At Crosswalks, Should Drivers Have To Be Mind Readers?
The Atlantic: Cities
BART Cell Phone Shutdown Rules Adopted
San Francisco Chronicle
Bergamot Station To Open Art Studio/Marketplace At Port Of L.A.
Daily Breeze
Bringing Poetry To Transit TV
StreetsBlog LA
Can Greater L.A. Ever Embrace Cleaner Transportation? Regional Plan Says "Yes, We Will"
StreetsBlog LA
Feds: Miami-Dade Broke Rules In Choosing New Metrorail Trains
Miami Herald
Finding Public Art Wherever You Are In Los Angeles
Curbed LA
House GOP Slows Down Its Rush To Introduce Oil-And-Infrastructure Bill
StreetsBlog DC
How Americans Really React To High Gas Prices
The Atlantic: Cities
How To Fix World Transportation: Six Innovative Leaders Debate The Future Of Getting Billions Of People, And An Infinite Amount Of Stuff, From Here To There
Business Week
Is The House Democrats' New "Buy America" Jobs Bill Just A Political Ploy?
StreetsBlog DC
Is Transpo Funding Fundamentally A PR Problem? Five Ex-DOT Chiefs Discuss
StreetsBlog DC
LADOT: DASH And Commuter Express Now On Google Maps (Google Transit)
KCET
Lawmaker Insists California Bullet Train Plan Complies With Law
Los Angeles Times
Making Good Use Of Transit Data
The City Fix
The Most Artistic Cities In America (Los Angeles ranks #4)
The Atlantic: Cities
Real Time Digital Bus Information Proves A Hit With Londoners (Information accessed millions of times in first few weeks)
Transport For London
Rethinking Streets In Northeast Los Angeles: A New Comprehensive Approach To Transportation Planning
StreetsBlog LA
Santa Ana Winds: Commuters Warned Of Potential Gold Line, Bus Delays
Los Angeles Times
West Hollywood At 27: How The Town Of Sherman Became WeHo ("For years, farms and open fields separated the town of Sherman from the neighboring communities of Colegrove and Hollywood (an independent city from 1903 to 1910). Though connected by the tracks of the Pasadena and Pacific—later bounded on each side by paved roadways for motor cars and named Santa Monica Boulevard—it was not until the early 1920s that the growing Los Angeles metropolis met the street grid of Sherman.")
LA as Subject via KCET
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12/02/2011
12/01/2011
LADOT Clean Buses, County Bike Plan, Metro & Occupy, Future Of Freeways, Amtrak, Olympic Transit & More
Amtrak: Record Breaking Thanksgiving Ridership
Railroad.net
Amtrak Tests E-Ticketing On Downeaster Service
USA Today
Analyst: New Calif. Rail Plan Doesn't Meet Rules
CBS News
Are Freeways Doomed?: Several Cities Are Tearing Down Highways And Creating Bold New Public Spaces. Are We Headed For A Car-Free Future?
Salon
Behind The Scenes Of Olympic Cities' High-Tech Transit Systems
Mashable
Bombadier's Transit Vision Pairs Efficiency With Wireless Technology
Globe And Mail (Canada)
Bullet Train Critics Call For New Vote
San Diego Union-Tribune
Buses, Trains, Bikes And Occupy L.A. ("Anyone watching the drama unfold between Occupy L.A. and the LAPD last night couldn’t help but notice the active involvement of Metro in the eviction of the Occupy protests. News reports reported that between 27 and 30 Metro buses were used to bus police from Dodger Stadium to Downtown Los Angeles and any overhead shot of the LAPD’s home away from home, the Dodger Stadium Parking Lot, showed rows of Orange Metro buses being loaded with police in riot gear.")
StreetsBlog LA
California Lawmakers Say Goodbye To Their State-Purchased Cars ("But the new car program could end up digging deeper into taxpayers' pockets.")
Sacramento Bee
Can Higher Fares Save Public Transit?
The Atlantic: Cities
Dear America, We Need More Public Transportation
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Downey Link Offering Saturday Service For Holidays
Downey Beat
Epic Job Creation Fail: Paying Developers To Build Parking
StreetsBlog Network
Expo Line Turned Over To MTA
LA Observed
Extreme Weather Events In 2011 Costing Federal Highway Officials Hundreds Of Millions
Transportation Nation
Getting Creative With County Bike Plan
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Google Transit Data Tool For Small Transit Agencies (26p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board Transit IDEA Program
Gov. 2.0: Livable Streets Taking Over The Internet
StreetsBlog LA
Hearing Raises Political Profile Of Hours Rule
Trucking Info
High-Speed Rail Authority: The Draft 2012 Business Plan And Funding Plan (9p. PDF : November 29, 2011)
California Legislative Analyst's Office
House GOP Slows Down Its Rush To Introduce Oil-And-Infrastructure Bill
StreetsBlog DC
Jumpstarting The Transit Space Race: Los Angeles Metro Region (links to 32 of 40 distinct Southern California transit projects)
Reconnecting America
L.A. Rolls Out Clean Bus Fleet: Ninety-Five Commuter Express Vehicles Will Run On Compressed Natural Gas And Provide Commuters With Adjustable Seats And Climate Control
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Welcomes New Clean Energy Buses: The City Introduced 95 New Natural Gas-Powered Buses To The Commuter Express Program
USC Annenberg TV News
LADOT Unveils MCI Alternative-Fueled Commuter Coaches
Metro Magazine
London's Bicycle Network: Good For Commuters, Bad For Communities
This Big City
Mapped: How Federal Funding Fails To Match Demand For Transit In The U.S.
StreetsBlog DC
[N.Y.] MTA Asks Public To Vote For Best App: 42 Apps Submitted To MTA App Quest Competition; 42 Days Of Apps Kick Off Tomorrow
MTA Press Release
MTA App Quest Website
New [N.Y.] MTA Project Makes Subway Navigation Easier For Hard Of Hearing
NY1
OCTA CEO: Employee Development Essential In Challenging Times
Metro Magazine
Quake Warning System For West Coast Nears Reality
Contra Costa Times
Right On Google's Tail, Nokia Pushes Indoor Mapping Too
Wired
Somebody's Dreaming Big In Long Beach
LA Observed
Transportation Center Gets Zarian Stamp
Burbank Leader
The Trouble With Pedestrian Malls: Once Popular, These Car-Free Zones Are Slowly Disappearing From The Urban Landscape
Governing
A Vision For The Future Of Road Safety
Huffington Post
Will Downtown Comebacks, Entrepreneurs Reverse Commercial Sprawl?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
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Railroad.net
Amtrak Tests E-Ticketing On Downeaster Service
USA Today
Analyst: New Calif. Rail Plan Doesn't Meet Rules
CBS News
Are Freeways Doomed?: Several Cities Are Tearing Down Highways And Creating Bold New Public Spaces. Are We Headed For A Car-Free Future?
