December 14: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Griffith Park's Travel Town turns 60 today, and we look back at the heroic efforts of local bus drivers rescuing Angelenos during the 1963 flood caused by the Baldwin Hills Reservoir Dam failure)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
2012 Policy Report Card: Transportation Forecast
Politico
Amtrak's Next-Generation Train Service, One Step Closer
Wall Street Journal
Caution: Slow Down -- Some Pasadena Council Members Say Freeway Tunnel Opposition Vote Should Go Back To The...
Pasadena Weekly
CBS Holds On To Los Angeles County MTA Advertising Contract
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: McCarthy's Bid To Kill High-Speed Rail Is Baffling
Sacramento Bee
Evaluating Complete Streets: The Value Of Designing Roads For Diverse Modes, Users And Activities (17p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Finally Getting Serious About Measuring How Much People Walk And Bike
StreetsBlog DC
Gold Line Rail Bridge Is California History "With Some Artistry"
Transportation Nation
Google Maps for iOS 6...Finally ("But the map battles are not over. In 2004, Steve Coast founded Open Street Map -- an outfit that creates maps from information contributed by users and makes the results available for free.")
American Public Media Marketplace
How Sandy Might Tweak Today's High-Speed Rail Privatization Hearing
Transportation Nation
L.A. County Population Tops 9.9 Million, 26% Of State
Los Angeles Times
California Demographic Research
California Department Of Finance Demographic Research Unit
L.A. County Transit Officials OK More Funds For Blue Line Safety ("The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board allocates $6.78 million for improvements. Eight deaths have occurred along the Blue Line this year.")
Los Angeles Times
Local Funding Options For Public Transportation
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Manhattan Beach: The City Built On San Dunes Celebrates Its Centennial ("To sell lots, the developers promoted Manhattan Beach to the rest of the region as a forward-thinking investment, organizing excursion trains on the Santa Fe Railroad for prospective buyers. Beginning in 1903, curious Southern Californians could also reach Manhattan Beach on the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad, an electric interurban line that ran hourly cars to Manhattan Beach. (It later became part of the Pacific Electric Railway.)")
LA as Subject via KCET
Metro Preps DTLA Streets For Construction Of Regional Connector
Blog Downtown
[N.Y.] MTA Seeks $5 Billion In Sandy Aid After Firing Lobbyists
Bloomberg
New York Totally Wins At Transit Ridership Diversity
New York Magazine
Opinion: How To Turn Measure J Defeat Into Victory (Denny Zane and Gloria Ohland of Move LA)
Los Angeles Daily News
Panic As SaMo Considers Halting Development Agreements
Curbed LA
Pedestrian Deaths On Railroad Tracks: The Failure Of Design
StreetsBlog DC
Safer Than You Think! Revising The Transit Safety Narrative (9p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Taking A Bike Tour Of Watts, With A Team Of L.A. City Planners
StreetsBlog LA
Toward More Comprehensive and Multi-Modal Transport Evaluation (19p. PDF)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Traffic Delays For Regional Connector Work
Los Angeles Downtown News
Traffic Jams, Solved ("Jonas Eliasson, a co-designer of Stockholm's famous congestion pricing system, recently gave a TEDx talk called "How to Solve Traffic Jams" (via The Transportationist). It's one of the clearest and most persuasive discussions of road pricing I've ever heard, and with the video nearing 300,000 viewers, I doubt I'm alone. I've summarized the talk here, but if you've got ten minutes to spare I highly recommend the whole thing.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Jonas Eliasson: How To Solve Traffic Jams (video)
via TED
What are LA's Worst Pedestrian Intersections?
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Zebra Spotting At Fifth And Spring
StreetsBlog LA
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12/14/2012
12/13/2012
"tExpo Line Corridor," MAP-21, BH Tunneling, iPhone & Google Maps, Vine Street, LGB & More
Analysis Of Managed Lanes On Freeway Facilities (159p. PDF web-only document)
Transportation Research Board National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Board Of Education Approves Two-Month Extension Of Agreement With $15K Per Month D.C. Lobbyist Firm (p.4 of PDF : "The Board of Education unanimously approved extending its agreement with Venable, the Washington, D.C. based lobbying firm contracted to fight tunneling under Beverly High, by two months Tuesday night.")
Beverly Hills Courier
Bridging The Fiscal Cliff ("Declining federal expenditures will hit transportation spending hard. How should states and cities keep up their investments?")
The Transport Politic
Bus Company Leader Named Minn. Transportation Head
Minnesota Public Radio News
California Bullet Train Heading For Political Collision On Funding ("Republicans retained control of the House in last month's elections, and the No. 3 figure in the GOP hierarchy -- Bakersfield Rep. Kevin McCarthy -- last week reiterated a House resolution declaring that no more federal money be allocated for the bullet train.")
Sacramento Bee
Finally Getting Serious About Determining How Many People Bike And Walk
StreetsBlog DC
Gold Line Bridge Shows Off Its "Sensuous" Finished Form
Curbed LA
Google Maps Is Back ("Google just sent word that Google's hotly anticipated maps app for iOS is now available in the iTunes store. Oh, and it's got voice-guided turn-by-turn directions, among other features.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Here They Are: The Best And Worst American Transportation Projects
StreetsBlog DC
Smart Choices, Less Traffic: 50 Best And Worst Transportation Projects in The United States (38p. PDF)
Sierra Club
Hollywood's Southern Vine Street Could Become Peru Village
Curbed LA
LA Announces (t)Expo Line Corridor Along Expo Line ("Today Mayor Villaraigosa revealed to the world what the Los Angeles Mayor's Council on Innovation and Industry has been up to and it is: the (t)expo Line, a "technology corridor" along the Expo light rail line.")
Curbed LA
London Buses To Offer NFC Contactless Payments ("Passengers on the city's 8,500 vehicles will be able to buy tickets by swiping a credit, debit or charge card by an NFC (near field communication) reader" beginning today)
BBC (U.K.)
