This weekend marks the 3rd anniversary of Metro Transportation Library on Twitter. The need for timely information about local and national transit & transportation has helped our total followers grow beyond 1,500. (To provide some perspective, the combined followers of the 73-branch Los Angeles Public Library and the 86-branch County of Los Angeles Public Library systems number less than 1,000).
To those who already follow us for the past, present and future of transportation news, research and history that we can't always catch in these Headlines, we thank you. For those who do not, we invite you along.
Americans Want HSR, Politicians Don't Want You To
AltTransport
Amtrak To Buy 70 High Speed Electric Trains For $466 Million
Inhabitat
California's First High-Speed Rail Segment May Run Through Central Valley
Los Angeles Times
Did Americans Reject Clean Energy By Voting Republican? US Environmentalists Concede Disappointment At The GOP's Surge, But Say The Defeat Of California Prop. 23 Shows Voters Were Motivated By The Economy And Not A Rejection Of Clean Energy
Christian Science Monitor
Eastbound Century Freeway Near LAX To Be Closed Saturday
Daily Breeze
Editorial: Tuesday's Environmental Impact: The Republican Takeover Of The House Puts An End To Hopes For A Federal Bill. But Headway Will Still Be Made At The State Level
Los Angeles Times
Eliminate Waste Or Kill Good Projects? Earmark Ban Could Cut Both Ways
StreetsBlog LA
How Tuesday's Election Affects L.A. Transit Projects: With The Republicans Wresting Control In The House, Some Plans Likely Won't Be Funded, But California Improvements May Go Forward
Los Angeles Times
Keeping Little Tokyo Alive Through The Metro Connector Needs A Team Effort
Rafu Shimpo
Leiweke Hopes To Bring 2016 Super Bowl To Downtown: Game Would Take Place In $1 Billion, Privately Funded Stadium And Convention Complex
Los Angeles Downtown News
Location Services Have Not Caught On, Report Says
New York Times
4% Of Americans Use Location-Based Services (10p. PDF)
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Money Available For Calabasas Interchanges
The Acorn
Oberstar Defeat Ends Era Of Transportation Policy Influence
Minnesota Public Radio
Oberstar As U.S. Secretary Of Transportation?
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Passons Boulevard Underpass Project On The Move
Whittier Daily News
Port To Get $200M For Bridge
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Reactions To San Gabriel Valley High-Speed Rail Plan Vary
Pasadena Star-News
Rumor: It's Fisher v Sedadi For General Manager Of LADOT
StreetsBlog LA
Southern California Freeway Pollution: Is Monitoring Adequate?
Los Angeles Times
Stroll 7th Street With The Los Angeles Conservancy
Blog Downtown
Subway Concern Prompts Debate Over Whether To Retain Transport Lobbyist (p. 5, 39 of 40p. PDF)
Beverly Hills Courier
Top Ten Cities With Best Public Transit Systems
Gadling
Touring Hall Of Justice, By Flashlight ("Later this month, the county Board of Supervisors will be asked to approve the selection of a firm to undertake the [1925 building's] historic rehabilitation and retrofitting.")
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Understanding Representative John Mica's Transportation Agenda
Transport Politic
Villaraigosa Says GOP Control Of House Could Cost L.A.
Los Angeles Times
Weekend Closure Announced For 110 Freeway
Pasadena Star-News
What's Your Vision For El Pueblo?
Blog Downtown
Young People On Car Ownership: Meh
StreetsBlog Network
Zev vs. Bev On MTA Subway Route: More City Lobbying May Be Needed To Persuade MTA To Avoid Tunneling Under Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills Patch
11/05/2010
11/04/2010
2010 Transportation Elections: Trends & Results, What Next For HSR?, Solar Santa Monica Fwy & More
2010 Transportation Ballot Measures: An Examination Of Key Trends And Results
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Amtrak To Pilot Close Call Reporting System
Occupational Health & Safety
Apple Transforms A Subway Station In Chicago (And Wants Everyone To Know It) ("The four-million dollar renovation to the station in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood was funded by the computer giant in conjunction with the construction of a new retail store on a nearby
property.")
GOOD
Bicycle Community Unites Against L.A.'s Bike Plan
LAist
Can Intelligent Transportation Systems Be Woven Into The Future Design Of Transport Operations?
New Electronics
Councilwoman Backs New Sign District For Wilshire Grand
Curbed LA
Developers Of Dupont Underground Are Far From The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (art galleries, restaurant, and wine bar are being considered for 100,000 square feet of the heavily-trafficked D.C. Metro station)
Washington Post
Dupont Underground
The Fiscal Argument For Transportation Reform ("Some information that may come in handy when your governor starts a high-pitched campaign against investing in transit. Or when the House starts debating the transportation bill.")
