, bus shelters have not been replaced along Santa Monica Boulevard in West L.A.)
CityWatch
LADOT, Planning, Update Council On Bike Plan: Everything Is Peachy
StreetsBlog LA
L.A. Moving On Up In Milken Study
LA Observed
Best Performing Cities 2011: Where America's Jobs Are Created And Sustained (40p. PDF)
Milken Institute
Metro Board Members Lecture Agency Over Civil Rights Violations: A Federal Audit Finds Civil Rights Violations In The Way Metro Eliminated Bus Lines, Among Other Issues, Prompting Criticism From Elected Officials. The Agency Has Released A Corrective Plan
Los Angeles Times
Metro Suspends Bus Cuts, Additions
EGP News
More Congressional Outrage On High-Speed Rail ("The entire high-speed rail program has been a bait and switch operation,” said T&I Chair John Mica")
Transportation Nation
Nearly Half Of TIGER Award Money Goes To Roads, 29 Percent For Transit
StreetsBlog DC
Ontario Airport Could Close One Of Its Two Terminals
Los Angeles Times
Raising The Gas Tax Makes (Dollars And) Sense
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Santa Monica Approves $9.5 Million To Upgrade Expo Line Stops
Curbed LA
Santa Monica Authorizes Funding For Metro Station Improvements
Santa Monica Lookout
States Foreit $10 Billion Annually Thanks To Outdated Gas Taxes
StreetsBlog DC
Streetcar Misses Out On Federal Funds Again
Los Angeles Downtown News
Transit Users Await Congressional Action On Pretax Benefits
Washington Post
Two-Month Drilling Study To Begin On BHHS Campus: In An Effort To Stop Metro From Approving A Subway Route That Goes Under The High School, BHUSD Has Hired A Firm To Determine If Faults Under The Campus Are Active
Beverly Hills Patch
U.S. Stands By California Bullet Train Project Despite Critics ("We are not going to flinch" on support, an official says at a House committee meeting. The opposition alleges political corruption in the granting of federal funds for the Central Valley segment.")
Los Angeles Times
U.S. To Fund 46 Transportation Projects In 33 States, Puerto Rico
CNN
Westside Subway Extension Feud: Did Metro Rig A Century City Fault Study To Move The Purple Line?
LA Weekly
Why The Feds Continue To Back California's High-Speed Rail Project
Infrastructurist
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NBC Los Angeles
60 Freeway Shutdown Makes The Case For Dedicated Truck Lanes
Whittier Daily News
100 Years Ago Today: Pacific Electric Railway Reaches Van Nuys, Launching "Wonderful Growth" In The San Fernando Valley
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Advocates For California's High-Speed Rail Line Speak Of State's Growing Transporation Needs
National Association Of Railroad Passengers Press Release
AEG Officials React To New NFL Timeline
Los Angeles Daily News
All Aboard The Transit Hackathon Express: One Day Event Uses Data To Find Creative Solutions To City's Transportation Woes
Montreal Gazette
Antonovich Calls On MTA To Review Gold Line Expenditures
Glendale News-Press
Blocked 60 Freeway Doubles And Triples Drivers' Commute Times: Motorists Taking Alternate Routes Find Other Freeways And Surface Streets Clogged ("Engineers continue assessing damage to the bridge burned by the truck fire and vow to reopen the 60 by 5p.m. Friday.")
Los Angeles Times
Caltrans Will Tear Down Portion Of Overpass Where Truck Ignited
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
City To Start Yanking Out Tracks From Southern Pacific Railroad's Old Alameda Rathole Section
Curbed LA
Congress Puts Off Key Decisions On Transpo Bill And Transit Tax Benefit
StreetsBlog DC
DOT Takes "We Can't Wait" To Heart; TIGER III Projects Announced Ahead Of Schedule
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Early Data From SFPark: Drivers Still Flock To Blocks With Pricey Parking
StreetsBlog Network
Editorial: High Hopes For New Port Of Long Beach Executive Director Christopher Lytle
Los Angeles Daily News
Environmental Drilling Begins At BHHS
Beverly Hills Courier
Free Rides On New Years Eve
Riverside Transit Agency
GOOD Attacks! L.A.'s Traffic: Will You Be There?
GOOD via Facebook
Have Yourself A Merry TRANSIT Christmas (Beautiful transit holiday photos from around the country)
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
High-Speed Rail In California Is Worrying Itself To Death
StreetsBlog DC
In Chicago, Some Find Public Transit Fares Linked To School Attendance
WBEZ
Infographic Of The Day: How Bikes Can Solve Our Biggest Problems
Fast Company Design
It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's A...Flying Car? ("A $30 million hotel planned for the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Colorado Avenue could be shot out of the air by, of all things, a flying car.")
Santa Monica Daily Press
L.A. Airport Board Discusses Closing One Ontario Terminal ("Ontario International, which has two terminals, has seen a sharp dropoff in passenger traffic. Inland Empire leaders want L.A. to surrender the airport to them.")
Los Angeles Times
LA Streetcar Not Among Winners Announced For 2011 TIGER Grants
Blog Downtown
LA's Christmas Story: No (Bus) Shelter For Mother And Child (Rainy weather prompts the author to share his story that, four years later, bus shelters have not been replaced along Santa Monica Boulevard in West L.A.)