Long Beach Airport's New Concourse Opens
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times Really Doesn't Think Drivers Should Be Fined For Parking At Broken meters
StreetsBlog LA
Making The Most Of MAP-21: A Guide To The 2012 Federal Transportation Law -- And How To Use It For Positive Change In Your Community (110p. PDF)
Transportation For America
Handbook Summary Page
Muni Offers Free Passes To Low-Income Youth (audio)
KALW
Panic As SaMo Considers Halting Development Agreements
Curbed LA
Photographing The Dawn Of Amtrak ("In the summer of 1974, a young photographer named Charles O'Rear spent a month or so riding the young intercity train system named Amtrak. "I probably rode it 5,000 miles," says O'Rear, now 71. The project was one of many O'Rear did for Documerica, a program initiated in 1971 by the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency to document American life at the time, from people to wildlife to landscapes.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Shuster Names New GOP Members Of House Transportation Committee
The Hill
Sit In Public Art While Awaiting Muni
San Francisco Chronicle
Smartphone App Helps Drivers Find Available Parking Spaces In DTLA
Blog Downtown
Transit Agency Intergovernmental Agreements: Common Issues And Solutions (56p. PDF : "Explores transit-related issues that have the potential to require intensive and time-consuming negotiations related to the development of intergovernmental agreements (IOMs) and memoranda of understandings (MOUs).")
Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Research Digest
What's The Public Looking For In The Union Station Master Plan?
Curbed LA
Whites Ride Transit Less Often Than Everyone Else (infographics for New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Miami, Boston)
Transportation Nation
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Transportation Research Board National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Board Of Education Approves Two-Month Extension Of Agreement With $15K Per Month D.C. Lobbyist Firm (p.4 of PDF : "The Board of Education unanimously approved extending its agreement with Venable, the Washington, D.C. based lobbying firm contracted to fight tunneling under Beverly High, by two months Tuesday night.")
Beverly Hills Courier
Bridging The Fiscal Cliff ("Declining federal expenditures will hit transportation spending hard. How should states and cities keep up their investments?")
The Transport Politic
Bus Company Leader Named Minn. Transportation Head
Minnesota Public Radio News
California Bullet Train Heading For Political Collision On Funding ("Republicans retained control of the House in last month's elections, and the No. 3 figure in the GOP hierarchy -- Bakersfield Rep. Kevin McCarthy -- last week reiterated a House resolution declaring that no more federal money be allocated for the bullet train.")
Sacramento Bee
Finally Getting Serious About Determining How Many People Bike And Walk
StreetsBlog DC
Gold Line Bridge Shows Off Its "Sensuous" Finished Form
Curbed LA
Google Maps Is Back ("Google just sent word that Google's hotly anticipated maps app for iOS is now available in the iTunes store. Oh, and it's got voice-guided turn-by-turn directions, among other features.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Here They Are: The Best And Worst American Transportation Projects
StreetsBlog DC
Smart Choices, Less Traffic: 50 Best And Worst Transportation Projects in The United States (38p. PDF)
Sierra Club
Hollywood's Southern Vine Street Could Become Peru Village
Curbed LA
LA Announces (t)Expo Line Corridor Along Expo Line ("Today Mayor Villaraigosa revealed to the world what the Los Angeles Mayor's Council on Innovation and Industry has been up to and it is: the (t)expo Line, a "technology corridor" along the Expo light rail line.")
Curbed LA
London Buses To Offer NFC Contactless Payments ("Passengers on the city's 8,500 vehicles will be able to buy tickets by swiping a credit, debit or charge card by an NFC (near field communication) reader" beginning today)
BBC (U.K.)
Long Beach Airport's New Concourse Opens
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times Really Doesn't Think Drivers Should Be Fined For Parking At Broken meters
StreetsBlog LA
Making The Most Of MAP-21: A Guide To The 2012 Federal Transportation Law -- And How To Use It For Positive Change In Your Community (110p. PDF)
Transportation For America
Handbook Summary Page
Muni Offers Free Passes To Low-Income Youth (audio)
KALW
Panic As SaMo Considers Halting Development Agreements
Curbed LA
Photographing The Dawn Of Amtrak ("In the summer of 1974, a young photographer named Charles O'Rear spent a month or so riding the young intercity train system named Amtrak. "I probably rode it 5,000 miles," says O'Rear, now 71. The project was one of many O'Rear did for Documerica, a program initiated in 1971 by the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency to document American life at the time, from people to wildlife to landscapes.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Shuster Names New GOP Members Of House Transportation Committee
The Hill
Sit In Public Art While Awaiting Muni
San Francisco Chronicle
Smartphone App Helps Drivers Find Available Parking Spaces In DTLA
Blog Downtown
Transit Agency Intergovernmental Agreements: Common Issues And Solutions (56p. PDF : "Explores transit-related issues that have the potential to require intensive and time-consuming negotiations related to the development of intergovernmental agreements (IOMs) and memoranda of understandings (MOUs).")
Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Research Digest
What's The Public Looking For In The Union Station Master Plan?
Curbed LA
Whites Ride Transit Less Often Than Everyone Else (infographics for New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Miami, Boston)
Transportation Nation
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12/12/2012
Expo Corridor Homes, 710 Tunnel, OC Toll Roads, Big Blue Bus, Bike Share, Metro Board & More
December 12: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (The Southern California Rapid Transit District announces the considerations for developing the first four rapid transit corridors from downtown Los Angeles -- to the San Fernando Valley, along Wilshire Boulevard, parallel to the San Bernardino Freeway and south to Long Beach -- 46 years ago today)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Big Blue Bus Still Behind The Curve On Digital Tools ("BBB made it’s data available to Google, but Google is it’s own locked up data ecosystem that can not be fully tapped into by other developers. Metro makes it’s data available in a format independent third party developers can access, and many other applications take advantage of that information...Lacking from Big Blue Bus, yet embraced by Metro, is engagement through social media platforms like Twitter. This omission becomes more glaring as time goes on, especially with how pro-active Metro has been.")