Salon
Behind The Scenes Of Olympic Cities' High-Tech Transit Systems
Mashable
Bombadier's Transit Vision Pairs Efficiency With Wireless Technology
Globe And Mail (Canada)
Bullet Train Critics Call For New Vote
San Diego Union-Tribune
Buses, Trains, Bikes And Occupy L.A. ("Anyone watching the drama unfold between Occupy L.A. and the LAPD last night couldn’t help but notice the active involvement of Metro in the eviction of the Occupy protests. News reports reported that between 27 and 30 Metro buses were used to bus police from Dodger Stadium to Downtown Los Angeles and any overhead shot of the LAPD’s home away from home, the Dodger Stadium Parking Lot, showed rows of Orange Metro buses being loaded with police in riot gear.")
StreetsBlog LA
California Lawmakers Say Goodbye To Their State-Purchased Cars ("But the new car program could end up digging deeper into taxpayers' pockets.")
Sacramento Bee
Can Higher Fares Save Public Transit?
The Atlantic: Cities
Dear America, We Need More Public Transportation
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Downey Link Offering Saturday Service For Holidays
Downey Beat
Epic Job Creation Fail: Paying Developers To Build Parking
StreetsBlog Network
Expo Line Turned Over To MTA
LA Observed
Extreme Weather Events In 2011 Costing Federal Highway Officials Hundreds Of Millions
Transportation Nation
Getting Creative With County Bike Plan
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District
Google Transit Data Tool For Small Transit Agencies (26p. PDF)
U.S. Transportation Research Board Transit IDEA Program
Gov. 2.0: Livable Streets Taking Over The Internet
StreetsBlog LA
Hearing Raises Political Profile Of Hours Rule
Trucking Info
High-Speed Rail Authority: The Draft 2012 Business Plan And Funding Plan (9p. PDF : November 29, 2011)
California Legislative Analyst's Office
House GOP Slows Down Its Rush To Introduce Oil-And-Infrastructure Bill
StreetsBlog DC
Jumpstarting The Transit Space Race: Los Angeles Metro Region (links to 32 of 40 distinct Southern California transit projects)
Reconnecting America
L.A. Rolls Out Clean Bus Fleet: Ninety-Five Commuter Express Vehicles Will Run On Compressed Natural Gas And Provide Commuters With Adjustable Seats And Climate Control
Los Angeles Times
L.A. Welcomes New Clean Energy Buses: The City Introduced 95 New Natural Gas-Powered Buses To The Commuter Express Program
USC Annenberg TV News
LADOT Unveils MCI Alternative-Fueled Commuter Coaches
Metro Magazine
London's Bicycle Network: Good For Commuters, Bad For Communities
This Big City
Mapped: How Federal Funding Fails To Match Demand For Transit In The U.S.
StreetsBlog DC
[N.Y.] MTA Asks Public To Vote For Best App: 42 Apps Submitted To MTA App Quest Competition; 42 Days Of Apps Kick Off Tomorrow
MTA Press Release
MTA App Quest Website
New [N.Y.] MTA Project Makes Subway Navigation Easier For Hard Of Hearing
NY1
OCTA CEO: Employee Development Essential In Challenging Times
Metro Magazine
Quake Warning System For West Coast Nears Reality
Contra Costa Times
Right On Google's Tail, Nokia Pushes Indoor Mapping Too
Wired
Somebody's Dreaming Big In Long Beach
LA Observed
Transportation Center Gets Zarian Stamp
Burbank Leader
The Trouble With Pedestrian Malls: Once Popular, These Car-Free Zones Are Slowly Disappearing From The Urban Landscape
Governing
A Vision For The Future Of Road Safety
Huffington Post
Will Downtown Comebacks, Entrepreneurs Reverse Commercial Sprawl?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
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11/30/2011
Expo Turned Over To Metro, Headway Change, Pasadena Streetcar, HSR Funding, Regional Transportation Plan & More
At Zev's Urging, Supes Demand Progressive Bike Plan
StreetsBlog LA
Bullet Train Funding Plan Faulted: The Legislative Analyst's Office Says the Financing Plan Does Not Fulfill Key Requirements Of The Ballot Measure Voters Approved To Authorize The Project
Los Angeles Times
California Officially Receives Florida's Rejected High Speed Rail Money
Sunshine State
Expo Turned Over To Metro, Now In Final Pre-Opening Stage
Curbed LA
Feed Your Expiring Meters By Cell Phone ("The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency plans to launch a new service that sends drivers text alerts if their parking meters are about to expire. People also will be allowed to plug the meters remotely using their cell phones. Existing time restrictions won't change.")
San Francisco Chronicle
FMCSA Finalizes Hand-Held Cell Phone Ban For Commercial Drivers
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program: A Status Report (5p. PDF)
Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
Headway Change? Metro Proposes Increasing Maximum Time Between Some Buses
StreetsBlog LA
High-Speed Rail In A Low-Budget Era
CityWatch
I-405 To Close Between Getty Center Dr., Ventura Blvd. For Construction
KABC Los Angeles
National Walking Survey (46p. PDF)
America Walks
New Version Of Google Maps Brings Indoor Floor Plans To Your Phone ("Google has partnered with more than 25 major businesses that handle large crowds on a regular basis — major travel sites like San Francisco International and Chicago’s O’Hare airports.")
Wired
Pasadena Has Big Streetcar Plans But No Money For Them
Curbed LA
Crown City Connection: A Business-Friendly Streetcar System Has Pasadena's Name On It
Pasadena Weekly
Port Of Los Angeles Debuts Tool To Assess Global Warming At Cargo Facilities
Renewable Energy Magazine
Second Expo Facility Workshop To Be Held Tuesday
Santa Monica Lookout
SoCal Now Ready To Fix Climate Change, Traffic, Sprawl
Curbed LA
2012 Draft Regional Transportation Plan (223p. PDF : The Draft 2012 Regional Transportation Plan/ Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) Appendices will be available by mid-December 2011 and the Draft 2012 RTP/SCS Program Environmental Impact Report will be available by the end of December 2011)
Southern California Association Of Governments
Speaker Boehner Says House Could Move To Stop Strike By Railway Workers
The Hill
Spring Street Green Bike Lane Will Get Re-Painted This Sunday
Brigham Yen
Top Analyst Warns State Could Waste $6 Billion Over High-Speed Rail
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Transportation Security Information Sharing: Stakeholders Generally Satisfied But TSA Could Improve Analysis, Awareness, And Accountability (58p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Trouble Brewing For Google Wallet
Mobile Payments Today
What Will Senate's MAP-21 Transit Section Look Like?
