10 Intersections To Be Screwed By SaMo's Trailer Park Killer
Curbed LA
2012 Year In Review: Social Media ("But even as agencies flocked to social networks, they often struggled to use these new communication channels effectively. And that’s where 2013 comes into play. Going forward, social media use needs to become more sophisticated. Truly engaging with residents means more than simply posting links to press releases -- it means two-way communication and keeping social media pages active with current content on a regular basis.")
Government Technology
Bike Path's "Missing Link" Poses Problems For Neighbors, Bikers
Orange County Register
Fare Hike Proposal Includes $112 Monthly MetroCard, $2.50 Single Ride (New York)
Wall Street Journal
Free Bus, Train Rides On Christmas And New Year's Eves
LAist
Highway Deaths At Lowest Level Since 1949; Bike, Truck Fatalities Rise
Los Angeles Times
Holiday Shopping On The Fly (An increasing number of holiday gifts are being purchased at airports)
New York Times
I-710 Expansion Plan Proposed In Pasadena
KABC Los Angeles
[D.C.] Metro Examines Fatigue Among Bus, Rail Operators
Washington Post
Mobile App Finds Available Parking (" The free app, called "Parker", features a map displaying the user's location and the number and location of parking spaces currently available. The app also provides detailed information about parking rates, time limits and more. Voice guidance alerts motorists to available spaces to make the parking experience even smoother.")
Government Technology
More Expo Development Hate: Pols Attack Sepulveda Mixed-Use
Curbed LA
Najarian Metro Board Seat In Danger Over Opposition To 710 Big Dig
StreetsBlog LA
New Hampshire Weighs Selling Naming Rights To Bridges And Overpasses
AASHTO Journal
New IDEAs For Highway Systems: Annual ProgressReport, January 2013 (241p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
NY MTA Enters 21st Century: You Can Now Claim A Lost Or Stolen Metrocard Online
Transportation Nation
Obama Administration Again Calls For $50 Billion In Infrastructure Spending In Fiscal Cliff Talks
AASHTO Journal
OCTA Board Leaves Leadership Post In Limbo ("Board will wait until January to decide what to do about an illegal vote that appointed an inside candidate to the agency’s $255,000-a-year executive post.")
Orange County Register
Opinion: Better Living Through Information -- Big Data And Urban Systems ("The amount of available urban data will soon overwhelm the number of people trained to work with it. The McKinsey Global Institute has projected that “The United States alone faces a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with analytical expertise and 1.5 million managers and analysts with the skills to understand and make decisions based on the analysis of big data.” Several academic institutions are working to meet this growing demand. NYU is bullish enough on big data that they will be supporting 50 full-time senior researchers in this area through their Center for Urban Science and Progress over the next five years, and in 2013 they will begin offering a graduate degree in Urban Science and Informatics geared toward producing graduates for public agencies, private data providers, startups, and non-governmental organizations.")
Planetizen
Opinion: Stop New Freeway Toll Lanes
San Bernardino Sun
Pico Rivera Dedicates Passons Boulevard Underpass
Whittier Daily News
Public Transit Advocates Tout Ridership Growth To Warn Against Budget Cuts
The Hill
A Roundabout Freeway For Pedestrians In China (Must-see photos)
Inthralld
State DOT CEOs Throw Support Behind Nation's High-Speed Rail Program During T&I Hearing
AASHTO Journal
Three California Commuter Rail Projects Get State Funds
RT&S
Top 10 Books: 2013 ("Planetizen is pleased to release its eleventh annual list of the ten best books in urban planning, design and development published in 2012.")
Planetizen
Transit To Jobs Equals Economy ("Trying to market a city without transit is like trying to sell a cell phone without a camera...What is transit's role in the economy? How important is it to job growth? We know transit is essential in densely populated areas, but how can it be useful in less densely populated areas? Should transit systems prioritize work commutes over other kinds of travel? How should cities and towns develop and market their transit systems? What is the future for transit?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
How Transit Benefits The Economy
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
What To Do When The Bus Doesn't Come And You Want To Scream. An Experiment
NPR
Who Made That Subway Signage? ("When Noorda and his partner Massimo Vignelli took on the subway signs, they didn’t just update them -- they invented what they thought of as a new grammar for New York City.")
New York Times
World's Second Most Polluted City Turns To Buses ("Ulan Bator [Mongolia] has more than 210,000 registered vehicles, almost quadruple the number in 2006...Now the authorities hope to alleviate the gridlock by spending more than $200 million on a bus rapid transit system (BRT), in the hope that commuters can be tempted out of their vehicles.")
AFP
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12/10/2012
Ridership Jumps, Green Line LAX, Crowdsourced Commute, CAHSR, Transit's Gender Gap & More
December 10: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (The first section of the Long Beach Freeway opens to traffic 60 years ago today)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
$53.7 Million Will Go To Widening 15/215 Freeway Interchange In Devore
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Bradbury Square Unveiled
Los Angeles Downtown News
Caltrans Blowing Up Another Bridge Next Month
Santa Clarita Valley News
Census Data Show Public Transit Gender Gap ("The latest data from the American Community Survey of the U.S. Census show: Of the people who take public transportation to work, 50.5 percent are women and 49.5 percent are male. That might not seem like a difference worth mentioning until you consider the workforce overall.")
Transportation Nation
Construction Along Foothill Boulevard In Upland Half Complete
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Crowdsourcing Your Commute ("Useful commuter information -- such as road conditions, traffic density or even the punctuality of buses, trams and trains -- doesn’t have to come from government offices. A new study explores how commuters in one California city share travel information via specialized social networks, accessible from mobile apps.")
New York Times
Solo Drivers Say They Benefit From App Communities
The Atlantic: Cities
Connected Commuting: Research And Analysis From The New Cities Foundation Task Force In San Jose (42p. PDF)
Executive Summary (4p. PDF)
Editorial: The Cracks In The Nation's Foundation ("The need for investment in public works, never more urgent, has become a casualty of Washington’s ideological wars. Republicans were once reliable partners in this kind of necessary spending. But since President Obama spent about 12 percent of the 2009 stimulus on transportation, energy and other infrastructure programs, Republicans have made it a policy to demonize these kinds of investments.")
