1 Mile Break In Wilshire Rapid Line Won't Affect Funding
LAist
Announcing Sunday April 10! And More... ("The 4-10-2011 route will be pretty much the same as the 10-10-10 route – 7.5 miles from East Hollywood to Koreatown to MacArthur Park to Downtown to Little Tokyo to Boyle Heights. We’re also looking to set the date for two more
CicLAvias later in 2011.")
CicLAvia
Board OKs 1st Section Of CA's High Speed Rail Line: Officials Approve $4.3B Construction Proposal Of California Bullet Train's 1st Segment
Associated Press
Press Release
California High Speed Rail Authority
Clock Ticks On A Popular Way To Pay For Infrastructure
StreetsBlog DC
Cyclists Pedal Faster On Wednesdays, Reveals Smart Bike Data: The First Analysis Of Data From Shared Bicycle Networks In Europe, Reveals Some Surprising Urban Cycling Patterns ("For the first time [urban planners] have real data to show where to build cycle lanes and how well they will be used. So expect to see more of this kind of analysis as data from smart bike systems in other cities becomes available too.")
MIT Technology Review
Downtown Adds 54 Percent Of County's Apartments In 2010
Los Angeles Downtown News
Eagle Rock Residents Pushing For A Slimmer Colorado Boulevard
StreetsBlog LA
Expo Line Mess Offers Cautionary Tale For Subway Lovers
LA Observed
The Future Of Los Angeles As "Multiple Cities In One": Los Angeles City Planner Michael LoGrande And Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic Christopher Hawthorne Discuss City Planning
Eagle Rock Patch
High Speed Rail Authority Approves What Critics Call "Train To Nowhere": First Segment Would Run From Tiny Borden To Corcoran, An Area Hit So Hard By The Recession And Agriculture Declines That It Has Been Dubbed The New Appalachia
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Engineers Say Economic Health And Public Well-Being Will Benefit From Gas Tax Increase
PR Newswire
The Money That Won't Go Away ("There is money available "to do something" about the mess that is Glendale Boulevard where it cuts through the west side of Echo Park. The sum is $12 million, and exactly how best to spend it has left the MTA, Caltrans and neighborhood residents at odds for over a year.")
LA Observed
MTA Says Changes To Proposed Rapid Bus Lane Won't Jeopardize Funding
Los Angeles Times
New And Notable: Smart Growth Manual, "Unplanning," & Asphalt And Politics
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
New Eastbound Lane Opens On 91 Freeway
Southern California Public Radio
New I-10 Lane Means Four Through S.B. County
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Oberstar Gets Standing Ovation In Final Transportation Hearing
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Planning Director LoGrande Working On NFL Stadium, Partnering With Metro
Curbed LA
Rancho Palos Verdes Withdraws From MAX Commuter Bus Service
Daily Breeze
Rep. Oberstar Chairs Final Transpo Hearing After 46 Years Of With Committee
Transportation Nation
Exit Interview: Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) (audio)
The Takeaway
Santa Monica: City Council Authorizes Three-Way Land Swap With Metro, Santa Monica College For Light Rail Maintenance Yard
The Argonaut
Santa Monica Prepares For Bicycle Master Plan
Santa Monica Lookout
Social Media Tackles Traffic ("One traffic-related social network service already up and running is called Roadify. With Roadify, commuters send and receive updates that help them find available parking, catch the next bus or train, or avoid traffic snarls before it’s too late.")
Wired
Street Sign Squabble Is MUTCD Ado About Nothing
Wired
Top 10 Urban Planning Books Of The Year For 2011 (Ninth annual list of the ten best books in urban planning, design and development published in 2010)
Planetizen
Toy Express To Make Stops In Region ("Metrolink's 14th Annual Holiday Toy Express will begin its 2010 tour Saturday in Burbank and Glendale.")
Pasadena Star-News
Why A Gas Tax Is About Deficit Reduction
The New Republic
Wrecking Ball About To Hit Transbay Terminal
San Francisco Chronicle
12/03/2010
12/02/2010
Gas Tax Proposal, MUTCD Explained, Expo Expose, L.A. Live Controversy, Rosa Parks Anniversary, Zipcar's Green Factor & More
55 Years After Rosa Parks Stayed In Her Seat, FTA Pursues Equal Transit Access For All
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Attorney General Says Local Transit Officials Cannot Serve On State Bullet Train Board
Los Angeles Times
Breaking Down The Cost Benefit Of High-Speed Rail
GreenTech Media
City To Sue Itself Over Two Hour Parking
Beverly Hills Courier
Controversy Over High-Speed Rail's Starting Point, Big Decision Tomorrow
Curbed LA
Deficit Commission: Raise The Gas Tax, And Soon
Transportation Nation
ExpressPark Aims To Give Smarts To Downtown's Parking Spots
Blog Downtown
Free Workshop For Disabled Transit Riders Dec. 16
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
GOP Demands A Stop To Stim Spending. What Will It Mean For Rail Projects?
StreetsBlog DC
Growing Conservative Strength Puts Transit Improvements In Doubt
Transport Politic
Head To Head: Is High-Speed Rail A Valuable Addition To Infrastructure, Or A Boondoggle?
Sacramento Bee
L.A. Live: Pinnacle Of Modern Design, Or Bad Urbanism? ("While accessibility via transit is one of the components that made L.A. Live a banner project for the ULI, it doesn’t mean the development itself is an accessible one.")
StreetsBlog LA
L.A.'s Light-Rail Fiasco: How Rail Service To The Westside Jumped The Track ("Just as L.A. transit planners are lobbying Washington for money to build a dozen projects over the next decade, the Expo Line has become an embarrassing public failure.")
