9/12/2012
Metro Advertising, Carmeggedon II, Amtrak, Santa Monica Bikeshare, MAP-21 & More
September 12: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (End of the line for the L.A.'s Greyhound station jointly operated with Southern California Rapid Transit District)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
AIDS Walk Los Angeles Protests Santa Monica Bus Systems' Ad Ban ("For the last five years, the Big Blue Buses have carried the group's ads. But the city is halting the practice because it bans non-commercial advertising.")
Los Angeles Times
Amtrak Maintains Strong Security Posture To Keep Passengers Safe
Amtrak News Release
Amtrak Should Exit Commuter-Rail Business, Mica Says
Bloomberg
Carmageddon II: Freeway Closures Starting This Weekend
South Pasadena Patch
Carmageddon II On 405 Means Discounts, Deals To Keep You Home
Los Angeles Daily News
CBS In Nasty Fight For Los Angeles MTA Advertising Contract ("CBS, which this year received MTA approval on a $110-million bid to renew its contract for an additional five years from 2013 through 2018, is trying to derail a rival's effort to get that winning bid overturned.")
Los Angeles Times
China Racing Past Competitors To Expand City Subways
StreetsBlog Network
Extra $500K Given To Santa Monica For Its Bike Share Program
Santa Monica Patch
High-Speed Rail Agency Tries To Ease Farmers' Fears
Fresno Bee
How Highway Spending Could Become As Transparent As Bike/Ped Spending
StreetsBlog DC
National Transit Database
Federal Transit Administration
L.A. Officials Avoiding Carmageddon Scare Tactics This Time ("For Carmageddon II, L.A. officials and business leaders are relying on discounts and special events to encourage Angelenos to leave their cars at home.")
Los Angeles Times
LA Rail Lines Far Exceed Previous Bus Service
Riverside Press-Enterprise
The Next Big Question Facing Cities: Will Millennials Stay?
The Atlantic Cities
SaMo's Big Bike Share Program Will Have Rental Stations In LA
Curbed LA
Sen. Boxer Wants Boehner To Restore Transportation Funding
The Hill
Urban Designers Are From Mars, Transit Planners Are From Venus
Human Transit
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9/11/2012
TAP, Expo Line, Gold Line, Metrolink, Bus Ads, Amtrak, Bike Lanes, APTA & More
September 11: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Los Angeles' all-night "Owl Service" begins on this date in 1906)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Amtrak Funding In Crosshairs In Presidential Race
Associated Press
Amtrak On Track To Set Rider Record
Politico
APTA Elects Officers, New Board Members
Progressive Railroading
BART's Record Setting August
California High Speed Rail Blog
Bike-Lane Cultural Revolution Pokes Along In Some Cities
USA Today
Boosting Ridership By Replacing Buses With Rail
The Atlantic: Cities
Concrete Ideas For Promoting Walkability
The Atlantic: Cities
Disappointing Contest Of The Day: America's Transportation Award
The Atlantic: Cities
Electric Drive By '25: How California Can Catalyze Mass Adoption Of Electric Vehicles By 2025 (32p. PDF)
Bank Of America / UC Berkeley Law / UCLA Law
Expo-Adjacent Murals Just Placeholding For Retail Project
Curbed LA
The Feds Lionize Mayors, But Forsake Their Cities ("At least until very recently, conversations about community development, transportation and infrastructure have necessarily been couched in the language of federalism — will the long fingers of the federal government stifle the good work being done by mayors? — rather than the language of place.")
Next American City
FHWA Offers A Guide For American Cities And Towns Considering Bike-Share
StreetsBlog DC
Bike Sharing In The United States: State Of The Practice And Guide To Implementation (68p. PDF)
Toole Design Group / Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Center for USDOT FHA
Gold Line Bridge Prompts Additional 210 Freeway Closures In Arcadia
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
LADOT Brings Bike Friendly Design To Yucca Street
StreetsBlog LA
Los Angeles Transportation Club Supports Students Through Endowment ("Though its civic namesake resides just slightly to the north, the Los Angeles Transportation Club has made Long Beach its business-activity hub for decades. Since the transportation-industry non-profit was founded in 1924, it has found a logical home in the rich aerospace, rail, shipping and maritime histories of the City by the Sea.")