StreetsBlog LA
Bike Nation USA Bringing Bike Sharing To Downtown L.A.
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
California Lost More People To Other States Than It Gained In 2011
Sacramento Bee
Cities Vote To Oust Metro Board Member Ara Najarian For 710 Stance
Pasadena Star-News
Editorial: See Whether Toll Lanes Work Before Planning More
San Bernardino Sun
Even American Drivers Like Mass Transit More Than They Think ("A research duo reports that nearly 30 percent of regular car commuters in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, gave up their full-time parking permits immediately after a brief free-transit trial, with most downgrading to an occasional permit and a few making a full switch to transit. About 25 percent had stuck with the change six months later.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Eyes On The Street: Sepulveda Blvd. Bike Lane Turning Into "Express Lane" For Scofflaws
StreetsBlog LA
L.A. Planners Look To Ensure Expo Line Doesn't Price Residents Out Of Their Homes
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Building Livable Communities: Enhancing Economic Competitiveness In Los Angeles (24p. PDF : "This report will demonstrate why planning efforts need to focus on transit corridors -- not Transit Oriented Developments (TODs) -- to promote long-term development of livable communities that integrate residential, commercial, and everyday amenities through an integrated transit network.")
Los Angeles Business Council Institute
Las Vegas: $1 Bus Trip From Riverside Begins
Riverside Press-Enterprise
MAP-21 Gives Transit Execs Some Certainty In 2013
Progressive Railroading
MTA To Decide Thursday Between CBS And Titan For Ad Contract
Los Angeles Times
Najarian: Vote For MTA Seat Was "Orchestrated"
Glendale News-Press
No Seoul-Style Platform Doors For New York Subways, Even In New Stations ("There's really only one known way to prevent straphangers from falling -- or being pushed -- onto the tracks...It's called a platform screen door, and some transit experts say they can't understand why the M.T.A. has no plans to install any, even in the new stations being built.")
Capital New York
Number Of Protected Bike Lanes In America Nearly Doubled In 2012
StreetsBlog Network
OCTA CEO Decision Delayed ("The agency's board members rescheduled a vote on the selection of the agency's next CEO until next year. Monday was the last day for outgoing chariman, Paul Glaab, former mayor of Laguna Niguel.")
San Juan Capistrano Patch
Opinion: Expect Changes To State's Environmental Law, CEQA, In 2013
Los Angeles Daily News
Opinion: Watch Out MTA Scofflaws, Free Rides Are Coming To An End ("There will always be some holes, though. At the transfer station at 7th Street and Metro Center, passengers are supposed to pay when they switch lines. But the TAP card validators are so discreetly placed that not many people use them.")
Los Angeles Times
Orange County Toll Roads Under Review By California ("With ridership and revenue on Orange County's toll roads falling short of projections, the state of California has launched a formal inquiry into their economic viability.")
Los Angeles Times
Pam O'Connor Appointed Mayor In 4-3 Vote (In addition to serving on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors, "O'Connor represents the city on the Exposition Light Rail Construction Authority Board, which oversees the extension of light rail into Santa Monica. She was recently president of the Southern California Association of Governments. On the city's website, she describes herself as a "strong advocate for public transit," an "enthusiastic urban explorer" and regular user of Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus")
Santa Monica Patch
ParkMe Launches Real Time Solution For Los Angeles County Drivers Who No Longer Need Luck To Find A Parking Spot
Business Wire
Pasadena Hammers 710 Tunnel, Stops Short Of Opposing It ("Council at Monday meeting can't garner five votes to stand against freeway extension.")
Pasadena Sun
Pasadena Threatens To Oppose 710 Freeway Tunnel
KTLA
Pomona Residents Gather To Hear Plans For Possible 71 Freeway Widening
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Ray LaHood Answers Atlantic Cities Reader Questions (video)
The Atlantic: Cities
Santa Monica To Consider Slowing Down Development ("City planning department says it can't handle the large volume of applications it's receiving to build over-sized developments, mostly in downtown.")
Santa Monica Patch
Seven Jiu-Jitsu Moves For Advocates To Use MAP-21 To Their Own Advantage
StreetsBlog LA
A Sober, Data-Based Approach To Bicycle Advocacy
The Atlantic: Cities
State Of Montrose: 710 Tunnel, Downtown Glendale Expansion (video)
Montrose-La Crescenta Patch
What's Behind The Rise In Cyclist And Pedestrian Deaths?
StreetsBlog Network
New NHTSA Analysis Shows 2011 Traffic Fatalities Declined By Nearly 2%
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
When Government Does Things Better Than Private Enterprise
Los Angeles Times
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Big Blue Bus Still Behind The Curve On Digital Tools ("BBB made it’s data available to Google, but Google is it’s own locked up data ecosystem that can not be fully tapped into by other developers. Metro makes it’s data available in a format independent third party developers can access, and many other applications take advantage of that information...Lacking from Big Blue Bus, yet embraced by Metro, is engagement through social media platforms like Twitter. This omission becomes more glaring as time goes on, especially with how pro-active Metro has been.")
StreetsBlog LA
Bike Nation USA Bringing Bike Sharing To Downtown L.A.
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
California Lost More People To Other States Than It Gained In 2011
Sacramento Bee
Cities Vote To Oust Metro Board Member Ara Najarian For 710 Stance
Pasadena Star-News
Editorial: See Whether Toll Lanes Work Before Planning More
San Bernardino Sun
Even American Drivers Like Mass Transit More Than They Think ("A research duo reports that nearly 30 percent of regular car commuters in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, gave up their full-time parking permits immediately after a brief free-transit trial, with most downgrading to an occasional permit and a few making a full switch to transit. About 25 percent had stuck with the change six months later.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Eyes On The Street: Sepulveda Blvd. Bike Lane Turning Into "Express Lane" For Scofflaws
StreetsBlog LA
L.A. Planners Look To Ensure Expo Line Doesn't Price Residents Out Of Their Homes
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Building Livable Communities: Enhancing Economic Competitiveness In Los Angeles (24p. PDF : "This report will demonstrate why planning efforts need to focus on transit corridors -- not Transit Oriented Developments (TODs) -- to promote long-term development of livable communities that integrate residential, commercial, and everyday amenities through an integrated transit network.")
