July 3 & 4: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (The Mount Lowe Railway and Pacific Electric's line to Long Beach open)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
3 County Supes Become The Challenge To Extending Measure R
City Watch
Blazing A Bike And Pedestrian Path By The Orange Line: The Path Is Being Billed As The Longest "Transit-Adjacent" Bikeway Of Its Kind In Los Angeles County
Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
Caltrans Releases Draft EIR On 710 Expansion For Review
Long Beach Gazettes
Closure Coming To 210 Ahead Of Bridge Work
Glendora Patch
Congress OKs Transportation Bill Expected To Speed Up L.A. Projects
Century City Patch
Construction Authority Attempts To Separate From Troubled Regional Agency
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Editorial: Revamped Bullet Train Plan Deserves Green Light
San Francisco Chronicle
Federal Transportation Bill A Disappointment, Leaving States To Take Up Mantle Of Reform
Mobilizing The Region
Foster Teens Get Free Ride On LA Metro
Santa Clarita Valley News
Gold Line Foothill Extension Funding Still Up In The Air Following Metro's Measure R Vote
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
How Much Will New Federal Safety Mandates Cost Transit Agencies?
StreetsBlog Network
In Traffic? Next Time, Use An App
New York Times
LaHood Thanks Congress For Passing Highway Bill
The Hill
Metro To Pick Up Cost Of Bus, Train Rides For Thousands In Foster Program
Los Angeles Daily News
New Metro Orange Line Station In Chatsworth Adds Four Miles To The Bus Line
CSUN Daily Sundial
NFL Commish Says LA Stadium Should Be Able To Host 2 Teams
Curbed LA
Notice Of Preparation (NOP) Of An Environmental Impact Report (EIR): 40+ Miles Of Bike Lanes
LADOT Bike Blog
Opinion: While Washington Is Divided, America's Mayors Are Leading The Way ("Los Angeles is one of the most diverse cities in the country. You can hear 224 languages spoken in our neighborhoods, on our streets, and at our plazas. Angelenos hail from over 140 countries, and we have the largest population of Mexicans, Armenians, and Koreans outside of their home country, just to name a few. Last week was an important first step with passage of a Surface Transportation Bill that included America Fast Forward. This innovative federal loan program will allow Los Angeles and cities across this country to speed the expansion of their transit systems while accelerating the creation of one million jobs. Let’s build on that momentum to take on the tough challenges.")
National Journal
Plan: Freeway Widening To 14 Lanes From Sea To L.A. ("An EIR for the charged 710 proposal is taking public input for 60 days. The 710 would add 2 lanes and have a 4-lane trucks-only freeway from Port of Long Beach to L.A. but claim 400 homes and businesses.")
Belmont Shores-Naples Patch
Scenes From Orange Line Extension's Opening Day In The Valley
Curbed LA
SF Has Turned 30 Car Parking Spots Into 336 Bike Parking Spots
San Francisco Chronicle
Subway Mosaic, Best Public Art In America?
Transportation Nation
Transpo Bill Compromise Isn't Progress
Next American City
Transportation Bill: An Early Christmas Present Or A Lump Of Coal?
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Transportation Bill Heading To President Obama's Desk
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Transportation Conflict Resurfaces For Gov. Jerry Brown ("Brown's plan, due to go into effect today, would consolidate a number of state agencies and hitherto independent commissions into a new array of superagencies.")
Sacramento Bee
Under New Bill, America's Transpo Loan Program Ignores National Goals
StreetsBlog DC
U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $29 Million To Help Veterans And Military Families Connect To Jobs And More By Tapping Local Transportation
U.S. DOT Press Release
Welcome To The Bike Wars. City Announces Meetings For Bike Plan EIR
StreetsBlog LA
Why Environmental Reports Are Slowing Down Big Projects
The Atlantic: Cities
Winners And Losers In Highway Battle
The Hill
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7/02/2012
Orange Line Extension, MAP-21, Measure R+, Gold Line Foothill Extension, HSR & More
$17B Transit Bill Would Extend Sales Tax Hike Through 2069
CBS Los Angeles
401 Broadway Proposal In Santa Monica Goes From Car-Free To Robo-Garage
StreetsBlog LA
Advancing High-Speed Rail Policy In The United States (88p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Advocates: Transpo Bill Ignores Trends, Shrinks From 21st Century Challenges
StreetsBlog DC
Amenity Or Necessity? Street Standards As Parking Policy (66p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
America's Generation Y Not Driven To Drive ("From 2001 to 2009, the average annual number of vehicle-miles traveled by people ages 16-34 dropped 23 percent, from 10,300 to 7,900, the survey found. Gen Y-ers, also known as Millennials, tend to ride bicycles, take public transit and rely on virtual media. More than a quarter of Millennials - 26 percent - lacked a driver's license in 2010, up 5 percentage points from 2000, the Federal Highway Administration reported.")