Long Beach Post
Metrolink Previews $200-Million Crash Prevention System ("Four years after the Chatsworth disaster, Metrolink shows off its progress on a pioneering crash prevention project like the kind some in the railroad industry want to delay implementing.")
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink Previews New Safety System 2 Days Before Anniversary Of Chatsworth Wreck
Moorpark Patch
Metrolink PTC (video : How Metrolink's new "positive train control" works)
Metrolink via YouTube
Muni App Seeks To Improve Fleet, Crews
San Francisco Chronicle
Opinion: Caltrans The Root Of All Evil And Many Local Traffic Problems
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Ports Gone Green: A Brief History
Long Beach Business Journal
Remote-Controlled Brake System Unveiled To Prevent Metrolink Crash Repeat
CBS Los Angeles
Russia: High-Speed Rail Construction In Question
Mass Transit
Santa Monica Bans AIDS Walk Los Angeles Ads On Big Blue Bus Line
Examiner
Santa Monica Debates Content Of Bus Ads: Big Blue Isn't Supposed To Advertise Nonprofits
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Santa Monica Ramps Up Its Bike Share Program
LAist
State DOTs, Smart Growth Group Highlight How To Stretch Transportation Funds
Governing
Transit Goes Hybrid In San Francisco
Hybrid Cars
Unraveling Ped & Bike Tension In Santa Monica
StreetsBlog LA
Upper West Side Subway Stations To Get Wi-Fi And Cell Service This Fall
DNA.info New York
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Grant To Van Nuys
Corporate Jet Investor
What's On TAP? For Some, Confusion ("While thousands of regular and occasional Metro train riders seem to be adapting well to the agency’s new, mandatory TAP card system that’s rolling out this summer, first-timers, tourists and people who haven’t ridden Metro trains lately are encountering trouble on the tracks. Some seniors are complaining, too, about having a hard time finding the reduced-fare options on the ticket machines’ new menu of purchase alternatives.")
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Why China's Subway Boom Went Bust
The Atlantic: Cities
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Amtrak Funding In Crosshairs In Presidential Race
Associated Press
Amtrak On Track To Set Rider Record
Politico
APTA Elects Officers, New Board Members
Progressive Railroading
BART's Record Setting August
California High Speed Rail Blog
Bike-Lane Cultural Revolution Pokes Along In Some Cities
USA Today
Boosting Ridership By Replacing Buses With Rail
The Atlantic: Cities
Concrete Ideas For Promoting Walkability
The Atlantic: Cities
Disappointing Contest Of The Day: America's Transportation Award
The Atlantic: Cities
Electric Drive By '25: How California Can Catalyze Mass Adoption Of Electric Vehicles By 2025 (32p. PDF)
Bank Of America / UC Berkeley Law / UCLA Law
Expo-Adjacent Murals Just Placeholding For Retail Project
Curbed LA
The Feds Lionize Mayors, But Forsake Their Cities ("At least until very recently, conversations about community development, transportation and infrastructure have necessarily been couched in the language of federalism — will the long fingers of the federal government stifle the good work being done by mayors? — rather than the language of place.")
Next American City
FHWA Offers A Guide For American Cities And Towns Considering Bike-Share
StreetsBlog DC
Bike Sharing In The United States: State Of The Practice And Guide To Implementation (68p. PDF)
Toole Design Group / Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Center for USDOT FHA
Gold Line Bridge Prompts Additional 210 Freeway Closures In Arcadia
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
LADOT Brings Bike Friendly Design To Yucca Street
StreetsBlog LA
Los Angeles Transportation Club Supports Students Through Endowment ("Though its civic namesake resides just slightly to the north, the Los Angeles Transportation Club has made Long Beach its business-activity hub for decades. Since the transportation-industry non-profit was founded in 1924, it has found a logical home in the rich aerospace, rail, shipping and maritime histories of the City by the Sea.")
Long Beach Post
Metrolink Previews $200-Million Crash Prevention System ("Four years after the Chatsworth disaster, Metrolink shows off its progress on a pioneering crash prevention project like the kind some in the railroad industry want to delay implementing.")