Los Angeles Business Council Institute
Las Vegas: $1 Bus Trip From Riverside Begins
Riverside Press-Enterprise
MAP-21 Gives Transit Execs Some Certainty In 2013
Progressive Railroading
MTA To Decide Thursday Between CBS And Titan For Ad Contract
Los Angeles Times
Najarian: Vote For MTA Seat Was "Orchestrated"
Glendale News-Press
No Seoul-Style Platform Doors For New York Subways, Even In New Stations ("There's really only one known way to prevent straphangers from falling -- or being pushed -- onto the tracks...It's called a platform screen door, and some transit experts say they can't understand why the M.T.A. has no plans to install any, even in the new stations being built.")
Capital New York
Number Of Protected Bike Lanes In America Nearly Doubled In 2012
StreetsBlog Network
OCTA CEO Decision Delayed ("The agency's board members rescheduled a vote on the selection of the agency's next CEO until next year. Monday was the last day for outgoing chariman, Paul Glaab, former mayor of Laguna Niguel.")
San Juan Capistrano Patch
Opinion: Expect Changes To State's Environmental Law, CEQA, In 2013
Los Angeles Daily News
Opinion: Watch Out MTA Scofflaws, Free Rides Are Coming To An End ("There will always be some holes, though. At the transfer station at 7th Street and Metro Center, passengers are supposed to pay when they switch lines. But the TAP card validators are so discreetly placed that not many people use them.")
Los Angeles Times
Orange County Toll Roads Under Review By California ("With ridership and revenue on Orange County's toll roads falling short of projections, the state of California has launched a formal inquiry into their economic viability.")
Los Angeles Times
Pam O'Connor Appointed Mayor In 4-3 Vote (In addition to serving on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors, "O'Connor represents the city on the Exposition Light Rail Construction Authority Board, which oversees the extension of light rail into Santa Monica. She was recently president of the Southern California Association of Governments. On the city's website, she describes herself as a "strong advocate for public transit," an "enthusiastic urban explorer" and regular user of Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus")
Santa Monica Patch
ParkMe Launches Real Time Solution For Los Angeles County Drivers Who No Longer Need Luck To Find A Parking Spot
Business Wire
Pasadena Hammers 710 Tunnel, Stops Short Of Opposing It ("Council at Monday meeting can't garner five votes to stand against freeway extension.")
Pasadena Sun
Pasadena Threatens To Oppose 710 Freeway Tunnel
KTLA
Pomona Residents Gather To Hear Plans For Possible 71 Freeway Widening
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Ray LaHood Answers Atlantic Cities Reader Questions (video)
The Atlantic: Cities
Santa Monica To Consider Slowing Down Development ("City planning department says it can't handle the large volume of applications it's receiving to build over-sized developments, mostly in downtown.")
Santa Monica Patch
Seven Jiu-Jitsu Moves For Advocates To Use MAP-21 To Their Own Advantage
StreetsBlog LA
A Sober, Data-Based Approach To Bicycle Advocacy
The Atlantic: Cities
State Of Montrose: 710 Tunnel, Downtown Glendale Expansion (video)
Montrose-La Crescenta Patch
What's Behind The Rise In Cyclist And Pedestrian Deaths?
StreetsBlog Network
New NHTSA Analysis Shows 2011 Traffic Fatalities Declined By Nearly 2%
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
When Government Does Things Better Than Private Enterprise
Los Angeles Times
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
12/11/2012
Free Rides, I-710, Mobile Apps, Expo Development, OCTA, Top Books & More
10 Intersections To Be Screwed By SaMo's Trailer Park Killer
Curbed LA
2012 Year In Review: Social Media ("But even as agencies flocked to social networks, they often struggled to use these new communication channels effectively. And that’s where 2013 comes into play. Going forward, social media use needs to become more sophisticated. Truly engaging with residents means more than simply posting links to press releases -- it means two-way communication and keeping social media pages active with current content on a regular basis.")
Government Technology
Bike Path's "Missing Link" Poses Problems For Neighbors, Bikers
Orange County Register
Fare Hike Proposal Includes $112 Monthly MetroCard, $2.50 Single Ride (New York)
Wall Street Journal
Free Bus, Train Rides On Christmas And New Year's Eves
LAist
Highway Deaths At Lowest Level Since 1949; Bike, Truck Fatalities Rise
Los Angeles Times
Holiday Shopping On The Fly (An increasing number of holiday gifts are being purchased at airports)
New York Times
I-710 Expansion Plan Proposed In Pasadena
KABC Los Angeles
[D.C.] Metro Examines Fatigue Among Bus, Rail Operators
Washington Post
Mobile App Finds Available Parking (" The free app, called "Parker", features a map displaying the user's location and the number and location of parking spaces currently available. The app also provides detailed information about parking rates, time limits and more. Voice guidance alerts motorists to available spaces to make the parking experience even smoother.")
Government Technology
More Expo Development Hate: Pols Attack Sepulveda Mixed-Use
Curbed LA
Najarian Metro Board Seat In Danger Over Opposition To 710 Big Dig
StreetsBlog LA
New Hampshire Weighs Selling Naming Rights To Bridges And Overpasses
AASHTO Journal
New IDEAs For Highway Systems: Annual ProgressReport, January 2013 (241p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
NY MTA Enters 21st Century: You Can Now Claim A Lost Or Stolen Metrocard Online
Transportation Nation
Obama Administration Again Calls For $50 Billion In Infrastructure Spending In Fiscal Cliff Talks
AASHTO Journal
OCTA Board Leaves Leadership Post In Limbo ("Board will wait until January to decide what to do about an illegal vote that appointed an inside candidate to the agency’s $255,000-a-year executive post.")