Transportation Issues Daily
What's Lost When Transportation Enhancements Becomes "CMAQ-AA"?
StreetsBlog DC
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StreetsBlog LA
Bullet Train Funding Plan Faulted: The Legislative Analyst's Office Says the Financing Plan Does Not Fulfill Key Requirements Of The Ballot Measure Voters Approved To Authorize The Project
Los Angeles Times
California Officially Receives Florida's Rejected High Speed Rail Money
Sunshine State
Expo Turned Over To Metro, Now In Final Pre-Opening Stage
Curbed LA
Feed Your Expiring Meters By Cell Phone ("The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency plans to launch a new service that sends drivers text alerts if their parking meters are about to expire. People also will be allowed to plug the meters remotely using their cell phones. Existing time restrictions won't change.")
San Francisco Chronicle
FMCSA Finalizes Hand-Held Cell Phone Ban For Commercial Drivers
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog
Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program: A Status Report (5p. PDF)
Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
Headway Change? Metro Proposes Increasing Maximum Time Between Some Buses
StreetsBlog LA
High-Speed Rail In A Low-Budget Era
CityWatch
I-405 To Close Between Getty Center Dr., Ventura Blvd. For Construction
KABC Los Angeles
National Walking Survey (46p. PDF)
America Walks
New Version Of Google Maps Brings Indoor Floor Plans To Your Phone ("Google has partnered with more than 25 major businesses that handle large crowds on a regular basis — major travel sites like San Francisco International and Chicago’s O’Hare airports.")
Wired
Pasadena Has Big Streetcar Plans But No Money For Them
Curbed LA
Crown City Connection: A Business-Friendly Streetcar System Has Pasadena's Name On It
Pasadena Weekly
Port Of Los Angeles Debuts Tool To Assess Global Warming At Cargo Facilities
Renewable Energy Magazine
Second Expo Facility Workshop To Be Held Tuesday
Santa Monica Lookout
SoCal Now Ready To Fix Climate Change, Traffic, Sprawl
Curbed LA
2012 Draft Regional Transportation Plan (223p. PDF : The Draft 2012 Regional Transportation Plan/ Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) Appendices will be available by mid-December 2011 and the Draft 2012 RTP/SCS Program Environmental Impact Report will be available by the end of December 2011)
Southern California Association Of Governments
Speaker Boehner Says House Could Move To Stop Strike By Railway Workers
The Hill
Spring Street Green Bike Lane Will Get Re-Painted This Sunday
Brigham Yen
Top Analyst Warns State Could Waste $6 Billion Over High-Speed Rail
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Transportation Security Information Sharing: Stakeholders Generally Satisfied But TSA Could Improve Analysis, Awareness, And Accountability (58p. PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Trouble Brewing For Google Wallet
Mobile Payments Today
What Will Senate's MAP-21 Transit Section Look Like?
Transportation Issues Daily
What's Lost When Transportation Enhancements Becomes "CMAQ-AA"?
StreetsBlog DC
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11/29/2011
Inglewood Rail, Santa Monica Bike Plan, Santa Fe Springs, Virtual Reality Trains, CRA, Railroad Traffic & More
511 Travel Information Service Development & Documentation (7p. PDF)
New York State DOT
AAR: More Traffic Gains For North American Railroads Last Week
Progressive Railroading
Big New Bike Plan To Make Santa Monica Into Biker's Republic
Curbed LA
Santa Monica Bike Action Plan Finally Adopted
Santa Monica Mirror
Bus Rides For Employees Getting Cheaper
Los Feliz Ledger
Calif. High Speed Rail Isn't Quick To Take Off (Comments from State Senator Quentin Kopp and Roelof van Ark, CAHSR Authority CEO)
NPR
California Governor Jerry Brown To Put High-Speed Rail On His Holiday Gift Wish
Examiner
Caltrans Director Urges Possible Criminal Charges For Fired Worker
Los Angeles Times
Can Governor Railroad Through His $6 Billion Request?
Contra Costa Times
Capitol Corridor Train Introduces Wi-Fi Service
San Francisco Chronicle
Certain Santa Fe Springs Roads To Get Multi-Million Face-Lifts ("The City Council approved an agreement recently between itself, the I-5 Consortium Cities Joint Powers Authorities and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority regarding the use of $14.1 million of Measure R money for pre-construction I-5 improvement projects.")
Whittier Daily News
Choose Your Own Rail Adventure (Inexpensive PC-based virtual reality train simulators allow you to drive trains in and out of stations, add and subtract cars, change the weather, build your own environment, move freight, and more)
Transportation Nation
Clamoring For Crenshaw: Politicians Want 2 Westchester Stops
Curbed LA
Enviros Suing San Diego Planners Over Transportation Plan: Group Claims Plan Would Increase Pollution, Urban Sprawl
KPBS
A Feasibility Study On Embedded Micro-Electromechanical Sensors And Systems (MEMS) For Monitoring Highway Structures (100p. PDF)
National Concrete Pavement Technology Center
Fed Grant Targets Transit-Oriented Development In The Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle
Getting Young People Back Into Cars is Auto Industry Job #1
StreetsBlog DC
Gruel: CRA Played Fast And Loose
NBC Los Angeles
Is Congress Trying To Put The Kibosh On TIGER Funding For Bike/Ped?
StreetsBlog DC
Key Step For BART To San Jose (One of the costliest transit projects in the Bay Area is a the long-awaited BART extension from Fremont to the region's largest city -- contingent upon FTA funding expected in February. VTA is seeking $900 million in federal New Starts funding for the initial, 10-mile, two-station extension to Berrryessa. The full project goes another six miles to Santa Clara (Caltrain Station), including the subway through downtown San Jose that would include a stop at the Caltrain/Amtrak Station where it would meet with the planned high speed rail train from Los Angeles)
Silicon Valley Mercury News
LADOT: Of Course We're Going To Patch The Spring Street Green Lane ("One week later, cheers have turned to grumbling as the green paint has dissolved in areas, gotten blotchy in others and basially looks like Long Beach’s Green Sharrowed Lane after a year of wear and tear from cars and bikes.")