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink Previews New Safety System 2 Days Before Anniversary Of Chatsworth Wreck
Moorpark Patch
Metrolink PTC (video : How Metrolink's new "positive train control" works)
Metrolink via YouTube
Muni App Seeks To Improve Fleet, Crews
San Francisco Chronicle
Opinion: Caltrans The Root Of All Evil And Many Local Traffic Problems
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Ports Gone Green: A Brief History
Long Beach Business Journal
Remote-Controlled Brake System Unveiled To Prevent Metrolink Crash Repeat
CBS Los Angeles
Russia: High-Speed Rail Construction In Question
Mass Transit
Santa Monica Bans AIDS Walk Los Angeles Ads On Big Blue Bus Line
Examiner
Santa Monica Debates Content Of Bus Ads: Big Blue Isn't Supposed To Advertise Nonprofits
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Santa Monica Ramps Up Its Bike Share Program
LAist
State DOTs, Smart Growth Group Highlight How To Stretch Transportation Funds
Governing
Transit Goes Hybrid In San Francisco
Hybrid Cars
Unraveling Ped & Bike Tension In Santa Monica
StreetsBlog LA
Upper West Side Subway Stations To Get Wi-Fi And Cell Service This Fall
DNA.info New York
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Grant To Van Nuys
Corporate Jet Investor
What's On TAP? For Some, Confusion ("While thousands of regular and occasional Metro train riders seem to be adapting well to the agency’s new, mandatory TAP card system that’s rolling out this summer, first-timers, tourists and people who haven’t ridden Metro trains lately are encountering trouble on the tracks. Some seniors are complaining, too, about having a hard time finding the reduced-fare options on the ticket machines’ new menu of purchase alternatives.")
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Why China's Subway Boom Went Bust
The Atlantic: Cities
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9/10/2012
ACE, BART, PCH, 405, Metrolink, Rail Cars, Parklets, Wilshire BRT & More
ACE, Industry Pushing Hard For Separation From COG ("The Alameda Corridor East (ACE) was started in 1999 as part of the COG to build railway underpasses throughout the region.")
Pasadena Star-News
Bay Area Rapid Transit Celebrates 40 Years Of Service (photo essay featuring early promotion and construction of BART which opened September 11, 1972)
Silicon Valley Mercury News
California Joins Nevada, Takes A Step Towards Autonomous "Robot" Cars
Treehugger
Caltrans To Close Transition Road From Northbound 405 To Northbound 605 Next 2 Weekends
Los Angeles Daily News
City Launches Interactive Site For PCH Study
Malibu Times
City To Begin On $1.5 Million Street Project (West Covina)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Commentary: Add Capacity To The Congested 405 Freeway (Orange County)
Daily Pilot
Councilmember Wants To Knock 2 Weeks Off Public Notice For Downtown NFL Stadium Approval
Curbed LA
Editorial: An L.A.-Friendly Football Stadium ("Though AEG'S downtown arena has clear public benefits and should go forward, the city should ensure that the public interest is protected.")
Los Angeles Times
Four Years Later, Survivors Of Metrolink Crash Still Hurting
Los Angeles Times
Metrolink Victims Claim Inadequate Compensation
Silicon Valley Mercury News
More Than 100 Trees Come Down In Inglewood To Make Way for Shuttle
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Muni App Seeks To Improve Fleet, Crews
San Francisco Chronicle
One Woman's Terrifying Tale Of Harassment On Metro
LAist
Rail Car Comparison: Chicago vs. New York (Detailed breakdown of specs comparing CTA and NY MTA rail cars)
Chicago Tribune
Recycling Project Of The Day: MetroCard Collages
The Atlantic: Cities
Road Repairs Face An Uphill Funding Battle
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Santa Monica Dial-A-Ride To Expand Thanks To Federal Grant
Santa Monica Mirror
UCLA Offers City Planners Manual For Creating Parklets, Living Streets
CivSource
Reclaiming The Right Way: A Toolkit For Creating And Implementing Parklets (173p. PDF)
UCLA Luskin School Of Public Affairs
Will China Have To Rebuild An HSR Line?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Wilshire Repaving To Start This Weekend, Ahead Of BRT Design
StreetsBlog LA
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9/07/2012
Next Transpo Bill, 710, Cargo Trucks, Bikeways, Metrolink, HSR, Carmageddon 2 & More
After 60 Years, The 710 Fight Doesn't End
Pasadena Star-News
Boxer Already Working On Next Transpo Bill
Politico
Council Roundup: Expo Line Phase II Preview...
