$81 Million In Obama Budget For Subway Extension, Downtown Connector
CBS Los Angeles
2013 Budget Reflects Central Role Of Transportation In The Lives Of Americans, In The Vitality Of Our Nation's Economy
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Agency Names Final Eight Railroad Crossing Projects For Valley
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Bullet Train Gets White House Backing On Funds ("The Obama administration asks Congress for $35 billion in passenger rail funding over five years as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood urges California to overcome opposition to project.")
Los Angeles Times
Bus Spat Puts Met Council, 'Burbs At Odds Again (Minneapolis' transit system is bogged down by a feud over bus rapid transit color scheme)
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Cab Company Alleviates LA Driving Blues
PR Newswire
Cities Side With Ontario In Battle With LA
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Denny's To Join SaMo's Expo Line Terminus Mixed-Use Party
Curbed LA
Santa Monica Coffee Shop Is Sold To Housing Developer
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: L.A.'s Bike Lane Blooper ("The shade of green paint used to mark the mile-and-a-half bike lane that runs along Spring Street downtown is not film-friendly, it turns out.")
Los Angeles Times
Free Muni Rides For Kids Plan Gains Speed ("Muni riders under the age of 18 may be allowed to board for free by summertime.The idea could land at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency governing board as early as March 6.")
San Francisco Chronicle
House Bill Would Delay Rail Safety Features Required After Deadly Metrolink Patch
Moorpark Patch
House Plan Would Bankrupt Highway Fund, Report Says
Journal Of Commerce
House Transportation Bill: Traffic Is Heavy -- Against It
Los Angeles Times
How Los Angeles Began To Put Its Smoggy Days Behind (A look back at the 1970 Clean Air Act)
KCET
In New York, Former Subway Rider Eric Cantor Says A Transit-Cutting Bill Is Just "Honest Budgeting"
Capital New York
Institutional Architectures To Improve Systems Operations And Management (98p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
Jerry Brown Signs Bill Preserving School Bus Funds
Sacramento Bee
LaHood Heaps More Criticism On "Lousy" House Transpo Bill
Transportation Nation
LA Parking Lot Becomes Urban Oasis ("What’s the best place to build a wetland? How about at the site of an old MTA bus lot in South Los Angeles?")
Architect's Newspaper
Metro Wants Phase One Of Purple Extension To Hit La Cienega
Curbed LA
Westside Subway Initial Construction Segment Report (7p. PDF)
Metro
Monrovia Property Wins $24 Million Gold Line Settlement
Los Angeles Business Journal
New App, IE511, Reports Traffic, Solutions
Riverside Press-Enterprise
www.ie511.org
Obama Budget Contains Nearly $35 Billion For Passenger Rail
Los Angeles Times
Obama Budget Proposes $476 Billion For Transportation Over Six Years
StreetsBlog DC
Pomona Moving Forward Toward Improving The 71 Into A Full Freeway ("The 71 plays a part in linking Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties and because so many counties would benefit from improving the 71 through Pomona, it's the type of project that is well suited for intergovernmental agency collaboration.")
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
President's Budget: $50 Million For Westside Subway, $31 Million For Regional Connector ("Each of these projects shined bright enough to capture the attention of the budget makers in the Obama White House.")
StreetsBlog LA
The President's Budget: Full Of Ambition, Short On Congressional Support
The Transport Politic
President's Budget: Solid Priorities For Investment, Wrong Turn On Revenue ("The President’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 is now out, and the transportation policy and investment looks pretty familiar.")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Railroad Historian Says California Is On Wrong Track ("Stanford professor Richard White, author of "Railroaded," voices his staunch opposition to California's high-speed train")
Christian Science Monitor
Rand Paul Delays Transportation Bill ("Sen. Rand Paul is delaying a Senate debate over a two-year transportation bill to make a statement on aid to Egypt.")
Politico
Rats Or Not, Transit Chief Opposes Ban On Eating On Subways
New York Times
Ride The City Opens Bike Mapping Page For Los Angeles
StreetsBlog LA
SaMo Wants To Charge Developers For Creating New Car Trips
Curbed LA
Transportation Impact Fee Adopted By Santa Monica Planning Commission
Santa Monica Mirror
Transportation Impact Fee Zoning Ordinance Amendment (6p. PDF)
City Of Santa Monica Planning Commission
Sustainable Transportation Planning: Tools For Creating Vibrant, Healthy, And Resilient Communities
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The Tea Party's War On Mass Transit ("House Republicans try to gut federal funds for subways as they extend the culture wars to urban policy issues.")
Salon
Transit Walkers, Bikers Up In Arms ("How important are mass transit and other non-car traveling modes in the debate over the highway bill? Is it appropriate to ask states and cities to take care of their own subways, trains, bike paths, and pedestrian safety programs? How should policymakers treat transit? How should they treat alternate transportation modes like bicycles? Where does safety factor in to this conversation?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Trees To Be Saved From Oncoming Train ("The City Council will likely approve an almost $300,000 contract to move 39 trees out of the way of the incoming Exposition Light Rail line, which will be built along Olympic Boulevard by 2015.
Santa Monica Daily Press
Will Car-Sharing Networks Change The Way We Travel? ("Why would the world's largest car company partner with a tiny, little-known startup that could cannibalize its business by promoting car sharing instead of new-car buying?")
TIME
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2/14/2012
2/13/2012
Gold Line Foothill Extension, Positive Train Control, L.A. TOD, 710 Gap, House Transportation Bill, DesertXpress, SCAG & More
February 13: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Bunker Hill's redevelopment gets a comprehensive transportation plan)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
America's Subterranean Malaise ("There's no doubt that America pays too much for its subway projects.")
The Economist
Ansel Adams Urban Landscape Exhibit Opens Feb. 18
Los Angeles Downtown News
Cities Say 710 Gap Plan Closes Door On Options
Pasadena Star-News
Closing The Bridge? There's An App For That: Caltrans Tries To Reach Drivers Online, Before They Hit The Road
Bay Citizen
A Commissioner's Take On LA ("LA has 74 newly completed rail stations with 70 more anticipated in the next 10 to 20 years. The process of crafting transit neighborhoods and transit corridors creates a new paradigm for our Car City.")
APA Reimagine Los Angeles
Congress About To Clear 9 Of 10 Hurdles To Enacting A Transportation Bill
Transportation Issues Daily
Congress Debates Federal Oversight Of Subways
Washington Post
Connecting The Lines A Key To Nevada Railroad Plan ("As it stands, the DesertXpress stops in Victorville, and building that crucial connection to Palmdale is not a priority for California. So, if it's not likely that a passenger will walk across the street to a bus station, how likely is it that a passenger would pay $50 to ride to Victorville, then drive a rental car along the most congested portion of the commute to Southern California?")
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Efforts To Raise Speed Limits Rebuffed By Council Transportation Committee
StreetsBlog LA
Engaged Workers Immune To Stress From Long Commutes
Gallup
Five Of The Fastest Trains In The World
KCET
Getting A Handel On Transit Crime (A growing number of cities are playing classical music in transit stations as a deterrent to crime, vagrants and "rowdiness.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Getting A Ticket For Jaywalking In Downtown LA: Drop It Or Keep It?