Reuters
Buses, Limos And Shuttles At LAX Cited In Inspection Crackdown
Los Angeles Times
California Bullet Train Vote: High-Speed Rail Faces Contentious Decision
Huffington Post
Cash For Gold, Yes; Cash For Gold Line, No
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Central Cities Now Growing Faster Than Suburbs, Confirming Trends For Walkable Lifestyles, Shorter Commutes
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Cheat Sheet For MAP-21, New Federal Transportation Bill (Concise breakdown of what is in the bill, what is not, in two parts)
Transportation Issues Daily
Cheat Sheet Part 2
Congress OKs Transportation Bill Expected To Speed Up L.A. Projects
Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
Congress Passes Major Transportation Bill, Preserving The Status Quo ("MAP-21 will provide federal funding for highways and transit over the next 27 months. Passing the bill was an accomplishment for a do-little Congress, but serious issues about how to pay for transportation in the future have yet to be resolved. Nonetheless, there are some interesting features in the bill for new transit capital projects.")
The Transport Politic
Driverless Transport Pods Finally Starting To Catch On
GOOD
EIR For 710 Corridor Project Released For Review
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Expansion Of Measure R Half-Cent Sales Tax To Hit Ballot In November
NBC Los Angeles
Federal Transportation Bill Includes America Fast Forward Provisions
StreetsBlog LA
Gold Line Foothill Extension Funding Still Up In The Air Following Metro's Measure R Vote
Pasadena Star-News
HSR Is Good For The Economy -- And Good For The Budget
California High Speed Rail Blog
How Smart Should Our Maps Be? (The future of maps isn't directions, it's information)
The Atlantic: Cities
How The Transportation Bill Failed America ("Lawmakers had the opportunity to achieve transformative change. They didn’t seize it.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Hundreds Ride The New Orange Line Buses For Free This Weekend ("Metro held two separate community shindigs on Saturday, one in Canoga Park and the other in Chatsworth in celebration of the new four-mile dedicated busway and bike path along Canoga Avenue.")
Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
LA Starts Process To Close Gaps In The Backbone Bike Network
Curbed LA
Long Beach 710 Freeway To Expand to 14 Lanes
KABC Los Angeles
Long Beach To Cut Seal Beach Bus Service After Charges Of Racism
Los Angeles Times
Mayor Applauds Passage Of Federal Transportation Bill ("$101 billion plan passed today that could bring light rail through the Sepulveda Pass, as well as a Westside subway extension.")
Sherman Oaks Patch
Metro Offers Free Rides All Weekend Long To Mark Orange Line Extension
CBS Los Angeles
Metro's Orange Line Debuts, Offers Free Rides (video)
KABC Los Angeles
No Train For You: Gold Line Stops At Azusa
KCET
O.C. Toll Roads To Stop Taking Cash, Cut Toll-Booth Jobs ("The county is looking to save money by eliminating toll booth operators and phasing out cash payments, in addition to raising toll rates.")
Los Angeles Times
Orange Line Busway Extension Draws Thousands
Los Angeles Daily News
Orange Line Extension Opens With Free Rides
Los Angeles Times
Origins: The Street Names Of Sherman Oaks
Sherman Oaks Patch
Perceived And Actual Wait Time Measurement At Transit Stops Using Bluetooth (27p. PDF)
Transportation Northwest
Photos: Orange Line Opens For Riders (photo gallery)
Los Angeles Daily News
Public Transit Routing And Layer Now Available In The Google Maps API
Google Geo Developers Blog
Seeking Common Ground To Solve Our Transportation Problems (What does the President of Shell Oil add to a panel on smart transportation?)