Brentwood Patch
Electric Cargo Truck Developers Have To Be Ready For A Long Haul ("The CEO of a Poway company says there is still much work to do to make electric trucks a viable alternative to those that run on gasoline or natural gas.")
Los Angeles Times
Fare Game ("Sheriff says use-of-force victim is responsible for her own broken nose in Gold Line search.")
Pasadena Weekly
Full Speed Ahead: NACTO Releases Second Edition Of Urban Bikeway Design Guide
National Association Of City Transportation Officials
Improving ADA Paratransit Demand Estimation: Regional Modeling (105p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program
In D.C. Area, Developers Flock To "Walkable Urban"
Wall Street Journal
Long Beach Transit Introduces Buses That Use Natural Gas
Contra Costa Times
Mexico City Bike-Share Goes Big
StreetsBlog Network
Rep. Henry Waxman Discusses Obamacare, Medicare, Medi-Cal And Local Transportation
Beverly Hills Patch
Structural Work Complete For I-210 Gold Line Bridge
Monrovia Weekly
SunLine Shows Off New Riverside Service ("Twice daily bus service from Palm Desert to Riverside debuts on Monday.")
Palm Desert Patch
Survey: Most O.C. Riders Pleased With Metrolink Service
Orange County Register
Survey Results
Texas And California's Contrasting High-Speed Rail Attempts
Governing
Top 10 Transportation Projects In Country Compete For National Awards (Includes I-405/Sepulveda Pass Project-Mulholland Bridge Demolition)
AASHTO
Transportation Agencies Might Ban Disputed Ads
San Francisco Examiner
Uncovering L.A.'s Lost Streams ("By studying the maps, photographs, and other documents preserved in the region's archives, Hall has reconstructed a surprisingly wet L.A. landscape, braided with dozens of streams that now lie buried beneath streets and parking lots.")
LA as Subject via KCET
Weekend 405 Freeway Closure A Precursor To "Carmageddon 2"
CBS Los Angeles
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Pasadena Star-News
Boxer Already Working On Next Transpo Bill
Politico
Council Roundup: Expo Line Phase II Preview...
Brentwood Patch
Electric Cargo Truck Developers Have To Be Ready For A Long Haul ("The CEO of a Poway company says there is still much work to do to make electric trucks a viable alternative to those that run on gasoline or natural gas.")
Los Angeles Times
Fare Game ("Sheriff says use-of-force victim is responsible for her own broken nose in Gold Line search.")
Pasadena Weekly
Full Speed Ahead: NACTO Releases Second Edition Of Urban Bikeway Design Guide
National Association Of City Transportation Officials
Improving ADA Paratransit Demand Estimation: Regional Modeling (105p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program
In D.C. Area, Developers Flock To "Walkable Urban"
Wall Street Journal
Long Beach Transit Introduces Buses That Use Natural Gas
Contra Costa Times
Mexico City Bike-Share Goes Big
StreetsBlog Network
Rep. Henry Waxman Discusses Obamacare, Medicare, Medi-Cal And Local Transportation
Beverly Hills Patch
Structural Work Complete For I-210 Gold Line Bridge
Monrovia Weekly
SunLine Shows Off New Riverside Service ("Twice daily bus service from Palm Desert to Riverside debuts on Monday.")
Palm Desert Patch
Survey: Most O.C. Riders Pleased With Metrolink Service
Orange County Register
Survey Results
Texas And California's Contrasting High-Speed Rail Attempts
Governing
Top 10 Transportation Projects In Country Compete For National Awards (Includes I-405/Sepulveda Pass Project-Mulholland Bridge Demolition)
AASHTO
Transportation Agencies Might Ban Disputed Ads
San Francisco Examiner
Uncovering L.A.'s Lost Streams ("By studying the maps, photographs, and other documents preserved in the region's archives, Hall has reconstructed a surprisingly wet L.A. landscape, braided with dozens of streams that now lie buried beneath streets and parking lots.")