Brigham Yen
Gold Line Foothill Extension Settles 6 Lawsuits With $24 Million
Curbed LA
Gold Line Officials Reach Multimillion Dollar Settlement With Monrovia Property Owner
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
GOP Needs To Get On Track With High-Speed Rail
San Bernardino Sun
Governor Brown: Biting The Bullet On The Bullet Train
CityWatch
High Speed Boondoggle (High speed rail opponents launch website for ad campaign)
High Speed Boondoggle
House Republicans Facing Big Test As $260 Billion Highway Bill Heads For Cliff
The Hill
House Transportation Bill Would Harm California, Democrats Say
Los Angeles Times
House Transportation Bill "Technical Correction" Would Strip Workers Of Pay Protections ("A little-noted provision in the House Republicans' controversial energy and transportation bill would strip several thousand workers within the rail-industry of their federal minimum-wage and overtime protections, potentially making low-wage jobs pay even less.")
Huffington Post
In California, Momentum Building For High-Speed Rail
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
L.A. River Development Plan Approved
Los Angeles Daily News
LA Skyline Ranked Number 34 (Right Below Minneapolis)
Curbed LA
Top 15 Skylines Of The World
Diserio
March 4 Opening Of Sunset Triangle Plaza (Griffith Park and Sunset Boulevards in Silver Lake)
Living Streets LA
Metrolink Pushing Forward With System Designed To Prevent Crashes ("The system, which officials say would have prevented the '08 Chatsworth crash, is expected to be running next year. A bid in the House to delay a nationwide mandate could make the Southland a test lab.")
Los Angeles Times
Muni Expanding Camera Program To Nab Drivers In Transit-Only Lanes
San Francisco Examiner
New Competition: Encouraging Youth To Rethink Public Transportation
The City Fix
Non-Starter: Republican Transportation Bill Is Dead On Arrival ("It would kill a longstanding rule that sets aside a portion of the gas tax to fund trains and buses and other public transportation systems. And to add insult to injury, it is loaded up with a long list of provisions that would pave the way for oil drilling offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.")
Grist
Obama Budget Goes Big On Highway Spending
Politico
Opinion: Derailing Rail Safety (Some House Republicans are trying to delay federally mandated technology that could prevent deadly train wrecks like the 2008 Metrolink crash in Chatsworth.")
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: High-Speed Rail: Threat Or Menace?
Sacramento Bee
Petition Drive For More Bicycle Safety In SCAG Plan Nears Deadline
Ventura County Star
Pico Rivera Transit Hub Open To Commuters, Park Visitors
Whittier Daily News
The Secret To A Successful Urban Stadium
The Atlantic: Cities
SoCal Edison To Correct ADA Violations Caused By New Temple City Poles ("Southern California Edison has agreed to widen Live Oak Avenue sidewalks in areas where new power poles are blocking access to those with disabilities.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Split Rail: Calif. Bullet Train Still Proves Divisive
KCET
Transportation Bills Move Through Congress
National League Of Cities
Undaunted By Redistricting, John Mica Declares He's Staying Put
Transportation Nation
U.S. House Wrongly Eliminated Safe Routes Funding
San Francisco Chronicle
What Transit Advocates Could Learn From SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)
Next American City
Why The House Transportation Bill Hits Bus Riders Especially Hard
StreetsBlog DC
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
America's Subterranean Malaise ("There's no doubt that America pays too much for its subway projects.")
The Economist
Ansel Adams Urban Landscape Exhibit Opens Feb. 18
Los Angeles Downtown News
Cities Say 710 Gap Plan Closes Door On Options
Pasadena Star-News
Closing The Bridge? There's An App For That: Caltrans Tries To Reach Drivers Online, Before They Hit The Road
Bay Citizen
A Commissioner's Take On LA ("LA has 74 newly completed rail stations with 70 more anticipated in the next 10 to 20 years. The process of crafting transit neighborhoods and transit corridors creates a new paradigm for our Car City.")
APA Reimagine Los Angeles
Congress About To Clear 9 Of 10 Hurdles To Enacting A Transportation Bill
Transportation Issues Daily
Congress Debates Federal Oversight Of Subways
Washington Post
Connecting The Lines A Key To Nevada Railroad Plan ("As it stands, the DesertXpress stops in Victorville, and building that crucial connection to Palmdale is not a priority for California. So, if it's not likely that a passenger will walk across the street to a bus station, how likely is it that a passenger would pay $50 to ride to Victorville, then drive a rental car along the most congested portion of the commute to Southern California?")
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Efforts To Raise Speed Limits Rebuffed By Council Transportation Committee
StreetsBlog LA
Engaged Workers Immune To Stress From Long Commutes
Gallup
Five Of The Fastest Trains In The World
KCET
Getting A Handel On Transit Crime (A growing number of cities are playing classical music in transit stations as a deterrent to crime, vagrants and "rowdiness.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Getting A Ticket For Jaywalking In Downtown LA: Drop It Or Keep It?
Brigham Yen
Gold Line Foothill Extension Settles 6 Lawsuits With $24 Million
Curbed LA
Gold Line Officials Reach Multimillion Dollar Settlement With Monrovia Property Owner
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
GOP Needs To Get On Track With High-Speed Rail
San Bernardino Sun
Governor Brown: Biting The Bullet On The Bullet Train
CityWatch
High Speed Boondoggle (High speed rail opponents launch website for ad campaign)
High Speed Boondoggle
House Republicans Facing Big Test As $260 Billion Highway Bill Heads For Cliff
The Hill
House Transportation Bill Would Harm California, Democrats Say
Los Angeles Times
House Transportation Bill "Technical Correction" Would Strip Workers Of Pay Protections ("A little-noted provision in the House Republicans' controversial energy and transportation bill would strip several thousand workers within the rail-industry of their federal minimum-wage and overtime protections, potentially making low-wage jobs pay even less.")
Huffington Post
In California, Momentum Building For High-Speed Rail
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
L.A. River Development Plan Approved
Los Angeles Daily News
LA Skyline Ranked Number 34 (Right Below Minneapolis)
Curbed LA
Top 15 Skylines Of The World
Diserio
March 4 Opening Of Sunset Triangle Plaza (Griffith Park and Sunset Boulevards in Silver Lake)
Living Streets LA
Metrolink Pushing Forward With System Designed To Prevent Crashes ("The system, which officials say would have prevented the '08 Chatsworth crash, is expected to be running next year. A bid in the House to delay a nationwide mandate could make the Southland a test lab.")
Los Angeles Times
Muni Expanding Camera Program To Nab Drivers In Transit-Only Lanes
San Francisco Examiner
New Competition: Encouraging Youth To Rethink Public Transportation
The City Fix
Non-Starter: Republican Transportation Bill Is Dead On Arrival ("It would kill a longstanding rule that sets aside a portion of the gas tax to fund trains and buses and other public transportation systems. And to add insult to injury, it is loaded up with a long list of provisions that would pave the way for oil drilling offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.")
Grist
Obama Budget Goes Big On Highway Spending
Politico
Opinion: Derailing Rail Safety (Some House Republicans are trying to delay federally mandated technology that could prevent deadly train wrecks like the 2008 Metrolink crash in Chatsworth.")
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: High-Speed Rail: Threat Or Menace?
Sacramento Bee
Petition Drive For More Bicycle Safety In SCAG Plan Nears Deadline
Ventura County Star
Pico Rivera Transit Hub Open To Commuters, Park Visitors
Whittier Daily News
The Secret To A Successful Urban Stadium
The Atlantic: Cities
SoCal Edison To Correct ADA Violations Caused By New Temple City Poles ("Southern California Edison has agreed to widen Live Oak Avenue sidewalks in areas where new power poles are blocking access to those with disabilities.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Split Rail: Calif. Bullet Train Still Proves Divisive
KCET
Transportation Bills Move Through Congress
National League Of Cities
Undaunted By Redistricting, John Mica Declares He's Staying Put
Transportation Nation
U.S. House Wrongly Eliminated Safe Routes Funding
San Francisco Chronicle
What Transit Advocates Could Learn From SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)
Next American City
Why The House Transportation Bill Hits Bus Riders Especially Hard
StreetsBlog DC
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2/10/2012
"Measure R Plus," Gold Line Closures, Beverly Hills Subway, Busyard Wetlands, High Speed Rail, House Transportation Bill & More
Art Decopedia ("The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles has set out to catalog the historic treasures of the Los Angeles area.")
