Can We Please Stop Pretending Cars Are Greener Than Transit?
The Atlantic: Cities
Expedited Procurement Procedures For Emergency Construction Services (118p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
GAO: States "Flexing" Fewer Federal Dollars To Transit
StreetsBlog DC
Flexible Funding Continues To Play A Role In Supporting State And Local Transportation Priorities
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Full-Text Report (25p. PDF)
Gondolas Could Be The Next Great Urban Transportation Device
Wired
Here's What Metro Will Do With Its New Toll Lane Money
Curbed LA
Holding Back Floodwaters With A Balloon ("The three-minute procedure, conducted on a chilly morning this month in an airport hangar not far from West Virginia University, was the latest test of a device that may someday help guard real tunnels during disasters -- whether a terrorist strike or a storm like Hurricane Sandy, whose wind-driven surge of water overwhelmed New York City’s subway system, shutting it down for days.")
New York Times
In Transit: School Districts Look To Public Agencies As Transportation Option ("School districts like Seattle, Milwaukee, Chicago, New York and Baltimore are among those that for years have also been using public transit to help students get to and from class. But in a stagnant economy, more school districts are looking to do the same, although skeptics say the jury is still out on just how much money is saved and to what extent children are being jeopardized to realize those savings.")
School Transportation News
More Local Agencies Dealing With TAP, But Metrolink Remains Elusive and A Surfliner Update
StreetsBlog LA
Neighbors Cheer, Jeer Plans For Rose Bowl To Host NFL Games ("Proponents say noise and traffic congestion around the stadium are secondary to the jobs and revenue that would be generated.")
Los Angeles Times
Next Steps For The Bike Movement In Santa Monica (Part 2 Of 2)
StreetsBlog LA
NTSB's Most Wanted List Identifies Top Ten Transportation Challenges For 2013
National Transportation Safety Board Press Release
Silver Line Stroll From Union Station To El Monte (Numerous photos illustrate this tour of the length of the Metro Silver Line)
KCET
Smartphone Ticketing Rolls Out For Train Riders ("The mTicket application is available for both iOS and Android devices.")
IT World
Support For Measure J Increases In Latest Ballot Count, But Still Not Enough ("Measure J, which would extend for three more decades a 30-year, half-cent tax for transportation projects voters originally passed in 2008, now has 65.33% approval, according to the latest update county officials released Tuesday.")
Los Angeles Times
Tons Of Downtowners Want To Vote On Special Streetcar Tax
Curbed LA
A Web-Based Pavement Performance And Maintenance Management And GIS Mapping System For Easy Access To Pavement Condition Information (22p. PDF)
University Of Texas Center For Transportation Research
West County Freeways Open During Holiday
Orange County Register
Why Mayors Should Run The Department Of Transportation
The Atlantic: Cities
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
11/21/2012
11/20/2012
ExpressLanes, Transit & Fossils, AASHTO, Caltrans, CAHSR, I-405 & More
2nd Set Of L.A. Toll Lanes May Open On 10 Freeway By Late January
Los Angeles Times
Amtrak's New App: Does It Actually Make Travel Easier?
The Atlantic: Cities
Anti-Gridlock Group Urges Speeding Up 405 Improvements (Features David Murphy, Angelenos Against Gridlock; Paul Taylor, Deputy CEO of Metro : "The new HOV lane from Orange County to the San Fernando Valley is supposed to speed up commuter traffic on the 405 when it's finally complete. In the meantime, it seems like it'll never be done. The original deadline — Spring of 2013 — has been pushed back until December. Now a group called Angelenos against Gridlock has formed a subsidiary, the Faster 405 campaign.")
KCRW Which Way LA
Board Selects Former FHWA Official As New AASHTO Executive Director
AASHTO Press Release
California's High-Speed Rail Gains Momentum, But Doubts Remain
Stateline
Caltrans Awards Nearly $18M So Low-Income Residents Can Take Transit To Work
Mass Transit
Culver City Police Announce Parking Alert For USC Football Game Saturday
Culver City Patch
Cyclists Find Fault With Alhambra's Draft Bike Plan
Pasadena Star-News
Debate Over High-Speed Rail Project In CA (video)
Washington Post
Funding Uncertainty Plagues Highways, But They Still Get Built
StreetsBlog Network
How Is A Mastodon Like A Bus?: Local Transit Planning Impacts Los Angeles' Paleontological Record (An in-depth look at how subway construction has yielded important scientific clues about prehistoric Los Angeles)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Judge Rejects Bid To Halt California High-Speed Rail Project
Los Angeles Times
National Cooperative Highway Research Program At 50 Years: Anniversary Video (video)
The National Academies via YouTube
New Transit Station Proves Imperative For Some Students ("CSUN’s transit station is currently comprised of four different bays: the first bay, located where the 741 Rapid stops, the second bay, located where the Metrolink shuttle stops, the third bay, located where the 167 Metro Line stops, and the fourth bay, used by the 787 Antelope Valley express bus.")