StreetsBlog LA
The Limits Of Congestion Pricing
The Atlantic: Cities
Making Energy Efficient Streetlights A Reality
The Atlantic: Cities
Making Inglewood Rail-Ready With Windmillls, Sidewalk Streams
Curbed LA
O2 Box: Operating Cost ("If you’re going to form coherent views about transit, you have to understand what transit service costs to operate." Review of time-based costs, distance-based costs, fleet-based costs and administrative costs)
Human Transit
Will Anyone Defend CEQA?
KCET
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New York State DOT
AAR: More Traffic Gains For North American Railroads Last Week
Progressive Railroading
Big New Bike Plan To Make Santa Monica Into Biker's Republic
Curbed LA
Santa Monica Bike Action Plan Finally Adopted
Santa Monica Mirror
Bus Rides For Employees Getting Cheaper
Los Feliz Ledger
Calif. High Speed Rail Isn't Quick To Take Off (Comments from State Senator Quentin Kopp and Roelof van Ark, CAHSR Authority CEO)
NPR
California Governor Jerry Brown To Put High-Speed Rail On His Holiday Gift Wish
Examiner
Caltrans Director Urges Possible Criminal Charges For Fired Worker
Los Angeles Times
Can Governor Railroad Through His $6 Billion Request?
Contra Costa Times
Capitol Corridor Train Introduces Wi-Fi Service
San Francisco Chronicle
Certain Santa Fe Springs Roads To Get Multi-Million Face-Lifts ("The City Council approved an agreement recently between itself, the I-5 Consortium Cities Joint Powers Authorities and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority regarding the use of $14.1 million of Measure R money for pre-construction I-5 improvement projects.")
Whittier Daily News
Choose Your Own Rail Adventure (Inexpensive PC-based virtual reality train simulators allow you to drive trains in and out of stations, add and subtract cars, change the weather, build your own environment, move freight, and more)
Transportation Nation
Clamoring For Crenshaw: Politicians Want 2 Westchester Stops
Curbed LA
Enviros Suing San Diego Planners Over Transportation Plan: Group Claims Plan Would Increase Pollution, Urban Sprawl
KPBS
A Feasibility Study On Embedded Micro-Electromechanical Sensors And Systems (MEMS) For Monitoring Highway Structures (100p. PDF)
National Concrete Pavement Technology Center
Fed Grant Targets Transit-Oriented Development In The Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle
Getting Young People Back Into Cars is Auto Industry Job #1
StreetsBlog DC
Gruel: CRA Played Fast And Loose
NBC Los Angeles
Is Congress Trying To Put The Kibosh On TIGER Funding For Bike/Ped?
StreetsBlog DC
Key Step For BART To San Jose (One of the costliest transit projects in the Bay Area is a the long-awaited BART extension from Fremont to the region's largest city -- contingent upon FTA funding expected in February. VTA is seeking $900 million in federal New Starts funding for the initial, 10-mile, two-station extension to Berrryessa. The full project goes another six miles to Santa Clara (Caltrain Station), including the subway through downtown San Jose that would include a stop at the Caltrain/Amtrak Station where it would meet with the planned high speed rail train from Los Angeles)
Silicon Valley Mercury News
LADOT: Of Course We're Going To Patch The Spring Street Green Lane ("One week later, cheers have turned to grumbling as the green paint has dissolved in areas, gotten blotchy in others and basially looks like Long Beach’s Green Sharrowed Lane after a year of wear and tear from cars and bikes.")
StreetsBlog LA
The Limits Of Congestion Pricing
The Atlantic: Cities
Making Energy Efficient Streetlights A Reality
The Atlantic: Cities
Making Inglewood Rail-Ready With Windmillls, Sidewalk Streams
Curbed LA
O2 Box: Operating Cost ("If you’re going to form coherent views about transit, you have to understand what transit service costs to operate." Review of time-based costs, distance-based costs, fleet-based costs and administrative costs)
Human Transit
Will Anyone Defend CEQA?
KCET
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11/28/2011
La Verne Gold Line, Wilshire BRT, 5 Widening, Spring Street, TIGER IV, L.A. Sidewalks, LAX Development & More
42% Of L.A. Sidewalks Await Repairs: Los Angeles' Backlog Of Sidewalk Repairs Could Cost Up To $1.6 Billion And, At The Current Rate, Take Nearly 70 Years. The City Considers Handing The Responsibility To Property Owners
Los Angeles Times
$100 Billion Bullet Train: Democrats Fray As Cost Skyrockets, Feds Bail, And Amtrak Starts To Look Good
LA Weekly
Accessible Train Station Design For Disabled People: A Code Of Practice (313p. PDF)
U.K. Department Of Transport / Transport Scotland
Another Inroad For Los Angeles Cyclists: Spring Street Green Lane ("Los Angeles' Spring Street green lane is only 1.5 miles for now, but hopefully it's leading to a more bike-friendly future.")
Los Angeles Times
Are Bicycle-Pedestrian Projects Banned From The 2012 TIGER IV Program?
Transportation Issues Daily
Did TIGER I Overspend On Bicycle-Pedestrian Projects?
Transportation Issues Daily
Are City Buses Making Us Sick? ("Using data from the initiative, researchers noticed an "increased linear relationship" between TB incidence and time onboard a Houston bus.")
The Atlantic: Cities
California Bullet Train Project Advances Amid Cries Of Boondoggle ("For many Californians, struggling through a bleak era that has led some people to wonder if the state’s golden days are behind it, this project goes to the heart of the state’s pioneering spirit, recalling grand public investments in universities, water systems, roads and parks that once defined California as the leading edge of the nation.")
New York Times
Caltrans Plans To Widen 5 Freeway
Downey Patriot
Can America Afford Not To Bike More?
StreetsBlog Network
Commerce Opposes Planned Truck-Only Lanes On The 60 Freeway
EGP News
Congress, States Debate Heavier Trucks
Fox News
County Gas Prices Are Lowest Since August
Agoura Hills Patch
Double-Digit Drop In Passenger Volume At ONT
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Final Rule Banning Hand-Held Cell Phone, Texting Released ("A final rule specifically prohibiting interstate truck and bus drivers from using hand-held cell phones while operating their vehicles.")