Art Deco Society of Los Angeles
Boehner Uncertain On Passage Of $260B Transportation Bill
The Hill
California Alliance For Jobs Runs Radio Ads Touting High-Speed Rail
Sacramento Bee
A Day Of Action To Stop The Attack On Transit, Biking, And Walking
StreetsBlog Network
Editorial: U.S. House Throws Transit Under A Bus
Sacramento Bee
Gold Line Work Brings More 210 Closures
Pasadena Star-News
GOP House Works To Undo Reagan Legacy On Transportation
Transportation Nation
House Bill Delays Rail Safety Mandate ("Shortly after a train collision near Chatsworth, Calif., Congress required rail operators transporting passengers or toxic materials to install equipment by the end of 2015 that would automatically stop a train that is in danger of an accident...But a House bill that would dictate the nation's future transportation agenda pushes back the installment deadline five years.")
Associated Press
HSR Supporters Ramp Up Organizing And Information Efforts
California High Speed Rail Blog
If You Liked Measure R, You'll Love Measure R Plus!
Move LA
In California, Green Jobs Are Recession-Proof
GOOD
Integration Of Bicycling And Walking Facilities Into The Infrastructure Of Urban Communities (166p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Industry Council Approves Study For Railroad Project
Walnut Patch
Key To Smart Transit Is Data Sharing, Experts Say At Cities Summit ("A lot of cities are not connecting their transport systems effectively to their information and communications systems, and we think that’s a perspective that has to be put front and centre.")
Vancouver Observer
Mayor To Metro: Subway Plan Needs More Study ("The dialogue over the route of the Westside Subway Extension continues as Mayor Barry Brucker responds to Metro's latest open letter.")
Beverly Hills Patch
Megapolitan America: A New Vision For Understanding America's Metropolitan Geography
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Money Battle Looms Over Ambiguous RDA Law ("City officials have said that redevelopment funds could amount to as much as $300 million worth of capital projects, including rebuilding the Downtown public parking structures and renovating the Civic Auditorium, as well as several projects related to the Expo Light Rail line.")
Santa Monica Lookout
Obama Administration Reaffirms Support For California High-Speed Rail
Los Angeles Times
Opposing The House Transit Bill That's So Bad It "Defies Belief"
Next American City
The Polka Dotted Plan For Silver Lake's New Pedestrian Plaza
Curbed LA
Principle And Power In Federal Transportation (Reviews the principles that have generally been used to evaluate federal transportation policy in light of this week's House bill)
Sustainable Cities Collective
Reclaimed Bus Yard Begins Life As Urban Wetland ("A nine-acre park at Avalon Boulevard and 54th Street offers walking paths, native plants and pools with bacteria that clean polluted storm water.")
Los Angeles Times
Safety Management In Small Motor Carriers (92p. PDF)
Commercial Truck And Bus Safety Synthesis Program
Santa Ana Residents Get A Say In Transportation
Orange County Register
Senate Moves Closer To Debate On U.S. Transportation Bill
Bloomberg
Senate Transportation Bill Would Restore Commuter Tax Benefit
The Hill
Senate Transportation Bill Clears First Floor Vote, 85-11
StreetsBlog DC
Send A Love Letter To Better Transportation And Land Use (SCAG 2012 to 2035 Regional Transportation Plan / Sustainable Communities Strategy)
StreetsBlog LA
Seven Fatal Flaws In The House Highway Bill
Center For American Progress
SF Agencies Take Aim At Bureaucratic Obstacles To A Transit-First City
StreetsBlog SF
Transportation Sustainability Program (26p. PDF)
SFMTA / San Francisco Planning Department / San Francisco Office Of Economic And Workforce Development
Ticket To Ride: Los Angeles By Subway ("Get ready for some exploration on LA’s vastly under-appreciated underground train system.")
Urban Travel Blog
Top U.S. Rail Official Backs High Speed Rail: Endorsement Follows Capitol Meeting With Gov. Jerry Brown
NBC Los Angeles
Transit And The Power Of "No" ("In California, the Government Performance and Accountability Act, which supporters are attempting to get onto the state's ballot this November, would require that funding sources be identified prior to the enactment of any new program valued at $25 million or more.")
Governing
What The Smoggiest Cities In The U.S. Can Do To Improve Air Quality ("The top five smoggiest cities in the U.S. are all suspiciously located in California.")
National Geographic
White House Backs $109B Senate Transportation Bill
The Hill
Zipcar Parking 10 Cars In West Hollywood Soon
LAist
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Art Deco Society of Los Angeles
Boehner Uncertain On Passage Of $260B Transportation Bill
The Hill
California Alliance For Jobs Runs Radio Ads Touting High-Speed Rail
Sacramento Bee
A Day Of Action To Stop The Attack On Transit, Biking, And Walking
StreetsBlog Network
Editorial: U.S. House Throws Transit Under A Bus
Sacramento Bee
Gold Line Work Brings More 210 Closures
Pasadena Star-News
GOP House Works To Undo Reagan Legacy On Transportation
Transportation Nation
House Bill Delays Rail Safety Mandate ("Shortly after a train collision near Chatsworth, Calif., Congress required rail operators transporting passengers or toxic materials to install equipment by the end of 2015 that would automatically stop a train that is in danger of an accident...But a House bill that would dictate the nation's future transportation agenda pushes back the installment deadline five years.")
Associated Press
HSR Supporters Ramp Up Organizing And Information Efforts
California High Speed Rail Blog
If You Liked Measure R, You'll Love Measure R Plus!
Move LA
In California, Green Jobs Are Recession-Proof
GOOD
Integration Of Bicycling And Walking Facilities Into The Infrastructure Of Urban Communities (166p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Industry Council Approves Study For Railroad Project
Walnut Patch
Key To Smart Transit Is Data Sharing, Experts Say At Cities Summit ("A lot of cities are not connecting their transport systems effectively to their information and communications systems, and we think that’s a perspective that has to be put front and centre.")
Vancouver Observer
Mayor To Metro: Subway Plan Needs More Study ("The dialogue over the route of the Westside Subway Extension continues as Mayor Barry Brucker responds to Metro's latest open letter.")
Beverly Hills Patch
Megapolitan America: A New Vision For Understanding America's Metropolitan Geography
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Money Battle Looms Over Ambiguous RDA Law ("City officials have said that redevelopment funds could amount to as much as $300 million worth of capital projects, including rebuilding the Downtown public parking structures and renovating the Civic Auditorium, as well as several projects related to the Expo Light Rail line.")
Santa Monica Lookout
Obama Administration Reaffirms Support For California High-Speed Rail
Los Angeles Times
Opposing The House Transit Bill That's So Bad It "Defies Belief"
Next American City
The Polka Dotted Plan For Silver Lake's New Pedestrian Plaza
Curbed LA
Principle And Power In Federal Transportation (Reviews the principles that have generally been used to evaluate federal transportation policy in light of this week's House bill)
Sustainable Cities Collective
Reclaimed Bus Yard Begins Life As Urban Wetland ("A nine-acre park at Avalon Boulevard and 54th Street offers walking paths, native plants and pools with bacteria that clean polluted storm water.")