California State University, Northridge Daily Sundial
Opinion: For California Bullet Train, More Backtracking
Los Angeles Daily News
Poll: 75% Of NYC Residents Approve Of Subway's Sandy Response
The Hill
Review Of FRA's Requirements For High Speed Rail Stakeholder Agreements (18p. PDF)
U.S. DOT Office Of The Inspector General
Rumors Antonio Villaraigosa Could Add Cabinet To Résumé ("With LaHood’s future up in the air and Villaraigosa’s pedigree as a leader in the transportation sector due to his unprecedented rail expansion in the nation’s car capital, the Department of Transportation seems to many Washington observers the most obvious landing spot for the term-limited mayor.")
Los Angeles Times
Amtrak's New App: Does It Actually Make Travel Easier?
The Atlantic: Cities
Anti-Gridlock Group Urges Speeding Up 405 Improvements (Features David Murphy, Angelenos Against Gridlock; Paul Taylor, Deputy CEO of Metro : "The new HOV lane from Orange County to the San Fernando Valley is supposed to speed up commuter traffic on the 405 when it's finally complete. In the meantime, it seems like it'll never be done. The original deadline — Spring of 2013 — has been pushed back until December. Now a group called Angelenos against Gridlock has formed a subsidiary, the Faster 405 campaign.")
KCRW Which Way LA
Board Selects Former FHWA Official As New AASHTO Executive Director
AASHTO Press Release
California's High-Speed Rail Gains Momentum, But Doubts Remain
Stateline
Caltrans Awards Nearly $18M So Low-Income Residents Can Take Transit To Work
Mass Transit
Culver City Police Announce Parking Alert For USC Football Game Saturday
Culver City Patch
Cyclists Find Fault With Alhambra's Draft Bike Plan
Pasadena Star-News
Debate Over High-Speed Rail Project In CA (video)
Washington Post
Funding Uncertainty Plagues Highways, But They Still Get Built
StreetsBlog Network
How Is A Mastodon Like A Bus?: Local Transit Planning Impacts Los Angeles' Paleontological Record (An in-depth look at how subway construction has yielded important scientific clues about prehistoric Los Angeles)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Judge Rejects Bid To Halt California High-Speed Rail Project
Los Angeles Times
National Cooperative Highway Research Program At 50 Years: Anniversary Video (video)
The National Academies via YouTube
New Transit Station Proves Imperative For Some Students ("CSUN’s transit station is currently comprised of four different bays: the first bay, located where the 741 Rapid stops, the second bay, located where the Metrolink shuttle stops, the third bay, located where the 167 Metro Line stops, and the fourth bay, used by the 787 Antelope Valley express bus.")
California State University, Northridge Daily Sundial
Opinion: For California Bullet Train, More Backtracking
Los Angeles Daily News
Poll: 75% Of NYC Residents Approve Of Subway's Sandy Response
The Hill
Review Of FRA's Requirements For High Speed Rail Stakeholder Agreements (18p. PDF)
U.S. DOT Office Of The Inspector General
Rumors Antonio Villaraigosa Could Add Cabinet To Résumé ("With LaHood’s future up in the air and Villaraigosa’s pedigree as a leader in the transportation sector due to his unprecedented rail expansion in the nation’s car capital, the Department of Transportation seems to many Washington observers the most obvious landing spot for the term-limited mayor.")
Politico
Valet Parking Regulations To Be Considered By City Of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Which States Are Breaking Free From Oil Dependence? NRDC Ranks All 50 (California is #1 : features SCAG's Sustainable Communities Strategy, highlighting "12 major transit expansion projects in Los Angeles over the next 10 years.")
StreetsBlog DC
Fighting Oil Addiction: Ranking States' Gasoline Price Vulnerability And Solutions For Change (29p. PDF)
Natural Resources Defense Council
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
Valet Parking Regulations To Be Considered By City Of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Which States Are Breaking Free From Oil Dependence? NRDC Ranks All 50 (California is #1 : features SCAG's Sustainable Communities Strategy, highlighting "12 major transit expansion projects in Los Angeles over the next 10 years.")
StreetsBlog DC
Fighting Oil Addiction: Ranking States' Gasoline Price Vulnerability And Solutions For Change (29p. PDF)
Natural Resources Defense Council
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
11/19/2012
Westside Subway, ExpressLanes, Gold Line Eastside, OCTA, Rose Bowl & More
Artificial Intelligence Applications To Critical Transportation Issues (156p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
Bev Hills School District, Bleeding Money, Files Another Lawsuit Against The Subway
Curbed LA
BHUSD Files Federal Suit Against Westside Subway Extension
Beverly Hills Courier
City Approves Huge Universal Studios Expansion
Curbed LA
DC's Massive New Transportation Experiment Starts Tomorrow
The Atlantic: Cities
Doing The Math On "Lexus Lanes" ("Congestion pricing pencils out for those who want to travel faster. And it takes some of the burden of funding transit off the poor.")