LA as Subject via KCET
Weekend 405 Freeway Closure A Precursor To "Carmageddon 2"
CBS Los Angeles
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9/06/2012
Expo To USC, 710 Extension, Space Shuttle, Expo News, Metrolink & More
710 Extension Denied...Again
Canyon News
Adapting To Climate Change: Building A Network Of Solutions (4p. PDF)
TR News
Approximately 8,000 Fans Took The Expo Line To The USC-Hawai'i Game This Past Weekend
StreetsBlog LA
Best Practices For Bicycle Trail Pavement Construction And Maintenance (96p. PDF)
Illinois Center For Transportation
A Better Way To Park In Santa Monica ("An app called SaMo Park lets you see all parking structures in Santa Monica, their prices, and real-time space availability.")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Can High Speed Rail Compete With Self-Driven Cars And All The Technology Of The Future?
Singularity Hub
Chicago Unveils 1st Pedestrian Safety Plan
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Pedestrian Plan Website
China Approves 25 Urban Rail Projects To Boost Economy ("Forty Chinese cities will have subway systems by 2020, bringing the total track length to 7,000 km, 4.3 times the current length.")
Xinhua
Creating Walkable And Bikeable Communities: A User Guide To Developing Pedestrian And Bicycle Master Plans (84p. PDF)
Portland State University Center For Transportation Studies
Democratic Platform's Scarce Words On Transportation Fail To Inspire
StreetsBlog DC
Editorial: Hug The Space Shuttle, Not The Trees ("The cutting of hundreds of trees so the shuttle Endeavour can move from LAX to Exposition Park is actually a benefit for the cities involved.")
Los Angeles Times
Exploring Airport Employee Commute And Parking Strategies (79p. PDF)
Airport Cooperative Research Program
Expo E-News, Summer 2012 (8p. PDF: Highlights the Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau and their work to keep the Expo Line safe, includes updates on the Expo Line Phase 1 opening community outreach efforts for the Expo Line Phase 2)
Build Expo
Fact-Checking Deval Patrick's Attack On Romney's Transpo Record
StreetsBlog DC
Health And Transportation: A Critical Intersection
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
High-Speed Rail Is Definitely Green ("A recent UC Berkeley study shows that an efficient high-speed rail network in California will reduce pollution and greenhouse-gas emissions.")
East Bay Express
L.A. County Hoping To Speed Up Transit Infrastructure Construction
Better Institutions
Latest Metro Expo Line A Sluggish Disappointment For L.A. Commuters
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Light Rail Helps Charlotte Avoid Tampa's Woes ("The two diverging paths taken by the cities has become ever more apparent these last two weeks as they have hosted the coronation parties of the Republicans and Democrats, the largest special events either city has ever hosted.")
Tampa Bay Times
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Metro's Bloody Mouth
StreetsBlog LA
[King County] Metro Prepares For "Ride Free" To Die Hard
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Next Major Real Estate Cycle: Walkable Urbanism?
The Atlantic: Cities
OCTA CEO: Educating The Next Generation Of Transportation Leaders
Metro Magazine
Officials Approve Plan For Metrolink Extension
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Op/Ed: Freeway Expansion Is A Pill For Poor Health
StreetsBlog LA
Portland: The Grid Is 30 Years Old...Thank A Planner!
Human Transit
Robot Cars Could Increase Highway Efficiency 273%: Study
NBC News
San Bernardino Train Extension Gathers Momentum
San Bernardino Sun
September Brings "Back To School" Jump In Traffic Congestion
StreetsBlog DC
A Summary Of Design, Policies And Operational Characteristics For Shared Bicycle/Bus Lanes (84p. PDF)
Florida Department Of Transportation
Transit And Transit-Oriented Development: The Sweet Spot For Jobs
Huffington Post
Transportation And Globalism
Urban Land Institute
The Very Mortal Life Of City Bus Drivers
The Atlantic: Cities
VISTA Accepting Bus Cards Again
Ventura County Star
What If We Supplied Hamburgers The Same Way We Supply Roads?
StreetsBlog Network
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Canyon News
Adapting To Climate Change: Building A Network Of Solutions (4p. PDF)
TR News
Approximately 8,000 Fans Took The Expo Line To The USC-Hawai'i Game This Past Weekend
StreetsBlog LA
Best Practices For Bicycle Trail Pavement Construction And Maintenance (96p. PDF)
Illinois Center For Transportation
A Better Way To Park In Santa Monica ("An app called SaMo Park lets you see all parking structures in Santa Monica, their prices, and real-time space availability.")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Can High Speed Rail Compete With Self-Driven Cars And All The Technology Of The Future?