Los Angeles Times
Safety Management In Small Motor Carriers (92p. PDF)
Commercial Truck And Bus Safety Synthesis Program
Santa Ana Residents Get A Say In Transportation
Orange County Register
Senate Moves Closer To Debate On U.S. Transportation Bill
Bloomberg
Senate Transportation Bill Would Restore Commuter Tax Benefit
The Hill
Senate Transportation Bill Clears First Floor Vote, 85-11
StreetsBlog DC
Send A Love Letter To Better Transportation And Land Use (SCAG 2012 to 2035 Regional Transportation Plan / Sustainable Communities Strategy)
StreetsBlog LA
Seven Fatal Flaws In The House Highway Bill
Center For American Progress
SF Agencies Take Aim At Bureaucratic Obstacles To A Transit-First City
StreetsBlog SF
Transportation Sustainability Program (26p. PDF)
SFMTA / San Francisco Planning Department / San Francisco Office Of Economic And Workforce Development
Ticket To Ride: Los Angeles By Subway ("Get ready for some exploration on LA’s vastly under-appreciated underground train system.")
Urban Travel Blog
Top U.S. Rail Official Backs High Speed Rail: Endorsement Follows Capitol Meeting With Gov. Jerry Brown
NBC Los Angeles
Transit And The Power Of "No" ("In California, the Government Performance and Accountability Act, which supporters are attempting to get onto the state's ballot this November, would require that funding sources be identified prior to the enactment of any new program valued at $25 million or more.")
Governing
What The Smoggiest Cities In The U.S. Can Do To Improve Air Quality ("The top five smoggiest cities in the U.S. are all suspiciously located in California.")
National Geographic
White House Backs $109B Senate Transportation Bill
The Hill
Zipcar Parking 10 Cars In West Hollywood Soon
LAist
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2/09/2012
710 Gap, Transportation Bill, East Los Angeles, High Speed Rail, LA Traffic & More
February 9: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (The San Fernando earthquake impacts regional transit and transportation)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
5 Ways To Make Public Transit Awesome (Ideas from Los Angeles and Santa Monica are included)
Mother Nature Network
All Aboard: Don't Let Our Leaders "Miss The Bus" On Fair Transportation ("The proposed cuts would strike a devastating blow to communities already living without adequate transportation options.")
Huffington Post
Bus, Train Ads Roll To The Rescue Of Ailing Local Transit Budgets
Huffington Post
California's Green Economy Doubled Performance Of Total Economy During Downturn (Clean transportation: +119%)
Energy Collective
City Consultant Questions Metro's Subway Safety And Fault Reports (p.2)
Beverly Hills Weekly
Civil Rights Group Opposes Public Transit Cut In $260B House GOP Transportation Bill
The Hill
Continuing Project To Synthesize Information On Highway Problems (20p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
East Los Angeles Cityhood Plan Again Rebuffed ("Local Agency Formation Commission says the proposed city wouldn't be financially viable. Supporters of incorporation say they need more time to explore options.")
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: A Terrible Transportation Bill
New York Times
Experts Challenge MTA Studies Of Subway Routes ("Scientists hired by the city claim more thorough research is needed to justify Metro's plans for a tunnel under Beverly Hills High School.")
Beverly Hills Patch
February Resources For Transportation Communications Pros ("Los Angeles Transportation Library blog...has put together one of the deepest and richest transportation communication research resources on the web. You can find a listing of transportation blogs, transportation advocacy groups, communication campaigns and much more.")
Talking Transportation
Future Of Rail And Transit With Michael Dukakis (February 18 talk with Southern California Transit Advocates)
StreetsBlog LA
High-Speed Rail Touted In Jobs Coalition's New Radio Campaign
Sacramento Bee
Historic Clifton's Cafeteria Through The Decades (photo essay)
LA as Subject via KCET
Behold The Original Clifton's Facade For First Time Since 1950s
Curbed LA
Clifton's Unveiled: Forest-Themed Cafeteria To Become Tiki Bar, Speakeasy And Bakery ("It's about resurrecting the area's "golden era" when 7th and Broadway, where Clifton's is located, was one of the busiest intersections in Downtown.")
Blog Downtown
House Gas Tax Proposal Would "Erode" Transit Agencies' Credit Ratings, APTA Says
Progressive Railroading
House Transportation Bill Too Extreme For Some Republicans
StreetsBlog DC
Human Infographic! GOOD Attacks Traffic In Los Angeles (from the embedded video : "If just 3% of LA drivers switched to public transit or biked, all traffic could move up to 15% faster.")
GOOD
LaHood Says High Speed Rail In California Is About Jobs
Transportation Nation
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa On The Future Of L.A. (audio interview with transcript discussing Measure R)
American Public Media Marketplace
Mayor Villaraigosa Passes On Criticizing House Republicans, Reserves Praise For Senator Boxer ("I am still positive about the portion of the bill that expands the current $128 million to a billion dollars for the TIFIA program which is one of the programs that L.A. needs to accelerate the 30 years of transportation funding into a shorter period of time, hopefully a ten year period.")
StreetsBlog LA
Metro Responds To Beverly Hills' Westside Subway Extension Evaluation
Westwood-Century City Patch
New Federal Regulations For Truckers In 2012: Do They Go Far Enough?
Digital Journal
On A Rainy Day In Los Angeles, Villaraigosa And Ray LaHood Spread Sunshine For High Speed Rail
StreetsBlog LA
Ontario Offer For ONT Totals $250 Million
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Operator Drug- And Alcohol- Testing Across Modes (59p. PDF)
Commercial Truck And Bus Safety Synthesis Program
Opinion: Tools Can Help Cities Cope After Redevelopment
Sacramento Bee
Panel Of Transportation Experts Predicts Dire Consequences From House Proposal For Transportation Funding
APTA Press Release
Security, Emergency Management, And Infrastructure Protection Research Status Report (13p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
Six Lies The GOP Is Telling About The House Transportation Bill
StreetsBlog DC
South Pasadena, Others Oppose 710 Gap Closure In SCAG's Regional Transportation Plan
Pasadena Star-News
There's A Chance House R's Won't Muster Votes To Pass Mica Bill
StreetsBlog DC
Transit Funding Dust-Up Complicates Transportation Bill
Riverside Press-Enterprise
U.S. Chamber Of Commerce: Transit Cuts Could Pass House
Transportation Nation
Why Is America's Transportation System Stuck In The 1950s?
GOOD
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
5 Ways To Make Public Transit Awesome (Ideas from Los Angeles and Santa Monica are included)
Mother Nature Network
All Aboard: Don't Let Our Leaders "Miss The Bus" On Fair Transportation ("The proposed cuts would strike a devastating blow to communities already living without adequate transportation options.")
Huffington Post
Bus, Train Ads Roll To The Rescue Of Ailing Local Transit Budgets
Huffington Post
California's Green Economy Doubled Performance Of Total Economy During Downturn (Clean transportation: +119%)
Energy Collective
City Consultant Questions Metro's Subway Safety And Fault Reports (p.2)
Beverly Hills Weekly
Civil Rights Group Opposes Public Transit Cut In $260B House GOP Transportation Bill
The Hill
Continuing Project To Synthesize Information On Highway Problems (20p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
East Los Angeles Cityhood Plan Again Rebuffed ("Local Agency Formation Commission says the proposed city wouldn't be financially viable. Supporters of incorporation say they need more time to explore options.")