Los Angeles Times
East L.A. Festival Mixes Bicycling, Safety & Fun ("The festival is part of a $9 million project designed to encourage and improve pedestrian and bicycle access to Gold Line station in East L.A.")
Eastsider LA
Florida And California Transportation Projects Named Best In Country: $10,000 Prizes Awarded For Innovative Bridge Replacement And Strong Communications Plan ("The California Department of Transportation earned the judges' Grand Prize award for its I-405/Sepulveda Pass—Mulholland Bridge Demolition project (better known as "Carmageddon").")
AASHTO Press Release
Kansas City Citizens Help Fund Civic Project With Donations ("Right now, he's working on getting local businesses involved in raising $75 million for the new streetcar system.")
American Public Media Marketplace
Los Angeles Walks Moseys Into Leimert Park, Speaks With Residents About Aspirations For Their Neighborhoods
StreetsBlog LA
OCTA CEO Will Kempton Announces Retirement ("Kempton, who has led OCTA since August 2009, has accepted the position of executive director for Transportation California and plans to leave the agency on Feb. 28.")
OCTA
O.C. Transportation Chief Applies The Breaks
San Juan Capistrano Patch
One For The Dustbin: The 85th Percentile In Traffic Engineering
StreetsBlog Network
Opinion: New DOT Chief Could Set Tone For Transportation
Bloomberg via Tampa Bay Online
Pains, Trains And Automobiles ("Commuters trying to get to and from Manhattan are faced with hours-long ordeals after Superstorm Sandy shut down many transit options, overloading the remaining lines.")
Los Angeles Times
Pasadena Considers Whether To Host NFL Team At Rose Bowl ("The City Council plans a hearing to discuss whether the infusion of revenue would be worth the traffic and noise that games would produce.")
Los Angeles Times
Poll: Who Should Be The Next U.S. Transportation Secretary?
StreetsBlog DC
Settlement Reached Between Homeowners, LADOT On Expo Bikeway
StreetsBlog LA
Should The Feds Have A Unit To Support Public-Private Partnerships?
Next American City
Toll Unsettles Los Angeles Motorists Used To "Free" In Freeways
New York Times
Why Are Mass-Transit Mobile Sites Such A Pain In The Seat?
Read Write Web
Will Driverless Cars Dominate Our Future?
National Geographic
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
Transportation Research Board
Bev Hills School District, Bleeding Money, Files Another Lawsuit Against The Subway
Curbed LA
BHUSD Files Federal Suit Against Westside Subway Extension
Beverly Hills Courier
City Approves Huge Universal Studios Expansion
Curbed LA
DC's Massive New Transportation Experiment Starts Tomorrow
The Atlantic: Cities
Doing The Math On "Lexus Lanes" ("Congestion pricing pencils out for those who want to travel faster. And it takes some of the burden of funding transit off the poor.")
Los Angeles Times
East L.A. Festival Mixes Bicycling, Safety & Fun ("The festival is part of a $9 million project designed to encourage and improve pedestrian and bicycle access to Gold Line station in East L.A.")
Eastsider LA
Florida And California Transportation Projects Named Best In Country: $10,000 Prizes Awarded For Innovative Bridge Replacement And Strong Communications Plan ("The California Department of Transportation earned the judges' Grand Prize award for its I-405/Sepulveda Pass—Mulholland Bridge Demolition project (better known as "Carmageddon").")
AASHTO Press Release
Kansas City Citizens Help Fund Civic Project With Donations ("Right now, he's working on getting local businesses involved in raising $75 million for the new streetcar system.")
American Public Media Marketplace
Los Angeles Walks Moseys Into Leimert Park, Speaks With Residents About Aspirations For Their Neighborhoods
StreetsBlog LA
OCTA CEO Will Kempton Announces Retirement ("Kempton, who has led OCTA since August 2009, has accepted the position of executive director for Transportation California and plans to leave the agency on Feb. 28.")
OCTA
O.C. Transportation Chief Applies The Breaks
San Juan Capistrano Patch
One For The Dustbin: The 85th Percentile In Traffic Engineering
StreetsBlog Network
Opinion: New DOT Chief Could Set Tone For Transportation
Bloomberg via Tampa Bay Online
Pains, Trains And Automobiles ("Commuters trying to get to and from Manhattan are faced with hours-long ordeals after Superstorm Sandy shut down many transit options, overloading the remaining lines.")
Los Angeles Times
Pasadena Considers Whether To Host NFL Team At Rose Bowl ("The City Council plans a hearing to discuss whether the infusion of revenue would be worth the traffic and noise that games would produce.")
Los Angeles Times
Poll: Who Should Be The Next U.S. Transportation Secretary?
StreetsBlog DC
Settlement Reached Between Homeowners, LADOT On Expo Bikeway
StreetsBlog LA
Should The Feds Have A Unit To Support Public-Private Partnerships?