Orange County Register
Opinion: Better Living Through Information -- Big Data And Urban Systems ("The amount of available urban data will soon overwhelm the number of people trained to work with it. The McKinsey Global Institute has projected that “The United States alone faces a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with analytical expertise and 1.5 million managers and analysts with the skills to understand and make decisions based on the analysis of big data.” Several academic institutions are working to meet this growing demand. NYU is bullish enough on big data that they will be supporting 50 full-time senior researchers in this area through their Center for Urban Science and Progress over the next five years, and in 2013 they will begin offering a graduate degree in Urban Science and Informatics geared toward producing graduates for public agencies, private data providers, startups, and non-governmental organizations.")
Planetizen
Opinion: Stop New Freeway Toll Lanes
San Bernardino Sun
Pico Rivera Dedicates Passons Boulevard Underpass
Whittier Daily News
Public Transit Advocates Tout Ridership Growth To Warn Against Budget Cuts
The Hill
A Roundabout Freeway For Pedestrians In China (Must-see photos)
Inthralld
State DOT CEOs Throw Support Behind Nation's High-Speed Rail Program During T&I Hearing
AASHTO Journal
Three California Commuter Rail Projects Get State Funds
RT&S
Top 10 Books: 2013 ("Planetizen is pleased to release its eleventh annual list of the ten best books in urban planning, design and development published in 2012.")
Planetizen
Transit To Jobs Equals Economy ("Trying to market a city without transit is like trying to sell a cell phone without a camera...What is transit's role in the economy? How important is it to job growth? We know transit is essential in densely populated areas, but how can it be useful in less densely populated areas? Should transit systems prioritize work commutes over other kinds of travel? How should cities and towns develop and market their transit systems? What is the future for transit?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
How Transit Benefits The Economy
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
What To Do When The Bus Doesn't Come And You Want To Scream. An Experiment
NPR
Who Made That Subway Signage? ("When Noorda and his partner Massimo Vignelli took on the subway signs, they didn’t just update them -- they invented what they thought of as a new grammar for New York City.")
New York Times
World's Second Most Polluted City Turns To Buses ("Ulan Bator [Mongolia] has more than 210,000 registered vehicles, almost quadruple the number in 2006...Now the authorities hope to alleviate the gridlock by spending more than $200 million on a bus rapid transit system (BRT), in the hope that commuters can be tempted out of their vehicles.")
AFP
What are transportation community leaders around the nation tweeting about today? Check out the Metro Library Twitter Daily, our online digest in newspaper format updated every day.
We invite you to visit Metro's The Source, your window to what's happening with agency news, funding and policy issues, and how to get the most out of transit and Los Angeles.
Curbed LA
2012 Year In Review: Social Media ("But even as agencies flocked to social networks, they often struggled to use these new communication channels effectively. And that’s where 2013 comes into play. Going forward, social media use needs to become more sophisticated. Truly engaging with residents means more than simply posting links to press releases -- it means two-way communication and keeping social media pages active with current content on a regular basis.")
Government Technology
Bike Path's "Missing Link" Poses Problems For Neighbors, Bikers
Orange County Register
Fare Hike Proposal Includes $112 Monthly MetroCard, $2.50 Single Ride (New York)
Wall Street Journal
Free Bus, Train Rides On Christmas And New Year's Eves
LAist
Highway Deaths At Lowest Level Since 1949; Bike, Truck Fatalities Rise
Los Angeles Times
Holiday Shopping On The Fly (An increasing number of holiday gifts are being purchased at airports)
New York Times
I-710 Expansion Plan Proposed In Pasadena
KABC Los Angeles
[D.C.] Metro Examines Fatigue Among Bus, Rail Operators
Washington Post
Mobile App Finds Available Parking (" The free app, called "Parker", features a map displaying the user's location and the number and location of parking spaces currently available. The app also provides detailed information about parking rates, time limits and more. Voice guidance alerts motorists to available spaces to make the parking experience even smoother.")
Government Technology
More Expo Development Hate: Pols Attack Sepulveda Mixed-Use
Curbed LA
Najarian Metro Board Seat In Danger Over Opposition To 710 Big Dig
StreetsBlog LA
New Hampshire Weighs Selling Naming Rights To Bridges And Overpasses
AASHTO Journal
New IDEAs For Highway Systems: Annual ProgressReport, January 2013 (241p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board
NY MTA Enters 21st Century: You Can Now Claim A Lost Or Stolen Metrocard Online
Transportation Nation
Obama Administration Again Calls For $50 Billion In Infrastructure Spending In Fiscal Cliff Talks
AASHTO Journal
OCTA Board Leaves Leadership Post In Limbo ("Board will wait until January to decide what to do about an illegal vote that appointed an inside candidate to the agency’s $255,000-a-year executive post.")
Orange County Register
Opinion: Better Living Through Information -- Big Data And Urban Systems ("The amount of available urban data will soon overwhelm the number of people trained to work with it. The McKinsey Global Institute has projected that “The United States alone faces a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with analytical expertise and 1.5 million managers and analysts with the skills to understand and make decisions based on the analysis of big data.” Several academic institutions are working to meet this growing demand. NYU is bullish enough on big data that they will be supporting 50 full-time senior researchers in this area through their Center for Urban Science and Progress over the next five years, and in 2013 they will begin offering a graduate degree in Urban Science and Informatics geared toward producing graduates for public agencies, private data providers, startups, and non-governmental organizations.")
Planetizen
Opinion: Stop New Freeway Toll Lanes
San Bernardino Sun
Pico Rivera Dedicates Passons Boulevard Underpass
Whittier Daily News
Public Transit Advocates Tout Ridership Growth To Warn Against Budget Cuts
The Hill
A Roundabout Freeway For Pedestrians In China (Must-see photos)
Inthralld
State DOT CEOs Throw Support Behind Nation's High-Speed Rail Program During T&I Hearing
AASHTO Journal
Three California Commuter Rail Projects Get State Funds
RT&S
Top 10 Books: 2013 ("Planetizen is pleased to release its eleventh annual list of the ten best books in urban planning, design and development published in 2012.")