CityWatch
LADOT, Planning, Update Council On Bike Plan: Everything Is Peachy
StreetsBlog LA
L.A. Moving On Up In Milken Study
LA Observed
Best Performing Cities 2011: Where America's Jobs Are Created And Sustained (40p. PDF)
Milken Institute
Metro Board Members Lecture Agency Over Civil Rights Violations: A Federal Audit Finds Civil Rights Violations In The Way Metro Eliminated Bus Lines, Among Other Issues, Prompting Criticism From Elected Officials. The Agency Has Released A Corrective Plan
Los Angeles Times
Metro Suspends Bus Cuts, Additions
EGP News
More Congressional Outrage On High-Speed Rail ("The entire high-speed rail program has been a bait and switch operation,” said T&I Chair John Mica")
Transportation Nation
Nearly Half Of TIGER Award Money Goes To Roads, 29 Percent For Transit
StreetsBlog DC
Ontario Airport Could Close One Of Its Two Terminals
Los Angeles Times
Raising The Gas Tax Makes (Dollars And) Sense
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Santa Monica Approves $9.5 Million To Upgrade Expo Line Stops
Curbed LA
Santa Monica Authorizes Funding For Metro Station Improvements
Santa Monica Lookout
States Foreit $10 Billion Annually Thanks To Outdated Gas Taxes
StreetsBlog DC
Streetcar Misses Out On Federal Funds Again
Los Angeles Downtown News
Transit Users Await Congressional Action On Pretax Benefits
Washington Post
Two-Month Drilling Study To Begin On BHHS Campus: In An Effort To Stop Metro From Approving A Subway Route That Goes Under The High School, BHUSD Has Hired A Firm To Determine If Faults Under The Campus Are Active
Beverly Hills Patch
U.S. Stands By California Bullet Train Project Despite Critics ("We are not going to flinch" on support, an official says at a House committee meeting. The opposition alleges political corruption in the granting of federal funds for the Central Valley segment.")
Los Angeles Times
U.S. To Fund 46 Transportation Projects In 33 States, Puerto Rico
CNN
Westside Subway Extension Feud: Did Metro Rig A Century City Fault Study To Move The Purple Line?
LA Weekly
Why The Feds Continue To Back California's High-Speed Rail Project
Infrastructurist
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12/15/2011
Crenshaw Westchester Station, Bullet Train Problems, 60 Fwy Closure, Congestion Pricing, Downtown Parking, AB 32, Metro Library Research, ULI & More
60 Freeway To Be Closed "Into The Weekend" As Bridge Demolished
Los Angeles Times
Are Streetcars The Answer To our Transit And Environmental Needs? ("The streetcar system came to an unfortunate end in 1954, when the last trolleys were pulled from the streets and replaced with buses financed by General Motors. In the conversion process, the transit system was defrauded by company executives and mobsters, several of whom went to jail.")
Minnesota Post
Battlefield L.A.: Where & Why War Came To Southern California
LA As Subject via KCET
Behold: Metro ExpressLanes Congestion Pricing Transponder!
Curbed LA
A Blueprint For Beating Traffic (successful congestion pricing project)
The Atlantic: Cities
Breaking News: High Speed Rail Designed To Achieve High Speeds (Response to yesterday's critical Los Angeles Times article)
California High Speed Rail Blog
The Bullet-Train Misfire ("It's not easy to sell a major infrastructure investment in the fourth year of a bad economy. If California and other states want to reap the potential economic and environmental benefits of high-speed rail, there's very little margin for error.")
Governing
Bullet Train's Travel-Time Mandate Adds To Ballooning Of Costs ("The ballot measure for the project required that the L.A.-to-San Francisco trip take no more than two hours, 40 minutes. Achieving that would mean building more viaducts and tunnels, which are costly.")
Los Angeles Times
Bus Riders Suffer As City Builds Rails
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
California High-Speed Rail Going Without Statewide PR Contract
Sacramento Bee
The Case For Congestion ("This doesn’t mean that cities should strive for congestion, but they should recognize that traffic is often a sign of dynamism. Moving vehicular traffic is obviously a necessary function, but by making it the only goal, cities lose out on the economic potential created by the crowds of people that bring life to a city.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Downtown Parking Lot Maps (Aerial photographs of many U.S. cities show just how much of our urban centers are dedicated to parking. The visuals may be surprising)
Skyscraper Page
Feds Urge States To Ban Texting, Talking On Roads
Associated Press
Filling The Gap: Chandler Blvd. Bike Lanes Coming Soon
LADOT Bike Blog
Free Holiday Rides On Metro
Los Angeles Downtown News
High Speed Rail Authority Set To Extend Comment Period On New Business Plan
San Francisco Examiner
L.A., Metrolink Work Toward Bike-Friendly City
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Light Rail & Streetcar Conference (November 11-13, 2012 : Salt Lake City)
APTA / U.S. Transportation Research Board
Manhattan Beach Trolley Talks Trail On
Easy Reader News
Metro Ignores Bus Riders, Mayor Ignores Housing Authority, Council Members Ignore Reality
KCET
Metro vs. Reason: Agency Calls Foundation's Light Rail Slam "Factually Challenged"
LAist
A More Perfect Union Station: D.C.'s Train Station Is A Mess. Again (Proposals for improved pedestrian access)
Washington City Paper
New And Powerful Transportation Research Tool: Metro Library Launches Robust Catalog Portal
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Policy In Motion: Transportation Planning In California After AB 32
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Rail Outlook 2012: Passenger Rail (Executives from transit systems around the nation, including LACMTA, explain what they see for the coming year)
Progressive Railroading
Rep. Waters Seeks Westchester Stop On Crenshaw Light-Rail Line
Daily Breeze
Senate Commerce Committee Sets The Standard For Transpo Performance
StreetsBlog DC
Senate Committee Takes Positive Steps For Freight, Multimodalism, Performance And Safer Streets
Transportation For America
Subway Swipe Peddlers Aren't Stealing From The [N.Y.] MTA, New York Court Of Appeals Rules ("The court indicated a lesser charge — unauthorized sale of MTA services — would be more appropriate.")