Next American City
Toll Unsettles Los Angeles Motorists Used To "Free" In Freeways
New York Times
Why Are Mass-Transit Mobile Sites Such A Pain In The Seat?
Read Write Web
Will Driverless Cars Dominate Our Future?
National Geographic
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
11/16/2012
Expo II Proceeds, CAHSR, MAP-21, Metro Ridership, Next Transpo Secy & More
Bullet Train's Segment Completion Date Pushed Back ("The high-speed rail authority adds 12 months to the schedule for 130 miles of Central Valley track, meaning it would be finished by December 2017 rather than a year earlier.")
Los Angeles Times
Calif. High-Speed Rail Faces Crucial Court Ruling (Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley is expected to decide Friday whether to grant a preliminary injunction that would temporarily halt the ambitious infrastructure project.")
Associated Press
California High-Speed Rail Project Faces Crucial Decision In Lawsuit Over Environmental Review
Washington Post
Court Rules On Motion To Halt Expo Light Rail Construction ("Ruling in Expo's favor keeps work to the "build a modern transit system" from downtown Los Angeles into the Westside remains on track.")
Culver City Patch
Freakonomics Hucksters: "Save The Earth, Drive Your Car"
StreetsBlog DC
Gold Line Bridge Will Be Done In A Month
Monrovia Patch
How MAP-21 Pushed Transit To The Edge Of Its Own Fiscal Cliff
StreetsBlog DC
Judge Refuses NIMBY Request To Stop Work On Expo Extension
Curbed LA
LA Metro To Implement Clean Energy Flywheel Technology In Its Red Line ("VYCON’s kinetic energy technology essentially uses the flywheel system to store energy generated by braking, and then uses that energy when the train accelerates.")
Techno Buffalo
A Mass-Transit Proposal To Connect A City Using Aerial Gondolas (Are they coming to Austin?)
Fast Company Design
Metro Ridership Rose Double Digits In LA County
Diamond Bar-Walnut Patch
Mica Likely To Lose Transportation Committee Post
Orlando Sentinel
More Angelenos Riding Buses, Boarding Trains Thanks To Smartphone Technology
LAist
The Same "Empty Buses" Fallacy, Over And Over
Human Transit
T Says Smartphone Ticket App Is A Hit With Commuter Rail Riders
Boston Globe
A Sidewalk To Bridge Red And Blue
Better Cities & Towns
Top Metro Execs Asked About Crime Spike On Buses And Trains
NBC Los Angeles
Who May Be The Next Transportation Secretary? (16 potential nominees, including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and OCTA CEO Will Kempton, are assessed)
Governing
Will The Next Transpo Chair Continue Attacks On Bike/Ped Funding?
StreetsBlog DC
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times
Calif. High-Speed Rail Faces Crucial Court Ruling (Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley is expected to decide Friday whether to grant a preliminary injunction that would temporarily halt the ambitious infrastructure project.")
Associated Press
California High-Speed Rail Project Faces Crucial Decision In Lawsuit Over Environmental Review
Washington Post
Court Rules On Motion To Halt Expo Light Rail Construction ("Ruling in Expo's favor keeps work to the "build a modern transit system" from downtown Los Angeles into the Westside remains on track.")
Culver City Patch
Freakonomics Hucksters: "Save The Earth, Drive Your Car"
StreetsBlog DC
Gold Line Bridge Will Be Done In A Month
Monrovia Patch
How MAP-21 Pushed Transit To The Edge Of Its Own Fiscal Cliff
StreetsBlog DC
Judge Refuses NIMBY Request To Stop Work On Expo Extension
Curbed LA
LA Metro To Implement Clean Energy Flywheel Technology In Its Red Line ("VYCON’s kinetic energy technology essentially uses the flywheel system to store energy generated by braking, and then uses that energy when the train accelerates.")
Techno Buffalo
A Mass-Transit Proposal To Connect A City Using Aerial Gondolas (Are they coming to Austin?)
Fast Company Design
Metro Ridership Rose Double Digits In LA County
Diamond Bar-Walnut Patch
Mica Likely To Lose Transportation Committee Post
Orlando Sentinel
More Angelenos Riding Buses, Boarding Trains Thanks To Smartphone Technology
LAist
The Same "Empty Buses" Fallacy, Over And Over
Human Transit
T Says Smartphone Ticket App Is A Hit With Commuter Rail Riders
Boston Globe
A Sidewalk To Bridge Red And Blue
Better Cities & Towns
Top Metro Execs Asked About Crime Spike On Buses And Trains
NBC Los Angeles
Who May Be The Next Transportation Secretary? (16 potential nominees, including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and OCTA CEO Will Kempton, are assessed)
Governing
Will The Next Transpo Chair Continue Attacks On Bike/Ped Funding?