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: A Terrible Transportation Bill
New York Times
Experts Challenge MTA Studies Of Subway Routes ("Scientists hired by the city claim more thorough research is needed to justify Metro's plans for a tunnel under Beverly Hills High School.")
Beverly Hills Patch
February Resources For Transportation Communications Pros ("Los Angeles Transportation Library blog...has put together one of the deepest and richest transportation communication research resources on the web. You can find a listing of transportation blogs, transportation advocacy groups, communication campaigns and much more.")
Talking Transportation
Future Of Rail And Transit With Michael Dukakis (February 18 talk with Southern California Transit Advocates)
StreetsBlog LA
High-Speed Rail Touted In Jobs Coalition's New Radio Campaign
Sacramento Bee
Historic Clifton's Cafeteria Through The Decades (photo essay)
LA as Subject via KCET
Behold The Original Clifton's Facade For First Time Since 1950s
Curbed LA
Clifton's Unveiled: Forest-Themed Cafeteria To Become Tiki Bar, Speakeasy And Bakery ("It's about resurrecting the area's "golden era" when 7th and Broadway, where Clifton's is located, was one of the busiest intersections in Downtown.")
Blog Downtown
House Gas Tax Proposal Would "Erode" Transit Agencies' Credit Ratings, APTA Says
Progressive Railroading
House Transportation Bill Too Extreme For Some Republicans
StreetsBlog DC
Human Infographic! GOOD Attacks Traffic In Los Angeles (from the embedded video : "If just 3% of LA drivers switched to public transit or biked, all traffic could move up to 15% faster.")
GOOD
LaHood Says High Speed Rail In California Is About Jobs
Transportation Nation
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa On The Future Of L.A. (audio interview with transcript discussing Measure R)
American Public Media Marketplace
Mayor Villaraigosa Passes On Criticizing House Republicans, Reserves Praise For Senator Boxer ("I am still positive about the portion of the bill that expands the current $128 million to a billion dollars for the TIFIA program which is one of the programs that L.A. needs to accelerate the 30 years of transportation funding into a shorter period of time, hopefully a ten year period.")
StreetsBlog LA
Metro Responds To Beverly Hills' Westside Subway Extension Evaluation
Westwood-Century City Patch
New Federal Regulations For Truckers In 2012: Do They Go Far Enough?
Digital Journal
On A Rainy Day In Los Angeles, Villaraigosa And Ray LaHood Spread Sunshine For High Speed Rail
StreetsBlog LA
Ontario Offer For ONT Totals $250 Million
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Operator Drug- And Alcohol- Testing Across Modes (59p. PDF)
Commercial Truck And Bus Safety Synthesis Program
Opinion: Tools Can Help Cities Cope After Redevelopment
Sacramento Bee
Panel Of Transportation Experts Predicts Dire Consequences From House Proposal For Transportation Funding
APTA Press Release
Security, Emergency Management, And Infrastructure Protection Research Status Report (13p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
Six Lies The GOP Is Telling About The House Transportation Bill
StreetsBlog DC
South Pasadena, Others Oppose 710 Gap Closure In SCAG's Regional Transportation Plan
Pasadena Star-News
There's A Chance House R's Won't Muster Votes To Pass Mica Bill
StreetsBlog DC
Transit Funding Dust-Up Complicates Transportation Bill
Riverside Press-Enterprise
U.S. Chamber Of Commerce: Transit Cuts Could Pass House
Transportation Nation
Why Is America's Transportation System Stuck In The 1950s?
GOOD
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2/08/2012
Senate Transpo Bill, Gold Line Eastside "Redesign," Gold Line Foothill Extension, Crowdsourcing LA Mobility, MAX Transit, Carpooling & More
"Alight?" How About Just "Exit?"
Washington Post
Availability Of $826.5M In Fed Grants Announced
Metro Magazine
FTA Fiscal Year 2012 Apportionments, Allocations, And Program Information (71p. PDF)
Federal Register
Average U.S. Gas Prices Hover At Record-Level Highs ("An improving economy boosts demand for oil, driving up pump prices and crimping consumers' budgets.")
Los Angeles Times
Baucus Adds Transit Tax Benefit To Senate Transpo Bill
StreetsBlog DC
A Bridge Built To Sway When The Earth Shakes (includes interactive animated video demonstration)
New York Times
Butterscotch Line: Eastside High School Students Re-Design Gold Line Stations
StreetsBlog LA
California High-Speed Rail Authority's 2012 Draft Business Plan: Assessment - Still Not Investment Grade (71p. PDF)
Community Coalition On High Speed Rail
California Lawmakers To Consider Gold Line Extension ("A proposal to extend the Gold Line light-rail system from Azusa to Montclair in San Bernardino County faces a hiccup: the state law authorizing the project limited it to Los Angeles County.")
Los Angeles Times
City Taking "Think Labs" On The Road To Crowd Source Ideas For Improving Mobility In L.A. ("These upcoming meetings, which are free and open to the public, are part of what's known as LA/2B, described by the City as "a campaign to update the City’s Mobility Plan and positively shape the future of transportation in LA via crowd-sourced ideas from Angelenos.")
LAist
Committee Finds $9.6 Billion For $109B Senate Transportation Bill
The Hill
The Death Row Of Urban Highways, Part 2
The Atlantic: Cities
Express Bus Service Linking Torrance And Long Beach To Start In May
Daily Breeze
Feedback Sought For Lost Hills Overpass Improvement Project
Calabasas Patch
The History Of Carpooling, From Jitneys To Ridesharing ("Ridesharing began shortly after the introduction of the Model-T, America’s first automobile priced with for the middle-class.")
Shareable
House Republicans' Transportation Bill Survives A Beating In Committees
Washington Post
Is Highland Park The Next Echo Park? Two 'Hoods Debate
Curbed LA
John Boehner Bets Big On Road Bill Vote
Politico
Listen: Subway Platform As Musical Instrument ("Reach New York: An Urban Musical Instrument is an audio installation by artist/architect/composer Christopher Janney.")
Transportation Nation
Metro Comments On Beverly Hills' Report On Tunneling Safety For Westside Subway Extension
The Source
Metro On Bev Hills Tunnel Study: We Won't Build Unsafe Subway
Curbed LA
MTA Responds To City's Westside Subway Extension Evaluation
Beverly Hills Patch
Most Americans Want A Walkable Neighborhood, Not A Big House
GOOD
Parking Meter Rates, Fines Among Highest In The Nation
San Francisco Chronicle
Pugh Designing Inglewood's Crenshaw Line Stations
Curbed LA
Safe Bicycling Streets: What Will It Take?
KCET
Secretary LaHood, Metro Officials Tout state's High-Speed Rail Plans
The Source
Senate Highway Bill Set To Kick Off Thursday
Transportation Nation
Senate Likely To Begin Debate On Transportation Bill On February 14
Transportation Issues Daily
The Highway Investment, Job Creation And Economic Growth Act Of 2012
U.S. Senate Committee On Finance
Sisterhood Of The Traveling Bikes
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Torrance's Planned Withdrawal From MAX Transit May Kill Entire Service
Daily Breeze
Transportation Bill Lurches Forward Despite Revenue Doubts
Politico
Transportation Project Impact Case Studies (video : "Transportation Project Impact Case Studies (T-PICS) is a web tool that provides access to a nationwide database of 100 case studies that describe the pre- and post-construction economic development effects of 11 kinds of transportation projects.")