Metro Magazine
Framework And Tools For Estimating Benefits Of Specific Weight Network Investments (133p. PDF)
National Cooperative Freight Research Program
Funding Rejected By GOP Governors Keeps Obama's Rail Plans On Track
The Hill
High Speed Rail As Touchstone For California's Future
California High Speed Rail Blog
High-Speed Train To Vegas Takes Another Step, Utah Looks To Connect
KCET
High-Speed Rail From Salt Lake To Vegas: Long Shot Or Good Bet?
Salt Lake Tribune
How Should We Design The Cities Of The Dreams? ("America’s urban reboot is in full swing. The awe-inspiring mega-projects — the High Lines and the Subways to the Sea — are being held up as a sign that cities are back.")
Salon
HUD Awards Bring "Bittersweet" End To Sustainability Program
StreetsBlog DC
In A Holding Pattern For Decades, LAX Development Gains Traction: Plans To Develop Parks, Educational Centers, Shopping Areas And Offices On The Northern End Of LAX Are Being Resurrected, This Time With Support From The Airport's Neighbors
Los Angeles Times
In Transit-First San Francisco, Cars Still Rule The Road
San Francisco Examiner
Innovations: State DOT And Transit Agency Partner To Ease Congestion, Increase Transit Use
Transportation Issues Daily
LAX: Airport Seeks Public Input On Northside Property
Argonaut
Monday Expected To Be Biggest Travel Day At LAX ("About 167,000 people will pass through the airport...Total LAX travel numbers are up 16 percent over the recession-depressed figures of last year.")
Studio City Patch
Muni Financing Debacle Could Cost SF $68 Million: Slow-Moving, But Far-Reaching Effects Of 2008 Financial Crisis Stands To Drain City Coffers ("San Francisco’s transit agency was among many that seized on an early-2000s boom in public-infrastructure tax shelters, in which banks and other investors gave millions of dollars in cash up front to the agencies in return for the right to claim tax breaks in subsequent years for wear-and-tear on the equipment.")
Bay Citizen
New City Program Aims To Turn Foreclosed Home Sites Into Parks
Los Angeles Daily News
Obama Administration Issues Vote Of Confidence On California High-Speed Rail
Huffington Post
OccupyLA Plans To Resist Monday Eviction ("The so-called Raid Committee discussed plans for all those who avoid getting arrested to gather less than a mile away at Union Station.")
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Opinion: The Death Of The Fringe Suburb ("The cities and inner-ring suburbs that will be the foundation of the recovery require significant investment at a time of government retrenchment. Bus and light-rail systems, bike lanes and pedestrian improvements — what traffic engineers dismissively call “alternative transportation” — are vital. So is the repair of infrastructure like roads and bridges. Places as diverse as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Dallas, Charlotte, Denver and Washington have recently voted to pay for “alternative transportation,” mindful of the dividends to be reaped.")
New York Times
Planning For Future Gold Line Station, La Verne Limits New Developments In Area
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Rosendahl Seeks Support For Hindry Avenue Station Via Online Petition
Argonaut
Stuck With A True Case Of Congestion: A Team Of Texas Traffic Researchers Confirms What Many L.A. Motorists Have Long Suspected -- The Northbound Stretch Of Interstate 110 Between I-10 And Stadium Way Is The Most Congested In The Nation
Los Angeles Times
Take A Ride Down The Spring Street Bike Lane, No Bike Required (44 photos of downtown's new green bike lanes)
Curbed LA
Train Recycles Braking Energy To Power Other Trains
Earth And Industry
Vista Hermosa Natural Park: Exploring Downtown's Newest Open Space ("When the ten-acre park opened in 2008, it was the first new park in downtown Los Angeles in more than one hundred years...The [Santa Monica Mountains] Conservancy offers a free monthly bus shuttle service from the park to the Santa Monica Mountains.")
LAist
Waving California Goodbye: More People Are Moving Out Of The State Than Are Moving In. It's The Economy, Of Course, Especially Housing Costs
Los Angeles Times
Wilshire BRT And El Monte Busway Improvements Coming...In 2015
StreetsBlog LA
The World's Most Beautiful Train Stations (Los Angeles' Union Station makes this short list)
The Atlantic: Cities
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Los Angeles Times
$100 Billion Bullet Train: Democrats Fray As Cost Skyrockets, Feds Bail, And Amtrak Starts To Look Good
LA Weekly
Accessible Train Station Design For Disabled People: A Code Of Practice (313p. PDF)
U.K. Department Of Transport / Transport Scotland
Another Inroad For Los Angeles Cyclists: Spring Street Green Lane ("Los Angeles' Spring Street green lane is only 1.5 miles for now, but hopefully it's leading to a more bike-friendly future.")
Los Angeles Times
Are Bicycle-Pedestrian Projects Banned From The 2012 TIGER IV Program?
Transportation Issues Daily
Did TIGER I Overspend On Bicycle-Pedestrian Projects?
Transportation Issues Daily
Are City Buses Making Us Sick? ("Using data from the initiative, researchers noticed an "increased linear relationship" between TB incidence and time onboard a Houston bus.")
The Atlantic: Cities
California Bullet Train Project Advances Amid Cries Of Boondoggle ("For many Californians, struggling through a bleak era that has led some people to wonder if the state’s golden days are behind it, this project goes to the heart of the state’s pioneering spirit, recalling grand public investments in universities, water systems, roads and parks that once defined California as the leading edge of the nation.")
New York Times
Caltrans Plans To Widen 5 Freeway
Downey Patriot
Can America Afford Not To Bike More?
StreetsBlog Network
Commerce Opposes Planned Truck-Only Lanes On The 60 Freeway
EGP News
Congress, States Debate Heavier Trucks
Fox News
County Gas Prices Are Lowest Since August
Agoura Hills Patch
Double-Digit Drop In Passenger Volume At ONT
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Final Rule Banning Hand-Held Cell Phone, Texting Released ("A final rule specifically prohibiting interstate truck and bus drivers from using hand-held cell phones while operating their vehicles.")
Metro Magazine
Framework And Tools For Estimating Benefits Of Specific Weight Network Investments (133p. PDF)
National Cooperative Freight Research Program
Funding Rejected By GOP Governors Keeps Obama's Rail Plans On Track
The Hill
High Speed Rail As Touchstone For California's Future
California High Speed Rail Blog
High-Speed Train To Vegas Takes Another Step, Utah Looks To Connect
KCET
High-Speed Rail From Salt Lake To Vegas: Long Shot Or Good Bet?