LA Weekly
MTA To Cut Nine L.A. Bus Lines By Dec. 12
LA Weekly
Private Hiring, Construction Show Some Strength
NPR
Ray LaHood: Street Signs Plan "Makes No Sense"
CBS News
Republicans Cut House Climate Panel
The Hill
Resources To Know: The MUTCD -- A Book In The News This Week You May Never Have Heard Of That Impacts You Every Day
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Sports Arena On Its Way Out, But Does LA Need Another MLS Stadium?
Curbed LA
Wheels When You Don't Need Them: As Zipcar Moves Into The Black, Is It Less Green?
Next American City
Why The U.S. Will Not Get China's High Speed Rail
The Atlantic
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Attorney General Says Local Transit Officials Cannot Serve On State Bullet Train Board
Los Angeles Times
Breaking Down The Cost Benefit Of High-Speed Rail
GreenTech Media
City To Sue Itself Over Two Hour Parking
Beverly Hills Courier
Controversy Over High-Speed Rail's Starting Point, Big Decision Tomorrow
Curbed LA
Deficit Commission: Raise The Gas Tax, And Soon
Transportation Nation
ExpressPark Aims To Give Smarts To Downtown's Parking Spots
Blog Downtown
Free Workshop For Disabled Transit Riders Dec. 16
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
GOP Demands A Stop To Stim Spending. What Will It Mean For Rail Projects?
StreetsBlog DC
Growing Conservative Strength Puts Transit Improvements In Doubt
Transport Politic
Head To Head: Is High-Speed Rail A Valuable Addition To Infrastructure, Or A Boondoggle?
Sacramento Bee
L.A. Live: Pinnacle Of Modern Design, Or Bad Urbanism? ("While accessibility via transit is one of the components that made L.A. Live a banner project for the ULI, it doesn’t mean the development itself is an accessible one.")
StreetsBlog LA
L.A.'s Light-Rail Fiasco: How Rail Service To The Westside Jumped The Track ("Just as L.A. transit planners are lobbying Washington for money to build a dozen projects over the next decade, the Expo Line has become an embarrassing public failure.")
LA Weekly
MTA To Cut Nine L.A. Bus Lines By Dec. 12
LA Weekly
Private Hiring, Construction Show Some Strength
NPR
Ray LaHood: Street Signs Plan "Makes No Sense"
CBS News
Republicans Cut House Climate Panel
The Hill
Resources To Know: The MUTCD -- A Book In The News This Week You May Never Have Heard Of That Impacts You Every Day
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Sports Arena On Its Way Out, But Does LA Need Another MLS Stadium?
Curbed LA
Wheels When You Don't Need Them: As Zipcar Moves Into The Black, Is It Less Green?
Next American City
Why The U.S. Will Not Get China's High Speed Rail
The Atlantic
12/01/2010
L.A.'s Bridges, First Stretch Of CAHSR, More On L.A. Jaywalking, LA Marathon Route, Tighter Transit Security?, Freight Rail Creating Green jobs & More
Amtrak To Let Passengers Bring Guns On Most Trains
Sacramento Bee
Borrowing From Matt Yglesias, California's High-Speed Train May Be Positive
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
C-Minus For Safety, But LA Bridges "In Good Shape"
CBS Los Angeles
California's Confusing Choice For Its First Stretch Of High-Speed Rail ("If you're going to do the Central Valley first, why not at least try to link Fresno to the larger city of Bakersfield? Here's why...")
GOOD
California Would Feel Federal Transit Spending Cuts ("In California’s urban regions – which is where our transportation policy is made – the focus is increasingly on modes other than private automobiles. California is an urban state and grows more so by the year. There’s a recognition that we cannot build out way out of urban congestion with highways and roads, which is precisely what many land use planners have been saying for decades.")
California Planning & Development Report
Cash-strapped MTA To Eliminate 9 Bus Lines
Daily Breeze
Concerns About Safety? Muggings? LAPD Announces "Zero Tolerance" On Downtown Jaywalkers
StreetsBlog LA
Destination 2035: Moving Toward A Greener Tomorrow (OCTA Draft Long Range Plan : 174p. PDF)
OCTA
Draft Executive Summary (8p. PDF)
Slideshow (13p. PDF)
Editorial: High-Speed Boondoggle Could Derail
Orange County Register
Expo's Farmdale Stop Clears Hurdle, Station Construction Can Start
Curbed LA
Failure To Extend Transit Commuter Benefits Equals Higher Costs For The Middle Class
APTA Press Release
The Final Push To Preserve An Important Benefit For Transit Riders
StreetsBlog Network
Full Speed Ahead: Creating Green Jobs Through Freight Rail Expansion (16p. PDF)
Blue Green Alliance ; Economic Policy Institute
Helping Scandal-Plagued Bell: Here Come The Urban Planners
Curbed LA
High-Speed Rail Projects Land In Tug Of War Between Governors
USA Today
Honda LA Marathon Unveils 2011 Course: Stadium To The Sea 2.0 (Sunday, March 20 : "Race to be more runner-friendly, add loops through Chinatown & Little Tokyo; starts at Dodger Stadium, finishes just steps from the Santa Monica Pier.")
Honda LA Marathon Press Release
Course Map
Honda LA Marathon
Animated Fly-Through Map (video)
via YouTube
In Los Angeles, A Subway System Grows
Second Avenue Sagas
Lather, Rinse, Repeat ("it’s been the same messages to be revisited, repeated and rehashed for those new to the subject of why we don’t have an coherent transit network to serve the entire City and County of Los Angeles.")