The National Academies via Vimeo
T-PICS Website
Upland To Receive $1 Million For Foothill Widening Project
Contra Costa Times
What's Behind HSR's Recent Political Struggles?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Why Women-Only Transit Options Have Caught On
The Atlantic: Cities
Wireless Power Could Revolutionize Highway Transportation, Stanford Researchers Say ("Stanford researchers have designed a new technology that could lead to wireless charging of electric vehicles while they cruise down the highway.")
Stanford University News
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Washington Post
Availability Of $826.5M In Fed Grants Announced
Metro Magazine
FTA Fiscal Year 2012 Apportionments, Allocations, And Program Information (71p. PDF)
Federal Register
Average U.S. Gas Prices Hover At Record-Level Highs ("An improving economy boosts demand for oil, driving up pump prices and crimping consumers' budgets.")
Los Angeles Times
Baucus Adds Transit Tax Benefit To Senate Transpo Bill
StreetsBlog DC
A Bridge Built To Sway When The Earth Shakes (includes interactive animated video demonstration)
New York Times
Butterscotch Line: Eastside High School Students Re-Design Gold Line Stations
StreetsBlog LA
California High-Speed Rail Authority's 2012 Draft Business Plan: Assessment - Still Not Investment Grade (71p. PDF)
Community Coalition On High Speed Rail
California Lawmakers To Consider Gold Line Extension ("A proposal to extend the Gold Line light-rail system from Azusa to Montclair in San Bernardino County faces a hiccup: the state law authorizing the project limited it to Los Angeles County.")
Los Angeles Times
City Taking "Think Labs" On The Road To Crowd Source Ideas For Improving Mobility In L.A. ("These upcoming meetings, which are free and open to the public, are part of what's known as LA/2B, described by the City as "a campaign to update the City’s Mobility Plan and positively shape the future of transportation in LA via crowd-sourced ideas from Angelenos.")
LAist
Committee Finds $9.6 Billion For $109B Senate Transportation Bill
The Hill
The Death Row Of Urban Highways, Part 2
The Atlantic: Cities
Express Bus Service Linking Torrance And Long Beach To Start In May
Daily Breeze
Feedback Sought For Lost Hills Overpass Improvement Project
Calabasas Patch
The History Of Carpooling, From Jitneys To Ridesharing ("Ridesharing began shortly after the introduction of the Model-T, America’s first automobile priced with for the middle-class.")
Shareable
House Republicans' Transportation Bill Survives A Beating In Committees
Washington Post
Is Highland Park The Next Echo Park? Two 'Hoods Debate
Curbed LA
John Boehner Bets Big On Road Bill Vote
Politico
Listen: Subway Platform As Musical Instrument ("Reach New York: An Urban Musical Instrument is an audio installation by artist/architect/composer Christopher Janney.")
Transportation Nation
Metro Comments On Beverly Hills' Report On Tunneling Safety For Westside Subway Extension
The Source
Metro On Bev Hills Tunnel Study: We Won't Build Unsafe Subway
Curbed LA
MTA Responds To City's Westside Subway Extension Evaluation
Beverly Hills Patch
Most Americans Want A Walkable Neighborhood, Not A Big House
GOOD
Parking Meter Rates, Fines Among Highest In The Nation
San Francisco Chronicle
Pugh Designing Inglewood's Crenshaw Line Stations
Curbed LA
Safe Bicycling Streets: What Will It Take?
KCET
Secretary LaHood, Metro Officials Tout state's High-Speed Rail Plans
The Source
Senate Highway Bill Set To Kick Off Thursday
Transportation Nation
Senate Likely To Begin Debate On Transportation Bill On February 14
Transportation Issues Daily
The Highway Investment, Job Creation And Economic Growth Act Of 2012
U.S. Senate Committee On Finance
Sisterhood Of The Traveling Bikes
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Torrance's Planned Withdrawal From MAX Transit May Kill Entire Service
Daily Breeze
Transportation Bill Lurches Forward Despite Revenue Doubts
Politico
Transportation Project Impact Case Studies (video : "Transportation Project Impact Case Studies (T-PICS) is a web tool that provides access to a nationwide database of 100 case studies that describe the pre- and post-construction economic development effects of 11 kinds of transportation projects.")
The National Academies via Vimeo
T-PICS Website
Upland To Receive $1 Million For Foothill Widening Project
Contra Costa Times
What's Behind HSR's Recent Political Struggles?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Why Women-Only Transit Options Have Caught On
The Atlantic: Cities
Wireless Power Could Revolutionize Highway Transportation, Stanford Researchers Say ("Stanford researchers have designed a new technology that could lead to wireless charging of electric vehicles while they cruise down the highway.")
Stanford University News
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2/07/2012
Red Line Canopies, Bike Lane Paint, Metrolink, Culver City TOD, Congestion Pricing, Freeways, Subways & More
12 Freeways To Watch ('Cause They Might Be Gone Soon)
StreetsBlog DC
12th National Light Rail Conference: Sustaining The Metropolis -- LRT & Streetcars For Super Cities (November 11-13, 2012 : Salt Lake City)
APTA and Transportation Research Board
Beverly Hills Experts Cast Doubt On Metro Report
StreetsBlog LA
Bill Would Prohibit Highway Money For CA Rail Plan
San Francisco Chronicle
California's High Speed Rail Mistake
Huffington Post
A Closer Look At Congestion Pricing On The Bay Bridge
Berkeley Transportation Letter
Company To Help Implement Rental Program For New Electric Bicycles
KTVU
A Bay Area Program In Electric Bike Sharing
New York Times
Congress About To Clear 5 Of 10 Hurdles To Enacting A Transportation Bill
Transportation Issues Daily
Congress Is Toying With The Future Of Mass Transit
The Atlantic: Cities
Culver City Council Signs Off On Projects Ahead Of RDA Shutdown
Culver City Patch
Culver City Creates New Expo-Adjacent Development In 5 Days
Curbed LA
Fare Hack: Exploiting A Clipper Card Flaw Is Easy ("Not that we think you would, but with a visit to Radio Shack you could hack into that Clipper card in your wallet, allowing you to load it with free rides or create and sell copies for profit — and funnel money away from the Bay Area's crash-strapped public-transit agencies.")
SF Weekly
GOP-Backed Transporation Bill Slashes Funding For Cycling, Pedestrian Facilities
Public Radio International
Jerry's Fast Train: A Big Idea That Could Crash
Calbuzz
Laws That Shaped L.A.: How The California Environmental Quality Act Allows Anyone To Thwart Development
KCET
Levels Of Service And Travel Projections: The Wrong Tools For Planning Our Streets?
Project For Public Spaces
Local And State Partnerships With Taxicab Companies (56p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Los Angeles Subway Station Portals Getting New Modern Canopies
Brigham Yen
Metro Red Line Subway Stations Getting Fancy New Hats
Curbed LA
Mind The Green Paint! City Crews To Test New Materials For Downtown Bike Lanes
Blog Downtown
Norwalk Will Enforce Parking Regulations At Metrolink Lot
Los Angeles Wave
Now We're Getting Political ("Does the forthcoming political brawl offer enough attention to a long-neglected infrastructure bill to make up for the twists of logic that surely will accompany the fight? When the finger-pointing dies down, will the surface transportation measure have made any progress?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Push For Metrolink Station Nearing End Of Line
Redlands Daily Facts
Rangel: House GOP Has No Idea Where Transit Funding Would Come From
StreetsBlog DC
Regional Governing Board Criticized For Failing To Release Early Version Of Audit
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Republican Energy Bill Would Allow Oil Drilling Off Ventura County Coast
Ventura County Star
San Gabriel Dig Site Offers New Insight Into California History
Pasadena Star-News
Schumer Amendment: Make Transit Tax Benefit Equal To Parking Benefit
StreetsBlog DC
Should It Take Decades To Build A Subway? ("It's too easy to slow down urban mass transit improvements. Here's how to fix the system...while it’s not fair to compare American projects to China’s — where protections for workers and the environment are flimsy, and tight construction schedules can sacrifice workmanship — there are nonetheless several factors that conspire to keep American mass-transit projects in a state of perpetual limbo. Here are seven culprits, listed roughly in order of guilt.")