New York Times
Final Tally Shows Measure J Rejected By Voters
Beverly Hills Courier
A Framework For Collaborative Decision Making On Additions To Highway Capacity (175p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
"Going To The Olympics" Mural To Return To The Hollywood Freeway
KCET
High-Speed Rail Adopts Hiring Policy Targeting Disadvantaged Workers
Central Valley Business Times
House Transportation Chief To LA: Build Light Rail To LAX...Or Else
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
L.A. Metro Launches "Riders Club" For Seniors
Metro Magazine
LA's Very First Public Transit Took Angelenos To The Bar In 1873
Curbed LA
LACBC Starts Save The 1st Street Bike Lane Campaign And Some Alternate Designs For The "LAPD Lane"
StreetsBlog LA
LaHood: "We're Not Giving Up On High-Speed Rail" In California
StreetsBlog DC
McCarthy: CA High Speed Rail Is A Poor Investment For Taxpayers (video : testimony before House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure last week)
via YouTube
Miami-To-Orlando Passenger Rail On Track ("Florida East Coast Industries, a Coral Gables-based railroad and real estate company, insists it can build and operate the project — dubbed All Aboard Florida — without any public subsidy.")
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Obama Pushes Ahead With High-Speed Rail Plan
Washington Post
Preliminary Assessment Of California's Cost Estimates And Other Challenges: Testimony Before The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure, House Of Representatives (21p. PDF : "Based on an initial evaluation of the California High Speed Rail Authority’s (Authority) cost estimates, GAO found that they exhibit certain strengths and weaknesses when compared to best practices in GAO’s Cost Guide...The California high-speed rail project faces many challenges. Chief among these is obtaining project funding beyond the first 130-mile construction segment. While the Authority has secured $11.5 billion from federal and state sources, it needs almost $57 billion more...")
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Proximity Information Resources For Special Events (28p. PDF : "The initial IDEA proposal described the development of a mobile application to assist in management and communications during large events, such as events hosted at the National Mall.")
Transportation Research Board IDEA Program
Smaller Cities Taking On Big Transit Projects
StreetsBlog DC
The "Strong Core" Theory Of Los Angeles (interview with USC researcher Samuel Krueger who made headlines recently with his research on the Wilshire-Santa Monica Corridor)
The Atlantic: Cities
This Week In Transportation: Battle Is Joined Over Amtrak Privatization
The Hill
Use Of Public Transportation Jumps ("More Americans are taking public buses and trains, a report finds. L.A. County Metro's ridership rose 1.7% in the first part of the year, and the Riverside Transit Agency's has surged 27% since 2002.")
Los Angeles Times
More Than 7.9 Billion Trips Taken On Public Transportation As Ridership Increased By 2.6% In First Three Quarters Of 2012: Seven Consecutive Quarters Of Ridership Increases Show Growing Demand
American Public Transportation Association Press Release
Want To End The Scourge Of Surface Parking? Tax Land, Not Buildings
StreetsBlog Network
What Can L.A. Do About Climate Change? UCLA Report Lays Out Plan ("You're calling for more transportation and bus riders, but that assumes the roads are fine. They're not.")
Los Angeles Daily News
When A Door Closes, A Window Always Opens...Because Someone Will Saw Through The Fence (The former transit property is having a rough go of it these days)
StreetsBlog LA
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
$53.7 Million Will Go To Widening 15/215 Freeway Interchange In Devore
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Bradbury Square Unveiled
Los Angeles Downtown News
Caltrans Blowing Up Another Bridge Next Month
Santa Clarita Valley News
Census Data Show Public Transit Gender Gap ("The latest data from the American Community Survey of the U.S. Census show: Of the people who take public transportation to work, 50.5 percent are women and 49.5 percent are male. That might not seem like a difference worth mentioning until you consider the workforce overall.")
Transportation Nation
Construction Along Foothill Boulevard In Upland Half Complete
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Crowdsourcing Your Commute ("Useful commuter information -- such as road conditions, traffic density or even the punctuality of buses, trams and trains -- doesn’t have to come from government offices. A new study explores how commuters in one California city share travel information via specialized social networks, accessible from mobile apps.")
New York Times
Solo Drivers Say They Benefit From App Communities
The Atlantic: Cities
Connected Commuting: Research And Analysis From The New Cities Foundation Task Force In San Jose (42p. PDF)
Executive Summary (4p. PDF)
Editorial: The Cracks In The Nation's Foundation ("The need for investment in public works, never more urgent, has become a casualty of Washington’s ideological wars. Republicans were once reliable partners in this kind of necessary spending. But since President Obama spent about 12 percent of the 2009 stimulus on transportation, energy and other infrastructure programs, Republicans have made it a policy to demonize these kinds of investments.")
New York Times
Final Tally Shows Measure J Rejected By Voters
Beverly Hills Courier
A Framework For Collaborative Decision Making On Additions To Highway Capacity (175p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
"Going To The Olympics" Mural To Return To The Hollywood Freeway
KCET
High-Speed Rail Adopts Hiring Policy Targeting Disadvantaged Workers
Central Valley Business Times
House Transportation Chief To LA: Build Light Rail To LAX...Or Else
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
L.A. Metro Launches "Riders Club" For Seniors
Metro Magazine
LA's Very First Public Transit Took Angelenos To The Bar In 1873
Curbed LA
LACBC Starts Save The 1st Street Bike Lane Campaign And Some Alternate Designs For The "LAPD Lane"
StreetsBlog LA
LaHood: "We're Not Giving Up On High-Speed Rail" In California
StreetsBlog DC
McCarthy: CA High Speed Rail Is A Poor Investment For Taxpayers (video : testimony before House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure last week)
via YouTube
Miami-To-Orlando Passenger Rail On Track ("Florida East Coast Industries, a Coral Gables-based railroad and real estate company, insists it can build and operate the project — dubbed All Aboard Florida — without any public subsidy.")
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Obama Pushes Ahead With High-Speed Rail Plan
Washington Post
Preliminary Assessment Of California's Cost Estimates And Other Challenges: Testimony Before The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure, House Of Representatives (21p. PDF : "Based on an initial evaluation of the California High Speed Rail Authority’s (Authority) cost estimates, GAO found that they exhibit certain strengths and weaknesses when compared to best practices in GAO’s Cost Guide...The California high-speed rail project faces many challenges. Chief among these is obtaining project funding beyond the first 130-mile construction segment. While the Authority has secured $11.5 billion from federal and state sources, it needs almost $57 billion more...")