New York Daily News
TriMet Says Crackdown On Fare Cheats Is A Success, Even If It Hasn't Quite Paid For Itself Yet
Oregonian
Urban Land Institute Celebrates 75 Years Of Leadership In Community Building: December 14 Proclaimed "ULI Day" By Mayors, City Council Members In More Than 30 Cities ("Established in Chicago on December 14, 1936, ULI was created to research, analyze, and encourage responsible patterns for long-term urban growth, and to conduct inquiries into what constitutes sound real estate development projects and practices. Starting with about 200 developers based in the U.S., the institute’s membership grew incrementally, and ULI now has nearly 30,000 members worldwide, with 51 district councils in the U.S., 16 national councils in Europe and Asia, and primary offices in Washington, D.C., London and Hong Kong.")
Urban Land Institute Press Release
U.S. To Award Up To $527 Million For Infrastructure
Reuters
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Los Angeles Times
Are Streetcars The Answer To our Transit And Environmental Needs? ("The streetcar system came to an unfortunate end in 1954, when the last trolleys were pulled from the streets and replaced with buses financed by General Motors. In the conversion process, the transit system was defrauded by company executives and mobsters, several of whom went to jail.")
Minnesota Post
Battlefield L.A.: Where & Why War Came To Southern California
LA As Subject via KCET
Behold: Metro ExpressLanes Congestion Pricing Transponder!
Curbed LA
A Blueprint For Beating Traffic (successful congestion pricing project)
The Atlantic: Cities
Breaking News: High Speed Rail Designed To Achieve High Speeds (Response to yesterday's critical Los Angeles Times article)
California High Speed Rail Blog
The Bullet-Train Misfire ("It's not easy to sell a major infrastructure investment in the fourth year of a bad economy. If California and other states want to reap the potential economic and environmental benefits of high-speed rail, there's very little margin for error.")
Governing
Bullet Train's Travel-Time Mandate Adds To Ballooning Of Costs ("The ballot measure for the project required that the L.A.-to-San Francisco trip take no more than two hours, 40 minutes. Achieving that would mean building more viaducts and tunnels, which are costly.")
Los Angeles Times
Bus Riders Suffer As City Builds Rails
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
California High-Speed Rail Going Without Statewide PR Contract
Sacramento Bee
The Case For Congestion ("This doesn’t mean that cities should strive for congestion, but they should recognize that traffic is often a sign of dynamism. Moving vehicular traffic is obviously a necessary function, but by making it the only goal, cities lose out on the economic potential created by the crowds of people that bring life to a city.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Downtown Parking Lot Maps (Aerial photographs of many U.S. cities show just how much of our urban centers are dedicated to parking. The visuals may be surprising)
Skyscraper Page
Feds Urge States To Ban Texting, Talking On Roads
Associated Press
Filling The Gap: Chandler Blvd. Bike Lanes Coming Soon
LADOT Bike Blog
Free Holiday Rides On Metro
Los Angeles Downtown News
High Speed Rail Authority Set To Extend Comment Period On New Business Plan
San Francisco Examiner
L.A., Metrolink Work Toward Bike-Friendly City
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Light Rail & Streetcar Conference (November 11-13, 2012 : Salt Lake City)
APTA / U.S. Transportation Research Board
Manhattan Beach Trolley Talks Trail On
Easy Reader News
Metro Ignores Bus Riders, Mayor Ignores Housing Authority, Council Members Ignore Reality
KCET
Metro vs. Reason: Agency Calls Foundation's Light Rail Slam "Factually Challenged"
LAist
A More Perfect Union Station: D.C.'s Train Station Is A Mess. Again (Proposals for improved pedestrian access)
Washington City Paper
New And Powerful Transportation Research Tool: Metro Library Launches Robust Catalog Portal
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Policy In Motion: Transportation Planning In California After AB 32
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Rail Outlook 2012: Passenger Rail (Executives from transit systems around the nation, including LACMTA, explain what they see for the coming year)
Progressive Railroading
Rep. Waters Seeks Westchester Stop On Crenshaw Light-Rail Line
Daily Breeze
Senate Commerce Committee Sets The Standard For Transpo Performance
StreetsBlog DC
Senate Committee Takes Positive Steps For Freight, Multimodalism, Performance And Safer Streets
Transportation For America
Subway Swipe Peddlers Aren't Stealing From The [N.Y.] MTA, New York Court Of Appeals Rules ("The court indicated a lesser charge — unauthorized sale of MTA services — would be more appropriate.")