Salt Lake Tribune
How Should We Design The Cities Of The Dreams? ("America’s urban reboot is in full swing. The awe-inspiring mega-projects — the High Lines and the Subways to the Sea — are being held up as a sign that cities are back.")
Salon
HUD Awards Bring "Bittersweet" End To Sustainability Program
StreetsBlog DC
In A Holding Pattern For Decades, LAX Development Gains Traction: Plans To Develop Parks, Educational Centers, Shopping Areas And Offices On The Northern End Of LAX Are Being Resurrected, This Time With Support From The Airport's Neighbors
Los Angeles Times
In Transit-First San Francisco, Cars Still Rule The Road
San Francisco Examiner
Innovations: State DOT And Transit Agency Partner To Ease Congestion, Increase Transit Use
Transportation Issues Daily
LAX: Airport Seeks Public Input On Northside Property
Argonaut
Monday Expected To Be Biggest Travel Day At LAX ("About 167,000 people will pass through the airport...Total LAX travel numbers are up 16 percent over the recession-depressed figures of last year.")
Studio City Patch
Muni Financing Debacle Could Cost SF $68 Million: Slow-Moving, But Far-Reaching Effects Of 2008 Financial Crisis Stands To Drain City Coffers ("San Francisco’s transit agency was among many that seized on an early-2000s boom in public-infrastructure tax shelters, in which banks and other investors gave millions of dollars in cash up front to the agencies in return for the right to claim tax breaks in subsequent years for wear-and-tear on the equipment.")
Bay Citizen
New City Program Aims To Turn Foreclosed Home Sites Into Parks
Los Angeles Daily News
Obama Administration Issues Vote Of Confidence On California High-Speed Rail
Huffington Post
OccupyLA Plans To Resist Monday Eviction ("The so-called Raid Committee discussed plans for all those who avoid getting arrested to gather less than a mile away at Union Station.")
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Opinion: The Death Of The Fringe Suburb ("The cities and inner-ring suburbs that will be the foundation of the recovery require significant investment at a time of government retrenchment. Bus and light-rail systems, bike lanes and pedestrian improvements — what traffic engineers dismissively call “alternative transportation” — are vital. So is the repair of infrastructure like roads and bridges. Places as diverse as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Dallas, Charlotte, Denver and Washington have recently voted to pay for “alternative transportation,” mindful of the dividends to be reaped.")
New York Times
Planning For Future Gold Line Station, La Verne Limits New Developments In Area
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Rosendahl Seeks Support For Hindry Avenue Station Via Online Petition
Argonaut
Stuck With A True Case Of Congestion: A Team Of Texas Traffic Researchers Confirms What Many L.A. Motorists Have Long Suspected -- The Northbound Stretch Of Interstate 110 Between I-10 And Stadium Way Is The Most Congested In The Nation
Los Angeles Times
Take A Ride Down The Spring Street Bike Lane, No Bike Required (44 photos of downtown's new green bike lanes)
Curbed LA
Train Recycles Braking Energy To Power Other Trains
Earth And Industry
Vista Hermosa Natural Park: Exploring Downtown's Newest Open Space ("When the ten-acre park opened in 2008, it was the first new park in downtown Los Angeles in more than one hundred years...The [Santa Monica Mountains] Conservancy offers a free monthly bus shuttle service from the park to the Santa Monica Mountains.")
LAist
Waving California Goodbye: More People Are Moving Out Of The State Than Are Moving In. It's The Economy, Of Course, Especially Housing Costs
Los Angeles Times
Wilshire BRT And El Monte Busway Improvements Coming...In 2015
StreetsBlog LA
The World's Most Beautiful Train Stations (Los Angeles' Union Station makes this short list)
The Atlantic: Cities
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11/23/2011
Expo Bikes, Sidewalk Bikes, Clean Trucks, Crenshaw-LAX, CAHSR, Transit App For Blind, Spring Street: 1899 & More
Bay Area Transportation Projects To Be Judged On Benefits vs. Costs
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Bicycling On Los Angeles' Spring Street...In 1899! ("The bright green paint on Spring Street’s new bike lane may be fresh, but bicycles have long been a presence on the road. In this photo taken circa 1899, cyclists ride north on Spring near 8th.")
USC Libraries
Boris Johnson Sticks By Gluing Pollution to Roads ("For the past few months a fleet of specially adapted gritting lorries has been spraying adhesive on some of London's pollution hotspots in the middle of the night. The idea has been that the calcium-based solution will stick pollution in the air to the road.")
BBC
Boyle Heights Bike Lanes Go Green
Mis Neighbors: A Boyle Heights Blog
Bus App For Blind Developed At UW ("A University of Washington student developed One Bus Away. Now students and researchers at UW's Department of Computer Science and Engineering are building a transit app that talks to the blind, telling them where a stop is located and what they can expect to find when they get there.")
KING-5
Bye Bye Curbs: Safer Streets In The UK Mix Cars And People
StreetsBlog Network
California High-Speed Rail Gets Almost $1 Billion In 2010 Grants
Business Week
Congressional Republicans Want To Take Back High-Speed Rail Funds: California's Jeff Denham And Kevin McCarthy Argue That The Project Is Deeply Flawed. They Want As Much As $3.3 Billion In Federal Grants Held Back
Los Angeles Times
Crenshaw-LAX: Closing The Westside Gap
CityWatch
Does High Speed Rail Have A Future In The US?
Sustainable Cities Collective
State Listings (Write-up of high-speed rail status for every state in the nation)
The Expo Station That Wasn't -- Or Won't Be
Culver City Bicycle Coalition
Feds Ax High-Speed Funding, Approve Vegas Train Right Of Way
Curbed LA
Feds Make Nearly $1 Billion Grant For Central Valley High-Speed Rail
Central Valley Business Times
For Once, The Federal Government Gets Sustainability Right
The Atlantic: Cities
Guide To Improving Capability For Systems Operations And Management (60p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
L.A. Council Wants To Clear Up When Cyclists Can Use Sidewalks
Los Angeles Times
LA-LB Clean Emission Program To Remove 280 Trucks
Journal Of Commerce
L.A.'s Controller Silent On Mayor's Proposed Use Of Measure R Funds
CityWatch
Mapping The Consequences Of Our Automobile Addiction
StreetsBlog DC
Metro Still Won't Set Opening Date For Expo Line
LAist
Opinion: Lessons In Transit Innovation
New York Times
Port Planning To Offer Incentives To Shippers Who Reduce Emissions
Daily Breeze
Rejected Rail Funding Becomes California's Gain ("High-speed rail funding rejected by Florida Gov. Rick Scott officially became California’s gain Tuesday as the Department of Transportation granted nearly $1 billion to the California High-Speed Rail Authority.")