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Proximity Information Resources For Special Events (28p. PDF : "The initial IDEA proposal described the development of a mobile application to assist in management and communications during large events, such as events hosted at the National Mall.")
Transportation Research Board IDEA Program
Smaller Cities Taking On Big Transit Projects
StreetsBlog DC
The "Strong Core" Theory Of Los Angeles (interview with USC researcher Samuel Krueger who made headlines recently with his research on the Wilshire-Santa Monica Corridor)
The Atlantic: Cities
This Week In Transportation: Battle Is Joined Over Amtrak Privatization
The Hill
Use Of Public Transportation Jumps ("More Americans are taking public buses and trains, a report finds. L.A. County Metro's ridership rose 1.7% in the first part of the year, and the Riverside Transit Agency's has surged 27% since 2002.")
Los Angeles Times
More Than 7.9 Billion Trips Taken On Public Transportation As Ridership Increased By 2.6% In First Three Quarters Of 2012: Seven Consecutive Quarters Of Ridership Increases Show Growing Demand
American Public Transportation Association Press Release
Want To End The Scourge Of Surface Parking? Tax Land, Not Buildings
StreetsBlog Network
What Can L.A. Do About Climate Change? UCLA Report Lays Out Plan ("You're calling for more transportation and bus riders, but that assumes the roads are fine. They're not.")
Los Angeles Daily News
When A Door Closes, A Window Always Opens...Because Someone Will Saw Through The Fence (The former transit property is having a rough go of it these days)
StreetsBlog LA
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12/07/2012
Expo Line, Union Station, High-Speed Rail, LA's First Streetcars, Boyle Heights, Measure J & More
December 7: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Pacific Electric's Red Cars roll into Owensmouth [Canoga Park] 100 years ago today, and one of the region's earliest proposals for freeways envisions the County crisscrossed by stop-free "pleasant thoroughfares")
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The $100 Million "X Train" Will Be A Party From L.A. To Vegas
Forbes
Are Toll Roads Coming To Your Local Freeway?
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch
Calif. Agency Sponsors Children's Play Area ("Calif.-based Montebello Bus Lines (MBL) partnered with The Shops at Montebello to open a transportation, environment and conservation-theme play area for kids.")
Metro Magazine
Deficit-Reduction Talks May Fuel Gas Tax Increase
Governing
The Expo Line Draws A Gold Rush ("In addition to construction of this phase of the Expo Line is a gold rush of sorts by developers, who are promising projects that are transit-oriented and tailored to the needs of a train-traveling public. It’s all supposed to be a part of an enlightened development strategy to relieve the traffic-clogged community with multi-story, high-density housing near the line -- so people can whiz off to their jobs– and ground floors given over to retail space. Santa Monica officials have strongly pushed the Expo-adjacent, multi-use projects, shuttle services and bike facilities. Some residents though are alarmed by the hundreds of thousands of square feet of potential development and see the coming wave of projects as a tsunami.")
KCRW Which Way LA?
Fans And Foes Debate California's High Speed Rail On Capitol Hill
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Hahn: High-Speed Rail Project "Critical" To Calif., U.S. Economy
CBS Los Angeles
How John Brockman Changed Downtown
Los Angeles Downtown News
Intersection Near Library Named For Bradbury
Los Angeles Times
Ray Bradbury Would've Crisscrossed LA With Monorails
Curbed LA
L.A. Council Votes To Regulate Valet Parking Operators ("The rules would require valid California driver's licenses for all workers, permits, liability insurance and proof of off-street spaces.")
Los Angeles Times
LA Preparing To Buy Silver Lake's Corralitas Red Car Property ("The privately-owned, 10-acre property in Silver Lake known as the Corralitas Red Car property is one step closer to becoming a public park. The City Council has determined how much it is willing to pay for the former Pacific Electric Railway right of way, and yesterday directed the city find the cash to make the purchase.")
Curbed LA
L.A.'s First Streetcars Were Horse-Powered (Rarely seen archival images from the late 1800s illustrate this extensive must-see look back at Los Angeles' earliest public transportation)
LA as Subject via KCET
LaHood Defends California High-Speed Rail Plan
The Hill
Last Stop For Track 16: Iconic Gallery Space Becomes The Train Platform ("It’s a sad irony for those of us who crave more mass transit that a special spot has to fall to make way for the Expo Line.")
KCRW Which Way LA?
Manhattan Beach Council Balks At Hiring Consultant For Trolley Study
Daily Breeze
A "Movement For Movement" Puts Walking Front And Center
StreetsBlog DC
Now Is The Time For More Transit, Not Less
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
On Track For The Future: Crowds Come Out And Are Ready To Comment On The Union Station Master Plan
Los Angeles Downtown News
Our View: Give Toll Road Drivers A Break
Pasadena Star-News
Public Transit Is Having A Moment
Voice Of San Diego
Report: Bus Market To Grow 5% Annually
Metro Magazine
Riding The Subway As Therapy ("Public transportation is an inherently contradictory experience. You insert yourself into a highly public, perpetually crowded environment and immediately retreat into the privacy of your own interior world.")
The Atlantic: Cities
"Starting From The Beginning" For Some Metro Owned Sites In Boyle Heights
StreetsBlog LA
Thom Mayne Wins 2013 AIA Gold Medal: The Bad Boy Of Los Angeles Architecture Comes Away With One Of Architecture's Most Prestigious Honors ("He has been celebrated for projects such as the California Department of Transportation District 7 Headquarters in Los Angeles (2004)")
Architect Magazine
Transit Officials Ask Congress For Billions In Storm Aid
New York Times
Transportation Would Suffer Because Of Fiscal Cliff And Impact On Economy
Kansas City Star
Turning Measure J's Defeat Into Victory ("Out of disappointment emerges opportunity: It’s important to remember that Measure J was actually “Plan B” for financing the 30-10 plan to build out LA County’s Measure R funded rail expansion in 10 years instead of 30. “Plan A” was an innovative federal financing package – called America Fast Forward -- that was a combination of two proposals: 1) the TIFIA (Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act) low-interest loan program and 2) a new class of qualified tax credit bonds called “Qualified Transportation Improvement Bonds” or QTIBs.")
Move LA
Will We Finally See An Increase To State And Federal Gas Taxes?
The Atlantic Cities
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The $100 Million "X Train" Will Be A Party From L.A. To Vegas
Forbes
Are Toll Roads Coming To Your Local Freeway?