New York Daily News
TriMet Says Crackdown On Fare Cheats Is A Success, Even If It Hasn't Quite Paid For Itself Yet
Oregonian
Urban Land Institute Celebrates 75 Years Of Leadership In Community Building: December 14 Proclaimed "ULI Day" By Mayors, City Council Members In More Than 30 Cities ("Established in Chicago on December 14, 1936, ULI was created to research, analyze, and encourage responsible patterns for long-term urban growth, and to conduct inquiries into what constitutes sound real estate development projects and practices. Starting with about 200 developers based in the U.S., the institute’s membership grew incrementally, and ULI now has nearly 30,000 members worldwide, with 51 district councils in the U.S., 16 national councils in Europe and Asia, and primary offices in Washington, D.C., London and Hong Kong.")
Urban Land Institute Press Release
U.S. To Award Up To $527 Million For Infrastructure
Reuters
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12/14/2011
Gold Line Bridge, Alameda Street, Westside Bike Projects, MAP-21, HSR Hearing, Gas Tax & More
Agenda 21 And Other Wacky Theories ("Anti-smart growth ideologues have never shied away from half-truths and dubious arguments, but recent references to Agenda 21, Portland, Detroit, and Denver are unusually strange.")
New Urban Network
Alameda Street Train Tracks Being Removed ("The effort is on to remove all remaining track on Alameda between First and Seventh streets.")
Los Angeles Downtown News
Building A Better Gas Tax: How To Fix One Of State Government's Least Sustainable Revenue Sources (24p. PDF)
Institute On Taxation And Economic Policy
Executive Summary
Press Release
California DUI Deaths Drop To Record Low: California Also Marks The Biggest Single-Year Decline In DUI Deaths In 14 Years. Officials Credit Safety Campaigns
Los Angeles Times
Cellphone Use While Driving Can Kill, NTSB Says, Urging Full Ban
Los Angeles Times
A Closer Look At The Senate's MAP-21: State Of Good Repair
Transportation For America
Federal Transportation Bill Could Mean Big Changes For Freight -- Or Not
Mobilizing The Region
Fitch Affirms Alameda Corridor Transportation Auth, CA's Ratings At "A/BBB+"; Outlook Stable
MarketWatch
FTA: Metro Deficient In Five Of 12 Civil Rights Categories
StreetsBlog LA
Gold Line Basket Bridge Getting Its Weave On In Arcadia
Curbed LA
High Speed Rail Route, Business Plan, Deserve A Chance
StreetsBlog LA
House To Hold Hearing On "Skyrocketing" Cost Of California High-Speed Rail ("The California railway proposal has received more money from the Obama administration than any other project, making it a prime target for GOP critics.")
The Hill
How The Tea Party Is Upending Urban Planning
The Atlantic: Cities
L.A.'s Bike Lane Blues ("After a few blocks of riding, that bright green starts to dim, with sometimes huge splotches chipped off and eaten away, revealing the black pavement and gray concrete beneath. And that’s after a second coat of paint had been added. In a month.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Los Angeles Schools To Sue California Over Bus Cut
Sacramento Bee
McCaskill-Collins: Tax Cuts With A Side Of Infrastructure, But Hold The Transit
StreetsBlog DC
Metro Chastised For Poor Civil Rights Practices
LA Weekly
No Accountability For State DOTs On Highway Projects
StreetsBlog DC
Opinion: Gold Line Transports Gold To Region ("The current construction project is expected to generate nearly 7,000 new jobs (2,600 in construction) and $1 billion in economic output for the region during its four-year construction period.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Reclaiming The Interstates From Ike
California Planning & Development Report
Regional Planning Is The New City Planning
GOOD
Revenue For Road Repairs: Raise It Or Reform It -- Is It Time For States To Rethink The Gas Tax?
Governing
San Francisco Finds Performance Parking Less Responsive Than Expected
Greater Greater Washington
Senate Banking Committee To Vote On Transit Section Of Transpo Bill Friday
StreetsBlog DC
Senators To Committee: Protect Transit Benefits Before It's Too Late
StreetsBlog DC
Silver Lake "Road Diet" Would Trim Traffic Lanes Instead Of Carbs
Eastsider LA
Suspicious Package At Union Station Prompts Evacuation
Los Angeles Times
UCLA, Stan And Ollie: Hardy Advocacy Of A Transit Laurel For The Blue And Gold
CityWatch
US Congress Eyes Freight Mobility Fund: New Initiative Proposes To Fund Freight Projects By A New Tax On Users
IFW
USDOT TIGER III Grant Awards Announced ("A number of TIGER III grant announcements are leaking out in advance of the official USDOT announcement.")