Singularity Hub
Chicago Unveils 1st Pedestrian Safety Plan
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Pedestrian Plan Website
China Approves 25 Urban Rail Projects To Boost Economy ("Forty Chinese cities will have subway systems by 2020, bringing the total track length to 7,000 km, 4.3 times the current length.")
Xinhua
Creating Walkable And Bikeable Communities: A User Guide To Developing Pedestrian And Bicycle Master Plans (84p. PDF)
Portland State University Center For Transportation Studies
Democratic Platform's Scarce Words On Transportation Fail To Inspire
StreetsBlog DC
Editorial: Hug The Space Shuttle, Not The Trees ("The cutting of hundreds of trees so the shuttle Endeavour can move from LAX to Exposition Park is actually a benefit for the cities involved.")
Los Angeles Times
Exploring Airport Employee Commute And Parking Strategies (79p. PDF)
Airport Cooperative Research Program
Expo E-News, Summer 2012 (8p. PDF: Highlights the Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau and their work to keep the Expo Line safe, includes updates on the Expo Line Phase 1 opening community outreach efforts for the Expo Line Phase 2)
Build Expo
Fact-Checking Deval Patrick's Attack On Romney's Transpo Record
StreetsBlog DC
Health And Transportation: A Critical Intersection
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
High-Speed Rail Is Definitely Green ("A recent UC Berkeley study shows that an efficient high-speed rail network in California will reduce pollution and greenhouse-gas emissions.")
East Bay Express
L.A. County Hoping To Speed Up Transit Infrastructure Construction
Better Institutions
Latest Metro Expo Line A Sluggish Disappointment For L.A. Commuters
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Light Rail Helps Charlotte Avoid Tampa's Woes ("The two diverging paths taken by the cities has become ever more apparent these last two weeks as they have hosted the coronation parties of the Republicans and Democrats, the largest special events either city has ever hosted.")
Tampa Bay Times
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Metro's Bloody Mouth
StreetsBlog LA
[King County] Metro Prepares For "Ride Free" To Die Hard
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Next Major Real Estate Cycle: Walkable Urbanism?
The Atlantic: Cities
OCTA CEO: Educating The Next Generation Of Transportation Leaders
Metro Magazine
Officials Approve Plan For Metrolink Extension
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Op/Ed: Freeway Expansion Is A Pill For Poor Health
StreetsBlog LA
Portland: The Grid Is 30 Years Old...Thank A Planner!
Human Transit
Robot Cars Could Increase Highway Efficiency 273%: Study
NBC News
San Bernardino Train Extension Gathers Momentum
San Bernardino Sun
September Brings "Back To School" Jump In Traffic Congestion
StreetsBlog DC
A Summary Of Design, Policies And Operational Characteristics For Shared Bicycle/Bus Lanes (84p. PDF)
Florida Department Of Transportation
Transit And Transit-Oriented Development: The Sweet Spot For Jobs
Huffington Post
Transportation And Globalism
Urban Land Institute
The Very Mortal Life Of City Bus Drivers
The Atlantic: Cities
VISTA Accepting Bus Cards Again
Ventura County Star
What If We Supplied Hamburgers The Same Way We Supply Roads?
StreetsBlog Network
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9/05/2012
710, Expo/USC, High Speed Rail, Shared Bike Lanes, Metrolink and more...
400 trees to be removed for space shuttle Endeavour's L.A. arrival
Los Angeles Times
710 Extension Denied...Again
710 Extension Denied...Again
Transportation Research Board
CarmenitaGeddon: Cal Trans readies for ‘brief closures’ on 5 Freeway at Carmenita, Valley View
CarmenitaGeddon: Cal Trans readies for ‘brief closures’ on 5 Freeway at Carmenita, Valley View
CalPERS.ca.gov
Charlotte transit CEO Carolyn Flowers recommended for Jacksonville post
Charlotte transit CEO Carolyn Flowers recommended for Jacksonville post
BlogDowntown
Groups Challenge New LA Stadium
Groups Challenge New LA Stadium
Press Enterprise
Santa Monica Patch
Daily News
Better Bike
Using BRT as a Transit Band-Aid
The Atlantic - Cities
VISTA bus riders can again use Go Ventura Smartcards to pay their fares, the Ventura County Transportation Commission said Tuesday.