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch
Calif. Agency Sponsors Children's Play Area ("Calif.-based Montebello Bus Lines (MBL) partnered with The Shops at Montebello to open a transportation, environment and conservation-theme play area for kids.")
Metro Magazine
Deficit-Reduction Talks May Fuel Gas Tax Increase
Governing
The Expo Line Draws A Gold Rush ("In addition to construction of this phase of the Expo Line is a gold rush of sorts by developers, who are promising projects that are transit-oriented and tailored to the needs of a train-traveling public. It’s all supposed to be a part of an enlightened development strategy to relieve the traffic-clogged community with multi-story, high-density housing near the line -- so people can whiz off to their jobs– and ground floors given over to retail space. Santa Monica officials have strongly pushed the Expo-adjacent, multi-use projects, shuttle services and bike facilities. Some residents though are alarmed by the hundreds of thousands of square feet of potential development and see the coming wave of projects as a tsunami.")
KCRW Which Way LA?
Fans And Foes Debate California's High Speed Rail On Capitol Hill
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Hahn: High-Speed Rail Project "Critical" To Calif., U.S. Economy
CBS Los Angeles
How John Brockman Changed Downtown
Los Angeles Downtown News
Intersection Near Library Named For Bradbury
Los Angeles Times
Ray Bradbury Would've Crisscrossed LA With Monorails
Curbed LA
L.A. Council Votes To Regulate Valet Parking Operators ("The rules would require valid California driver's licenses for all workers, permits, liability insurance and proof of off-street spaces.")
Los Angeles Times
LA Preparing To Buy Silver Lake's Corralitas Red Car Property ("The privately-owned, 10-acre property in Silver Lake known as the Corralitas Red Car property is one step closer to becoming a public park. The City Council has determined how much it is willing to pay for the former Pacific Electric Railway right of way, and yesterday directed the city find the cash to make the purchase.")
Curbed LA
L.A.'s First Streetcars Were Horse-Powered (Rarely seen archival images from the late 1800s illustrate this extensive must-see look back at Los Angeles' earliest public transportation)
LA as Subject via KCET
LaHood Defends California High-Speed Rail Plan
The Hill
Last Stop For Track 16: Iconic Gallery Space Becomes The Train Platform ("It’s a sad irony for those of us who crave more mass transit that a special spot has to fall to make way for the Expo Line.")
KCRW Which Way LA?
Manhattan Beach Council Balks At Hiring Consultant For Trolley Study
Daily Breeze
A "Movement For Movement" Puts Walking Front And Center
StreetsBlog DC
Now Is The Time For More Transit, Not Less
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
On Track For The Future: Crowds Come Out And Are Ready To Comment On The Union Station Master Plan
Los Angeles Downtown News
Our View: Give Toll Road Drivers A Break
Pasadena Star-News
Public Transit Is Having A Moment
Voice Of San Diego
Report: Bus Market To Grow 5% Annually
Metro Magazine
Riding The Subway As Therapy ("Public transportation is an inherently contradictory experience. You insert yourself into a highly public, perpetually crowded environment and immediately retreat into the privacy of your own interior world.")
The Atlantic: Cities
"Starting From The Beginning" For Some Metro Owned Sites In Boyle Heights
StreetsBlog LA
Thom Mayne Wins 2013 AIA Gold Medal: The Bad Boy Of Los Angeles Architecture Comes Away With One Of Architecture's Most Prestigious Honors ("He has been celebrated for projects such as the California Department of Transportation District 7 Headquarters in Los Angeles (2004)")
Architect Magazine
Transit Officials Ask Congress For Billions In Storm Aid
New York Times
Transportation Would Suffer Because Of Fiscal Cliff And Impact On Economy
Kansas City Star
Turning Measure J's Defeat Into Victory ("Out of disappointment emerges opportunity: It’s important to remember that Measure J was actually “Plan B” for financing the 30-10 plan to build out LA County’s Measure R funded rail expansion in 10 years instead of 30. “Plan A” was an innovative federal financing package – called America Fast Forward -- that was a combination of two proposals: 1) the TIFIA (Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act) low-interest loan program and 2) a new class of qualified tax credit bonds called “Qualified Transportation Improvement Bonds” or QTIBs.")
Move LA
Will We Finally See An Increase To State And Federal Gas Taxes?
The Atlantic Cities
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12/06/2012
Expo Line, Union Station, Measure J, Transit Tax Law, OCTA, CAHSR, I-10/605, Mobile Technologies & More
Appointment Of OCTA's Chief Exec Violated State's Open Meeting Law
Voice Of OC
Back To Square One: The Story Of Ray Bradbury Square In Los Angeles ("Ray Bradbury Square will be dedicated on December 6th at 2 p.m. in a ceremony held in Maguire Gardens.")
Huffington Post
California County Cancels Transportation Tax Recount (Think Measure J lost in a squeaker? Alameda County's transportation sales tax measure received 66.52% of the vote -- 700 votes short out of 350,000 cast)
Transportation Nation
California High-Speed Rail Too Expensive, McCarthy Says ("California’s $68.4 billion high-speed rail project is looking for too much money from the U.S. government and should be reconsidered, said California Representative Kevin McCarthy, the U.S. House’s third-ranking Republican.")
Bloomberg
California High-Speed Rail Brawl Hits House Floor
Politico
California Legislature Must Restore Democracy To Transit Funding
California High Speed Rail Blog
Caltrans To Fix 605-10 Freeway Interchange
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research And Future Needs (126p. PDF : web-only document)
Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
Dispelling The Myths: Toll And Fuel Tax Collection Costs In The 21st Century (79p. PDF)
Reason Foundation
Editorial: Rethinking Prop. 13 ("Advocates of Los Angeles County's Measure J, a sales tax extension for transportation funding, are frustrated that they fell just short of the required two-thirds in November, and they also are discussing a change to 55%, perhaps just for transportation sales taxes, or perhaps more broadly.")
Los Angeles Times
Expo Line Ridership Is Increasing
USC Daily Trojan
Flyover Connector To Be Built Between 10 And 605 Freeways
Baldwin Park Patch
Free Muni For Low-Income Youth Funded ("The Metropolitan Transportation Agency voted unanimously to spend an estimated $1.6 million in federal funds dedicated to improving transit performance and ridership on a 16-month program offering free Fast Passes to low-income San Franciscans under 18.")