The Atlantic
Southern California's Mobility 21 Applauds Passage Of Federal Transportation Bill
Business Wire
Still Much To Accomplish, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Says, As Clock Ticks On His Term
Los Angeles Daily News
The Tea Party's Selective Disdain For Transportation Subsidies
StreetsBlog Network
U.S. Politicians Slash Bike Funding
Bike Biz
Why America's Love Affair With Cars Is No Accident ("The auto industry campaigned against the relatively bloody rise of cars in the early 20th century via TV, the term "jaywalker" and school safety patrols.")
Scientific American
Will California Bite The High-Speed Rail Bullet?
BBC
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6/29/2012
Measure R+, Orange Line, Union Station, Walk/Ped & More
Big U.S. Cities Boom As Young Adults Shun Suburbs
Detroit News
Blazing A Path By The New Orange Line ("The rapid transit busway features a dedicated bicycle/pedestrian path that’s being billed as the longest “transit-adjacent” bikeway of its kind in Los Angeles County. The path runs next to the new 4-mile northward extension of the Orange Line, which opens to the public this weekend with free bus rides on Saturday and Sqaunday, and connects with the original line’s 14-mile bikeway for a total of 18 miles.")
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Conference Bill Preserves Transit Funding, Wastes Opportunities For Progress
StreetsBlog DC
Congress Set To OK Bill That Would Help Fund L.A. Transit Projects
Los Angeles Times
Fate Of California High-Speed Rail Is Iffy In State Senate
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Gold Line Official Calls Metro's Ballot Measure Illegal
Monrovia Patch
Grimshaw And Gruen Score Contract For Union Station Master Plan In Los Angeles
Architectural Record
A High-Speed Rail Dream Unrealized: America's Vision Of Replicating Europe's Flashy, High Speed Trains Is Quickly Fading As Many Obstacles Stand In The Way
Crosscut
Jerry Brown Signs Budget That Relies On Voter-Backed Tax Hikes ("The governor signs a budget that makes deep cuts to social services and assumes that voters will pass $8 billion in tax hikes in November.")
Los Angeles Times
Little Tokyo's Third Street Getting Ped-Friendly Street Updates
Curbed LAG
Measure R Sales Tax Could Be Extended Another 30 Years
LAist
Metro Approves Measure R Extension As Way To Possibly Fund Gold Line Extension Through To Claremont
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Metro Board Approves Grimshaw/Gruen Team To Create Master Plan For L.A. Union Station And 40-Acre Site
MarketWatch
Metro Board Backs Sales Tax Extension For November Ballot
Los Angeles Daily News
Metro Board: Let The People Vote On Extending Sales Tax
StreetsBlog LA
Metro Endorses Measure R Sales Tax Extension ("Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said the extension had a high risk of failing, because of state tax increases that will be before voters in November.")
Lynwood Patch
Metro Officials Endorse Measure To Extend Half Cent Sales Tax
Los Angeles Times
[D.C.] Metro, Other Transit Agencies To Gain Safety Oversight From Federal Agency In New Law
Washington Post
Metro Votes To Extend Measure R
Beverly Hills Courier
Metrolink Expanding Weekend Service In San Clemente
Orange County Register
Possible Speedier Finish Times For 7 Rail Lines As Transpo Tax Extension Moves Ahead
Curbed LA
SunLine Approves Riverside Bus Plan ("Early-morning commuters will have another form of transportation between Riverside and the Coachella Valley beginning in September.")
Desert Sun
Team Picked To Reimagine Union Station And Surroundings
Curbed LA
Transpo Bill Cuts Bike/Ped Funding, Lets Strates Spend It On Left-Turn Lanes
StreetsBlog DC
Transportation Bill Inching Forward To Passage
Politico
Trulia's New Maps Show Your Commute Time From Your New House (Want to know how long it will take to pick up the kids at school, drive to your favorite restaurant or the baseball game, take the bus to the park? And all at once? Trulia's new innovative map does just that)
Fast Company Design
US Congress To Vote On Transportation, Student Loan Bill (Today)
Reuters
Which States Do The Most (And Least) To Support Biking And Walking?