Planetizen
Transit To Jobs Equals Economy ("Trying to market a city without transit is like trying to sell a cell phone without a camera...What is transit's role in the economy? How important is it to job growth? We know transit is essential in densely populated areas, but how can it be useful in less densely populated areas? Should transit systems prioritize work commutes over other kinds of travel? How should cities and towns develop and market their transit systems? What is the future for transit?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
How Transit Benefits The Economy
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
What To Do When The Bus Doesn't Come And You Want To Scream. An Experiment
NPR
Who Made That Subway Signage? ("When Noorda and his partner Massimo Vignelli took on the subway signs, they didn’t just update them -- they invented what they thought of as a new grammar for New York City.")
New York Times
World's Second Most Polluted City Turns To Buses ("Ulan Bator [Mongolia] has more than 210,000 registered vehicles, almost quadruple the number in 2006...Now the authorities hope to alleviate the gridlock by spending more than $200 million on a bus rapid transit system (BRT), in the hope that commuters can be tempted out of their vehicles.")
AFP
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12/10/2012
Ridership Jumps, Green Line LAX, Crowdsourced Commute, CAHSR, Transit's Gender Gap & More
December 10: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (The first section of the Long Beach Freeway opens to traffic 60 years ago today)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
$53.7 Million Will Go To Widening 15/215 Freeway Interchange In Devore
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Bradbury Square Unveiled
Los Angeles Downtown News
Caltrans Blowing Up Another Bridge Next Month
Santa Clarita Valley News
Census Data Show Public Transit Gender Gap ("The latest data from the American Community Survey of the U.S. Census show: Of the people who take public transportation to work, 50.5 percent are women and 49.5 percent are male. That might not seem like a difference worth mentioning until you consider the workforce overall.")
Transportation Nation
Construction Along Foothill Boulevard In Upland Half Complete
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Crowdsourcing Your Commute ("Useful commuter information -- such as road conditions, traffic density or even the punctuality of buses, trams and trains -- doesn’t have to come from government offices. A new study explores how commuters in one California city share travel information via specialized social networks, accessible from mobile apps.")
New York Times
Solo Drivers Say They Benefit From App Communities
The Atlantic: Cities
Connected Commuting: Research And Analysis From The New Cities Foundation Task Force In San Jose (42p. PDF)
Executive Summary (4p. PDF)
Editorial: The Cracks In The Nation's Foundation ("The need for investment in public works, never more urgent, has become a casualty of Washington’s ideological wars. Republicans were once reliable partners in this kind of necessary spending. But since President Obama spent about 12 percent of the 2009 stimulus on transportation, energy and other infrastructure programs, Republicans have made it a policy to demonize these kinds of investments.")
New York Times
Final Tally Shows Measure J Rejected By Voters
Beverly Hills Courier
A Framework For Collaborative Decision Making On Additions To Highway Capacity (175p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
"Going To The Olympics" Mural To Return To The Hollywood Freeway
KCET
High-Speed Rail Adopts Hiring Policy Targeting Disadvantaged Workers
Central Valley Business Times
House Transportation Chief To LA: Build Light Rail To LAX...Or Else
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
L.A. Metro Launches "Riders Club" For Seniors
Metro Magazine
LA's Very First Public Transit Took Angelenos To The Bar In 1873
Curbed LA
LACBC Starts Save The 1st Street Bike Lane Campaign And Some Alternate Designs For The "LAPD Lane"
StreetsBlog LA
LaHood: "We're Not Giving Up On High-Speed Rail" In California
StreetsBlog DC
McCarthy: CA High Speed Rail Is A Poor Investment For Taxpayers (video : testimony before House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure last week)
via YouTube
Miami-To-Orlando Passenger Rail On Track ("Florida East Coast Industries, a Coral Gables-based railroad and real estate company, insists it can build and operate the project — dubbed All Aboard Florida — without any public subsidy.")
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Obama Pushes Ahead With High-Speed Rail Plan
Washington Post
Preliminary Assessment Of California's Cost Estimates And Other Challenges: Testimony Before The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure, House Of Representatives (21p. PDF : "Based on an initial evaluation of the California High Speed Rail Authority’s (Authority) cost estimates, GAO found that they exhibit certain strengths and weaknesses when compared to best practices in GAO’s Cost Guide...The California high-speed rail project faces many challenges. Chief among these is obtaining project funding beyond the first 130-mile construction segment. While the Authority has secured $11.5 billion from federal and state sources, it needs almost $57 billion more...")
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Proximity Information Resources For Special Events (28p. PDF : "The initial IDEA proposal described the development of a mobile application to assist in management and communications during large events, such as events hosted at the National Mall.")
Transportation Research Board IDEA Program
Smaller Cities Taking On Big Transit Projects
StreetsBlog DC
The "Strong Core" Theory Of Los Angeles (interview with USC researcher Samuel Krueger who made headlines recently with his research on the Wilshire-Santa Monica Corridor)
The Atlantic: Cities
This Week In Transportation: Battle Is Joined Over Amtrak Privatization
The Hill
Use Of Public Transportation Jumps ("More Americans are taking public buses and trains, a report finds. L.A. County Metro's ridership rose 1.7% in the first part of the year, and the Riverside Transit Agency's has surged 27% since 2002.")
Los Angeles Times
More Than 7.9 Billion Trips Taken On Public Transportation As Ridership Increased By 2.6% In First Three Quarters Of 2012: Seven Consecutive Quarters Of Ridership Increases Show Growing Demand
American Public Transportation Association Press Release
Want To End The Scourge Of Surface Parking? Tax Land, Not Buildings
StreetsBlog Network
What Can L.A. Do About Climate Change? UCLA Report Lays Out Plan ("You're calling for more transportation and bus riders, but that assumes the roads are fine. They're not.")