San Francisco Chronicle
How This Government Agency Is Saving $500 Million By Using Social And Mobile Technologies ("Most people don’t look to Jefferson City, Missouri as a source of technical innovation, and they especially would never think to look at its government. But they’d be surprised to learn that the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) is one of the most innovative organizations using social and mobile technologies in the country. In fact, they are a model for how government can and should cut spending by leveraging new technologies.")
Forbes
Integrated Risk Management For Improving Internal Traffic Control, Work-Zone Safety, And Mobility During Major Construction (80p. PDF)
Iowa State University Institute For Transportation
JetBlue To Eliminate Day Flights At Bob Hope Airport ("Bob Hope Airport officials approved additional parking rate increases this week to tackle steady revenue drops caused by declining passenger activity that’s expected to be exacerbated by JetBlue’s decision to eliminate all daytime flights at the airfield as of Jan. 6.")
Burbank Leader
LA Council President Asks AIA-LA Members If Merging Planning With Building & Safety Is A Good Idea
The Planning Report
Lowering Threshold To Pass Transportation Taxes Not A Hit With Everyone
Los Angeles Daily News
Metro Holds First Union Station Master Plan Community Meeting
LADOT Bike Blog
Mica Bids Farewell To Transportation Chairmanship At Portrait Unveiling
The Hill
Midsize Cities On The Move: A Look At The Next Generation Of Rapid Bus, Bus Rapid Transit, And Streetcar Projects In The United States (52p. PDF)
Reconnecting America
Introduction Webpage
New L.A. Bridge Calls For Public Review
KCET
Pay By The Mile To Drive? State Takes A Serious Look (Washington state)
NWCN
Senate Hearing Will Detail Hurricane Sandy's Transit Damage
Transportation Nation
State Senator Carol Liu Introduces Bill To Eliminate 2/3 Rule For Transit Taxes ("SCA 4 is a constitutional amendment, which requires a 2/3 vote to send to the voters.")
California High Speed Rail Blog
Students React To Measure J ("Fewer projects will be constructed and completed in the next 20 years because potential borrowing is limited to the expected revenues from the existing Measure R, which expires in 2039...")
USC Daily Trojan
Surgeon General Announces Call To Action On Walking
StreetsBlog DC
Tax Measure Gets Things Rolling For LA Streetcars
San Francisco Chronicle
Think About The Transportation Sector ("The U.S. therefore needs a 3-step mass transit program to help our communities thrive, protect our climate, and promote human health.")
Huffington Post
Toll Lanes Considered For I-10
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Transpo Tax Fails With 66% Of Vote: Time To Change The Rules?
Curbed LA
UCLA Environmental Researchers Release Citywide Plan, Call On Candidates To Adopt
UCLA Newsroom
Vision 2021 LA: A Model Environmental Sustainability Agenda For Los Angeles' Next Mayor And City Council (85p. PDF)
UCLA Institute Of The Environment And Sustainability
Why California's Two-Thirds Local Ballot Threshold May Be Worth Keeping
StreetsBlog Network
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Voice Of OC
Back To Square One: The Story Of Ray Bradbury Square In Los Angeles ("Ray Bradbury Square will be dedicated on December 6th at 2 p.m. in a ceremony held in Maguire Gardens.")
Huffington Post
California County Cancels Transportation Tax Recount (Think Measure J lost in a squeaker? Alameda County's transportation sales tax measure received 66.52% of the vote -- 700 votes short out of 350,000 cast)
Transportation Nation
California High-Speed Rail Too Expensive, McCarthy Says ("California’s $68.4 billion high-speed rail project is looking for too much money from the U.S. government and should be reconsidered, said California Representative Kevin McCarthy, the U.S. House’s third-ranking Republican.")
Bloomberg
California High-Speed Rail Brawl Hits House Floor
Politico
California Legislature Must Restore Democracy To Transit Funding
California High Speed Rail Blog
Caltrans To Fix 605-10 Freeway Interchange
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research And Future Needs (126p. PDF : web-only document)
Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
Dispelling The Myths: Toll And Fuel Tax Collection Costs In The 21st Century (79p. PDF)
Reason Foundation
Editorial: Rethinking Prop. 13 ("Advocates of Los Angeles County's Measure J, a sales tax extension for transportation funding, are frustrated that they fell just short of the required two-thirds in November, and they also are discussing a change to 55%, perhaps just for transportation sales taxes, or perhaps more broadly.")
Los Angeles Times
Expo Line Ridership Is Increasing
USC Daily Trojan
Flyover Connector To Be Built Between 10 And 605 Freeways
Baldwin Park Patch
Free Muni For Low-Income Youth Funded ("The Metropolitan Transportation Agency voted unanimously to spend an estimated $1.6 million in federal funds dedicated to improving transit performance and ridership on a 16-month program offering free Fast Passes to low-income San Franciscans under 18.")
San Francisco Chronicle
How This Government Agency Is Saving $500 Million By Using Social And Mobile Technologies ("Most people don’t look to Jefferson City, Missouri as a source of technical innovation, and they especially would never think to look at its government. But they’d be surprised to learn that the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) is one of the most innovative organizations using social and mobile technologies in the country. In fact, they are a model for how government can and should cut spending by leveraging new technologies.")
Forbes
Integrated Risk Management For Improving Internal Traffic Control, Work-Zone Safety, And Mobility During Major Construction (80p. PDF)
Iowa State University Institute For Transportation
JetBlue To Eliminate Day Flights At Bob Hope Airport ("Bob Hope Airport officials approved additional parking rate increases this week to tackle steady revenue drops caused by declining passenger activity that’s expected to be exacerbated by JetBlue’s decision to eliminate all daytime flights at the airfield as of Jan. 6.")
Burbank Leader
LA Council President Asks AIA-LA Members If Merging Planning With Building & Safety Is A Good Idea
The Planning Report
Lowering Threshold To Pass Transportation Taxes Not A Hit With Everyone
Los Angeles Daily News
Metro Holds First Union Station Master Plan Community Meeting
LADOT Bike Blog
Mica Bids Farewell To Transportation Chairmanship At Portrait Unveiling
The Hill
Midsize Cities On The Move: A Look At The Next Generation Of Rapid Bus, Bus Rapid Transit, And Streetcar Projects In The United States (52p. PDF)
Reconnecting America
Introduction Webpage
New L.A. Bridge Calls For Public Review
KCET
Pay By The Mile To Drive? State Takes A Serious Look (Washington state)
NWCN
Senate Hearing Will Detail Hurricane Sandy's Transit Damage
Transportation Nation
State Senator Carol Liu Introduces Bill To Eliminate 2/3 Rule For Transit Taxes ("SCA 4 is a constitutional amendment, which requires a 2/3 vote to send to the voters.")