Politico
San Francisco May Charge Businesses For Free Parking Spots
San Francisco Examiner
Urban Sprawl (Board game : "Urban Sprawl abstractly models the growth of a town into a teeming metropolis. Players assume the roles of entrepreneur, tycoon and politician — each helping in the development of a hypothetical “Anywhere, USA.”)
GMT Games
What Will The Senate Bill's Transit Section Look Like?
StreetsBlog DC
When It Rains In Los Angeles, Do Canoes Get To Use The Carpool Lane?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Zoning At 85 ("This year marks the 85th anniversary of the landmark United States Supreme Court case Euclid v Ambler Realty, which upheld the basic constitutionality of local zoning. Given the current debate between liberals and conservatives about the appropriate role of regulation in shaping our economy and our communities, it seems timely to ask the question: do we still need zoning?")
Urban Land Institute
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Silicon Valley Mercury News
Bicycling On Los Angeles' Spring Street...In 1899! ("The bright green paint on Spring Street’s new bike lane may be fresh, but bicycles have long been a presence on the road. In this photo taken circa 1899, cyclists ride north on Spring near 8th.")
USC Libraries
Boris Johnson Sticks By Gluing Pollution to Roads ("For the past few months a fleet of specially adapted gritting lorries has been spraying adhesive on some of London's pollution hotspots in the middle of the night. The idea has been that the calcium-based solution will stick pollution in the air to the road.")
BBC
Boyle Heights Bike Lanes Go Green
Mis Neighbors: A Boyle Heights Blog
Bus App For Blind Developed At UW ("A University of Washington student developed One Bus Away. Now students and researchers at UW's Department of Computer Science and Engineering are building a transit app that talks to the blind, telling them where a stop is located and what they can expect to find when they get there.")
KING-5
Bye Bye Curbs: Safer Streets In The UK Mix Cars And People
StreetsBlog Network
California High-Speed Rail Gets Almost $1 Billion In 2010 Grants
Business Week
Congressional Republicans Want To Take Back High-Speed Rail Funds: California's Jeff Denham And Kevin McCarthy Argue That The Project Is Deeply Flawed. They Want As Much As $3.3 Billion In Federal Grants Held Back
Los Angeles Times
Crenshaw-LAX: Closing The Westside Gap
CityWatch
Does High Speed Rail Have A Future In The US?
Sustainable Cities Collective
State Listings (Write-up of high-speed rail status for every state in the nation)
The Expo Station That Wasn't -- Or Won't Be
Culver City Bicycle Coalition
Feds Ax High-Speed Funding, Approve Vegas Train Right Of Way
Curbed LA
Feds Make Nearly $1 Billion Grant For Central Valley High-Speed Rail
Central Valley Business Times
For Once, The Federal Government Gets Sustainability Right
The Atlantic: Cities
Guide To Improving Capability For Systems Operations And Management (60p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
L.A. Council Wants To Clear Up When Cyclists Can Use Sidewalks
Los Angeles Times
LA-LB Clean Emission Program To Remove 280 Trucks
Journal Of Commerce
L.A.'s Controller Silent On Mayor's Proposed Use Of Measure R Funds
CityWatch
Mapping The Consequences Of Our Automobile Addiction
StreetsBlog DC
Metro Still Won't Set Opening Date For Expo Line
LAist
Opinion: Lessons In Transit Innovation
New York Times
Port Planning To Offer Incentives To Shippers Who Reduce Emissions
Daily Breeze
Rejected Rail Funding Becomes California's Gain ("High-speed rail funding rejected by Florida Gov. Rick Scott officially became California’s gain Tuesday as the Department of Transportation granted nearly $1 billion to the California High-Speed Rail Authority.")
Politico
San Francisco May Charge Businesses For Free Parking Spots
San Francisco Examiner
Urban Sprawl (Board game : "Urban Sprawl abstractly models the growth of a town into a teeming metropolis. Players assume the roles of entrepreneur, tycoon and politician — each helping in the development of a hypothetical “Anywhere, USA.”)
GMT Games
What Will The Senate Bill's Transit Section Look Like?
StreetsBlog DC
When It Rains In Los Angeles, Do Canoes Get To Use The Carpool Lane?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Zoning At 85 ("This year marks the 85th anniversary of the landmark United States Supreme Court case Euclid v Ambler Realty, which upheld the basic constitutionality of local zoning. Given the current debate between liberals and conservatives about the appropriate role of regulation in shaping our economy and our communities, it seems timely to ask the question: do we still need zoning?")
Urban Land Institute
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11/22/2011
Spring Street, Figueroa Tunnels, Caltrans, Complete Streets, High Line, Best Books & More
80 Years Ago: Three North Figueroa Tunnels Dedicated
Blog Downtown
All Aboard New York City's Geek Train ("Using 15 portable battery-powered web servers hidden in shopping bags, a nascent creative agency...is creating temporary pirate Wi-Fi hotspots in select subway cars, allowing mobile devices in range to access a public intranet complete with chat room, news, and original content from local artists and writers.")
Wired
Are Complete Streets Incomplete? ("Getting transportation professionals to think about including pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users is a key first step in creating great places and livable communities. But that is not enough to make places that truly work for people — “streets as places.” The planning process itself needs to be turned upside-down.")
Project For Public Spaces
BART Adopts "Buy America" Policy
Progressive Railroading
Caltrans Releases Bay Bridge Testing Data
Sacramento Bee
Documents Showing How Caltrans Responded To A Technician Caught Falsifying Data
Caltrans
Executive Summary (4p. PDF)
Caltrans Wants Prosecution For Forged Tests
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Congressmen Want Review Of Ontario International's Sharp Decline
Los Angeles Times
Downtown LA Opens Dedicated Bike Lane
NBC Los Angeles
Fault-y Towers: Don't Mention The Core! ("Nothing against the good individuals who were paid by Metro, but I just happen to have a natural-born skepticism when it comes to paid EIR experts.")