CityWatch
Napolitano Eyes Tighter Security For Trains, Ships, Mass Transit
Fox News
An Odd Twist In A Tale Of Honesty: After A Seriously Ill Vietnam Vet Turns In Nearly $1,000 He Finds On An MTA Bus, The Transit Agency At First Says He Can Keep The Money If It Is Not Claimed. But Later He's Told That's Against Policy
Los Angeles Times
Officials Mark Start Of Esplanade Improvement Project
Daily Breeze
Studies Show The Connection Between Travel Times To Food Stores And Public Health
The City Fix
The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access To Healthy Food And Why It Matters (44p. PDF)
PolicyLink ; The Food Trust
Tis The Season For Tickets: LAPD Plans Holiday Crackdown On Jaywalking And Other Offenses
Los Angeles Downtown News
Traffic Signal Retiming Practices In The United States (92 p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Where The Rubber Meets The Rails: BART To San Jose Will Ride On Old Tires
San Jose Mercury News
Sacramento Bee
Borrowing From Matt Yglesias, California's High-Speed Train May Be Positive
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
C-Minus For Safety, But LA Bridges "In Good Shape"
CBS Los Angeles
California's Confusing Choice For Its First Stretch Of High-Speed Rail ("If you're going to do the Central Valley first, why not at least try to link Fresno to the larger city of Bakersfield? Here's why...")
GOOD
California Would Feel Federal Transit Spending Cuts ("In California’s urban regions – which is where our transportation policy is made – the focus is increasingly on modes other than private automobiles. California is an urban state and grows more so by the year. There’s a recognition that we cannot build out way out of urban congestion with highways and roads, which is precisely what many land use planners have been saying for decades.")
California Planning & Development Report
Cash-strapped MTA To Eliminate 9 Bus Lines
Daily Breeze
Concerns About Safety? Muggings? LAPD Announces "Zero Tolerance" On Downtown Jaywalkers
StreetsBlog LA
Destination 2035: Moving Toward A Greener Tomorrow (OCTA Draft Long Range Plan : 174p. PDF)
OCTA
Draft Executive Summary (8p. PDF)
Slideshow (13p. PDF)
Editorial: High-Speed Boondoggle Could Derail
Orange County Register
Expo's Farmdale Stop Clears Hurdle, Station Construction Can Start
Curbed LA
Failure To Extend Transit Commuter Benefits Equals Higher Costs For The Middle Class
APTA Press Release
The Final Push To Preserve An Important Benefit For Transit Riders
StreetsBlog Network
Full Speed Ahead: Creating Green Jobs Through Freight Rail Expansion (16p. PDF)
Blue Green Alliance ; Economic Policy Institute
Helping Scandal-Plagued Bell: Here Come The Urban Planners
Curbed LA
High-Speed Rail Projects Land In Tug Of War Between Governors
USA Today
Honda LA Marathon Unveils 2011 Course: Stadium To The Sea 2.0 (Sunday, March 20 : "Race to be more runner-friendly, add loops through Chinatown & Little Tokyo; starts at Dodger Stadium, finishes just steps from the Santa Monica Pier.")
Honda LA Marathon Press Release
Course Map
Honda LA Marathon
Animated Fly-Through Map (video)
via YouTube
In Los Angeles, A Subway System Grows
Second Avenue Sagas
Lather, Rinse, Repeat ("it’s been the same messages to be revisited, repeated and rehashed for those new to the subject of why we don’t have an coherent transit network to serve the entire City and County of Los Angeles.")
CityWatch
Napolitano Eyes Tighter Security For Trains, Ships, Mass Transit
Fox News
An Odd Twist In A Tale Of Honesty: After A Seriously Ill Vietnam Vet Turns In Nearly $1,000 He Finds On An MTA Bus, The Transit Agency At First Says He Can Keep The Money If It Is Not Claimed. But Later He's Told That's Against Policy
Los Angeles Times
Officials Mark Start Of Esplanade Improvement Project
Daily Breeze
Studies Show The Connection Between Travel Times To Food Stores And Public Health
The City Fix
The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access To Healthy Food And Why It Matters (44p. PDF)
PolicyLink ; The Food Trust
Tis The Season For Tickets: LAPD Plans Holiday Crackdown On Jaywalking And Other Offenses
Los Angeles Downtown News
Traffic Signal Retiming Practices In The United States (92 p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Where The Rubber Meets The Rails: BART To San Jose Will Ride On Old Tires
San Jose Mercury News
11/30/2010
Expo's Farmdale, Monrovia's Future Gold Line Station, 91 Widening, Wilshire Options, Jaywalk Warning, New & Notable, Planning Director LoGrande & More
91 Freeway Commutes Could Be Eased This Week With The Opening Of A New Lane
Los Angeles Times
Amtrak California Unveils New Website
Sacramento Business Journal
Another Day, Another Revelation That A Gas Tax Hike Is Necessary
StreetsBlog DC
Application Of Physical Ability Testing To Current Workforce Of Transit Employees (96p. PDF)
TCRP Legal Research Digest
Best Buy Stations Gadget Machines At T Stops ("The MBTA will collect 7 percent of gross sales during the six-month pilot program.")
Boston Herald
California May Build Train To Nowhere
Fresno Bee
City Parking Smartens Up With Streetline ("San Francisco-based Streetline, recently named IBM’s Entrepreneur of the Year, mounts low-cost sensors in parking spaces, retrofits existing meters and ties them into a mesh wireless network to draw a real-time picture of the spaces available, the cars needing tickets and how much to charge for parking. The system is being tested across the country and may be coming soon to your city.")