California High Speed Rail Blog
Students React To Measure J ("Fewer projects will be constructed and completed in the next 20 years because potential borrowing is limited to the expected revenues from the existing Measure R, which expires in 2039...")
USC Daily Trojan
Surgeon General Announces Call To Action On Walking
StreetsBlog DC
Tax Measure Gets Things Rolling For LA Streetcars
San Francisco Chronicle
Think About The Transportation Sector ("The U.S. therefore needs a 3-step mass transit program to help our communities thrive, protect our climate, and promote human health.")
Huffington Post
Toll Lanes Considered For I-10
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Transpo Tax Fails With 66% Of Vote: Time To Change The Rules?
Curbed LA
UCLA Environmental Researchers Release Citywide Plan, Call On Candidates To Adopt
UCLA Newsroom
Vision 2021 LA: A Model Environmental Sustainability Agenda For Los Angeles' Next Mayor And City Council (85p. PDF)
UCLA Institute Of The Environment And Sustainability
Why California's Two-Thirds Local Ballot Threshold May Be Worth Keeping
StreetsBlog Network
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12/04/2012
Downtown Streetcar, Expo II & Bergamot Station, "Smart LA," OCTA, Car-Share, Measure J & More
Appointment Of OCTA Chief Thrown Into Doubt
Orange County Register
Assemblyman Mike Feuer Hospitalized Following Car Crash
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
DNC Head: Transit "Essential To Our Economic Success"
StreetsBlog Network
Downtown L.A. Voters Agree To Tax Themselves To Fund Streetcar Project
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Downtown Streetcar Desire Headed For Reality
LA Weekly
Downtowners Vote "Yes" On New Tax To Fund DTLA Streetcar ("73% of people voted in favor of a property tax that will help cover a portion of the streetcar's cost. The turnout surpassed the two-thirds vote the tax needed to pass.")
Blog Downtown
Eight Burning Questions About Post-Election Transpo Policy And Politics
StreetsBlog DC
Freeway To Palmdale, Train To Vegas Subject Of Public Meetings
Victorville Daily Press
Improving Roadway Safety Programs Through University-Agency Partnerships (116p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
It's Official, 1st Street Bike Lane Will Lose Some Of Its Buffer
StreetsBlog LA
The Many Ways That Cities Are Trying To Make Uber Illegal ("The company's now been banned or fined in pretty much every major American city, and now, regulators are now looking for ways to make the hire-a-car business illegal in all of the United States.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Measure J Fails By 14,000 Votes, Metro Still Confident
Daily Breeze
Metro Statement On Measure J Losing
LA Observed
Muni Subway Plan To Appease North Beach ("Muni's boss has a plan to silence the vocal opposition in North Beach to the Central Subway construction project - he wants to take a major step toward extending the line from Chinatown into North Beach itself.")
San Francisco Chronicle
New Signage Discourages Sidewalk Riding In Santa Monica, But It's An Issue That Defies Simple Resolution
StreetsBlog LA
Santa Monica City Hall Issues Request For Proposals For Bergamot Station ("The area would also have built-in infrastructure to support the planned Expo Light Rail, which is expected to have a stop there once the line is completed in 2016.")
Santa Monica Mirror
Social Media Is Eating Our Lives (And Pinterest Is Chewing Fast)
Wired
The Top 10 Smartest Cities In North America ("Which cities are pushing the envelope of technology, sustainability, and better living conditions?...L.A. is starting to break out of the box with increased density, growing its network of pedestrian and cycling paths and increased use of renewable energy. L.A. also is starting to create a thriving technology entrepreneurial ecosystem and is rated fourth globally in the inventive cities ranking.")
GOOD
Smarter Cities Profile: Los Angeles
Natural Resources Defense Council Smarter Cities
Transit Sales Tax Measure Loses, But Streetcar Tax Wins
KCET
Unknowns About I-10 Expansion Concern Many Area Residents
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Vote Puts New Downtown Los Angeles Streetcar One Step Closer To Reality
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Voters Approve $85 Million Downtown Streetcar Tax
Los Angeles Downtown News
Will Hitching Posts At Sunset & Alvarado Make Echo Park More Beautiful?
Eastsider LA
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Orange County Register
Assemblyman Mike Feuer Hospitalized Following Car Crash
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
DNC Head: Transit "Essential To Our Economic Success"
StreetsBlog Network
Downtown L.A. Voters Agree To Tax Themselves To Fund Streetcar Project
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Downtown Streetcar Desire Headed For Reality
LA Weekly
Downtowners Vote "Yes" On New Tax To Fund DTLA Streetcar ("73% of people voted in favor of a property tax that will help cover a portion of the streetcar's cost. The turnout surpassed the two-thirds vote the tax needed to pass.")
Blog Downtown
Eight Burning Questions About Post-Election Transpo Policy And Politics
StreetsBlog DC
Freeway To Palmdale, Train To Vegas Subject Of Public Meetings
Victorville Daily Press
Improving Roadway Safety Programs Through University-Agency Partnerships (116p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board
It's Official, 1st Street Bike Lane Will Lose Some Of Its Buffer
StreetsBlog LA
The Many Ways That Cities Are Trying To Make Uber Illegal ("The company's now been banned or fined in pretty much every major American city, and now, regulators are now looking for ways to make the hire-a-car business illegal in all of the United States.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Measure J Fails By 14,000 Votes, Metro Still Confident
Daily Breeze
Metro Statement On Measure J Losing
LA Observed
Muni Subway Plan To Appease North Beach ("Muni's boss has a plan to silence the vocal opposition in North Beach to the Central Subway construction project - he wants to take a major step toward extending the line from Chinatown into North Beach itself.")
San Francisco Chronicle
New Signage Discourages Sidewalk Riding In Santa Monica, But It's An Issue That Defies Simple Resolution
StreetsBlog LA
Santa Monica City Hall Issues Request For Proposals For Bergamot Station ("The area would also have built-in infrastructure to support the planned Expo Light Rail, which is expected to have a stop there once the line is completed in 2016.")