StreetsBlog Network
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6/28/2012
Tentative Transpo Bill, HSR, Grand Park, Expo Line, Gold Line & More
Battle Lines Drawn In High Speed Rail Vote
StreetsBlog LA
Boxer Confirms That Some Bike/Ped Protections Remain In Final Bill
StreetsBlog DC
City Asks For Input On Third Street Improvements
Rafu Shimpo
Complete Streets Provision Eliminated From Final Transpo Bill
StreetsBlog DC
Congress Readies Transportation Plan With Focus On Roads
Business Week
DTLA's Civic Park Partially Opens (With Dance Party) In Late July
Curbed LA
First Stage Of Expo Line Complete With Opening Of Culver City Station
Culver City News
Grand Park Set For Partial Opening On July 26
Los Angeles Downtown News
House Puts Brakes On Taxing Cars By The Mile
The Hill
How The Feds Are Building More Sustainable Cities
The Atlantic: Cities
It's A Deal: Conference Committee Reaches Agreement
StreetsBlog DC
L.A. City Council Allocates $500K In Former CRA Funds For Broken Sidewalks In Northeast San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles Daily News
L.A. County Budget Approved With New Spending, No Deep Cuts ("The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a $24.53-billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, its first in four years without significant cuts in public services.")
Los Angeles Daily News
Long Beach Calls Seal Beach Racist, Pulls Buses
Orange County Register
Metro's Gold Line Comments "Extremely Disappointing," GLCA CEO Says
Monrovia Patch
Mica: Transpo Bill Lasts Through September 2014
StreetsBlog DC
On Congestion Charging: Carrot Or Stick?...Mixed Responses
Transportation Nation
Orange Line Busway Is Metro's Quiet Success Story ("The Orange Line in the San Fernando Valley, which will soon be extended, has prompted a new focus on the role of rapid buses in L.A.'s transit plans.")
Los Angeles Times
Rails-To-Trails: Final Transpo Bill "Bad News For America"
StreetsBlog Network
San Francisco Taxis Put On Notice With Peer-To-Peer Ridesharing Service
GOOD
Tentative Deal Reached On 2-Year Transportation Bill
New York Times
That's A Lot Of T Tokens: MBTA Has 3.4 Million Unused Coins To Get Rid Of
Bostinno
These Transit Riding Politicians Don't Support Public Transit (Many people don't realize that Congress has its very own subway system under the Capitol)
The Atlantic: Cities
Train Stops In Azusa: No Measure R2 For Gold Line To Claremont
Curbed LA
US Gasoline Prices Cheapest Since January
Associated Press
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6/27/2012
LA's Bike Share, 405, Measure R+, Gold Line, TAP, Westside Subway, Biking Data, Transpo Bill & More
2010 Bike Commuting Data Released
League Of American Cyclists
1,000 Days With No Transpo Bill. How Much Longer Will The Wait Last?
StreetsBlog DC
Analysis Of Bicycling Trends And Policies In Large North American Cities: Lessons From New York (63p. PDF)
Rutgers University / Virginia Tech University
Behind The Scenes Of Bike Nation's Deal With Los Angeles
StreetsBlog LA
Commentary: Subway Debate Turns Uncivil, Nasty
Westwood-Century City Patch
Drivers Test 405 Freeway Commute Without Wilshire Boulevard Ramps
NBC Los Angeles
Editorial: Measure R Is A Transit Tax; We Don't Need To Mess It Up By Extending It Indefinitely
Long Beach Press-Telegram
First Expo-Adjacent Mixed-Use Starting Work In Culver City
Curbed LA
House Rejects Further Cuts To Transportation Spending Bill
The Hill
More Murals Unveiled On The Hollywood Freeway
Caltrans District 7
MTA Executive: Gold Line Not Part Of New Measure R Plan
Pasadena Star-News
Our View: Keep ACE Funds In Measure R
Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority
Proposal To Extend Measure R: Lots Of Unanswered Questions
CityWatch
Public Transportation: Communities Of Health And Prosperity (Infographic explains numerous benefits of transit)
Credit Donkey
Report: Driving Less Won't Hurt The Economy
OTREC
A Take Out Order Of The Westside Subway Extension
Huffington Post
TAP Card Now Good For Transit On LA City Buses ("City DASH buses will now accept the "smart card" pass known as TAP (Transit Access Pass) that the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority uses.")