StreetsBlog Network
Fred Barnes: Americans Mainly Want To Stay In Their Cars
StreetsBlog
Coercing People Out Of Their Cars: The Road To Hell Is Paved With Bike Paths
The Weekly Standard
Key GOP Lawmaker Cool To High-Speed Rail Grants
Washington Post
Lack Of Transit Funds To Affect County Road Work
Ventura County Star
LAist Editor Zach Behrens To Move To KCET, Co-Editor Lindsay William-Ross To Take Over
LAist
KCET Gets $1-Million Ahmanson Grant To Facilitate Planned Exit From PBS
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles: Before You Board, There's A Quiz (The entrance to and design of the Ellerbe Becket-designed Vermont / Santa Monica Station is analyzed)
Human Transit
Massive Solar Serpent Winds Along The Santa Monica Freeway (Includes illustrations : This design for a serpent-shaped solar skin for the Sana Monica Freeway would also capture the exhaust fumes to make algae fuel on the side of the I-10)
Inhabitat
Measure K Winning By Wide Margin ("Measure K would double to nearly $1 billion the total amount of debt the Riverside County Transportation Commission can issue to accelerate construction of area roads.")
North County Times
Message Signs Without Much To Say
Eastsider LA
National Bike Leaders Weigh In On Tumultuous Elections
Bike Portland
New Congress Could Thwart High-Speed Rail Plans
San Jose Mercury News
Our National Archives At Risk: What The Government Accountability Office Found
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Scorecard: What Election 2010 Means For Transportation Around The Nation
Transportation Nation
Target Store To Open In Downtown L.A.: The Retail Giant Will Take Over More Than 100,000 Square Feet In The 7+Fig Mall And Feature A Product Mix That Emphasizes Food And Household Basics
Los Angeles Times
Telematics: Your Guide To The Second Information Superhighway
AltTransport
TIGER Stimulus Grants Benefiting Americans Across The Country
GOOD
Transit-Friendly Neighbors Removed From Transit-Friendly Neighborhoods? ("New rail stations may be gentrifying neighborhoods to an extent that the people most likely to take advantage of transit services are being pushed out, forced to relocate because of higher prices.")
Next American City
Transportation Bill A Prime Chance For Bipartisan Achievement In A Divided Government
Transportation For America
Transportation Lobbyists Vow They'll "Work With The Winners"
Finance & Commerce
Updating The Bike Plan: Well, How Did I Get Here?
StreetsBlog LA
Vermont Station Expo Line Signage Appears
Curbed LA
A Very Bad Day For Sustainable Transportation And Urban Revitalization
Urban Places And Spaces
Voter Rejection Of Spending, Debt Cloud Transpo's Future
Transportation Nation
What Next For High Speed Rail?
California High Speed Rail Blog
With Oberstar Gone, Who Will Lead The Democrats On T & I Committee?
StreetsBlog DC
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Amtrak To Pilot Close Call Reporting System
Occupational Health & Safety
Apple Transforms A Subway Station In Chicago (And Wants Everyone To Know It) ("The four-million dollar renovation to the station in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood was funded by the computer giant in conjunction with the construction of a new retail store on a nearby
property.")
GOOD
Bicycle Community Unites Against L.A.'s Bike Plan
LAist
Can Intelligent Transportation Systems Be Woven Into The Future Design Of Transport Operations?
New Electronics
Councilwoman Backs New Sign District For Wilshire Grand
Curbed LA
Developers Of Dupont Underground Are Far From The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (art galleries, restaurant, and wine bar are being considered for 100,000 square feet of the heavily-trafficked D.C. Metro station)
Washington Post
Dupont Underground
The Fiscal Argument For Transportation Reform ("Some information that may come in handy when your governor starts a high-pitched campaign against investing in transit. Or when the House starts debating the transportation bill.")
StreetsBlog Network
Fred Barnes: Americans Mainly Want To Stay In Their Cars
StreetsBlog
Coercing People Out Of Their Cars: The Road To Hell Is Paved With Bike Paths
The Weekly Standard
Key GOP Lawmaker Cool To High-Speed Rail Grants
Washington Post
Lack Of Transit Funds To Affect County Road Work
Ventura County Star
LAist Editor Zach Behrens To Move To KCET, Co-Editor Lindsay William-Ross To Take Over
LAist
KCET Gets $1-Million Ahmanson Grant To Facilitate Planned Exit From PBS
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles: Before You Board, There's A Quiz (The entrance to and design of the Ellerbe Becket-designed Vermont / Santa Monica Station is analyzed)
Human Transit
Massive Solar Serpent Winds Along The Santa Monica Freeway (Includes illustrations : This design for a serpent-shaped solar skin for the Sana Monica Freeway would also capture the exhaust fumes to make algae fuel on the side of the I-10)
Inhabitat
Measure K Winning By Wide Margin ("Measure K would double to nearly $1 billion the total amount of debt the Riverside County Transportation Commission can issue to accelerate construction of area roads.")
North County Times
Message Signs Without Much To Say
Eastsider LA
National Bike Leaders Weigh In On Tumultuous Elections
Bike Portland
New Congress Could Thwart High-Speed Rail Plans
San Jose Mercury News
Our National Archives At Risk: What The Government Accountability Office Found
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Scorecard: What Election 2010 Means For Transportation Around The Nation
Transportation Nation
Target Store To Open In Downtown L.A.: The Retail Giant Will Take Over More Than 100,000 Square Feet In The 7+Fig Mall And Feature A Product Mix That Emphasizes Food And Household Basics
Los Angeles Times
Telematics: Your Guide To The Second Information Superhighway
AltTransport
TIGER Stimulus Grants Benefiting Americans Across The Country
GOOD
Transit-Friendly Neighbors Removed From Transit-Friendly Neighborhoods? ("New rail stations may be gentrifying neighborhoods to an extent that the people most likely to take advantage of transit services are being pushed out, forced to relocate because of higher prices.")