Santa Monica Mirror
Social Media Is Eating Our Lives (And Pinterest Is Chewing Fast)
Wired
The Top 10 Smartest Cities In North America ("Which cities are pushing the envelope of technology, sustainability, and better living conditions?...L.A. is starting to break out of the box with increased density, growing its network of pedestrian and cycling paths and increased use of renewable energy. L.A. also is starting to create a thriving technology entrepreneurial ecosystem and is rated fourth globally in the inventive cities ranking.")
GOOD
Smarter Cities Profile: Los Angeles
Natural Resources Defense Council Smarter Cities
Transit Sales Tax Measure Loses, But Streetcar Tax Wins
KCET
Unknowns About I-10 Expansion Concern Many Area Residents
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Vote Puts New Downtown Los Angeles Streetcar One Step Closer To Reality
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Voters Approve $85 Million Downtown Streetcar Tax
Los Angeles Downtown News
Will Hitching Posts At Sunset & Alvarado Make Echo Park More Beautiful?
Eastsider LA
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12/03/2012
Downtown Streetcar, LAX, CAHSR, Amtrak, Income-Based Fares, VISTA Wi-Fi, Walkability & More
December 3: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Los Angeles gets its first taste of transit-oriented development -- in 1885)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
10 Techniques For Making Cities More Walkable
The Atlantic: Cities
Amtrak Supporters Warily Eye Shuster As Rail Funding Fight Looms ("The Pennsylvania lawmaker, who is the son of a former Transportation Committee chairman, said recently that there could be "common ground" in the next Congress on rail funding.")
The Hill
As More Cyclists Hit The Road In Long Beach, Need For Clearer Code Emerges
StreetsBlog LA
British National Health Experts: Cycling Safer Than Couch Sitting
StreetsBlog DC
Brown Seeks Sovereign Wealth To Back High-Speed Rail Line
Bloomberg
A Difficult Lift For Shuster ("What should committee members be focusing on next year when it comes to transportation? Will it really be another four years before a highway bill gets done? Will a new chairman breathe life into the committee? How should legislators confront the niche transportation issues like rail, transit, and aviation? What makes a good transportation leader?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Downtown L.A. Residents Voting On Streetcar Project ("The proposal calls for an assessment district to help finance the $125-million fixed-rail project that is forecast to spawn $1 billion in development, including 2,600 new housing units.")
Los Angeles Times
Induction Charging Comes To Public Transit ("Say goodbye to catenary wires. Utah State University has unveiled an electric bus that charges through induction, topping off its batteries whenever it stops to pick up passengers.")
Wired
LAX Runway Separation Plan Advances, Over Groups' Objections ("Some neighbors and Ontario airport supporters oppose a plan touted as improving safety and the handling of the largest new aircraft at Los Angeles International.")
Los Angeles Times
Let's Talk About Metro-Riding Etiquette (Again)
LAist
Mesmerizing Visualizations Show Mass-Transit Patterns Of Major Cities
Wired
One Day Of Activity For The Los Angeles Metro
via YouTube
[New York] M.T.A. Seeks Aid Not Just For Repairs, But For Improvements
New York Times
Muni And Other Agencies Consider Basing Fares On Income
San Francisco Examiner
Patty Murray As Senate Budget Chief: What It Means For Transportation
StreetsBlog DC
President Proposes $50 Billion For Infrastructure
Transportation Issues Daily
Recount For Alameda County Transportation Sales Tax Increase ("The measure lost by 0.14% or fewer than 800 out of the 527,403 votes cast." It received 66.53% of the vote)
Oakland Tribune
Review Of Public Transit Funding For New Starts And Small Starts Projects, October 2004 Through June 2012 (27p. PDF : This report discusses the extent to which project sponsors use non-New Starts funding to help construct New Starts, Small Starts and Very Small Starts projects. GAO reviewed financial information for all of the 25 New Starts and 32 Small Starts and Very Small Starts projects FTA identified as receiving construction funding from October 1, 2004, through June 2012. GAO interviewed FTA officials regarding program data and officials from 8 project sponsors to get their views on funding sources. GAO also reviewed relevant federal laws and other documentation.")
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Roadshow: Time To Lower Sales Tax Threshold For Transportation
Silicon Valley Mercury News
U.S. May Be Next Hot Spot For Infrastructure Debt Investments
Reuters
Ventura County VISTA Buses Now Offer Wi-Fi
Ventura County Star
Weigh In On Union Station Master Plan
Los Angeles Downtown News
The Weird Weather Phenomena Created By Urban Bike Paths
The Atlantic: Cities
Will SoCal Cities Try To Slow High Speed Rail?
California High Speed Rail Blog
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
10 Techniques For Making Cities More Walkable
The Atlantic: Cities
Amtrak Supporters Warily Eye Shuster As Rail Funding Fight Looms ("The Pennsylvania lawmaker, who is the son of a former Transportation Committee chairman, said recently that there could be "common ground" in the next Congress on rail funding.")
The Hill
As More Cyclists Hit The Road In Long Beach, Need For Clearer Code Emerges
StreetsBlog LA
British National Health Experts: Cycling Safer Than Couch Sitting
StreetsBlog DC
Brown Seeks Sovereign Wealth To Back High-Speed Rail Line
Bloomberg
A Difficult Lift For Shuster ("What should committee members be focusing on next year when it comes to transportation? Will it really be another four years before a highway bill gets done? Will a new chairman breathe life into the committee? How should legislators confront the niche transportation issues like rail, transit, and aviation? What makes a good transportation leader?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
Downtown L.A. Residents Voting On Streetcar Project ("The proposal calls for an assessment district to help finance the $125-million fixed-rail project that is forecast to spawn $1 billion in development, including 2,600 new housing units.")
Los Angeles Times
Induction Charging Comes To Public Transit ("Say goodbye to catenary wires. Utah State University has unveiled an electric bus that charges through induction, topping off its batteries whenever it stops to pick up passengers.")
Wired
LAX Runway Separation Plan Advances, Over Groups' Objections ("Some neighbors and Ontario airport supporters oppose a plan touted as improving safety and the handling of the largest new aircraft at Los Angeles International.")