Transportation Issues Daily
Ventura's Cool Video Calling For More Bicycle And Pedestrian Funding
StreetsBlog LA
Video Calls Out L.A. Light Rail Trains For High Costs, Energy Consumption & Slow Speeds
LAist
We Are The 25%: Looking At Street Area Percentages And Surface Parking
Old Urbanist
Westside COG Considers Biking Projects: Representatives From The Westside cities Council of Government Met Monday To Discuss Regional Transportation Planning ("Beverly Hills, Culver City, West Hollywood and Santa Monica as well as Westside portions of Los Angeles and unincorporated Los Angeles County.")
Beverly Hills Patch
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New Urban Network
Alameda Street Train Tracks Being Removed ("The effort is on to remove all remaining track on Alameda between First and Seventh streets.")
Los Angeles Downtown News
Building A Better Gas Tax: How To Fix One Of State Government's Least Sustainable Revenue Sources (24p. PDF)
Institute On Taxation And Economic Policy
Executive Summary
Press Release
California DUI Deaths Drop To Record Low: California Also Marks The Biggest Single-Year Decline In DUI Deaths In 14 Years. Officials Credit Safety Campaigns
Los Angeles Times
Cellphone Use While Driving Can Kill, NTSB Says, Urging Full Ban
Los Angeles Times
A Closer Look At The Senate's MAP-21: State Of Good Repair
Transportation For America
Federal Transportation Bill Could Mean Big Changes For Freight -- Or Not
Mobilizing The Region
Fitch Affirms Alameda Corridor Transportation Auth, CA's Ratings At "A/BBB+"; Outlook Stable
MarketWatch
FTA: Metro Deficient In Five Of 12 Civil Rights Categories
StreetsBlog LA
Gold Line Basket Bridge Getting Its Weave On In Arcadia
Curbed LA
High Speed Rail Route, Business Plan, Deserve A Chance
StreetsBlog LA
House To Hold Hearing On "Skyrocketing" Cost Of California High-Speed Rail ("The California railway proposal has received more money from the Obama administration than any other project, making it a prime target for GOP critics.")
The Hill
How The Tea Party Is Upending Urban Planning
The Atlantic: Cities
L.A.'s Bike Lane Blues ("After a few blocks of riding, that bright green starts to dim, with sometimes huge splotches chipped off and eaten away, revealing the black pavement and gray concrete beneath. And that’s after a second coat of paint had been added. In a month.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Los Angeles Schools To Sue California Over Bus Cut
Sacramento Bee
McCaskill-Collins: Tax Cuts With A Side Of Infrastructure, But Hold The Transit
StreetsBlog DC
Metro Chastised For Poor Civil Rights Practices
LA Weekly
No Accountability For State DOTs On Highway Projects
StreetsBlog DC
Opinion: Gold Line Transports Gold To Region ("The current construction project is expected to generate nearly 7,000 new jobs (2,600 in construction) and $1 billion in economic output for the region during its four-year construction period.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Reclaiming The Interstates From Ike
California Planning & Development Report
Regional Planning Is The New City Planning
GOOD
Revenue For Road Repairs: Raise It Or Reform It -- Is It Time For States To Rethink The Gas Tax?
Governing
San Francisco Finds Performance Parking Less Responsive Than Expected
Greater Greater Washington
Senate Banking Committee To Vote On Transit Section Of Transpo Bill Friday
StreetsBlog DC
Senators To Committee: Protect Transit Benefits Before It's Too Late
StreetsBlog DC
Silver Lake "Road Diet" Would Trim Traffic Lanes Instead Of Carbs
Eastsider LA
Suspicious Package At Union Station Prompts Evacuation
Los Angeles Times
UCLA, Stan And Ollie: Hardy Advocacy Of A Transit Laurel For The Blue And Gold
CityWatch
US Congress Eyes Freight Mobility Fund: New Initiative Proposes To Fund Freight Projects By A New Tax On Users
IFW
USDOT TIGER III Grant Awards Announced ("A number of TIGER III grant announcements are leaking out in advance of the official USDOT announcement.")
Transportation Issues Daily
Ventura's Cool Video Calling For More Bicycle And Pedestrian Funding
StreetsBlog LA
Video Calls Out L.A. Light Rail Trains For High Costs, Energy Consumption & Slow Speeds
LAist
We Are The 25%: Looking At Street Area Percentages And Surface Parking
Old Urbanist
Westside COG Considers Biking Projects: Representatives From The Westside cities Council of Government Met Monday To Discuss Regional Transportation Planning ("Beverly Hills, Culver City, West Hollywood and Santa Monica as well as Westside portions of Los Angeles and unincorporated Los Angeles County.")
Beverly Hills Patch
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12/13/2011
Metro Civil Rights Report, LA Traffic, OCTA & HSR, Sylmar To LAX Rail, Senate Transpo Bill, TIGER III & More
5 Experts For And Against LA's Approach To Bikes
Curbed LA
19th Century California Bike Routes Weren't Too Shabby
Curbed LA
Blum's Bicycle Map Of California Roads (1896)
Big Map Blog
Bakersfield Council To Consider Resolution To Oppose Bullet Train
Los Angeles Times
Commuting Puzzle: Why Driving Is Rewarded Over Taking The Bus
New York Times
Congress Continues To Wrangle Over Long-Term Transportation Legislation
National League Of Cities
Does LA County Need A Rebuilt Men's Central Jail Downtown?