Next American City
Transportation Bill A Prime Chance For Bipartisan Achievement In A Divided Government
Transportation For America
Transportation Lobbyists Vow They'll "Work With The Winners"
Finance & Commerce
Updating The Bike Plan: Well, How Did I Get Here?
StreetsBlog LA
Vermont Station Expo Line Signage Appears
Curbed LA
A Very Bad Day For Sustainable Transportation And Urban Revitalization
Urban Places And Spaces
Voter Rejection Of Spending, Debt Cloud Transpo's Future
Transportation Nation
What Next For High Speed Rail?
California High Speed Rail Blog
With Oberstar Gone, Who Will Lead The Democrats On T & I Committee?
StreetsBlog DC
11/03/2010
Election 2010: What It Means For Transportation, Oberstar Ousted, Electric Taxis, Hopstop vs. Google & More
2010 Transportation Ballot Measure Results (state-by-state breakdown of measures' outcomes : 41 of 55 passed, a 75% success rate)
Center For Transportation Excellence
Trends And Results From 2010 Transportation Ballot Measures (free webinar : Friday, November 5)
Center For Transportation Excellence
8th District Stunner: Oberstar Loses To GOP Newcomer (18-term House Transportation Committee Chair defeated)
Minnesota Public Radio
California Wins A Clean Energy And Climate Trifecta
Grist
Cities In Flux: Latino New Urbanism ("Latinos have been transforming U.S. communities for decades. Now their impact on planning and transportation in the country is being more formally acknowledged.")
The City Fix
"Cities" May Not Matter As Much As We Think: Regions And Neighborhoods Are Where Things Actually Happen
Sustainable Cities Collective
Election 2010: The Senate Gets Lots Of New Climate Deniers
Grist
Election Results: GOP Govs Win Big, Dems Take California, Oberstar Ousted ("Ohio’s John Boehner — a believer in wider highways — will wield the Speaker’s gavel.")
StreetsBlog DC
For Advocates Of Alternative Transportation, A Difficult Election Day
Transport Politic
High-Speed Rail Is Not Pork As Usual
AltTransport
Humble HopStop vs. The Goliath Google: A Pedestrian Battle Inspired By Springsteen
Fast Company
LA Architect Was Way Ahead Of Chinese On Car Swallowing Bus
Curbed LA
This Machine Swallows Buses While Going 60 MPH And Could Make The City Livable
New York Magazine (full-text article from February 24, 1969)
L.A. County Transit Leads Week In $740 Million Sale
San Francisco Chronicle
Metro And Foursquare: Can Check-Ins Boost Ridership?
Green LA Girl
Metro Offers Tidbits On Elusive Valley To Westside Plan
Curbed LA
New CCTV Technology Senses Aggression From Sound ("Cameras can tell if you're being aggressive or calling for help - and will alert security guards straight away.")
BBC
Politics, Friction Reshape Influential Cascade Bicycle Club (A one-time fringe bicycle activist group in the Pacific Northwest has turned into a major player in mainstream politics)
Seattle Times
Republican Victories Not Good News For Transportation Advocates
Grist
Research Roundup: Social Media For Public Transportation, Funding The Needs Of An Aging Population & An Overview Of U.S. Parking Management Strategies
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
San Francisco Will Launch Electric Vehicle Taxi Program
Inhabitat
Santa Monica Seeks To Replace Bridge At Landmark Pier: The City Has Applied For Federal Funds To Replace The 60-Year Old Bridge With An $8-Million Span That Would Be Wider, More Pedestrian-Friendly And Better Able To Withstand Earthquakes
Los Angeles Times
Still Putting Some Zip In It (changes to the UCLA Zipcar Alternate Commute Program)
UCLA Be A Green Commuter!
Top 10 Electric Car-Ready Cities (includes Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento)
GOOD
TSA Plans To Overhaul Security Screening Plans
Los Angeles Times
Welcome To The Urban Revolution (interview : for author Jeb Brugmann, urbanism is not some grand theory but rather the process by which a community taps into urban advantage to build a district of mutual benefit)
Policy Innovations
Westside Screwed Again On Transit
CityWatch
What A Republican-Controlled House Would Mean For Bicycling
Bike Portland
What Won, Lost: The California Proposition Roundup
LAist
Center For Transportation Excellence
Trends And Results From 2010 Transportation Ballot Measures (free webinar : Friday, November 5)
Center For Transportation Excellence
8th District Stunner: Oberstar Loses To GOP Newcomer (18-term House Transportation Committee Chair defeated)
Minnesota Public Radio
California Wins A Clean Energy And Climate Trifecta
Grist
Cities In Flux: Latino New Urbanism ("Latinos have been transforming U.S. communities for decades. Now their impact on planning and transportation in the country is being more formally acknowledged.")