Los Angeles Daily News
When A Door Closes, A Window Always Opens...Because Someone Will Saw Through The Fence (The former transit property is having a rough go of it these days)
StreetsBlog LA
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
$53.7 Million Will Go To Widening 15/215 Freeway Interchange In Devore
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Bradbury Square Unveiled
Los Angeles Downtown News
Caltrans Blowing Up Another Bridge Next Month
Santa Clarita Valley News
Census Data Show Public Transit Gender Gap ("The latest data from the American Community Survey of the U.S. Census show: Of the people who take public transportation to work, 50.5 percent are women and 49.5 percent are male. That might not seem like a difference worth mentioning until you consider the workforce overall.")
Transportation Nation
Construction Along Foothill Boulevard In Upland Half Complete
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Crowdsourcing Your Commute ("Useful commuter information -- such as road conditions, traffic density or even the punctuality of buses, trams and trains -- doesn’t have to come from government offices. A new study explores how commuters in one California city share travel information via specialized social networks, accessible from mobile apps.")
New York Times
Solo Drivers Say They Benefit From App Communities
The Atlantic: Cities
Connected Commuting: Research And Analysis From The New Cities Foundation Task Force In San Jose (42p. PDF)
Executive Summary (4p. PDF)
Editorial: The Cracks In The Nation's Foundation ("The need for investment in public works, never more urgent, has become a casualty of Washington’s ideological wars. Republicans were once reliable partners in this kind of necessary spending. But since President Obama spent about 12 percent of the 2009 stimulus on transportation, energy and other infrastructure programs, Republicans have made it a policy to demonize these kinds of investments.")
New York Times
Final Tally Shows Measure J Rejected By Voters
Beverly Hills Courier
A Framework For Collaborative Decision Making On Additions To Highway Capacity (175p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
"Going To The Olympics" Mural To Return To The Hollywood Freeway
KCET
High-Speed Rail Adopts Hiring Policy Targeting Disadvantaged Workers
Central Valley Business Times
House Transportation Chief To LA: Build Light Rail To LAX...Or Else
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
L.A. Metro Launches "Riders Club" For Seniors
Metro Magazine
LA's Very First Public Transit Took Angelenos To The Bar In 1873
Curbed LA
LACBC Starts Save The 1st Street Bike Lane Campaign And Some Alternate Designs For The "LAPD Lane"
StreetsBlog LA
LaHood: "We're Not Giving Up On High-Speed Rail" In California
StreetsBlog DC
McCarthy: CA High Speed Rail Is A Poor Investment For Taxpayers (video : testimony before House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure last week)
via YouTube
Miami-To-Orlando Passenger Rail On Track ("Florida East Coast Industries, a Coral Gables-based railroad and real estate company, insists it can build and operate the project — dubbed All Aboard Florida — without any public subsidy.")
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Obama Pushes Ahead With High-Speed Rail Plan
Washington Post
Preliminary Assessment Of California's Cost Estimates And Other Challenges: Testimony Before The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure, House Of Representatives (21p. PDF : "Based on an initial evaluation of the California High Speed Rail Authority’s (Authority) cost estimates, GAO found that they exhibit certain strengths and weaknesses when compared to best practices in GAO’s Cost Guide...The California high-speed rail project faces many challenges. Chief among these is obtaining project funding beyond the first 130-mile construction segment. While the Authority has secured $11.5 billion from federal and state sources, it needs almost $57 billion more...")
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Proximity Information Resources For Special Events (28p. PDF : "The initial IDEA proposal described the development of a mobile application to assist in management and communications during large events, such as events hosted at the National Mall.")
Transportation Research Board IDEA Program
Smaller Cities Taking On Big Transit Projects
StreetsBlog DC
The "Strong Core" Theory Of Los Angeles (interview with USC researcher Samuel Krueger who made headlines recently with his research on the Wilshire-Santa Monica Corridor)
The Atlantic: Cities
This Week In Transportation: Battle Is Joined Over Amtrak Privatization
The Hill
Use Of Public Transportation Jumps ("More Americans are taking public buses and trains, a report finds. L.A. County Metro's ridership rose 1.7% in the first part of the year, and the Riverside Transit Agency's has surged 27% since 2002.")
Los Angeles Times
More Than 7.9 Billion Trips Taken On Public Transportation As Ridership Increased By 2.6% In First Three Quarters Of 2012: Seven Consecutive Quarters Of Ridership Increases Show Growing Demand
American Public Transportation Association Press Release
Want To End The Scourge Of Surface Parking? Tax Land, Not Buildings
StreetsBlog Network
What Can L.A. Do About Climate Change? UCLA Report Lays Out Plan ("You're calling for more transportation and bus riders, but that assumes the roads are fine. They're not.")
Los Angeles Daily News
When A Door Closes, A Window Always Opens...Because Someone Will Saw Through The Fence (The former transit property is having a rough go of it these days)
StreetsBlog LA
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12/07/2012
Expo Line, Union Station, High-Speed Rail, LA's First Streetcars, Boyle Heights, Measure J & More
December 7: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Pacific Electric's Red Cars roll into Owensmouth [Canoga Park] 100 years ago today, and one of the region's earliest proposals for freeways envisions the County crisscrossed by stop-free "pleasant thoroughfares")
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The $100 Million "X Train" Will Be A Party From L.A. To Vegas
Forbes
Are Toll Roads Coming To Your Local Freeway?
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch
Calif. Agency Sponsors Children's Play Area ("Calif.-based Montebello Bus Lines (MBL) partnered with The Shops at Montebello to open a transportation, environment and conservation-theme play area for kids.")
Metro Magazine
Deficit-Reduction Talks May Fuel Gas Tax Increase
Governing
The Expo Line Draws A Gold Rush ("In addition to construction of this phase of the Expo Line is a gold rush of sorts by developers, who are promising projects that are transit-oriented and tailored to the needs of a train-traveling public. It’s all supposed to be a part of an enlightened development strategy to relieve the traffic-clogged community with multi-story, high-density housing near the line -- so people can whiz off to their jobs– and ground floors given over to retail space. Santa Monica officials have strongly pushed the Expo-adjacent, multi-use projects, shuttle services and bike facilities. Some residents though are alarmed by the hundreds of thousands of square feet of potential development and see the coming wave of projects as a tsunami.")