Ventura County Star
Why America Needs More Robotic Parking
Using BRT as a Transit Band-Aid
The Atlantic - Cities
VISTA bus riders can again use Go Ventura Smartcards to pay their fares, the Ventura County Transportation Commission said Tuesday.
Ventura County Star
Why America Needs More Robotic Parking
The Atlantic - Cities
California High Speed Rail Blog
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9/04/2012
710, Beverly Hills, Expo Development, Gold Line Foothill, Metrolink, Amtrak, World's Longest Bus and more...
2 rebuilt 405 Freeway ramps reopen early
Sacramento Bee
About Metro Rail & Pacific Electric & Los Angeles Railway
All Structural Work Complete for the I-210 Gold Line Bridge
Temple City Tribune
Anaheim Council OKs Construction of ARTIC Terminal
Voice of OC
Apartment, retail complex underway near Culver City - The $63-million, six-story project in L.A. is being built by NMS Properties near a light-rail station along Metro's Expo Line. It will include 131 units.
BH School Board Increases Work, Pay of D.C. Firm Lobbying Against Metro - The board approved a $130,000 payment for a firm lobbying the federal government to stop Metro from building a subway tunnel under Beverly Hills High School
Westwood Century City Patch
Bill would increase fines for using cellphones while driving - The cellphone bill is sent to the governor. Another would exempt hybrid drivers from toll charges in car-pool (HOT) lanes
Los Angeles Times
California commission allocates $60 million for Metrolink fleet upgrades
Caltrans can't be trusted with 710 (by Anthony J. Portantino, 44th District)
Sacramento Bee
About Metro Rail & Pacific Electric & Los Angeles Railway
The Subway Joyride
Press Enterprise
All Structural Work Complete for the I-210 Gold Line Bridge
Temple City Tribune
Anaheim Council OKs Construction of ARTIC Terminal
Voice of OC
Apartment, retail complex underway near Culver City - The $63-million, six-story project in L.A. is being built by NMS Properties near a light-rail station along Metro's Expo Line. It will include 131 units.
Los Angeles Times
Curbed LA
BH School Board Increases Work, Pay of D.C. Firm Lobbying Against Metro - The board approved a $130,000 payment for a firm lobbying the federal government to stop Metro from building a subway tunnel under Beverly Hills High School
Westwood Century City Patch
Bill would increase fines for using cellphones while driving - The cellphone bill is sent to the governor. Another would exempt hybrid drivers from toll charges in car-pool (HOT) lanes
Los Angeles Times
California commission allocates $60 million for Metrolink fleet upgrades
Progressive Railroading
Caltrans can't be trusted with 710 (by Anthony J. Portantino, 44th District)
Glendale News Press
Carpool lane on 10 Freeway, other local transportation projects, get millions in grant funds
Daily Bulletin
EZ Transit Pass Customers Can Transition to TAP
Carpool lane on 10 Freeway, other local transportation projects, get millions in grant funds
Daily Bulletin
EZ Transit Pass Customers Can Transition to TAP
Eastside Sun/Bell Gardens Sun
First Red Car from Pomona to Los Angeles left 100 years ago Saturday
Daily Bulletin
Freeway Expansion a Misguided Approach to Improving Air Quality
New Big Blue Bus Service Sets Stage for Improved Regional Connectivity and Commuting to EXPO Light Rail
Brentwood News/Westside Today
New Transit Station Gets CSUN Moving - $400,000 in federal funds used to finance construction.
First Red Car from Pomona to Los Angeles left 100 years ago Saturday
Daily Bulletin
Freeway Expansion a Misguided Approach to Improving Air Quality
Eastside/Bell Gardens Sun
From LAX to Ontario, We Need ‘J’ as in Jumpstart NOW
CityWatch
Industry Looks at Options for Fairway Grade Separation Project - The option that raises the railroad tracks over Fairway at Valley Boulevard is the cheapest and would have the least affect on Industry and Walnut property owners, officials said.
Walnut Patch
LA Stadium Lawsuit
From LAX to Ontario, We Need ‘J’ as in Jumpstart NOW
CityWatch
Industry Looks at Options for Fairway Grade Separation Project - The option that raises the railroad tracks over Fairway at Valley Boulevard is the cheapest and would have the least affect on Industry and Walnut property owners, officials said.