Wired
Earmark Ban Goes Down To Defeat In The Senate
StreetsBlog DC
Evaluation Of Shared Lane Markings (8p. PDF : evaluation of MUTCD standards for marking indicating where motorists and bicyclists are expected to share the road)
Federal Highway Administration Tech Brief
Expo Update: FTA Gives Thumbs Up To Farmdale Station
StreetsBlog LA
Federal Transit Programs: Federal Transit Administration Has Opportunities To Improve Performance Accountability (46p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
A Future Gold Line Station: Once An Elegant Stop On The Santa Fe Line ("Built in 1925, the Santa Fe Station connected Monrovia with the rest of the San Gabriel Valley, and may receive a new lease on life with the construction of the Gold Line Foothill Extension.")
Monrovia Patch
Interactive Planning And A Q&A Session With Michael LoGrande
StreetsBlog LA
LAPD Charging Jaywalkers $191 In New Crackdown
Los Angeles Times
Metro To Eliminate Some Bus Lines In December
My Fox LA
Metrolink Positive Train Control System (video)
Metrolink via YouTube
More Progress Needed To Reduce Metrolink Collisions, Experts Say
Whittier Daily News
New And Notable: Los Angeles From The Air Then And Now, Makeshift Metropolis & Down The Asphalt Path
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
An Open Letter To The New Planning Director Of Los Angeles ("Do Good Planning": "A shift in how we plan our transportation creates the opportunity to revitalize neighborhoods around old and new rail stations and new and improved bus lines, and build new homes for people who live and work here; all while making Los Angeles a better place to live.")
Occidental College Urban & Environmental Planning Institute
Q&A With L.A.'s New Planning Director On December 1
Occidental College
Public Spending On Transportation And Water Infrastructure: A CBO Study (62p. PDF)
Congressional Budget Office
Read This: Local Governments Told To Buy New Street Signs - Federal Highway Administration Is Ordering Local Governments To Buy New Street Signs That They Say Are Easier To Read
ABC News
Santa Ana Has A Desire Named Streetcar
OC Weekly
Theft And Vandalism Just Not A Problem For American Bike-Sharing
Streetsblog
Traveling Down Wilshire: Better Options To Come
Southern California Public Radio
Under One Roof: CHP, Caltrans To Share Fontana Building
San Bernardino Sun
U.S. Department Of Transportation Calls For New Round Of Comments On Compliance Dates For Key Traffic Regulations
U.S. DOT
What Does Planning Director Have In Store For L.A.?
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Amtrak California Unveils New Website
Sacramento Business Journal
Another Day, Another Revelation That A Gas Tax Hike Is Necessary
StreetsBlog DC
Application Of Physical Ability Testing To Current Workforce Of Transit Employees (96p. PDF)
TCRP Legal Research Digest
Best Buy Stations Gadget Machines At T Stops ("The MBTA will collect 7 percent of gross sales during the six-month pilot program.")
Boston Herald
California May Build Train To Nowhere
Fresno Bee
City Parking Smartens Up With Streetline ("San Francisco-based Streetline, recently named IBM’s Entrepreneur of the Year, mounts low-cost sensors in parking spaces, retrofits existing meters and ties them into a mesh wireless network to draw a real-time picture of the spaces available, the cars needing tickets and how much to charge for parking. The system is being tested across the country and may be coming soon to your city.")
Wired
Earmark Ban Goes Down To Defeat In The Senate
StreetsBlog DC
Evaluation Of Shared Lane Markings (8p. PDF : evaluation of MUTCD standards for marking indicating where motorists and bicyclists are expected to share the road)
Federal Highway Administration Tech Brief
Expo Update: FTA Gives Thumbs Up To Farmdale Station
StreetsBlog LA
Federal Transit Programs: Federal Transit Administration Has Opportunities To Improve Performance Accountability (46p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
A Future Gold Line Station: Once An Elegant Stop On The Santa Fe Line ("Built in 1925, the Santa Fe Station connected Monrovia with the rest of the San Gabriel Valley, and may receive a new lease on life with the construction of the Gold Line Foothill Extension.")
Monrovia Patch
Interactive Planning And A Q&A Session With Michael LoGrande
StreetsBlog LA
LAPD Charging Jaywalkers $191 In New Crackdown
Los Angeles Times
Metro To Eliminate Some Bus Lines In December
My Fox LA
Metrolink Positive Train Control System (video)
Metrolink via YouTube
More Progress Needed To Reduce Metrolink Collisions, Experts Say
Whittier Daily News
New And Notable: Los Angeles From The Air Then And Now, Makeshift Metropolis & Down The Asphalt Path
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
An Open Letter To The New Planning Director Of Los Angeles ("Do Good Planning": "A shift in how we plan our transportation creates the opportunity to revitalize neighborhoods around old and new rail stations and new and improved bus lines, and build new homes for people who live and work here; all while making Los Angeles a better place to live.")
Occidental College Urban & Environmental Planning Institute
Q&A With L.A.'s New Planning Director On December 1
Occidental College
Public Spending On Transportation And Water Infrastructure: A CBO Study (62p. PDF)
Congressional Budget Office
Read This: Local Governments Told To Buy New Street Signs - Federal Highway Administration Is Ordering Local Governments To Buy New Street Signs That They Say Are Easier To Read
ABC News
Santa Ana Has A Desire Named Streetcar
OC Weekly
Theft And Vandalism Just Not A Problem For American Bike-Sharing
Streetsblog
Traveling Down Wilshire: Better Options To Come
Southern California Public Radio
Under One Roof: CHP, Caltrans To Share Fontana Building
San Bernardino Sun
U.S. Department Of Transportation Calls For New Round Of Comments On Compliance Dates For Key Traffic Regulations
U.S. DOT
What Does Planning Director Have In Store For L.A.?