Curbed LA
Driving Drops Again, But What's The Big Picture? ("Americans have sustained annualized driving drops for six consecutive months, the longest sustained drop since 2008. This also comes at a time when the country showed positive economic growth--2 percent annualized growth in the third quarter--and a string of positive, private sector job reports. These divergent trends reinforce the recent decoupling of VMT and economic growth. But does aggregate driving tell us the whole story about American driving habits?")
New Republic
Federal Audit: Metro Failed To Research Effects Of Fare Hikes, Service Cuts
Southern California Public Radio
Federal Officials Criticize MTA For Not Reaching Out To Riders
Los Angeles Times
FTA Releases Civil Rights Compliance Report On L.A. Metro
StreetsBlog LA
Has The Sun Set On Suburban Sprawl In California?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
High-Speed Rail Could Draw O.C. Funding
Orange County Register
How We Got This Way (Los Angeles Has Always Been Suburban)
KCET
L.A. Drives Us Crazy Again: But Maybe All This Traffic Bustle Is An Upbeat Sign That We're Not Going Bust
Los Angeles Times
LB's New Gerald Desmond Bridge Will Have Dream Bike Path
Curbed LA
Metro Chastised For Poor Civil Rights Practices
LA Weekly
Metro's Changes Criticized
Los Angeles Daily News
Mitt Romney: Metro-Friendly Moderate?
Transportation Nation
MTA Responds To Civil Rights Violations Cited In Federal Audit: The Agency Plans A New Civil Rights Monitoring Program, Improved Review Of Projects And Increased Language Assistance For Passengers
Los Angeles Times
Murals To Flower On LA Walls Once Again
Southern California Public Radio
New Bike Lanes On Washington Place In Mar Vista
StreetsBlog LA
New Bipartisan Jobs Bill Proposes $35 Billion For Transportation
Transportation Issues Daily
OCTA: Hold Funds Until High-Speed Rail Fixes Its Finances
Voices Of OC
OCTA To Call For Moving HSR Funds
California High Speed Rail Blog
Please Combine The Sepulveda And Van Nuys Transit Projects Into One Rail Project Between Sylmar And LAX
Ride The Pink Line
The Relationship Of Title VI Requirements To Planning Processes In Florida (74p. PDF)
University Of South Florida Center For Urban Transportation Research
Road Rage: A Symptom Of Much More Than Bad Traffic?
NPR
Senators Make Case For Mass Transit Tax Credit
The Hill
Title VI Compliance Review Of The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro): Final Report (61p. embedded document)
U.S. DOT Federal Transit Administration Office Of Civil Rights via Scribd
Civil Rights Corrective Action Plan (47p. embedded document)
Metro via Google Documents
To Sleep On The Subway, Maybe, But To Dream? Poor Chance
New York Times
Transit Benefits On The Line ("How important is this transit benefit? Would it do any harm to extend it? Why has it gotten lost in the congressional shuffle? Is mass transit really at a disadvantage with respect to roads and automobiles? Aside from tax benefits, are there other ways to encourage mass-transit commuting?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Transit's Not Sucking The Taxpayer Dry -- Roads Are
StreetsBlog DC
USDOT TIGER III Grant Awards Announced (Updated)
Transportation Issues Daily
Webinar: Leading Innovation In A Time Of Change (Wednesday, December 14)
AASHTO Subcommittee On Organizational Management
With Full FTA Civil Rights Report Due This Week, Metro Plays Chess With Bus Service Changes
StreetsBlog LA
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Curbed LA
19th Century California Bike Routes Weren't Too Shabby
Curbed LA
Blum's Bicycle Map Of California Roads (1896)
Big Map Blog
Bakersfield Council To Consider Resolution To Oppose Bullet Train
Los Angeles Times
Commuting Puzzle: Why Driving Is Rewarded Over Taking The Bus
New York Times
Congress Continues To Wrangle Over Long-Term Transportation Legislation
National League Of Cities
Does LA County Need A Rebuilt Men's Central Jail Downtown?
Curbed LA
Driving Drops Again, But What's The Big Picture? ("Americans have sustained annualized driving drops for six consecutive months, the longest sustained drop since 2008. This also comes at a time when the country showed positive economic growth--2 percent annualized growth in the third quarter--and a string of positive, private sector job reports. These divergent trends reinforce the recent decoupling of VMT and economic growth. But does aggregate driving tell us the whole story about American driving habits?")
New Republic
Federal Audit: Metro Failed To Research Effects Of Fare Hikes, Service Cuts
Southern California Public Radio
Federal Officials Criticize MTA For Not Reaching Out To Riders
Los Angeles Times
FTA Releases Civil Rights Compliance Report On L.A. Metro
StreetsBlog LA
Has The Sun Set On Suburban Sprawl In California?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
High-Speed Rail Could Draw O.C. Funding
Orange County Register
How We Got This Way (Los Angeles Has Always Been Suburban)
KCET
L.A. Drives Us Crazy Again: But Maybe All This Traffic Bustle Is An Upbeat Sign That We're Not Going Bust
Los Angeles Times
LB's New Gerald Desmond Bridge Will Have Dream Bike Path
Curbed LA
Metro Chastised For Poor Civil Rights Practices
LA Weekly
Metro's Changes Criticized
Los Angeles Daily News
Mitt Romney: Metro-Friendly Moderate?