StreetsBlog DC
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
11/15/2012
Westside Subway, TAP, Pedestrian Hollywood, iPhone Transit, CAHSR, ExpressLanes, Lankershim Bike Lanes & More
California Regulator Issues Citations And Fines Against Transportation Services Uber, Lyft, And SideCar
TechCrunch
De-Uglifying Hollywood: How To Make Our City Pedestrian-Friendly
StreetsBlog LA
Exclusive: Crime Spikes On Metro Buses And Trains ("Robberies are up 42 percent over the first ten months of last year, and assaults are up 13.5 percent.")
NBC Southern California
Finally, iPhone Maps That Aren't A Total Disaster ("One of the biggest losses for people who live and visit metropolitan areas and need to know how to get around is Apple Maps's lack of public transportation information. Nokia has that.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Glossary For Regional Transportation Systems Management And Operations Terms: 2nd Ed. (38p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
High-Speed Rail Jobs May Give Priority To Down-On-Luck Workers
Fresno Bee
High-Speed Rail Must Tame California's Tricky Terrain
San Francisco Examiner
Housing Near Transit Creates Thriving Communities
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Interactions Between Transportation Capacity, Economic Systems, And Land Use (62p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
Is Mass Transit Bad For The Environment? ("According to the Department of Energy’s Transportation Energy Data Book, in 2010 transporting each passenger one mile by car required 3447 BTUs of energy. Transporting each passenger a mile by bus required 4118 BTUs, surprisingly making bus transit less green by this metric. Rail transit admittedly fares better, at 2520 BTUs per passenger mile, but even this is not the kind of slam-dunk advantage over the auto that transit advocates might hope for.")
TreeHugger
L.A. Freeway Tops 91 For Highest Peak Toll Rates
Orange County Register
LACMTA Begins Utility Relocation Work For Westside Subway Extension Project
RT&S
Lankershim Bike Lanes Could Arrive By Mid-2013
North Hollywood-Toluca Lake Patch
Long Beach: More Public Meetings To Be Held For Daisy-To-Myrtle Bike Path
StreetsBlog LA
Mayor Brien Turns On Beverly Hills, Praises Metro Tunnel Project
Beverly Hills Courier
Metro, City, Get Serious About Funding CicLAvia
StreetsBlog LA
New Look For Expo-Adjacent Retail The Platform In Culver City
Curbed LA
Next Steps For The Bike Movement In Santa Monica (Part 1 of 2)
StreetsBlog LA
NYC Transit Brass Cite Gains In Restoring Service ("The New York City subway system is now operating at 98 percent.")
Wall Street Journal
Rose Bowl USC/UCLA Game Ahead: Traffic & Parking Tips
Pasadena Patch
Single Drivers May Use HOV Lane For Fee
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
TAP Solution For Metrolink 2.0 ("Thursday at the Metro Board Executive Management Committee meeting the new solutions will be debated.")
StreetsBlog LA
Transportation Official Says 710 Tunnel Will Be Hard To Beat ("A Southern California Association of Governments official said Wednesday the twin-bore tunnel is the only viable option to complete the 710 Freeway from I-10 to I-210.")
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Voters Approve Transportation Spending, AASHTO's New President And More
Governing
What Kind Of Leadership Would Bill Shuster Bring To The Transpo Committee?
StreetsBlog DC
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
TechCrunch
De-Uglifying Hollywood: How To Make Our City Pedestrian-Friendly
StreetsBlog LA
Exclusive: Crime Spikes On Metro Buses And Trains ("Robberies are up 42 percent over the first ten months of last year, and assaults are up 13.5 percent.")
NBC Southern California
Finally, iPhone Maps That Aren't A Total Disaster ("One of the biggest losses for people who live and visit metropolitan areas and need to know how to get around is Apple Maps's lack of public transportation information. Nokia has that.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Glossary For Regional Transportation Systems Management And Operations Terms: 2nd Ed. (38p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
High-Speed Rail Jobs May Give Priority To Down-On-Luck Workers
Fresno Bee
High-Speed Rail Must Tame California's Tricky Terrain
San Francisco Examiner
Housing Near Transit Creates Thriving Communities
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Interactions Between Transportation Capacity, Economic Systems, And Land Use (62p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
Is Mass Transit Bad For The Environment? ("According to the Department of Energy’s Transportation Energy Data Book, in 2010 transporting each passenger one mile by car required 3447 BTUs of energy. Transporting each passenger a mile by bus required 4118 BTUs, surprisingly making bus transit less green by this metric. Rail transit admittedly fares better, at 2520 BTUs per passenger mile, but even this is not the kind of slam-dunk advantage over the auto that transit advocates might hope for.")