Los Angeles Times
11/29/2010
Wilshire Rush-Hour Bus Lanes, CAHSR's First Segment, Metrolink Grant For Collision Avoidance, A Look Back At Trains Of The Future & More
The 30/10 Initiative: A Weapon Of Mass Financial Destruction
CityWatch
An Alternative To Mayor Villaraigosa's California Dreamin' Agenda: Better Buses And Bikes
Los Angeles And First
Archive Gallery: Thrilling Trains Of the Future (Popular Science digs through their archives to unearth a collection of fantastical, futuristic trains such as amphibious monorails, suspended railways and "two-headed trains")
Popular Science
Image Gallery
Bus-Only Lanes Proposed For Wilshire Boulevard: The Lanes Would Be In Effect During Rush Hours And Would Go From MacArthur Park To Centinela Avenue, With A Gap In Beverly Hills. Residents Of Westwood's "Condo Canyon" Push For An Exemption
Los Angeles Times
California Congressman Undermines California Bullet Plans
Infrastructurist
California Planners Recommend Fresno-Hanford For First Phase Of State's High-Speed Line
Transport Politic
City Signs Off On Expo Line "Buffer Zone"
Santa Monica Daily Press
Could Price Of Ride On Angels Flight Get Too Steep?: Operators Of The Little Funicular Railway Are Weighing The Effects Of A Fare Hike
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: Rail Omen
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Editorial: Time For L.A. To Pay The Toll?
Daily Breeze
The Future Of Colorado Boulevard: Caught Between Residents' Dreams And L.A.'s Reality, Colorado Boulevard Has A Long Way To Go Before Bikers And Pedestrians Can Truly Share The Road
Eagle Rock Patch
Government Agencies Navigate The Promises And Pitfalls Of Social Media: As Law Enforcement, Transportation Agencies And Other Departments Rush To Interact With The Public Through Twitter Accounts And Facebook Pages, Guidelines For Using Social Media Have Been Slow To Follow ("At a League of California Cities conference earlier this year, two presentations illustrated the conflict: one was on the benefits of Facebook, and the other was a blunt reminder that the site falls under the Public Records Act.")
Los Angeles Times
If Only The Millions Of Thanksgiving Travelers Took The Train
GOOD
In Los Angeles, Big Step Ahead For Mass Transit ("This auto-obsessed city — a place where people love their cars almost as much as they hate the traffic — has embarked on the biggest expansion of its mass transit system in decades, an effort to change the way people navigate its sprawling and clogged streets and freeways.")
New York Times
Janette Sadik-Khan: Urban Reengineer
Esquire
L.A. Passes Plan To "Green" Taxicabs
Contra Costa Times
Los Angeles: Some Thoughts On The Challenge, For "The Source"
Human Transit
Make Boarding Rapids Rapid ("The Los Angeles Metro can and should offer solutions to cut the long boarding times commuters are facing.")
Plus Metro
Metrolink Gets $6.6 Million U.S. Grant For Collision-Avoidance Equipment
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Metrolink Tracks Crack In Freezing Temps
ABC-7
Norm Mineta: Former Sec. Of Transportation: "Roads And Highways" Top Transpo Priority, Defends Earmarks, Questions Some Defense Spending
Transportation Nation
Official: California High Speed Rail Won't Be De-Railed By GOP Plan
Pasadena Star-News
Parking Citations On An Incline: The City Will Pass On State Fees To Penalties Already Higher Than Surrounding Communities
Glendale News-Press
Poland Unveils BMW-Designed Subway Cars Which Are 98% Recyclable: The Siemens Inspiro Transit Concept Will Bring Sustainable Engineering To Warsaw's Metro System By 2012
Fast Company Design
Pringle: Conflict Charges Are Unfair Ploy By Democrats
Voice Of OC
Pringle's Double-Barreled Defense Of Anaheim's ARTIC Station
Voice Of OC
A Reality Show About...Car Parking
The City Fix
Parking Wars
A&E
Stimulus Help For State Roads, Rail Lines Almost Complete
San Jose Mercury News
Switching Gears: More Commuters Bike To Work
NPR
Transit Agencies: This Is Why You Should Have Your Data In GTFS Format With A License That Allows For Non-Commercial Derivatives
LA Subway Blog
Why Transit Will Never Be Energy Efficient
Antiplanner
Will Roads Of The Future Be Paved With Sandstone?
Next 100
WMATA Launches Website For Public Input On 30-Year Transit Plan
CityBizList
CityWatch
An Alternative To Mayor Villaraigosa's California Dreamin' Agenda: Better Buses And Bikes
Los Angeles And First
Archive Gallery: Thrilling Trains Of the Future (Popular Science digs through their archives to unearth a collection of fantastical, futuristic trains such as amphibious monorails, suspended railways and "two-headed trains")
Popular Science
Image Gallery
Bus-Only Lanes Proposed For Wilshire Boulevard: The Lanes Would Be In Effect During Rush Hours And Would Go From MacArthur Park To Centinela Avenue, With A Gap In Beverly Hills. Residents Of Westwood's "Condo Canyon" Push For An Exemption
Los Angeles Times
California Congressman Undermines California Bullet Plans
Infrastructurist
California Planners Recommend Fresno-Hanford For First Phase Of State's High-Speed Line
Transport Politic
City Signs Off On Expo Line "Buffer Zone"
Santa Monica Daily Press
Could Price Of Ride On Angels Flight Get Too Steep?: Operators Of The Little Funicular Railway Are Weighing The Effects Of A Fare Hike
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: Rail Omen
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Editorial: Time For L.A. To Pay The Toll?