Los Angeles Times
Let's Talk About Metro-Riding Etiquette (Again)
LAist
Mesmerizing Visualizations Show Mass-Transit Patterns Of Major Cities
Wired
One Day Of Activity For The Los Angeles Metro
via YouTube
[New York] M.T.A. Seeks Aid Not Just For Repairs, But For Improvements
New York Times
Muni And Other Agencies Consider Basing Fares On Income
San Francisco Examiner
Patty Murray As Senate Budget Chief: What It Means For Transportation
StreetsBlog DC
President Proposes $50 Billion For Infrastructure
Transportation Issues Daily
Recount For Alameda County Transportation Sales Tax Increase ("The measure lost by 0.14% or fewer than 800 out of the 527,403 votes cast." It received 66.53% of the vote)
Oakland Tribune
Review Of Public Transit Funding For New Starts And Small Starts Projects, October 2004 Through June 2012 (27p. PDF : This report discusses the extent to which project sponsors use non-New Starts funding to help construct New Starts, Small Starts and Very Small Starts projects. GAO reviewed financial information for all of the 25 New Starts and 32 Small Starts and Very Small Starts projects FTA identified as receiving construction funding from October 1, 2004, through June 2012. GAO interviewed FTA officials regarding program data and officials from 8 project sponsors to get their views on funding sources. GAO also reviewed relevant federal laws and other documentation.")
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Roadshow: Time To Lower Sales Tax Threshold For Transportation
Silicon Valley Mercury News
U.S. May Be Next Hot Spot For Infrastructure Debt Investments
Reuters
Ventura County VISTA Buses Now Offer Wi-Fi
Ventura County Star
Weigh In On Union Station Master Plan
Los Angeles Downtown News
The Weird Weather Phenomena Created By Urban Bike Paths
The Atlantic: Cities
Will SoCal Cities Try To Slow High Speed Rail?
California High Speed Rail Blog
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11/30/2012
Crenshaw Line, Bullet Train, Transpo & Asthma, Caltrans Review, BRT, Travel In 2022 & More
November 30: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Grand opening ceremonies for Los Angeles' first subway...in 1925, and officials get a first look at a model light rail car for the coming Metro Blue Line)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
2022: Cheap Flights, More Rail And Hands-Free Cars
CNN
Battle Over Crenshaw Line Gets National Nod From New York Times
StreetsBlog LA
Bullet Train Chief, Critic Have Dueling Views At San Jose Forum
Silicon Valley Mercury News
California's Urban, Transportation Policies Contribute To Children's Asthma
Environmental Health News
Caltrans Agrees To Greater Public Scrutiny Of Expert Panels
Sacramento Bee
Could LA's Transit Measure Still Pass?
Architect's Newspaper
Deficient Silver Lake / Atwater Bridge Could Get Major Redesign
Curbed LA
City Proposing Upgrade The Glendale Hyperion Bridge
Los Feliz Ledger
Fate Of Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Station Announced Soon
Curbed LA
Hurricane Sandy Was "Largest Mass Transit Disaster In Our Nation's History," Says Senator ("Four out of 10 of the nation’s transit riders had their commutes disrupted by the storm, many still today.")
Transportation Nation
Mobile Ticketing Coming To MBTA Boats & More Commuter Trains, Riders Can Purchase Monthly Passes
BostInno
New House Transpo Chairman May Have Open Mind On Revenue And Rail
Next American City
Praise For New York's Bus Rapid Transit
Human Transit
Quality Of Life And Visitor Experience: Public Transportation And Pedestrian-Friendliness (The annual "America's Favorite Cities" survey category ranks Los Angeles #33 out of 35 cities)
Travel And Leisure
Seven Ways To Make Bike-Share More Accessible
StreetsBlog Network
Site-Based Video System Design And Development (96p. PDF : "Documents the development of a Site Observer, a prototype system capable of capturing vehicle movements through intersections by using a site-based video imaging system.")
Strategic Highway Research Program
What Would Meaningful Amtrak Reform Look Like?
StreetsBlog DC
Where The Middle Class Spends 75% Of Its Income On Housing And Transport (Chart showing housing and transportation costs for 25 U.S. metropolitan areas -- Riverside is #2 and Los Angeles ranks #4)
The Atlantic: Cities
Will Kempton, OCTA's Retiring Chief, Sees Reign End With Hefty Bus Fare Increases
OC Weekly
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
2022: Cheap Flights, More Rail And Hands-Free Cars
CNN
Battle Over Crenshaw Line Gets National Nod From New York Times
StreetsBlog LA
Bullet Train Chief, Critic Have Dueling Views At San Jose Forum
Silicon Valley Mercury News
California's Urban, Transportation Policies Contribute To Children's Asthma
Environmental Health News
Caltrans Agrees To Greater Public Scrutiny Of Expert Panels
Sacramento Bee
Could LA's Transit Measure Still Pass?
Architect's Newspaper
Deficient Silver Lake / Atwater Bridge Could Get Major Redesign
Curbed LA
City Proposing Upgrade The Glendale Hyperion Bridge
Los Feliz Ledger
Fate Of Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Station Announced Soon
Curbed LA
Hurricane Sandy Was "Largest Mass Transit Disaster In Our Nation's History," Says Senator ("Four out of 10 of the nation’s transit riders had their commutes disrupted by the storm, many still today.")
Transportation Nation
Mobile Ticketing Coming To MBTA Boats & More Commuter Trains, Riders Can Purchase Monthly Passes
BostInno
New House Transpo Chairman May Have Open Mind On Revenue And Rail
Next American City
Praise For New York's Bus Rapid Transit
Human Transit
Quality Of Life And Visitor Experience: Public Transportation And Pedestrian-Friendliness (The annual "America's Favorite Cities" survey category ranks Los Angeles #33 out of 35 cities)
Travel And Leisure
Seven Ways To Make Bike-Share More Accessible
StreetsBlog Network
Site-Based Video System Design And Development (96p. PDF : "Documents the development of a Site Observer, a prototype system capable of capturing vehicle movements through intersections by using a site-based video imaging system.")
Strategic Highway Research Program
What Would Meaningful Amtrak Reform Look Like?
StreetsBlog DC
Where The Middle Class Spends 75% Of Its Income On Housing And Transport (Chart showing housing and transportation costs for 25 U.S. metropolitan areas -- Riverside is #2 and Los Angeles ranks #4)
The Atlantic: Cities
Will Kempton, OCTA's Retiring Chief, Sees Reign End With Hefty Bus Fare Increases
OC Weekly
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