The City Fix
"Cities" May Not Matter As Much As We Think: Regions And Neighborhoods Are Where Things Actually Happen
Sustainable Cities Collective
Election 2010: The Senate Gets Lots Of New Climate Deniers
Grist
Election Results: GOP Govs Win Big, Dems Take California, Oberstar Ousted ("Ohio’s John Boehner — a believer in wider highways — will wield the Speaker’s gavel.")
StreetsBlog DC
For Advocates Of Alternative Transportation, A Difficult Election Day
Transport Politic
High-Speed Rail Is Not Pork As Usual
AltTransport
Humble HopStop vs. The Goliath Google: A Pedestrian Battle Inspired By Springsteen
Fast Company
LA Architect Was Way Ahead Of Chinese On Car Swallowing Bus
Curbed LA
This Machine Swallows Buses While Going 60 MPH And Could Make The City Livable
New York Magazine (full-text article from February 24, 1969)
L.A. County Transit Leads Week In $740 Million Sale
San Francisco Chronicle
Metro And Foursquare: Can Check-Ins Boost Ridership?
Green LA Girl
Metro Offers Tidbits On Elusive Valley To Westside Plan
Curbed LA
New CCTV Technology Senses Aggression From Sound ("Cameras can tell if you're being aggressive or calling for help - and will alert security guards straight away.")
BBC
Politics, Friction Reshape Influential Cascade Bicycle Club (A one-time fringe bicycle activist group in the Pacific Northwest has turned into a major player in mainstream politics)
Seattle Times
Republican Victories Not Good News For Transportation Advocates
Grist
Research Roundup: Social Media For Public Transportation, Funding The Needs Of An Aging Population & An Overview Of U.S. Parking Management Strategies
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
San Francisco Will Launch Electric Vehicle Taxi Program
Inhabitat
Santa Monica Seeks To Replace Bridge At Landmark Pier: The City Has Applied For Federal Funds To Replace The 60-Year Old Bridge With An $8-Million Span That Would Be Wider, More Pedestrian-Friendly And Better Able To Withstand Earthquakes
Los Angeles Times
Still Putting Some Zip In It (changes to the UCLA Zipcar Alternate Commute Program)
UCLA Be A Green Commuter!
Top 10 Electric Car-Ready Cities (includes Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento)
GOOD
TSA Plans To Overhaul Security Screening Plans
Los Angeles Times
Welcome To The Urban Revolution (interview : for author Jeb Brugmann, urbanism is not some grand theory but rather the process by which a community taps into urban advantage to build a district of mutual benefit)
Policy Innovations
Westside Screwed Again On Transit
CityWatch
What A Republican-Controlled House Would Mean For Bicycling
Bike Portland
What Won, Lost: The California Proposition Roundup
LAist
11/02/2010
Transpo Ballot Measures Around The U.S. Today, Mobility 21, Diverging Diamonds, Fear Of Transit, Congestion Pricing & More
2010 Transportation Ballot Measures (state-by-state breakdown of measures)
Center For Transportation Excellence
Voters To Decide On 29 Transportation Ballot Measures: More Than $1.8 Billion In Transportation Funding At Stake On November 2 (1p. PDF)
Center For Transportation Excellence Press Release
2nd Avenue Subway Explained To First Graders
New York Times
Algae: Biofuel Of The Future?
The City Fix
Bike-Ped Funding Dips As Stimulus Spending Slows
StreetsBlog DC
California Air Board To Unveil Cap-And-Trade Program For CO2
Sacramento Bee
Cities In Debt Turn To States, Adding Strain
New York Times
Clients Of Pringle Have High-Speed Rail Interests
Voice Of OC
Draft Bike Plan Looks To Move Forward, Problems Still Remain
StreetsBlog LA
eBART Now Under Construction, Extending Rapid Transit Far From San Francisco
Transport Politic
Lawmaker Wants Tighter Ethic Rules For California Bullet Train Authority
Los Angeles Times
Local Money Crucial To Current Road Spending
Riverside Press-Enterprise
The Merits Of The Diverging Diamond Interchange ("A freeway-and-surface-street interchange system that reduces the number of conflict points and, in theory, traffic delays, by having drivers switch to the left-hand side of the road temporarily.")
GOOD
Metro To Sell Bonds, Front Funds For Foothill Extension Phase 2A
Pasadena Star-News
Mobility 21: Small-Ticket Transportation Solutions Get Lost In The Big-Ticket Hubbub
StreetsBlog LA
Mobility 21: Another View
StreetsBlog LA
Nearly Two-Thirds Of U.S. Travelers Will Use High-Speed Rail: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces $2.5 Billion Grants For High-Speed Rail
APTA
Consumer Travel Survey Questions On High-Speed Rail (3p. PDF)
"Operation Upcycle" Applies Stimulus To Converting Gas Guzzling School Buses To Clean Energy
PR Web
Operation Upcycle
Opinion: The Westside Subway And Beverly Hills O-O-Oh-No
Los Angeles Times
The Safety Problem (Fear of crime and uncertainty about safety keep many people from using public transit, according to a new study. But how should transit agencies react?)