Transportation Nation
MTA Responds To Civil Rights Violations Cited In Federal Audit: The Agency Plans A New Civil Rights Monitoring Program, Improved Review Of Projects And Increased Language Assistance For Passengers
Los Angeles Times
Murals To Flower On LA Walls Once Again
Southern California Public Radio
New Bike Lanes On Washington Place In Mar Vista
StreetsBlog LA
New Bipartisan Jobs Bill Proposes $35 Billion For Transportation
Transportation Issues Daily
OCTA: Hold Funds Until High-Speed Rail Fixes Its Finances
Voices Of OC
OCTA To Call For Moving HSR Funds
California High Speed Rail Blog
Please Combine The Sepulveda And Van Nuys Transit Projects Into One Rail Project Between Sylmar And LAX
Ride The Pink Line
The Relationship Of Title VI Requirements To Planning Processes In Florida (74p. PDF)
University Of South Florida Center For Urban Transportation Research
Road Rage: A Symptom Of Much More Than Bad Traffic?
NPR
Senators Make Case For Mass Transit Tax Credit
The Hill
Title VI Compliance Review Of The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro): Final Report (61p. embedded document)
U.S. DOT Federal Transit Administration Office Of Civil Rights via Scribd
Civil Rights Corrective Action Plan (47p. embedded document)
Metro via Google Documents
To Sleep On The Subway, Maybe, But To Dream? Poor Chance
New York Times
Transit Benefits On The Line ("How important is this transit benefit? Would it do any harm to extend it? Why has it gotten lost in the congressional shuffle? Is mass transit really at a disadvantage with respect to roads and automobiles? Aside from tax benefits, are there other ways to encourage mass-transit commuting?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Transit's Not Sucking The Taxpayer Dry -- Roads Are
StreetsBlog DC
USDOT TIGER III Grant Awards Announced (Updated)
Transportation Issues Daily
Webinar: Leading Innovation In A Time Of Change (Wednesday, December 14)
AASHTO Subcommittee On Organizational Management
With Full FTA Civil Rights Report Due This Week, Metro Plays Chess With Bus Service Changes
StreetsBlog LA
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12/12/2011
MTA Audit, Union Station Plan, CA Transportation Problems, LA Cycling, Fare Cards, Drilling For Roads & More
9 Non-Ugly Bus Terminals
The Atlantic: Cities
Another GOP Transportation Proposal That's Really All About Oil Drilling
StreetsBlog DC
Are Fuel-Cell Big Rigs The Future Of Trucking?
Whittier Daily News
Audit Faults MTA For Lack Of Planning: U.S. Says The Transit Agency Failed To Consider The Effect Of Eliminating Bus Lines, Adding Services Or Changing Fares. Review Finds Problems In Communicating With Those Who Don't Speak English
Los Angeles Times
Blind Spot: DOT Not Tracking Highway Overruns, Delays
Federal Times
California's Quiet Transportation Problems ("In 2003, the California Department of Transportation identified $28.5 billion in needed upgrades to the state highway system over the next five years. By 2008 (the same year voters approved high-speed rail), that figure had almost exactly doubled to $56.5 billion. In its 2010 annual report, the California Transportation Commission found that $37 billion in local road projects waited to be funded with no money in sight, expected to grow to $79 billion by 2033.")
Public CEO
Can "Flexible Routes" Solve The Challenge Of Serving Low Density?
Human Transit
Editorial: Has The Time Come To Derail High-Speed Rail? No Way
Sacramento Bee
An Encyclopedia Of Land Use Codes (The Codes Project at Arizona State University is a website featuring links to and information about dozens of city codes from throughout history)
The Atlantic: Cities
Fare Jumpers, Meet Your Russian Nemesis: Moscow Subway Deploys Innovative Transit Turnstiles To Deter Farejumpers
Transport Gooru
The Future Of Transit Fare Cards Is No Fare Card At All ("Open payments is considered the next stage in the evolution of fare media - a step up from the advent of reloadable proprietary cards issued by transit agencies...[Chicago Transit Authority] will save $5 million a year because it will no longer have to issue and administer fare media.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Imagining A City Without Its Public Transportation
The Atlantic: Cities
In RC, Completed Trail Also Has Sailboats (Rancho Cucamonga)
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
LA County Metro Delays Bus Schedule Changes Until Spring
Southern California Public Radio
L.A. Cycling Enthusiasts Peddling Citywide Plan
Daily Breeze
Patricia Hu, Director, Bureau Of Transportation Statistics; John Horsley, AASHTO (video : segment linked at right under "Video Playlist" : "What makes up the nation’s transportation infrastructure system. Topics include highways, roads and bridges, rail, waterways, oil and gas pipelines and freight volume and traffic. We will also examine the condition of the nation’s infrastructure, the amount of government money spent on it, and current policy debates about it.")