Daily Breeze
The Future Of Colorado Boulevard: Caught Between Residents' Dreams And L.A.'s Reality, Colorado Boulevard Has A Long Way To Go Before Bikers And Pedestrians Can Truly Share The Road
Eagle Rock Patch
Government Agencies Navigate The Promises And Pitfalls Of Social Media: As Law Enforcement, Transportation Agencies And Other Departments Rush To Interact With The Public Through Twitter Accounts And Facebook Pages, Guidelines For Using Social Media Have Been Slow To Follow ("At a League of California Cities conference earlier this year, two presentations illustrated the conflict: one was on the benefits of Facebook, and the other was a blunt reminder that the site falls under the Public Records Act.")
Los Angeles Times
If Only The Millions Of Thanksgiving Travelers Took The Train
GOOD
In Los Angeles, Big Step Ahead For Mass Transit ("This auto-obsessed city — a place where people love their cars almost as much as they hate the traffic — has embarked on the biggest expansion of its mass transit system in decades, an effort to change the way people navigate its sprawling and clogged streets and freeways.")
New York Times
Janette Sadik-Khan: Urban Reengineer
Esquire
L.A. Passes Plan To "Green" Taxicabs
Contra Costa Times
Los Angeles: Some Thoughts On The Challenge, For "The Source"
Human Transit
Make Boarding Rapids Rapid ("The Los Angeles Metro can and should offer solutions to cut the long boarding times commuters are facing.")
Plus Metro
Metrolink Gets $6.6 Million U.S. Grant For Collision-Avoidance Equipment
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Metrolink Tracks Crack In Freezing Temps
ABC-7
Norm Mineta: Former Sec. Of Transportation: "Roads And Highways" Top Transpo Priority, Defends Earmarks, Questions Some Defense Spending
Transportation Nation
Official: California High Speed Rail Won't Be De-Railed By GOP Plan
Pasadena Star-News
Parking Citations On An Incline: The City Will Pass On State Fees To Penalties Already Higher Than Surrounding Communities
Glendale News-Press
Poland Unveils BMW-Designed Subway Cars Which Are 98% Recyclable: The Siemens Inspiro Transit Concept Will Bring Sustainable Engineering To Warsaw's Metro System By 2012
Fast Company Design
Pringle: Conflict Charges Are Unfair Ploy By Democrats
Voice Of OC
Pringle's Double-Barreled Defense Of Anaheim's ARTIC Station
Voice Of OC
A Reality Show About...Car Parking
The City Fix
Parking Wars
A&E
Stimulus Help For State Roads, Rail Lines Almost Complete
San Jose Mercury News
Switching Gears: More Commuters Bike To Work
NPR
Transit Agencies: This Is Why You Should Have Your Data In GTFS Format With A License That Allows For Non-Commercial Derivatives
LA Subway Blog
Why Transit Will Never Be Energy Efficient
Antiplanner
Will Roads Of The Future Be Paved With Sandstone?
Next 100
WMATA Launches Website For Public Input On 30-Year Transit Plan
CityBizList
11/24/2010
CAHSR Funds In Jeopardy, California Streetcars, End Of Automania, New & Notable Titles, Parking Management, Bus Lane Cameras & More
All Economics Is Local: The Straits Of Cities And Counties Are Hurting The Recovery ("The National League of Cities thinks nearly 500,000 workers in local government will lose their jobs in the current and coming fiscal years.")
The Economist
California Beckons High-Speed Rail Despite Midterm Derailment In Funding
The City Fix
California Cities Desire Streetcars ("The streetcar bandwagon, which has picked up dozens of cities nationwide, including Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, and Santa Ana, is fueled not only by nostalgia but also by new attitudes about both urbanism and transportation planning.")
California Planning & Development Report
Commentary: Building A High-Speed Future: 220 MPH, And No Pat-Downs
McClatchy
Confessions Of A Recovering Engineer (Despite years of training and precedent, a traffic engineer questions whether we are actually creating bad and unsafe streets)
Strong Towns
Crenshaw Maintenance Facility Site Open House (December 1)
StreetsBlog LA
Editorial: $80M Legal Spree By MTA
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
E-Mails Reveal Clashes Over High-Speed Rail Project: Two Board Members Also Have Other Transit Responsibilities. Do Their Multiple Roles Enrich The Board Or Set The Scene For Conflicting Interests?
Los Angeles Times
The End Of Automania ("Are Americans as car crazy as they were in the '70s?")
New Republic
Go Metro To This Year's Hollywood Christmas Parade
Beverly Hills Courier
Gobbling Less Gas For Thanksgiving: How Clean Cars Can Save Americans Money And Cut Oil Use (15p. PDF)
Environment California Research & Policy Center
GOP House Aims To Take $2 Billion Back From California High-Speed Rail
San Jose Mercury News
Great Los Angeles Walk: Car-Free Urban Adventure
Southern California Public Radio
Interview With Jarrett Walker, International Transit Network Planner, Part 1 and Part 2
The Source
Irvine's iShuttle To Be Funded Through Exchange With OCTA
Orange County Register
Join Southern California Transit Advocates For Black Friday
MetroRider LA
Metro's Conan Cheung Updates On Next 18 Months Of Service Planning
StreetsBlog LA
New And Notable: Sprawl Repair Manual, Republic Of Drivers & Urban Mass Transit's Life Story
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Opinion: Should We Hope Congestion Gets Worse?
New York Times
Parking Management: A Contribution Towards Liveable Cities (50p. PDF)
Sustainable Transport
Paying At The Pump For Oil Wars: A Plausible Option?
StreetsBlog DC
California Planning & Development Report
Commentary: Building A High-Speed Future: 220 MPH, And No Pat-Downs
McClatchy
Confessions Of A Recovering Engineer (Despite years of training and precedent, a traffic engineer questions whether we are actually creating bad and unsafe streets)
Strong Towns
Crenshaw Maintenance Facility Site Open House (December 1)
StreetsBlog LA
Editorial: $80M Legal Spree By MTA
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
E-Mails Reveal Clashes Over High-Speed Rail Project: Two Board Members Also Have Other Transit Responsibilities. Do Their Multiple Roles Enrich The Board Or Set The Scene For Conflicting Interests?