TreeHugger
L.A. Freeway Tops 91 For Highest Peak Toll Rates
Orange County Register
LACMTA Begins Utility Relocation Work For Westside Subway Extension Project
RT&S
Lankershim Bike Lanes Could Arrive By Mid-2013
North Hollywood-Toluca Lake Patch
Long Beach: More Public Meetings To Be Held For Daisy-To-Myrtle Bike Path
StreetsBlog LA
Mayor Brien Turns On Beverly Hills, Praises Metro Tunnel Project
Beverly Hills Courier
Metro, City, Get Serious About Funding CicLAvia
StreetsBlog LA
New Look For Expo-Adjacent Retail The Platform In Culver City
Curbed LA
Next Steps For The Bike Movement In Santa Monica (Part 1 of 2)
StreetsBlog LA
NYC Transit Brass Cite Gains In Restoring Service ("The New York City subway system is now operating at 98 percent.")
Wall Street Journal
Rose Bowl USC/UCLA Game Ahead: Traffic & Parking Tips
Pasadena Patch
Single Drivers May Use HOV Lane For Fee
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
TAP Solution For Metrolink 2.0 ("Thursday at the Metro Board Executive Management Committee meeting the new solutions will be debated.")
StreetsBlog LA
Transportation Official Says 710 Tunnel Will Be Hard To Beat ("A Southern California Association of Governments official said Wednesday the twin-bore tunnel is the only viable option to complete the 710 Freeway from I-10 to I-210.")
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Voters Approve Transportation Spending, AASHTO's New President And More
Governing
What Kind Of Leadership Would Bill Shuster Bring To The Transpo Committee?
StreetsBlog DC
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
11/14/2012
Gold Line Bridge, ExpressLanes, CAHSR, Parking & Solo Driving, LA Bikes & More
November 14: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (A 1933 report proposes a comprehensive rail rapid transit system for Los Angeles and even predicts the need for a San Fernando Valley rail transit line along the current Orange Line right-of-way)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
10 Strategies For Attracting Development Near Transit In A Slow Growth Market (20p. PDF : adapted from last year's report on TOD in San Francisco)
Citizens For Modern Transit (St. Louis)
10 Strategies For Attracting Investment Near Transit: Lessons Learned From The San Francisco Bay Area (20p. PDF)
ULI San Francisco
Arcadia Gold Line Bridge Construction Nears Completion
Pasadena Star-News
Basket Bridge Construction Video
Metro Gold Line Foothill Construction Authority
The Architectural Spectacle That Is Munich's Metro (photoessay)
The Atlantic: Cities
California Kicks Off Cap And Trade For Carbon Emissions ("After 2015, the law also will include transportation fuels, meaning that oil refineries will need permits to account for the emissions from all the vehicles in the state.")
Whittier Daily News
Can The Asian Example Save California High Speed Rail?
Asia Society
ExpressLanes Quietly Open On I-110, Media Finds "Grumbling"..But Not Hysteria
StreetsBlog LA
For Pedestrians, Cities Have Become The Wilderness
The Atlantic: Cities
How L.A.'s First Toll Road Could Help Reduce Traffic (video : interview with Metro's Executive Officer for Congestion Reduction Initiative Stephanie Wiggins)
KCET
L.A. To Consider Free Parking At Meters For Some Veterans
KCET
Metro Breaks Ground For Westside Subway Extension (video)
Culver City Patch
Mica Waiting For Leadership Election To Address Transportation Committee Chairmanship
The Hill
New Balance To Build Train Station As Part Of Its Boston Headquarters ("Another corporate sponsor is making a major investment in rail transit.")
StreetsBlog Network
New Balance To Build Commuter Rail Station As Part Of Boston Headquarters Expansion
Architect's Newspaper
Obama's New Cabinet Can Make The Trains Run On Time ("He can set the tone for his new term with changes in a less-likely place: the Department of Transportation. The current secretary, Ray LaHood, is probably stepping down in 2013, and Obama’s signature transportation policy, a national high-speed-rail network, is in disarray.")
Bloomberg
Opinion: From The Valley To Downtown -- By Bike
Los Angeles Times
Pondering The Transponder: Sell Your Soul, Pay The Toll
Blogging Los Angeles
Shoup: Free Parking To Blame For California's Solo Car Commuting Habit
StreetsBlog DC
SoCal Bullet Train Route: Skyscraper-Tall Viaducts, 500-Foot Deep Tunnels, One Of The Steepest Grades In The World
Curbed LA
South L.A. Neighborhood Bike Ambassadors Confer With Planners On Bike And Mobility Plans
StreetsBlog LA
Trains, Pains And Fallout From The Election
Los Angeles Downtown News
Transit As A City's Bloodstream: The Video
Human Transit
We Shouldn't Be Surprised That Most Transit Referendums Won
The Atlantic: Cities
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
10 Strategies For Attracting Development Near Transit In A Slow Growth Market (20p. PDF : adapted from last year's report on TOD in San Francisco)
Citizens For Modern Transit (St. Louis)
10 Strategies For Attracting Investment Near Transit: Lessons Learned From The San Francisco Bay Area (20p. PDF)
ULI San Francisco
Arcadia Gold Line Bridge Construction Nears Completion
Pasadena Star-News
Basket Bridge Construction Video
Metro Gold Line Foothill Construction Authority
The Architectural Spectacle That Is Munich's Metro (photoessay)
The Atlantic: Cities
California Kicks Off Cap And Trade For Carbon Emissions ("After 2015, the law also will include transportation fuels, meaning that oil refineries will need permits to account for the emissions from all the vehicles in the state.")