Huffington Post
For Downtown Cyclists, This Green Also Means Go: The Bright Green Bicycle Lane On Spring Street Is Aimed At Reducing Collisions And Helping Cyclists Feel Safer Navigating Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Gold Line Extension Tells Us What's Shaking In Duarte
Curbed LA
A Hard Turn: Better Health On The Highway ("On the road for weeks on end, with the sorts of diets that make nutritionists apoplectic, the nation’s truckers are in pretty bad shape. Now, beset by rising insurance costs and desperate to ensure their drivers pass government health tests, trucking companies and industry groups are working hard to persuade road warriors to change their habits.")
New York Times
High Line: The Inside Story Of New York City's Park In The Sky
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Infographic: How Does Los Angeles Move? (A closer look at mobility statistics from LA/2B)
GOOD
Inspired By High Line, Park Is Envisioned With Sights Set Low ("Plans for another attention-grabbing green space on a former transit site. But this one comes with a twist — the proposed park would be underground, in a dank former trolley terminal under Delancey Street that is controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.")
New York Times
L.A. Freeways: Congested And Wasteful, But At Least They're Reliable
Southern California Public Radio
LaHood: Avoid Across-The-Board Cuts After Supercommittee Failure
Transportation Nation
LaHood Warns Super Committee Failure Will Hit Transport Programs
Journal Of Commerce
Long Beach Bridge Jobs Sought For Local Workers
Contra Costa Times
Looped: A Downtown Streetcar Isn't Transit
KCET
Metro Bus Struck By Two Bullets In South Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Ranking The Nation's Most Congested Highway Corridors
Fleet Owner
San Francisco's Transbay Terminal Faces Murky Future
San Francisco Business Times
South El Monte Residents Consider Possible Improvements To Durfee/Peck Corridor
West San Gabriel Valley Bike Coalition
Supercommittee Goes Bust, Lone Prospect Of Gas Tax Hike Dissolves
StreetsBlog DC
Taxpayer Group: GOP Drill Bill "Not A Responsible Budget Approach"
StreetsBlog DC
Top 10 Books, 2012 ("Planetizen is pleased to release its tenth annual list of the ten best books of the year in urban planning, design and development.")
Planetizen
Torrance Set To Adopt South Bay Bicycle Master Plan At Meeting
Daily Breeze
Transportation And Food Access Idea 4: More Walkable Food Retail
StreetsBlog LA
UCLA's Bike-To-Campus Week Aims To Educate About Environmental And Health Benefits Of Cycling
UCLA Daily Bruin
West Hollywood "Entertainment Shuttle" In The Works ("In an effort to reduce traffic congestion and drunk driving, City Council will discuss establishing a shuttle service traveling through Weho's nightlife destinations.")
West Hollywood Patch
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
Blog Downtown
All Aboard New York City's Geek Train ("Using 15 portable battery-powered web servers hidden in shopping bags, a nascent creative agency...is creating temporary pirate Wi-Fi hotspots in select subway cars, allowing mobile devices in range to access a public intranet complete with chat room, news, and original content from local artists and writers.")
Wired
Are Complete Streets Incomplete? ("Getting transportation professionals to think about including pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users is a key first step in creating great places and livable communities. But that is not enough to make places that truly work for people — “streets as places.” The planning process itself needs to be turned upside-down.")
Project For Public Spaces
BART Adopts "Buy America" Policy
Progressive Railroading
Caltrans Releases Bay Bridge Testing Data
Sacramento Bee
Documents Showing How Caltrans Responded To A Technician Caught Falsifying Data
Caltrans
Executive Summary (4p. PDF)
Caltrans Wants Prosecution For Forged Tests
Silicon Valley Mercury News
Congressmen Want Review Of Ontario International's Sharp Decline
Los Angeles Times
Downtown LA Opens Dedicated Bike Lane
NBC Los Angeles
Fault-y Towers: Don't Mention The Core! ("Nothing against the good individuals who were paid by Metro, but I just happen to have a natural-born skepticism when it comes to paid EIR experts.")
Huffington Post
For Downtown Cyclists, This Green Also Means Go: The Bright Green Bicycle Lane On Spring Street Is Aimed At Reducing Collisions And Helping Cyclists Feel Safer Navigating Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Gold Line Extension Tells Us What's Shaking In Duarte
Curbed LA
A Hard Turn: Better Health On The Highway ("On the road for weeks on end, with the sorts of diets that make nutritionists apoplectic, the nation’s truckers are in pretty bad shape. Now, beset by rising insurance costs and desperate to ensure their drivers pass government health tests, trucking companies and industry groups are working hard to persuade road warriors to change their habits.")
New York Times
High Line: The Inside Story Of New York City's Park In The Sky
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Infographic: How Does Los Angeles Move? (A closer look at mobility statistics from LA/2B)
GOOD
Inspired By High Line, Park Is Envisioned With Sights Set Low ("Plans for another attention-grabbing green space on a former transit site. But this one comes with a twist — the proposed park would be underground, in a dank former trolley terminal under Delancey Street that is controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.")
New York Times
L.A. Freeways: Congested And Wasteful, But At Least They're Reliable
Southern California Public Radio
LaHood: Avoid Across-The-Board Cuts After Supercommittee Failure
Transportation Nation
LaHood Warns Super Committee Failure Will Hit Transport Programs
Journal Of Commerce
Long Beach Bridge Jobs Sought For Local Workers
Contra Costa Times
Looped: A Downtown Streetcar Isn't Transit
KCET
Metro Bus Struck By Two Bullets In South Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Ranking The Nation's Most Congested Highway Corridors
Fleet Owner
San Francisco's Transbay Terminal Faces Murky Future
San Francisco Business Times
South El Monte Residents Consider Possible Improvements To Durfee/Peck Corridor
West San Gabriel Valley Bike Coalition
Supercommittee Goes Bust, Lone Prospect Of Gas Tax Hike Dissolves
StreetsBlog DC
Taxpayer Group: GOP Drill Bill "Not A Responsible Budget Approach"
StreetsBlog DC
Top 10 Books, 2012 ("Planetizen is pleased to release its tenth annual list of the ten best books of the year in urban planning, design and development.")
Planetizen
Torrance Set To Adopt South Bay Bicycle Master Plan At Meeting
Daily Breeze
Transportation And Food Access Idea 4: More Walkable Food Retail
StreetsBlog LA
UCLA's Bike-To-Campus Week Aims To Educate About Environmental And Health Benefits Of Cycling
UCLA Daily Bruin
West Hollywood "Entertainment Shuttle" In The Works ("In an effort to reduce traffic congestion and drunk driving, City Council will discuss establishing a shuttle service traveling through Weho's nightlife destinations.")
West Hollywood Patch
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
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