C-SPAN Washington Journal
Plans For SaMo Airport's Future Pit Bureaucrat vs. Bureaucrat
Curbed LA
Results Are In: Cycling Is On The Rise In Los Angeles!
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Santa Monica Tries To Figure Out What To Do When Bergamot Station Becomes A Train Station Again
LAist
Santa Monica Residents Look At Bergamot Station Options
Santa Monica Daily Press
Some Good Bicycle News -- From Culver City And Mar Vista
L.A. Eco-Village Blog
Some See Flaws In L.A. Bike Plan
Los Angeles Daily News
Study Finds That There Are More And More Bikers In LA
Curbed LA
Surprise! Transit In The U.S. Gets Just As Many Subsidies As Transit In Europe!
Forbes
Sustainable Public Transportation: Environmentally Friendly Mobility (21p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program
Transit Users Await Congressional Action On Pretax Benefits
Washington Post
Transportation Authority Pledges $772 Million For BART Extension (BART will extend to San Jose)
Milpitas Patch
Union Station Panel Says Area Could Be Downtown's Next South Park
Blog Downtown
U.S. Infrastructure Is In Dire Straits, Report Says
New York Times
Ventura County To Get Expanded Bus Services By 2025
Ventura County Star
Will California Solve Problems Or Quit?
California High Speed Rail Blog
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The Atlantic: Cities
Another GOP Transportation Proposal That's Really All About Oil Drilling
StreetsBlog DC
Are Fuel-Cell Big Rigs The Future Of Trucking?
Whittier Daily News
Audit Faults MTA For Lack Of Planning: U.S. Says The Transit Agency Failed To Consider The Effect Of Eliminating Bus Lines, Adding Services Or Changing Fares. Review Finds Problems In Communicating With Those Who Don't Speak English
Los Angeles Times
Blind Spot: DOT Not Tracking Highway Overruns, Delays
Federal Times
California's Quiet Transportation Problems ("In 2003, the California Department of Transportation identified $28.5 billion in needed upgrades to the state highway system over the next five years. By 2008 (the same year voters approved high-speed rail), that figure had almost exactly doubled to $56.5 billion. In its 2010 annual report, the California Transportation Commission found that $37 billion in local road projects waited to be funded with no money in sight, expected to grow to $79 billion by 2033.")
Public CEO
Can "Flexible Routes" Solve The Challenge Of Serving Low Density?
Human Transit
Editorial: Has The Time Come To Derail High-Speed Rail? No Way
Sacramento Bee
An Encyclopedia Of Land Use Codes (The Codes Project at Arizona State University is a website featuring links to and information about dozens of city codes from throughout history)
The Atlantic: Cities
Fare Jumpers, Meet Your Russian Nemesis: Moscow Subway Deploys Innovative Transit Turnstiles To Deter Farejumpers
Transport Gooru
The Future Of Transit Fare Cards Is No Fare Card At All ("Open payments is considered the next stage in the evolution of fare media - a step up from the advent of reloadable proprietary cards issued by transit agencies...[Chicago Transit Authority] will save $5 million a year because it will no longer have to issue and administer fare media.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Imagining A City Without Its Public Transportation
The Atlantic: Cities
In RC, Completed Trail Also Has Sailboats (Rancho Cucamonga)
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
LA County Metro Delays Bus Schedule Changes Until Spring
Southern California Public Radio
L.A. Cycling Enthusiasts Peddling Citywide Plan
Daily Breeze
Patricia Hu, Director, Bureau Of Transportation Statistics; John Horsley, AASHTO (video : segment linked at right under "Video Playlist" : "What makes up the nation’s transportation infrastructure system. Topics include highways, roads and bridges, rail, waterways, oil and gas pipelines and freight volume and traffic. We will also examine the condition of the nation’s infrastructure, the amount of government money spent on it, and current policy debates about it.")
C-SPAN Washington Journal
Plans For SaMo Airport's Future Pit Bureaucrat vs. Bureaucrat
Curbed LA
Results Are In: Cycling Is On The Rise In Los Angeles!
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Santa Monica Tries To Figure Out What To Do When Bergamot Station Becomes A Train Station Again
LAist
Santa Monica Residents Look At Bergamot Station Options
Santa Monica Daily Press
Some Good Bicycle News -- From Culver City And Mar Vista
L.A. Eco-Village Blog
Some See Flaws In L.A. Bike Plan
Los Angeles Daily News
Study Finds That There Are More And More Bikers In LA
Curbed LA
Surprise! Transit In The U.S. Gets Just As Many Subsidies As Transit In Europe!
Forbes
Sustainable Public Transportation: Environmentally Friendly Mobility (21p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program
Transit Users Await Congressional Action On Pretax Benefits
Washington Post
Transportation Authority Pledges $772 Million For BART Extension (BART will extend to San Jose)
Milpitas Patch
Union Station Panel Says Area Could Be Downtown's Next South Park
Blog Downtown
U.S. Infrastructure Is In Dire Straits, Report Says
New York Times
Ventura County To Get Expanded Bus Services By 2025
Ventura County Star
Will California Solve Problems Or Quit?
California High Speed Rail Blog
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