Salon
Socrates Visits The U.S. Federal Transit Administration
Human Transit
State Of Good Repair Needed To Keep Transit Systems Moving
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
T4 Coalition Announces Opposition To House Energy And Transportation Bill
Transportation For America
Times Victory: Trio Of Bills Take Aim At "Buy Here Pay Here" Car Dealerships
StreetsBlog LA
Watching Transportation: What's On The Other Social Media?
Talking Transportation
What If South Park Had A Big Park Across From Staples Center?
Curbed LA
What Is Car Culture Doing To Our Children?
New York Times
Why Planners Need To Take Agenda 21 Criticism More Seriously
The Atlantic: Cities
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StreetsBlog DC
12th National Light Rail Conference: Sustaining The Metropolis -- LRT & Streetcars For Super Cities (November 11-13, 2012 : Salt Lake City)
APTA and Transportation Research Board
Beverly Hills Experts Cast Doubt On Metro Report
StreetsBlog LA
Bill Would Prohibit Highway Money For CA Rail Plan
San Francisco Chronicle
California's High Speed Rail Mistake
Huffington Post
A Closer Look At Congestion Pricing On The Bay Bridge
Berkeley Transportation Letter
Company To Help Implement Rental Program For New Electric Bicycles
KTVU
A Bay Area Program In Electric Bike Sharing
New York Times
Congress About To Clear 5 Of 10 Hurdles To Enacting A Transportation Bill
Transportation Issues Daily
Congress Is Toying With The Future Of Mass Transit
The Atlantic: Cities
Culver City Council Signs Off On Projects Ahead Of RDA Shutdown
Culver City Patch
Culver City Creates New Expo-Adjacent Development In 5 Days
Curbed LA
Fare Hack: Exploiting A Clipper Card Flaw Is Easy ("Not that we think you would, but with a visit to Radio Shack you could hack into that Clipper card in your wallet, allowing you to load it with free rides or create and sell copies for profit — and funnel money away from the Bay Area's crash-strapped public-transit agencies.")
SF Weekly
GOP-Backed Transporation Bill Slashes Funding For Cycling, Pedestrian Facilities
Public Radio International
Jerry's Fast Train: A Big Idea That Could Crash
Calbuzz
Laws That Shaped L.A.: How The California Environmental Quality Act Allows Anyone To Thwart Development
KCET
Levels Of Service And Travel Projections: The Wrong Tools For Planning Our Streets?
Project For Public Spaces
Local And State Partnerships With Taxicab Companies (56p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Los Angeles Subway Station Portals Getting New Modern Canopies
Brigham Yen
Metro Red Line Subway Stations Getting Fancy New Hats
Curbed LA
Mind The Green Paint! City Crews To Test New Materials For Downtown Bike Lanes
Blog Downtown
Norwalk Will Enforce Parking Regulations At Metrolink Lot
Los Angeles Wave
Now We're Getting Political ("Does the forthcoming political brawl offer enough attention to a long-neglected infrastructure bill to make up for the twists of logic that surely will accompany the fight? When the finger-pointing dies down, will the surface transportation measure have made any progress?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Push For Metrolink Station Nearing End Of Line
Redlands Daily Facts
Rangel: House GOP Has No Idea Where Transit Funding Would Come From
StreetsBlog DC
Regional Governing Board Criticized For Failing To Release Early Version Of Audit
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Republican Energy Bill Would Allow Oil Drilling Off Ventura County Coast
Ventura County Star
San Gabriel Dig Site Offers New Insight Into California History
Pasadena Star-News
Schumer Amendment: Make Transit Tax Benefit Equal To Parking Benefit
StreetsBlog DC
Should It Take Decades To Build A Subway? ("It's too easy to slow down urban mass transit improvements. Here's how to fix the system...while it’s not fair to compare American projects to China’s — where protections for workers and the environment are flimsy, and tight construction schedules can sacrifice workmanship — there are nonetheless several factors that conspire to keep American mass-transit projects in a state of perpetual limbo. Here are seven culprits, listed roughly in order of guilt.")
Salon
Socrates Visits The U.S. Federal Transit Administration
Human Transit
State Of Good Repair Needed To Keep Transit Systems Moving
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
T4 Coalition Announces Opposition To House Energy And Transportation Bill
Transportation For America
Times Victory: Trio Of Bills Take Aim At "Buy Here Pay Here" Car Dealerships
StreetsBlog LA
Watching Transportation: What's On The Other Social Media?
Talking Transportation
What If South Park Had A Big Park Across From Staples Center?
Curbed LA
What Is Car Culture Doing To Our Children?
New York Times
Why Planners Need To Take Agenda 21 Criticism More Seriously
The Atlantic: Cities
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2/06/2012
Birth Of L.A. Transit, House Transpo Bill, SGV & HSR, Environmental Review, Park 101 & More
February 4: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (The very first horse-drawn rail cars mark the birth of L.A. transit)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
$248 Million Restored For Home-To-School Transportation
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Assembly Approves Scaled-Back Bikeway Standards Bill
Cal Bike Report
At A Planned Train Trench, An Archaeological Treasure Trove ("A Spanish silver coin dating from 1816 is among the artifacts a 30-member team of archaeologists has unearthed next to railroad tracks in front of the San Gabriel Mission.")
Los Angeles Times
Behold The 1st Street Bike Lanes! Now Where Was The Outreach?
StreetsBlog LA
Bike-Share Coming To SF And Silicon Valley This July
StreetsBlog SF
Board Of Ed Still Likely To Oppose Mike Feuer Transit Bill
Beverly Hills Patch
California Transportation Foundation Awards (Nominations due March 1 for May 23 awards)
California Transportation Foundation
CBO Reports Highway Trust Fund Headed For Bankruptcy In 2014
The Hill
Commentary: Assemblyman Mike Feuer Responds To BHUSD ("My bill would not affect the ability of the Beverly Hills Unified School District to challenge one of the routes that the L.A. County Metro Board will consider for the Westside Subway Extension. In fact, it would only apply to projects for which, unlike the subway, a draft environmental impact report has yet to circulate. In addition, even were the bill to change in ways I haven’t yet contemplated, legislation enacted this session doesn’t take effect until at least next January—well after any legal challenge to the subway route most likely would be filed.")
Beverly Hills Patch
Editorial: High-Speed Reality -- Evidence Grows That Bullet Train Will Be A Misfire
Los Angeles Daily News
Exclusive Look Inside The MTA-MasterCard PayPass Pilot: 17,000 NYC Customers In Six Months
Fast Company
Express Bus Service Linking Torrance And Long Beach To Start In May
Daily Breeze
High-Speed Rail...Or Fail? ("A bullet train official tries to answer tough questions about soaring costs and judging the risks of new technology. Can it be built faster, better and cheaper?")