Next American City
Addressing Fear Of Crime In Public Space: Gender Differences In Reaction To Safety Measures In Train Transit (abstract)
Urban Studies
Second L.A. Council Committee Backs Protection Proposal For Bicyclists
Daily Breeze
Silicon Valley Looks At Pod Cars
Transit Wire
Strategies For Improving The Project Agreement Process Between Highway
Agencies And Railroads (186p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
The Survival Of High-Speed Rail Comes Down To [Today]
Infrastructurist
A Tale Of Two Stadiums: Contrasting World Series Ballparks Showcase Advantages Of Transit-Oriented Development
California Streets
Transit And Transportation At Stake In Several Key Races
Transportation Nation
Transportation And Equality ("The poorest fifth of Americans, spend 42 percent of their annual household budget on an automobile budget, more than twice the national average.")
Think Progress
Wariness About Spending On Transportation And Infrastructure Accompanies Voters To The Polls
Transportation Nation
What Is Congestion Pricing? Is It Fair?
Rustwire
11/01/2010
Beverly Hills Tunnel Opposition, El Monte Bus History, Downtown L.A. Stadium?, Hollywood & Vine Bike Hub, Green Transpo Experiments & More
AEG Lays Out Plan To Bring Back Football: Staples Center And LA Live Owner Also Would Upgrade Convention Center
Los Angeles Daily News
Arlington, Home Of The [Texas] Rangers, Largest City In U.S. Without Public Transit
SF Weekly
BART Trains Recycle Brake Energy
Oakland Tribune
Beverly Hills Could Be Obstacle In Subway Extension: City Leaders Voice Concerns Over Risks Of Tunneling Through Oil Fields And Areas Of Methane Gas On Route That Would Go Beneath High School, Which Houses Emergency Shelter
Los Angeles Times
Beverly Hills Schools Hires Subway Lawyer
UPI
Can Cities Help You Forget Your Troubles, C'mon Get Happy?
PlaceShakers And NewsMakers
Could Restructuing The Gas Tax Fund The Transportation Bill?
StreetsBlog Network
Does Right-Of-Way Make It The Right Way To Go?: "NIMBY!" Says Ruxton Neighborhood Residents When It Comes To The South Bay Metro Green Line Extension
Redondo Beach Patch
El Monte Station: Past, Present And Future
More Than Red Cars
Ever The Slick Salesman, Antonio Villaraigosa Turned To Twitter To Combat Opponents Of Subway To Sea
LA Weekly
Foothill Transit Granted $10M For New Energy-Efficient Buses
Whittier Daily News
Green Transportation Experiments Get Go-Ahead ("Seventeen innovative Bay Area transportation projects that aim to combat climate change - ranging from electric taxis and mobile bicycle repair shops to pavement recycling and dynamic ridesharing - will soon get the chance to show their stuff.")
San Francisco Chronicle
High-Speed Rail Leaders Receive Consulting Fees From Firms With Financial Interests In Project: Rail Board Chairman And Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle Has Been An Advisor To A Major Construction Supplier. Fellow Board Member Richard Katz Also Worked As A Consultant And For Several Years Has Advised Walt Disney Co., A Major Backer Of The Project
Los Angeles Times
Hubba Hubba: Checking Out The Hollywood And Vine Bike Hub
Curbed LA
L.A. Transit Spends $5 Billion To Decrease Ridership
Reason
Map: What's Next For The Westside Subway?
LAist
Opinion: Calif. Rail Project Is High-Speed Pork
Washington Post
Opinion: High-Speed Rail Folly: Feds Ignore Own Rules
San Diego Union-Tribune
Paving Work Continues To Slow Traffic On The 10 Freeway
Pasadena Star-News
Planned Closures Announced For 60 Freeway
Pasadena Star-News
Recovery In Building Is Forecast In 2011
Wall Street Journal
School Buses Test Fingerprint Scan
USA Today
Separating Cyclists From Air Pollution
StreetsBlog Network
TOD, Gentrification, TreeHugger And Why Environmental Justice Advocates Get Annoyed With So-Called Environmentalists
Sustainable Cities And Transport
Transportation Spending Is Big Election-Day Politics
Wired
Video: A Brief History Of The School Bus (" Why are school buses yellow? How many miles to the gallon does the average school bus get? And how many miles does the average school bus travel?")
GOOD
What's The Latest With Public Transit Connecting The Valley To The Westside?
LAist
Los Angeles Daily News
Arlington, Home Of The [Texas] Rangers, Largest City In U.S. Without Public Transit
SF Weekly
BART Trains Recycle Brake Energy
Oakland Tribune
Beverly Hills Could Be Obstacle In Subway Extension: City Leaders Voice Concerns Over Risks Of Tunneling Through Oil Fields And Areas Of Methane Gas On Route That Would Go Beneath High School, Which Houses Emergency Shelter
Los Angeles Times
Beverly Hills Schools Hires Subway Lawyer
UPI
Can Cities Help You Forget Your Troubles, C'mon Get Happy?
PlaceShakers And NewsMakers
Could Restructuing The Gas Tax Fund The Transportation Bill?