West Hollywood Patch
Transit Struggle: Holding Onto Affordable Housing (subscription required for full content : "Across America, rail and bus rapid transit (BRT) lines have proliferated during the past decade. Los Angeles will have a total of 71 light-rail and BRT stations operating by the end of this year...As growing numbers of middle- and upper-income Americans choose to live within walking distance of transit, the price of housing near rail and BRT lines is rising and may well escalate.")
Better Cities & Towns
Transportation Bill Is Critical For America's Productivity And Competitiveness (video)
Brookings
Vehicle Miles Traveled And Economic Growth
Cyclicious
Where Did The Senate Get The Extra Money To Pay For Its Bill?
StreetsBlog DC
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6/26/2012
Expo Line, 405 Ramps, Measure R+, TIGER, Green Buildings, HSR & More
June 26: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (A major thoroughfare is dedicated 75 years ago today)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Bicyclists And Other Cyclists (5p. PDF : A traffic safety facts sheet that compiles 2010 statistics on pedalcyclist fatalities and injuries in traffic crashes)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Call To Local Artists For Expoline Metro Station Art
Boulevard Sentinel Daily
City Looking Towards New Lynwood Breeze Trolley And Accompanying Contractor
Lynwood Patch
Community Open House: Gold Line Foothill Extension
Arcadia Patch
Drivers Test 405 Freeway Commute Without Wilshire Boulevard Ramps
NBC Los Angeles
Expo Line Gets Mixed Reviews So Far; Metro Says Issues With The New Train Are Normal
Blog Downtown
Families And Transit-Oriented Development: Creating Complete Communities For All (28p. PDF : Santa Monica is one of the featured case-studies)
Reconnecting America
Google Brings Free Wi-Fi To Some New York Subway Stations
New York Times
Green Building's Growing Pains ("A fresh generation of green building evaluation mechanisms is gaining popularity in the United States, signaling a new phase in the industry’s engagement with environmental and sustainability issues, one in which simple building certification is no longer enough and the commercial real estate marketplace is increasingly having to negotiate a variety of new building codes, additional ratings systems, and even performance measures.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Guide For Optimizing The Effectiveness And Efficiency Of Roadway Lighting (38p. PDF)
New York State Energy Research And Development Authority
Has South America's Most Sustainable City Lost Its Edge? (Transit usage and automobile usage is up is down in Curitiba, Brazil, the birthplace of bus rapid transit)
The Atlantic: Cities
Measuring The Odds For Measure R+
StreetsBlog LA
MTA Pitches A Permanent Measure R Sales Tax
Los Angeles Daily News
Port Accepts $17 Million Grant To Further "Green Port Gateway"
Long Beach Post
Slippery Road Detection And Evaluation (64p. PDF)
Michigan Department Of Transportation
Temporary Extension May Be Necessary Even If Lawmakers Reach Highway Bill Deal
The Hill
TIGER A Good Start For Nation's Transit Agencies
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Transit Funding Cuts Are Putting Bus Drivers In Danger
StreetsBlog DC
Transit Riders Get New Option To Pay Fares: LADOT Will Now Accept The TAP Card With The Elimination Of Paper Passes And Trip Tickets
Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options To Support Public Transit, Highways, And Local Streets And Roads? Results From Year 3 Of A National survey
(104p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Wheel, Rail Or Sail, Transit Prices Are Going Up
San Francisco Examiner
Why Bother? ("This is an awful lot of hoopla for a milk-toast two-year highway bill as the best possible outcome. Is it worth it? What's the difference between six months and 15 months? Won't state transportation departments be reeling under the severe pressures of budget uncertainty no matter what happens? Why should the transportation community kill themselves to lobby for a bill that will be obsolete almost as soon as the ink is dry?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Will California Be Left Behind As Globe Embraces HSR? ("If you get off the bullet train at LA Union Station in 2030, around the time the system is fully built out, you can actually board a train to get to most places you’ll want to go. Already LA’s rail system is better than most people realize and it gets heavy usage.")