Los Angeles Times
High-Speed Rail's Coming Battle: Powerful Land Owners
Orange County Register
Is This Duck Delaying Your Highway? (Investigates widely echoed Republican claims that environmental rules are a major reason why it takes so long to build highways and bridges, and finds scant evidence to back up the claims. A major piece of the GOP transportation bill released this week would streamline environmental review procedures to speed up approval and construction of highway projects. However, only 4% of federal highway projects require an Environmental Impact Statement from federal agencies in the first place)
Washington Post
LA Convention Center To Become "LACOEX," Expansion Reaches Toward Football Stadium
Blog Downtown
Less Parking Required In New Atwater Pedestrian District
Curbed LA
Meet LACOEX, LA's Proposed New Elevated Convention Center
Curbed LA
More Cell Phones On NYC Subway
Transportation Nation
Not Everyone Opposes High-Speed Rail
Orange County Register
On The Road: Will Heavy Truckloads Ruin Roads?
Riverside Press-Enterprise
The Oz Of Los Angeles Traffic Lights
The Atlantic: Cities
Park 101 Panel (February 16 : Panel discussion regarding cap park for the 101 freeway)
Caltrans District 7
Park 101 District Website
Pomona Hopes To Close Some Streets To Cars For A Biking, Jogging And Walking Event
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Raise Fares Or Cut Service Or...? More "New Normal" Considerations For Transit Agencies
Progressive Railroading
A Rational Approach To Rail: New Priorities -- Start In Urban Areas, Build On What's In Place -- Could Propel The Bullet Train
Los Angeles Times
Ready To Fight? The House GOP Bill Leaves Little Choice
StreetsBlog Network
SCAG Adopts High-Speed Rail Agreement
Pasadena Star-News
SCAG And San Gabriel Valley Embrace HSR Alignment
California High Speed Rail Blog
Shocker: Bev Hills Study Says Subway Under BHHS Is Unsafe
Curbed LA
Speaker Boehner Faces Tough Test On $260 Billion Transportation Bill
The Hill
Supervisor Speaks Up On Studio Plan (Burbank officials "argued that the report used inaccurate assumptions, including one that projected roughly 20% of the new residents would use public transportation instead of driving their own vehicles.")
Burbank Leader
Synthesis Of Information Related To Transit Problems (10p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Problem
Time To Fight ("Actions by members of the U.S. House over the past week suggest that Republican opposition to the funding of alternative transportation has developed into an all-out ideological battle.")
The Transport Politic
Today In History: How The Treaty Of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Defined Our Neighborhood Boundaries
KCET
Transit-Oriented Preservation
Shelterforce
Upland Plans Gracious, But Denser, Downtown
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Urbanflow: A City's Information, Visualized In Real Time ("Combining a map, tourist information, and data about the city’s services, a new system is making Helsinki truly transparent.")
Fast Company Exist
Who Still Likes The House Transpo Bill? Big Oil, Big Truck, And Big Box Retail
StreetsBlog DC
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
$248 Million Restored For Home-To-School Transportation
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Assembly Approves Scaled-Back Bikeway Standards Bill
Cal Bike Report
At A Planned Train Trench, An Archaeological Treasure Trove ("A Spanish silver coin dating from 1816 is among the artifacts a 30-member team of archaeologists has unearthed next to railroad tracks in front of the San Gabriel Mission.")
Los Angeles Times
Behold The 1st Street Bike Lanes! Now Where Was The Outreach?
StreetsBlog LA
Bike-Share Coming To SF And Silicon Valley This July
StreetsBlog SF
Board Of Ed Still Likely To Oppose Mike Feuer Transit Bill
Beverly Hills Patch
California Transportation Foundation Awards (Nominations due March 1 for May 23 awards)
California Transportation Foundation
CBO Reports Highway Trust Fund Headed For Bankruptcy In 2014
The Hill
Commentary: Assemblyman Mike Feuer Responds To BHUSD ("My bill would not affect the ability of the Beverly Hills Unified School District to challenge one of the routes that the L.A. County Metro Board will consider for the Westside Subway Extension. In fact, it would only apply to projects for which, unlike the subway, a draft environmental impact report has yet to circulate. In addition, even were the bill to change in ways I haven’t yet contemplated, legislation enacted this session doesn’t take effect until at least next January—well after any legal challenge to the subway route most likely would be filed.")
Beverly Hills Patch
Editorial: High-Speed Reality -- Evidence Grows That Bullet Train Will Be A Misfire
Los Angeles Daily News
Exclusive Look Inside The MTA-MasterCard PayPass Pilot: 17,000 NYC Customers In Six Months
Fast Company
Express Bus Service Linking Torrance And Long Beach To Start In May
Daily Breeze
High-Speed Rail...Or Fail? ("A bullet train official tries to answer tough questions about soaring costs and judging the risks of new technology. Can it be built faster, better and cheaper?")
Los Angeles Times
High-Speed Rail's Coming Battle: Powerful Land Owners
Orange County Register
Is This Duck Delaying Your Highway? (Investigates widely echoed Republican claims that environmental rules are a major reason why it takes so long to build highways and bridges, and finds scant evidence to back up the claims. A major piece of the GOP transportation bill released this week would streamline environmental review procedures to speed up approval and construction of highway projects. However, only 4% of federal highway projects require an Environmental Impact Statement from federal agencies in the first place)
Washington Post
LA Convention Center To Become "LACOEX," Expansion Reaches Toward Football Stadium
Blog Downtown
Less Parking Required In New Atwater Pedestrian District
Curbed LA
Meet LACOEX, LA's Proposed New Elevated Convention Center
Curbed LA
More Cell Phones On NYC Subway
Transportation Nation
Not Everyone Opposes High-Speed Rail
Orange County Register
On The Road: Will Heavy Truckloads Ruin Roads?
Riverside Press-Enterprise
The Oz Of Los Angeles Traffic Lights
The Atlantic: Cities
Park 101 Panel (February 16 : Panel discussion regarding cap park for the 101 freeway)
Caltrans District 7
Park 101 District Website
Pomona Hopes To Close Some Streets To Cars For A Biking, Jogging And Walking Event
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Raise Fares Or Cut Service Or...? More "New Normal" Considerations For Transit Agencies
Progressive Railroading
A Rational Approach To Rail: New Priorities -- Start In Urban Areas, Build On What's In Place -- Could Propel The Bullet Train
Los Angeles Times
Ready To Fight? The House GOP Bill Leaves Little Choice
StreetsBlog Network
SCAG Adopts High-Speed Rail Agreement
Pasadena Star-News
SCAG And San Gabriel Valley Embrace HSR Alignment
California High Speed Rail Blog
Shocker: Bev Hills Study Says Subway Under BHHS Is Unsafe
Curbed LA
Speaker Boehner Faces Tough Test On $260 Billion Transportation Bill
The Hill
Supervisor Speaks Up On Studio Plan (Burbank officials "argued that the report used inaccurate assumptions, including one that projected roughly 20% of the new residents would use public transportation instead of driving their own vehicles.")
Burbank Leader
Synthesis Of Information Related To Transit Problems (10p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Problem
Time To Fight ("Actions by members of the U.S. House over the past week suggest that Republican opposition to the funding of alternative transportation has developed into an all-out ideological battle.")
The Transport Politic
Today In History: How The Treaty Of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Defined Our Neighborhood Boundaries
KCET
Transit-Oriented Preservation
Shelterforce
Upland Plans Gracious, But Denser, Downtown
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Urbanflow: A City's Information, Visualized In Real Time ("Combining a map, tourist information, and data about the city’s services, a new system is making Helsinki truly transparent.")
Fast Company Exist
Who Still Likes The House Transpo Bill? Big Oil, Big Truck, And Big Box Retail
StreetsBlog DC
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