Walnut Patch
LA Stadium Lawsuit
KFI
L.A. City Council joins opposition to 710 Freeway extension
Los Angeles Times and Glendale News Press
Leaders hop aboard daily Coachella valley train service - Supervisors say yes to expanded Amtrak service in Palm Springs and Indio
KESQ
Metro briefs community on final five 710 options
Pasadena Star News
Metro Throws Out Highland Park Route, Narrows 710 Freeway List to Five
L.A. City Council joins opposition to 710 Freeway extension
Los Angeles Times and Glendale News Press
Leaders hop aboard daily Coachella valley train service - Supervisors say yes to expanded Amtrak service in Palm Springs and Indio
KESQ
Metro briefs community on final five 710 options
Pasadena Star News
Metro Throws Out Highland Park Route, Narrows 710 Freeway List to Five
EastsideSun/Bell Gardens Sun
Metrolink to Add Special Stop for Easy Trip to Los Angeles County Fair
Inland Valley News
METROLINK: Perris Valley Line plans proceeding
Press Enterprise
Monrovia's Gold Line Development Jeopardized by $106M Lawsuit - One of the city's largest developers sued Monrovia this week for breach of contract, putting plans for the Station Square Transit Development in serious jeopardy
Metrolink to Add Special Stop for Easy Trip to Los Angeles County Fair
Inland Valley News
METROLINK: Perris Valley Line plans proceeding
Press Enterprise
Monrovia's Gold Line Development Jeopardized by $106M Lawsuit - One of the city's largest developers sued Monrovia this week for breach of contract, putting plans for the Station Square Transit Development in serious jeopardy
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
New Big Blue Bus Service Sets Stage for Improved Regional Connectivity and Commuting to EXPO Light Rail
Brentwood News/Westside Today
New Transit Station Gets CSUN Moving - $400,000 in federal funds used to finance construction.
The Hill
Daily Bulletin
One day on the Gold Line - Pasadena writer Carla Sameth becomes an unlikely victim of bloody violence at the hands of sheriff’s deputies patrolling the local commuter train
Portland Loo, a public toilet that skips to the head of its class - The Oregon city has successfully tackled several urban issues with its solar-powered, not-that-private public toilets. Now other cities smell a winner.
Los Angeles Times
‘Ramp Jam’ Ends Early: 2 Wilshire Boulevard Ramps Reopen
Update: Opposition to 710 extension grows
Pasadena Sun
Watch: Time Lapse of Expo Bridge Demo - Freelancer photographer films demolition, one of the major construction projects underway to extend light rail from Culver City to Santa Monica
Culver City Patch
World's longest bus seats 256 people - Germany is rolling out a mammoth 98-foot-long form of public transportation
One day on the Gold Line - Pasadena writer Carla Sameth becomes an unlikely victim of bloody violence at the hands of sheriff’s deputies patrolling the local commuter train
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Westwood Century City Patch
Portland Loo, a public toilet that skips to the head of its class - The Oregon city has successfully tackled several urban issues with its solar-powered, not-that-private public toilets. Now other cities smell a winner.
Los Angeles Times
‘Ramp Jam’ Ends Early: 2 Wilshire Boulevard Ramps Reopen
CBS
Redlands Daily Facts
Pasadena Weekly
Supervisors approve expanded Amtrak service in countyProposed plan would create a daily passenger stops in the valley
Desert Sun
Tunnel opponents buoyed by L.A. rejection - Advocates of the underground option point out the three-year study of 710 extension remains underway.
Supervisors approve expanded Amtrak service in countyProposed plan would create a daily passenger stops in the valley
Desert Sun
Tunnel opponents buoyed by L.A. rejection - Advocates of the underground option point out the three-year study of 710 extension remains underway.
Glendale News Press
Update: Opposition to 710 extension grows
Pasadena Sun
Watch: Time Lapse of Expo Bridge Demo - Freelancer photographer films demolition, one of the major construction projects underway to extend light rail from Culver City to Santa Monica
Culver City Patch
World's longest bus seats 256 people - Germany is rolling out a mammoth 98-foot-long form of public transportation
Tecca
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