Los Angeles Times
The End Of Automania ("Are Americans as car crazy as they were in the '70s?")
New Republic
Go Metro To This Year's Hollywood Christmas Parade
Beverly Hills Courier
Gobbling Less Gas For Thanksgiving: How Clean Cars Can Save Americans Money And Cut Oil Use (15p. PDF)
Environment California Research & Policy Center
GOP House Aims To Take $2 Billion Back From California High-Speed Rail
San Jose Mercury News
Great Los Angeles Walk: Car-Free Urban Adventure
Southern California Public Radio
Interview With Jarrett Walker, International Transit Network Planner, Part 1 and Part 2
The Source
Irvine's iShuttle To Be Funded Through Exchange With OCTA
Orange County Register
Join Southern California Transit Advocates For Black Friday
MetroRider LA
Metro's Conan Cheung Updates On Next 18 Months Of Service Planning
StreetsBlog LA
New And Notable: Sprawl Repair Manual, Republic Of Drivers & Urban Mass Transit's Life Story
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Opinion: Should We Hope Congestion Gets Worse?
New York Times
Parking Management: A Contribution Towards Liveable Cities (50p. PDF)
Sustainable Transport
Paying At The Pump For Oil Wars: A Plausible Option?
StreetsBlog DC
Political Gridlock Railroads High-Speed Trains
Fortune
Post-Cornfield: LA State Historic Park Actually Moving Forward?
Curbed LA
Smile: You're On Bus Lane Camera
New York Times
"Subway To The Sea" Shouldn't End 3 Miles From The Sand: But Given The History Of Transit Planning In Los Angeles, It's Actually Kind Of Fitting - There's Already A Train To LAX That Doesn't Go All The Way To The Airport
Los Angeles Times
A Tale Of Two Light Rail Lines ("A rather startling contrast can be made between the two approaches that are being pursued by the Exposition Construction Authority and the Metro Crenshaw Corridor/LAX Team with respect to community input and land use decisions relative to the two light rail lines they’re designing and constructing.")
CityWatch
Trains, Planes, And Pollution (infographic)
Think Progress
Transit People's Free Advice For Mayor, Metro On Free Transit Passes For Field Trips
StreetsBlog LA
The Use Of Archive Data For Planning And Operations Performance Measures (webcast : December 2)
I-95 Corridor Coalition
We're Ready To Roll! ("Please save the date to join us as wel roll out our new state-of-the-art Hyundai Rotem Rail Cars at the Whistle Stop Debut!" Dates and times listed, including Monday, December 6, 8:00a.m. at Los Angeles Union Station)
Metrolink
The Westside Subway: Welcome Back, Epstein
Huffington Post
What A Time-Lapsed Busy Subway Yard Looks Like (video)
Infrastructurist
11/23/2010
Gold Line Maintenance Yard, Replacing The Gerald Desmond Bridge, Is HSR "Techno-Glamour?," Walk Score's 2,500 New Cities & More
8 Ways To Create Better Streets In Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock Patch
The Allure Of Techno-Glamour ("High-speed trains exemplify autonomy and grace, sliding along effortlessly, with no visible source of fuel. To a stressed-out public, they promise an escape from traffic jams—and, at least until the first terrorism scare, from the hassles, intrusion and delays of airport security.")
Wall Street Journal
Artist Chris Burden Building Little Freeway Network For LACMA
Curbed LA
Beyond The Triple Circle: Design Alternatives For Traffic Lights
Los Angeles Times
Crumbling Long Beach Bridge's $1 Billion Replacement Nears
Beverly Hills Courier
Digitization And Transportation: Northwestern University's Google Books Project
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
A Former Traffic Engineer On The Industry's Perverse Standards
StreetsBlog DC
High-Speed Rail Takes A Shellacking
Wired
Long Beach Bridge At The End Of Its Lifespan: Officials Expect To Replace The Gerald Desmond Bridge With One Higher And Wider To Accomodate Larger Ships And More Vehicle Traffic ("According to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., the project is expected to generate about 4,000 jobs each year and more than $2 billion in economic activity.")
Los Angeles Times
[N.Y.] MTA Workers Didn't Do Thousands Of Subway Safety Checks On Time, Filed Bogus Reports, Sources Say
New York Daily News
A New Political Reality Settling In For National Transportation Financing ("Austerity measures that may be introduced in the House could result in significant cutbacks in support for transit. Meanwhile, the decision by Republican legislators to phase out earmarks may reduce support for a future transportation bill.")
Transport Politic
Not Enough Clipper Cheats To Fix Glitch, BART Says
San Francisco Chronicle
On The Waterfront: Cargo Traffic Climbs Back To '07 Levels
Long Beach Press-Telegram
One-Way Car Sharing To Airports Launches In NYC: Makes Practice More Like Bike Share Or Taxi
Transportation Nation
Otis Report On The Creative Economy Of The Los Angeles Region: The Power Of Art And Artists (73p. PDF)
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation; Otis College Of Art And Design
Peter Appel Discusses USDOT (audio : Appel, the Administrator of the USDOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), is responsible for leveraging effective research and cross-modal coordination. In this "Business of Government Hour," innovative transportation solutions are discussed)
Federal News Radio
Residents Opposed To Gold Line Maintenance Yard Now Keeping An Open Mind: The City Believes It Has Allayed The Concerns Of Many Residents Who Signed A Letter Opposing The Construction Of The Maintenance Facility In Monrovia
Monrovia Patch
Solution To 405 Backup Nightmare: East/West Tunnels Under Wilshire & Santa Monica
Calcanis
Some Doubt Ridership Estimates For S.F.-L.A. High-Speed Rail ("Rail officials say the ambitious projections were not meant to forecast revenue. Rather, they were developed to help planners account for the harshest possible effect of the system on the environment, they say. That means the numbers needed to be as high as could reasonably be expected.")