StreetsBlog Network
Does Right-Of-Way Make It The Right Way To Go?: "NIMBY!" Says Ruxton Neighborhood Residents When It Comes To The South Bay Metro Green Line Extension
Redondo Beach Patch
El Monte Station: Past, Present And Future
More Than Red Cars
Ever The Slick Salesman, Antonio Villaraigosa Turned To Twitter To Combat Opponents Of Subway To Sea
LA Weekly
Foothill Transit Granted $10M For New Energy-Efficient Buses
Whittier Daily News
Green Transportation Experiments Get Go-Ahead ("Seventeen innovative Bay Area transportation projects that aim to combat climate change - ranging from electric taxis and mobile bicycle repair shops to pavement recycling and dynamic ridesharing - will soon get the chance to show their stuff.")
San Francisco Chronicle
High-Speed Rail Leaders Receive Consulting Fees From Firms With Financial Interests In Project: Rail Board Chairman And Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle Has Been An Advisor To A Major Construction Supplier. Fellow Board Member Richard Katz Also Worked As A Consultant And For Several Years Has Advised Walt Disney Co., A Major Backer Of The Project
Los Angeles Times
Hubba Hubba: Checking Out The Hollywood And Vine Bike Hub
Curbed LA
L.A. Transit Spends $5 Billion To Decrease Ridership
Reason
Map: What's Next For The Westside Subway?
LAist
Opinion: Calif. Rail Project Is High-Speed Pork
Washington Post
Opinion: High-Speed Rail Folly: Feds Ignore Own Rules
San Diego Union-Tribune
Paving Work Continues To Slow Traffic On The 10 Freeway
Pasadena Star-News
Planned Closures Announced For 60 Freeway
Pasadena Star-News
Recovery In Building Is Forecast In 2011
Wall Street Journal
School Buses Test Fingerprint Scan
USA Today
Separating Cyclists From Air Pollution
StreetsBlog Network
TOD, Gentrification, TreeHugger And Why Environmental Justice Advocates Get Annoyed With So-Called Environmentalists
Sustainable Cities And Transport
Transportation Spending Is Big Election-Day Politics
Wired
Video: A Brief History Of The School Bus (" Why are school buses yellow? How many miles to the gallon does the average school bus get? And how many miles does the average school bus travel?")
GOOD
What's The Latest With Public Transit Connecting The Valley To The Westside?
LAist
10/29/2010
Extension Westside Subway & Downtown Connector Coverage, Pasadena Streetcar Proposal, New & Notable Titles, L.A. Sustainability Collaborative & More
Westside Subway Extension & Downtown Regional Connector Routes Approved - How They Reported It:
Beverly Hills Courier
Beverly Hills Patch
Beverly Hills Weekly (20p. PDF)
Blog Downtown
CBS Los Angeles (audio : interview with MTA spokesman Marc Littman)
Curbed LA
Huffington Post
KABC-TV
LA Observed
LA Weekly
LAist
Los Angeles Business Journal
Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Times
MyFoxLA
NBC Los Angeles
North Of San Vicente Real Estate Voice
Opposing Views
Pasadena Real Estate With Brigham Yen
Santa Monica Daily Press
StreetsBlog LA
Southern California Public Radio
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Details Emerge For D.C. Streetcars, Set To Begin In 2012
Washington Post
DOT Releases Second Round Of High-Speed Rail Grants, Bringing Good News To California
Transport Politic
The Dream Of A High Speed Rail Network Inches Closer To Reality
Transportation Nation
Even After Death, Oropeza May Win (The former Metro Board Member remains on the ballot in Tuesday's election)
Long Beach Press-Telegram
For Amtrak Riders, It's All Aboard Despite The Cost
NPR
Governor Moonbeam Versus eMeg: What's At Stake For Transportation?
StreetsBlog DC
L.A. Sustainability Collaborative Bridges Gap Between Academic Research And Local Environmental Concerns
Southern California Public Radio
Los Angeles Sustainability Collaborative
New & Notable: Inventing L.A.'s Autopia, Rival Transcontinental Rails, Rules For Sustainable Communities & Transportation Privatization
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Rack Map ("Over 450 bike racks have been installed by the LADOT Bike Program since July of 2009 and we want to give you an idea of where we’ve put them.")
LADOT Bike Blog
The Road Signs Are A Changin' ("America’s road signs are about to undergo a massive makeover)
Infrastructurist
Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Federal Highway Administration
Siemens Awarded $466 Million Locomotive Contract By Amtrak
PR Newswire
Streetcar Desire Hits Pasadena ("A $100,000 study commissioned by business interests and the city found that a streetcar line through downtown Pasadena - though pricey - could bring about an economic boon.")
Pasadena Star-News
Summary Report: Assessment Instrument For The Certified Transit Technician Program (44p. PDF)
University Of South Florida Center For Urban Transportation Research
Survey: Most [D.C.] Metro Workers See Safety Violations, Many Do Nothing About It
Washington Post
Too Big To Miss: Confronting The Costs Of Freight Transport At The Moving Forward Together Conference
StreetsBlog LA
Westside Subway: Beverly Hills Opposes Tunneling Under Their Properties, But Neighboring Comstock Hills Sees It Differently
LAist
What Does Today's $715 Million HSR Grant Mean For Corridor Selection?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Will Burbank Cheat On Its Diet?