Whittier Daily News
Can The Asian Example Save California High Speed Rail?
Asia Society
ExpressLanes Quietly Open On I-110, Media Finds "Grumbling"..But Not Hysteria
StreetsBlog LA
For Pedestrians, Cities Have Become The Wilderness
The Atlantic: Cities
How L.A.'s First Toll Road Could Help Reduce Traffic (video : interview with Metro's Executive Officer for Congestion Reduction Initiative Stephanie Wiggins)
KCET
L.A. To Consider Free Parking At Meters For Some Veterans
KCET
Metro Breaks Ground For Westside Subway Extension (video)
Culver City Patch
Mica Waiting For Leadership Election To Address Transportation Committee Chairmanship
The Hill
New Balance To Build Train Station As Part Of Its Boston Headquarters ("Another corporate sponsor is making a major investment in rail transit.")
StreetsBlog Network
New Balance To Build Commuter Rail Station As Part Of Boston Headquarters Expansion
Architect's Newspaper
Obama's New Cabinet Can Make The Trains Run On Time ("He can set the tone for his new term with changes in a less-likely place: the Department of Transportation. The current secretary, Ray LaHood, is probably stepping down in 2013, and Obama’s signature transportation policy, a national high-speed-rail network, is in disarray.")
Bloomberg
Opinion: From The Valley To Downtown -- By Bike
Los Angeles Times
Pondering The Transponder: Sell Your Soul, Pay The Toll
Blogging Los Angeles
Shoup: Free Parking To Blame For California's Solo Car Commuting Habit
StreetsBlog DC
SoCal Bullet Train Route: Skyscraper-Tall Viaducts, 500-Foot Deep Tunnels, One Of The Steepest Grades In The World
Curbed LA
South L.A. Neighborhood Bike Ambassadors Confer With Planners On Bike And Mobility Plans
StreetsBlog LA
Trains, Pains And Fallout From The Election
Los Angeles Downtown News
Transit As A City's Bloodstream: The Video
Human Transit
We Shouldn't Be Surprised That Most Transit Referendums Won
The Atlantic: Cities
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
11/13/2012
ExpressLanes, Regional Connector, Gas Tax, OC Traffic, Bicycle Modeling & More
$1 Billion Plan To Ease Gridlock In South (Orange County)
Orange County Register
Alameda County Transportation Sales Tax Increase Still Trailing ("The Measure B1 sales tax increase was trailing Monday with 65.79 percent of the vote in support -- short of the 66.666 percent required for approval.")
Silicon Valley Mercury-News
Attacks On Bus Drivers Appear On The Rise, Fueling Safety Concerns
Kansas City Star
Bicycle Modeling Tool To Aid Infrastructure Development Decisions
Government Technology
Bullet-Train Planners Face Huge Challenge ("The 141-mile section from Bakersfield to L.A. will travel over two mountain ranges and more than half a dozen earthquake faults. Experts see it as the project of the century.")
Los Angeles Times
CHP To Begin Enforcing New Toll Lanes On 110 Freeway
KTLA
Communities Vote To Tax Themselves To Support Transit
StreetsBlog DC
Councilman Eric Garcetti Wants Certain Veterans To Park For Free At Los Angeles City Meters
Los Angeles Daily News
Enticing Car-Lite Households To Take The Next Step
StreetsBlog Network
Expanded Transportation Performance Measures To Supplement Level Of Service (LOS) For Growth Management And Transportation Impact Analysis (203p. PDF)
Florida DOT
Fullerton Wants Commuters To Share Bikes
Orange County Register
Gasoline Use In State Down From A Year Ago
Sacramento Bee
How To Be Savvier With Public Transportation
USA Today
Hundreds Come Out For DIY Public Hearing On Proposed Long Beach Railyard
StreetsBlog LA
Is Speed Obsolete?
Human Transit
Judge Lets Work Continue On Regional Connector
Los Angeles Downtown News
L.A. County Toll Lanes Get Smooth Start, Despite Some Grumbling
Los Angeles Times
LA's First Toll Lanes Open; Trips Cost Up To $15.40
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Adopts Congestion Toll
USC Annenberg TV News
Map: 110 Freeway "FasTrak" Express Lanes Take A Toll On Drivers Starting Nov. 10
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
MBTA Mobile-Ticket Era Begins For Commuter Rail Riders Monday
Boston Globe
Moving The Dial On The Gas Tax (Is it time to talk about a gas tax increase? How could the idea be made more palatable to conservatives? Would a gas tax hike be easier to swallow if it was temporary? What longer-term strategies for infrastructure payment should be on the table? Will Washington be able to cope with such a discussion?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Nation's Highways Remain An Issue For An Obama Second Term
Washington Post
Newly Unflooded New York Subway Still Looking Pretty Horrible
The Atlantic: Cities
NY Commuters Still Struggling Through Post-Storm Transit Mess
Reuters
Our View: Are Toll Lanes A Slippery Slope?