California High Speed Rail Blog
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Bicyclists And Other Cyclists (5p. PDF : A traffic safety facts sheet that compiles 2010 statistics on pedalcyclist fatalities and injuries in traffic crashes)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Call To Local Artists For Expoline Metro Station Art
Boulevard Sentinel Daily
City Looking Towards New Lynwood Breeze Trolley And Accompanying Contractor
Lynwood Patch
Community Open House: Gold Line Foothill Extension
Arcadia Patch
Drivers Test 405 Freeway Commute Without Wilshire Boulevard Ramps
NBC Los Angeles
Expo Line Gets Mixed Reviews So Far; Metro Says Issues With The New Train Are Normal
Blog Downtown
Families And Transit-Oriented Development: Creating Complete Communities For All (28p. PDF : Santa Monica is one of the featured case-studies)
Reconnecting America
Google Brings Free Wi-Fi To Some New York Subway Stations
New York Times
Green Building's Growing Pains ("A fresh generation of green building evaluation mechanisms is gaining popularity in the United States, signaling a new phase in the industry’s engagement with environmental and sustainability issues, one in which simple building certification is no longer enough and the commercial real estate marketplace is increasingly having to negotiate a variety of new building codes, additional ratings systems, and even performance measures.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Guide For Optimizing The Effectiveness And Efficiency Of Roadway Lighting (38p. PDF)
New York State Energy Research And Development Authority
Has South America's Most Sustainable City Lost Its Edge? (Transit usage and automobile usage is up is down in Curitiba, Brazil, the birthplace of bus rapid transit)
The Atlantic: Cities
Measuring The Odds For Measure R+
StreetsBlog LA
MTA Pitches A Permanent Measure R Sales Tax
Los Angeles Daily News
Port Accepts $17 Million Grant To Further "Green Port Gateway"
Long Beach Post
Slippery Road Detection And Evaluation (64p. PDF)
Michigan Department Of Transportation
Temporary Extension May Be Necessary Even If Lawmakers Reach Highway Bill Deal
The Hill
TIGER A Good Start For Nation's Transit Agencies
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Transit Funding Cuts Are Putting Bus Drivers In Danger
StreetsBlog DC
Transit Riders Get New Option To Pay Fares: LADOT Will Now Accept The TAP Card With The Elimination Of Paper Passes And Trip Tickets
Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options To Support Public Transit, Highways, And Local Streets And Roads? Results From Year 3 Of A National survey
(104p. PDF)
Mineta Transportation Institute
Wheel, Rail Or Sail, Transit Prices Are Going Up
San Francisco Examiner
Why Bother? ("This is an awful lot of hoopla for a milk-toast two-year highway bill as the best possible outcome. Is it worth it? What's the difference between six months and 15 months? Won't state transportation departments be reeling under the severe pressures of budget uncertainty no matter what happens? Why should the transportation community kill themselves to lobby for a bill that will be obsolete almost as soon as the ink is dry?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Will California Be Left Behind As Globe Embraces HSR? ("If you get off the bullet train at LA Union Station in 2030, around the time the system is fully built out, you can actually board a train to get to most places you’ll want to go. Already LA’s rail system is better than most people realize and it gets heavy usage.")
California High Speed Rail Blog
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6/25/2012
Measure R+, Orange Line Extension, Expo Line Ridership, "Rampture", Metrolink, Bullet Train, LA Parking & More
Advocates Plea To Boxer: Save Funds For Safe Streets, Don't Let House Gut NEPA
StreetsBlog LA
Authority Puts $1.75M Toward Metrolink Train Station ("New Metrolink site would be a big boost to Antelope Valley line, official says.")
Burbank Leader
Boehner Masks GOP Attack On Safe Streets By Opposing Flowers
StreetsBlog DC
California Bullet Train Faces Tough Vote In Senate ("Gov. Jerry Brown is requesting $6 billion to start construction in the Central Valley, but some senators hope to distribute the funds elsewhere.")
Los Angeles Times
Caltech Bicyclists Seek East-West Corridors Through Pasadena
Pasadena Star-News
Caltrans Renters Gripe To Auditors ("Residents in homes in the 710 gap are full of complaints about living conditions.")