StreetsBlog LA
Beverly Hills Courier
Beverly Hills Patch
Beverly Hills Weekly (20p. PDF)
Blog Downtown
CBS Los Angeles (audio : interview with MTA spokesman Marc Littman)
Curbed LA
Huffington Post
KABC-TV
LA Observed
LA Weekly
LAist
Los Angeles Business Journal
Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Times
MyFoxLA
NBC Los Angeles
North Of San Vicente Real Estate Voice
Opposing Views
Pasadena Real Estate With Brigham Yen
Santa Monica Daily Press
StreetsBlog LA
Southern California Public Radio
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Details Emerge For D.C. Streetcars, Set To Begin In 2012
Washington Post
DOT Releases Second Round Of High-Speed Rail Grants, Bringing Good News To California
Transport Politic
The Dream Of A High Speed Rail Network Inches Closer To Reality
Transportation Nation
Even After Death, Oropeza May Win (The former Metro Board Member remains on the ballot in Tuesday's election)
Long Beach Press-Telegram
For Amtrak Riders, It's All Aboard Despite The Cost
NPR
Governor Moonbeam Versus eMeg: What's At Stake For Transportation?
StreetsBlog DC
L.A. Sustainability Collaborative Bridges Gap Between Academic Research And Local Environmental Concerns
Southern California Public Radio
Los Angeles Sustainability Collaborative
New & Notable: Inventing L.A.'s Autopia, Rival Transcontinental Rails, Rules For Sustainable Communities & Transportation Privatization
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Rack Map ("Over 450 bike racks have been installed by the LADOT Bike Program since July of 2009 and we want to give you an idea of where we’ve put them.")
LADOT Bike Blog
The Road Signs Are A Changin' ("America’s road signs are about to undergo a massive makeover)
Infrastructurist
Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Federal Highway Administration
Siemens Awarded $466 Million Locomotive Contract By Amtrak
PR Newswire
Streetcar Desire Hits Pasadena ("A $100,000 study commissioned by business interests and the city found that a streetcar line through downtown Pasadena - though pricey - could bring about an economic boon.")
Pasadena Star-News
Summary Report: Assessment Instrument For The Certified Transit Technician Program (44p. PDF)
University Of South Florida Center For Urban Transportation Research
Survey: Most [D.C.] Metro Workers See Safety Violations, Many Do Nothing About It
Washington Post
Too Big To Miss: Confronting The Costs Of Freight Transport At The Moving Forward Together Conference
StreetsBlog LA
Westside Subway: Beverly Hills Opposes Tunneling Under Their Properties, But Neighboring Comstock Hills Sees It Differently
LAist
What Does Today's $715 Million HSR Grant Mean For Corridor Selection?
California High Speed Rail Blog
Will Burbank Cheat On Its Diet?
StreetsBlog LA
10/28/2010
Beverly Hills Subway And Downtown Regional Connector Considerations, Monrovia Maintenance Yard, Made In America Plan, Research Roundup & More
America Thinks 2010 Transit Survey (2p. PDF)
Think Innovative Solutions; HNTB
And The Winner Is...The Communities Of San Pedro And Wilmington
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Bike Sharing: The Newest Mode Of Public Transport ("As more and more cities add programs, it is important to more concretely define bike sharing as a mode of public transportation.")
The City Fix
Booming China Shows Off Its 220 MPH Train
MSNBC
Downtown's 2020 Vision: A Group Of Local Experts, Including The "Titans," Discuss The Opportunities And Challenges Of The Next Decade
Los Angeles Downtown News
Green Line Extension: Making The Line To Nowhere Go Somewhere
Curbed LA
High-Speed Rail And The California Governor's Race
Transportation Nation
High-Speed Rail: Not Just Fast. Smart
Huffington Post
IBM Global Rail Innovation Center
Injunction Bars Port Of L.A. From Limiting Types Of Truckers Allowed
Daily Breeze
Judge Allows Injunction Against Port Of LA's Employee-Driver Rule
Land Line
Key Component Of Gold Line Extension Poised To Be Erected In Monrovia: A Maintenance Yard Needed For The Gold Line Could Create 200-300 New Jobs In Monrovia
Monrovia Patch
L.A. City Council Extends Taxi Franchises
StreetsBlog LA
LaHood, Bennett, Millar, Others Discuss Plans For High-Speed Rail In Western U.S.