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Pay Lanes: How It Works
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Public Transportation Systems Reaching Out To Veterans, APTA Says
Progressive Railroading
Residents Invited To Hear About Efforts Leading To Widening Of 71 Freeway
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Supporters Continue Push For Downtown Streetcar As Vote Nears
Blog Downtown
Texas Debuts Fastest Highway Speed Limit In Nation: 85 MPH
Los Angeles Times
That's Hot! High Occupancy Toll Lanes Open On 110 Freeway
CBS Los Angeles
TTC and LACMTA See Rise In Ridership
RT&S
Twin Redondo Hotels Start Work This Year Near Green Line
Curbed LA
An Update On The Expo Bikeway
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Vine Street Again Possible Transit Center Site
Riverside Press-Enterprise
The Vote 2012
The Transport Politic
Yes, We Have No Carbon Tax
StreetsBlog DC
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
Orange County Register
Alameda County Transportation Sales Tax Increase Still Trailing ("The Measure B1 sales tax increase was trailing Monday with 65.79 percent of the vote in support -- short of the 66.666 percent required for approval.")
Silicon Valley Mercury-News
Attacks On Bus Drivers Appear On The Rise, Fueling Safety Concerns
Kansas City Star
Bicycle Modeling Tool To Aid Infrastructure Development Decisions
Government Technology
Bullet-Train Planners Face Huge Challenge ("The 141-mile section from Bakersfield to L.A. will travel over two mountain ranges and more than half a dozen earthquake faults. Experts see it as the project of the century.")
Los Angeles Times
CHP To Begin Enforcing New Toll Lanes On 110 Freeway
KTLA
Communities Vote To Tax Themselves To Support Transit
StreetsBlog DC
Councilman Eric Garcetti Wants Certain Veterans To Park For Free At Los Angeles City Meters
Los Angeles Daily News
Enticing Car-Lite Households To Take The Next Step
StreetsBlog Network
Expanded Transportation Performance Measures To Supplement Level Of Service (LOS) For Growth Management And Transportation Impact Analysis (203p. PDF)
Florida DOT
Fullerton Wants Commuters To Share Bikes
Orange County Register
Gasoline Use In State Down From A Year Ago
Sacramento Bee
How To Be Savvier With Public Transportation
USA Today
Hundreds Come Out For DIY Public Hearing On Proposed Long Beach Railyard
StreetsBlog LA
Is Speed Obsolete?
Human Transit
Judge Lets Work Continue On Regional Connector
Los Angeles Downtown News
L.A. County Toll Lanes Get Smooth Start, Despite Some Grumbling
Los Angeles Times
LA's First Toll Lanes Open; Trips Cost Up To $15.40
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Adopts Congestion Toll
USC Annenberg TV News
Map: 110 Freeway "FasTrak" Express Lanes Take A Toll On Drivers Starting Nov. 10
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
MBTA Mobile-Ticket Era Begins For Commuter Rail Riders Monday
Boston Globe
Moving The Dial On The Gas Tax (Is it time to talk about a gas tax increase? How could the idea be made more palatable to conservatives? Would a gas tax hike be easier to swallow if it was temporary? What longer-term strategies for infrastructure payment should be on the table? Will Washington be able to cope with such a discussion?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Nation's Highways Remain An Issue For An Obama Second Term
Washington Post
Newly Unflooded New York Subway Still Looking Pretty Horrible
The Atlantic: Cities
NY Commuters Still Struggling Through Post-Storm Transit Mess
Reuters
Our View: Are Toll Lanes A Slippery Slope?
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Pay Lanes: How It Works
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Public Transportation Systems Reaching Out To Veterans, APTA Says
Progressive Railroading
Residents Invited To Hear About Efforts Leading To Widening Of 71 Freeway
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Supporters Continue Push For Downtown Streetcar As Vote Nears
Blog Downtown
Texas Debuts Fastest Highway Speed Limit In Nation: 85 MPH
Los Angeles Times
That's Hot! High Occupancy Toll Lanes Open On 110 Freeway
CBS Los Angeles
TTC and LACMTA See Rise In Ridership
RT&S
Twin Redondo Hotels Start Work This Year Near Green Line
Curbed LA
An Update On The Expo Bikeway
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Vine Street Again Possible Transit Center Site
Riverside Press-Enterprise
The Vote 2012
The Transport Politic
Yes, We Have No Carbon Tax
StreetsBlog DC
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.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)