Pasadena Sun
City Plans For Development Around Rail Stations ("With Metrolink expecting to begin service to Redlands at five rail stops later this decade, the City Council last week took an early step toward planning for development around the stations.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Confessions Of A Straphanger (Interview with author Taras Grescoe : "Even Los Angeles, I stayed downtown at the Biltmore. I rented a car for a little while, but I ended up discovering a whole different side of the city because I was in proximity to the Los Angeles subway, which a lot of people don't know exists.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Los Angeles & The Straphanger: Surviving The End Of The Automobile Age (" Grescoe writes extensively about the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, our “tortuous” freeway system, the Bus Riders Union, plans for a Westside Subway Extension, “the trouble with Downtown,” transit-oriented development and more.")
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
County Officials Fight To Keep Transit Funds Loophole
Ventura County Star
Do You Drive The 405 In Westwood? New Website Shows How Rampture Impacts Your Commute
StreetsBlog LA
Rampture Calculator
Drivers On The 10 Get Ready To Pay For Carpool Lane (Includes map and infographic)
Pasadena Star-News
Editorial: Can L.A. Afford An Indefinite Tax For Transit? ("Extending Measure R's sales tax increase to speed up planned public transit projects could create financial problems down the road.")
Los Angeles Times
Global Visions Of Bullet Trains ("In the international race to build bullet trains, California is not only getting crushed by the likes of France and Japan, but also Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan.")
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Jerry Brown Suggests High-Speed Rail CEQA Proposal Only Delayed
Sacramento Bee
L.A. Expo Line Opens Two More Rail Stations; Ridership Still Very Low
Reason
L.A. River Excursion: Bicycle Journey To Long Beach
KCET
MTA To Vote On Putting Indefinite Extension Of Measure R Tax Measure On Ballot
Daily Breeze
New Federal Office Building Planned At Civic Center Site ("General Services Administration plans to exchange Old Courthouse for Construction of new building.")
Los Angeles Downtown News
Orange Line Could Boost Valley Business ("Proprietors of stores, restaurants and other establishments along the extension are already taking steps to turn passengers into customers.")
Los Angeles Daily News
Proposed Streetcar Would Connect Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove ("Imagine a streetcar that would allow you to get off a Metrolink train in Santa Ana, maybe take care of some business in the Civic Center, and then head to the Anaheim Resort for the evening. Or, would take you from your home in Garden Grove to your job at Disneyland or west Santa Ana. Three cities -- Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Anaheim -- are moving ahead with plans to develop a fixed guideway to connect people, jobs and entertainment destinations.")
Orange County Register
"Ramp Jam" Is LA's Latest Freeway Fright Fest
Associated Press
Reading The TEA (LU) Leaves: This Week Determines An Extension Or New Bill
Transportation Issues Daily
Review Of The 21st Century Truck Partnership, 2nd Report (191p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
Santa Monica Pedestrian Action Plan To Make Sidewalks More Friendly
Santa Monica Mirror
Santa Monica Traffic: Is It Really So Bad? (Part 1)
StreetsBlog LA
Signalized Crosswalk Coming For Sunset And Vista ("Small victories such as this one will be common place as the advocacy network of people concerned with safe streets continues to grow.")
StreetsBlog LA
Streetcar Tax Study Begins: Vote On Tax To Pay For Project Could Come By End Of Year
Los Angeles Downtown News
Top 10 Reasons Sen. Boxer Must Keep Her Word On Bike/Ped Programs
StreetsBlog DC
Traffic Troubles Near Wilshire Boulevard And 405 Freeway Ramps May Be Biblical
Los Angeles Daily News
Transit Guide To L.A.
Caltech Bike Lab
"Transformative" Bike Projects Win Big In Fourth Round Of TIGER Grants
StreetsBlog DC
What You Need To Know About The Ongoing 405 Freeway Wilshire Ramp Closures
Santa Monica Mirror
Who Needs Parking? Who Wants Parking? A Debate About AB 904 (June 26 : "Are you available...to join us in a lively roundtable discussion about AB 904 and parking policy reform? We'd love to hear your perspective!")
AIA Los Angeles / The Planning Report
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