Passenger Transport
LaHood: Drivers Should Never Use Cell Phones
NPR
Library Borrowing From Redbox: Might Use Similar Machines For Books, DVDs At CTA Stops
Chicago Sun-Times
Los Angeles' Bicycle Scene Hits Adolescence
USC Daily Trojan
Make It In America: The Apollo Clean Transportation Manufacturing Action Plan
Apollo Alliance
Full-Text Report (20p. PDF)
Executive Summary (4p. PDF)
MTA To Choose Routes For Westside Subway, Downtown Light-Rail Connector: Staff Recommend Route To The VA Hospital In Westwood; Other Options Would Go To UCLA Or Santa Monica, And West Hollywood. The Downtown Project Would Link The Gold Line, Blue Line And Expo Line
Los Angeles Times
Opinion Rail Doubt ("California should park its high-speed rail plans on an empty siding, and find better uses for public funds. The latest infusion of federal cash does not answer the fundamental questions that surround the project's financing. And faster travel between Los Angeles and San Francisco is hardly California's most pressing transportation need.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Opinion: Should City Spend $100K On Lobbying Metro? The School Board Calls On City Council To Help Lobby Against An MTA Subway Line Under BHHS
Beverly Hills Patch
A Parent's Guide To Public Transportation In LA
Huffington Post
Re-Envisioning LA Sprawl: Multi-Modal, Multi-Layered, Costing Multi-Billions
Wilderuptopia
Regional Connector Goes To Metro Board Minus One Station
Blog Downtown
Research Roundup: Sprawl Crawl And Rethinking Peak Hour Commutes, The New Sharing Economy & Smart Mobility For The 21st Century
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
School Board Gears Up For MTA Battle: The BHUSD School Board Asks City Council For $100K To Fight Any MTA Plan That Calls For Tunneling Under Homes And BHHS
Beverly Hills Patch
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Talks About Livable Communities
Grist
UCLA Students Can Rent Bicycles For $35 A Quarter
Southern California Public Radio
What America Can Learn From Europe's High Speed Rail Battle
AltTransport
Yaroslavsky Looking For Subway Alternates That Avoid Beverly Hills
StreetsBlog LA
Think Innovative Solutions; HNTB
And The Winner Is...The Communities Of San Pedro And Wilmington
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Bike Sharing: The Newest Mode Of Public Transport ("As more and more cities add programs, it is important to more concretely define bike sharing as a mode of public transportation.")
The City Fix
Booming China Shows Off Its 220 MPH Train
MSNBC
Downtown's 2020 Vision: A Group Of Local Experts, Including The "Titans," Discuss The Opportunities And Challenges Of The Next Decade
Los Angeles Downtown News
Green Line Extension: Making The Line To Nowhere Go Somewhere
Curbed LA
High-Speed Rail And The California Governor's Race
Transportation Nation
High-Speed Rail: Not Just Fast. Smart
Huffington Post
IBM Global Rail Innovation Center
Injunction Bars Port Of L.A. From Limiting Types Of Truckers Allowed
Daily Breeze
Judge Allows Injunction Against Port Of LA's Employee-Driver Rule
Land Line
Key Component Of Gold Line Extension Poised To Be Erected In Monrovia: A Maintenance Yard Needed For The Gold Line Could Create 200-300 New Jobs In Monrovia
Monrovia Patch
L.A. City Council Extends Taxi Franchises
StreetsBlog LA
LaHood, Bennett, Millar, Others Discuss Plans For High-Speed Rail In Western U.S.
Passenger Transport
LaHood: Drivers Should Never Use Cell Phones
NPR
Library Borrowing From Redbox: Might Use Similar Machines For Books, DVDs At CTA Stops
Chicago Sun-Times
Los Angeles' Bicycle Scene Hits Adolescence
USC Daily Trojan
Make It In America: The Apollo Clean Transportation Manufacturing Action Plan
Apollo Alliance
Full-Text Report (20p. PDF)
Executive Summary (4p. PDF)
MTA To Choose Routes For Westside Subway, Downtown Light-Rail Connector: Staff Recommend Route To The VA Hospital In Westwood; Other Options Would Go To UCLA Or Santa Monica, And West Hollywood. The Downtown Project Would Link The Gold Line, Blue Line And Expo Line
Los Angeles Times
Opinion Rail Doubt ("California should park its high-speed rail plans on an empty siding, and find better uses for public funds. The latest infusion of federal cash does not answer the fundamental questions that surround the project's financing. And faster travel between Los Angeles and San Francisco is hardly California's most pressing transportation need.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Opinion: Should City Spend $100K On Lobbying Metro? The School Board Calls On City Council To Help Lobby Against An MTA Subway Line Under BHHS
Beverly Hills Patch
A Parent's Guide To Public Transportation In LA
Huffington Post
Re-Envisioning LA Sprawl: Multi-Modal, Multi-Layered, Costing Multi-Billions
Wilderuptopia
Regional Connector Goes To Metro Board Minus One Station
Blog Downtown
Research Roundup: Sprawl Crawl And Rethinking Peak Hour Commutes, The New Sharing Economy & Smart Mobility For The 21st Century
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
School Board Gears Up For MTA Battle: The BHUSD School Board Asks City Council For $100K To Fight Any MTA Plan That Calls For Tunneling Under Homes And BHHS
Beverly Hills Patch
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Talks About Livable Communities
Grist
UCLA Students Can Rent Bicycles For $35 A Quarter
Southern California Public Radio
What America Can Learn From Europe's High Speed Rail Battle
AltTransport
Yaroslavsky Looking For Subway Alternates That Avoid Beverly Hills
StreetsBlog LA
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