Streetline Named IBM Global Entrepreneur Of The Year ("At the core of Streetline's technology is its patented smart parking platform which detects the presence of a car through a network of ultra-low power wireless sensors located in each parking space.")
PR Newswire
Subway Cars On Venice Blvd.?
Plus Metro
Talking The Walk: The Great LA Walk 2010 Does Wilshire Blvd.
LAist
The Tea Party Targets...Sustainable Development? ("If you believe conservative activists, smart growth is really a global conspiracy to herd Americans into human habitation zones.")
Mother Jones
Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Recipients Of New Railroad Safety Technology Grants ("Seven projects will share $50 million to help make the nation’s rail system safer by facilitating deployment of Positive Train Control (PTC) collision avoidance systems and other advanced technologies...Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) Shared LA PTC Communications Infrastructure will develop and test the communications best practices guide for all railroads that must implement a standard Vital Train Management System (VTMS) which requires an interoperable communication architecture that will allow trains to operate safely across railroad networks using the Los Angeles basin as the prototype.")
PressZoom
Walk Score Ambles Into 2,500 New Cities
GOOD
Was AV Transit Agency Board Asleep At The Board?
In The AV
Eagle Rock Patch
The Allure Of Techno-Glamour ("High-speed trains exemplify autonomy and grace, sliding along effortlessly, with no visible source of fuel. To a stressed-out public, they promise an escape from traffic jams—and, at least until the first terrorism scare, from the hassles, intrusion and delays of airport security.")
Wall Street Journal
Artist Chris Burden Building Little Freeway Network For LACMA
Curbed LA
Beyond The Triple Circle: Design Alternatives For Traffic Lights
Los Angeles Times
Crumbling Long Beach Bridge's $1 Billion Replacement Nears
Beverly Hills Courier
Digitization And Transportation: Northwestern University's Google Books Project
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
A Former Traffic Engineer On The Industry's Perverse Standards
StreetsBlog DC
High-Speed Rail Takes A Shellacking
Wired
Long Beach Bridge At The End Of Its Lifespan: Officials Expect To Replace The Gerald Desmond Bridge With One Higher And Wider To Accomodate Larger Ships And More Vehicle Traffic ("According to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., the project is expected to generate about 4,000 jobs each year and more than $2 billion in economic activity.")
Los Angeles Times
[N.Y.] MTA Workers Didn't Do Thousands Of Subway Safety Checks On Time, Filed Bogus Reports, Sources Say
New York Daily News
A New Political Reality Settling In For National Transportation Financing ("Austerity measures that may be introduced in the House could result in significant cutbacks in support for transit. Meanwhile, the decision by Republican legislators to phase out earmarks may reduce support for a future transportation bill.")
Transport Politic
Not Enough Clipper Cheats To Fix Glitch, BART Says
San Francisco Chronicle
On The Waterfront: Cargo Traffic Climbs Back To '07 Levels
Long Beach Press-Telegram
One-Way Car Sharing To Airports Launches In NYC: Makes Practice More Like Bike Share Or Taxi
Transportation Nation
Otis Report On The Creative Economy Of The Los Angeles Region: The Power Of Art And Artists (73p. PDF)
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation; Otis College Of Art And Design
Peter Appel Discusses USDOT (audio : Appel, the Administrator of the USDOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), is responsible for leveraging effective research and cross-modal coordination. In this "Business of Government Hour," innovative transportation solutions are discussed)
Federal News Radio
Residents Opposed To Gold Line Maintenance Yard Now Keeping An Open Mind: The City Believes It Has Allayed The Concerns Of Many Residents Who Signed A Letter Opposing The Construction Of The Maintenance Facility In Monrovia
Monrovia Patch
Solution To 405 Backup Nightmare: East/West Tunnels Under Wilshire & Santa Monica
Calcanis
Some Doubt Ridership Estimates For S.F.-L.A. High-Speed Rail ("Rail officials say the ambitious projections were not meant to forecast revenue. Rather, they were developed to help planners account for the harshest possible effect of the system on the environment, they say. That means the numbers needed to be as high as could reasonably be expected.")
Fresno Bee
Streetline Named IBM Global Entrepreneur Of The Year ("At the core of Streetline's technology is its patented smart parking platform which detects the presence of a car through a network of ultra-low power wireless sensors located in each parking space.")
PR Newswire
Subway Cars On Venice Blvd.?
Plus Metro
Talking The Walk: The Great LA Walk 2010 Does Wilshire Blvd.
LAist
The Tea Party Targets...Sustainable Development? ("If you believe conservative activists, smart growth is really a global conspiracy to herd Americans into human habitation zones.")
Mother Jones
Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Recipients Of New Railroad Safety Technology Grants ("Seven projects will share $50 million to help make the nation’s rail system safer by facilitating deployment of Positive Train Control (PTC) collision avoidance systems and other advanced technologies...Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) Shared LA PTC Communications Infrastructure will develop and test the communications best practices guide for all railroads that must implement a standard Vital Train Management System (VTMS) which requires an interoperable communication architecture that will allow trains to operate safely across railroad networks using the Los Angeles basin as the prototype.")
PressZoom
Walk Score Ambles Into 2,500 New Cities
GOOD
Was AV Transit Agency Board Asleep At The Board?
In The AV
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