KCRW Which Way LA?
Fans And Foes Debate California's High Speed Rail On Capitol Hill
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Hahn: High-Speed Rail Project "Critical" To Calif., U.S. Economy
CBS Los Angeles
How John Brockman Changed Downtown
Los Angeles Downtown News
Intersection Near Library Named For Bradbury
Los Angeles Times
Ray Bradbury Would've Crisscrossed LA With Monorails
Curbed LA
L.A. Council Votes To Regulate Valet Parking Operators ("The rules would require valid California driver's licenses for all workers, permits, liability insurance and proof of off-street spaces.")
Los Angeles Times
LA Preparing To Buy Silver Lake's Corralitas Red Car Property ("The privately-owned, 10-acre property in Silver Lake known as the Corralitas Red Car property is one step closer to becoming a public park. The City Council has determined how much it is willing to pay for the former Pacific Electric Railway right of way, and yesterday directed the city find the cash to make the purchase.")
Curbed LA
L.A.'s First Streetcars Were Horse-Powered (Rarely seen archival images from the late 1800s illustrate this extensive must-see look back at Los Angeles' earliest public transportation)
LA as Subject via KCET
LaHood Defends California High-Speed Rail Plan
The Hill
Last Stop For Track 16: Iconic Gallery Space Becomes The Train Platform ("It’s a sad irony for those of us who crave more mass transit that a special spot has to fall to make way for the Expo Line.")
KCRW Which Way LA?
Manhattan Beach Council Balks At Hiring Consultant For Trolley Study
Daily Breeze
A "Movement For Movement" Puts Walking Front And Center
StreetsBlog DC
Now Is The Time For More Transit, Not Less
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
On Track For The Future: Crowds Come Out And Are Ready To Comment On The Union Station Master Plan
Los Angeles Downtown News
Our View: Give Toll Road Drivers A Break
Pasadena Star-News
Public Transit Is Having A Moment
Voice Of San Diego
Report: Bus Market To Grow 5% Annually
Metro Magazine
Riding The Subway As Therapy ("Public transportation is an inherently contradictory experience. You insert yourself into a highly public, perpetually crowded environment and immediately retreat into the privacy of your own interior world.")
The Atlantic: Cities
"Starting From The Beginning" For Some Metro Owned Sites In Boyle Heights
StreetsBlog LA
Thom Mayne Wins 2013 AIA Gold Medal: The Bad Boy Of Los Angeles Architecture Comes Away With One Of Architecture's Most Prestigious Honors ("He has been celebrated for projects such as the California Department of Transportation District 7 Headquarters in Los Angeles (2004)")
Architect Magazine
Transit Officials Ask Congress For Billions In Storm Aid
New York Times
Transportation Would Suffer Because Of Fiscal Cliff And Impact On Economy
Kansas City Star
Turning Measure J's Defeat Into Victory ("Out of disappointment emerges opportunity: It’s important to remember that Measure J was actually “Plan B” for financing the 30-10 plan to build out LA County’s Measure R funded rail expansion in 10 years instead of 30. “Plan A” was an innovative federal financing package – called America Fast Forward -- that was a combination of two proposals: 1) the TIFIA (Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act) low-interest loan program and 2) a new class of qualified tax credit bonds called “Qualified Transportation Improvement Bonds” or QTIBs.")
Move LA
Will We Finally See An Increase To State And Federal Gas Taxes?
The Atlantic Cities
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
The $100 Million "X Train" Will Be A Party From L.A. To Vegas
Forbes
Are Toll Roads Coming To Your Local Freeway?
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch
Calif. Agency Sponsors Children's Play Area ("Calif.-based Montebello Bus Lines (MBL) partnered with The Shops at Montebello to open a transportation, environment and conservation-theme play area for kids.")
Metro Magazine
Deficit-Reduction Talks May Fuel Gas Tax Increase
Governing
The Expo Line Draws A Gold Rush ("In addition to construction of this phase of the Expo Line is a gold rush of sorts by developers, who are promising projects that are transit-oriented and tailored to the needs of a train-traveling public. It’s all supposed to be a part of an enlightened development strategy to relieve the traffic-clogged community with multi-story, high-density housing near the line -- so people can whiz off to their jobs– and ground floors given over to retail space. Santa Monica officials have strongly pushed the Expo-adjacent, multi-use projects, shuttle services and bike facilities. Some residents though are alarmed by the hundreds of thousands of square feet of potential development and see the coming wave of projects as a tsunami.")
KCRW Which Way LA?
Fans And Foes Debate California's High Speed Rail On Capitol Hill
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Hahn: High-Speed Rail Project "Critical" To Calif., U.S. Economy
CBS Los Angeles
How John Brockman Changed Downtown
Los Angeles Downtown News
Intersection Near Library Named For Bradbury
Los Angeles Times
Ray Bradbury Would've Crisscrossed LA With Monorails
Curbed LA
L.A. Council Votes To Regulate Valet Parking Operators ("The rules would require valid California driver's licenses for all workers, permits, liability insurance and proof of off-street spaces.")
Los Angeles Times
LA Preparing To Buy Silver Lake's Corralitas Red Car Property ("The privately-owned, 10-acre property in Silver Lake known as the Corralitas Red Car property is one step closer to becoming a public park. The City Council has determined how much it is willing to pay for the former Pacific Electric Railway right of way, and yesterday directed the city find the cash to make the purchase.")
Curbed LA
L.A.'s First Streetcars Were Horse-Powered (Rarely seen archival images from the late 1800s illustrate this extensive must-see look back at Los Angeles' earliest public transportation)
LA as Subject via KCET
LaHood Defends California High-Speed Rail Plan
The Hill
Last Stop For Track 16: Iconic Gallery Space Becomes The Train Platform ("It’s a sad irony for those of us who crave more mass transit that a special spot has to fall to make way for the Expo Line.")
KCRW Which Way LA?
Manhattan Beach Council Balks At Hiring Consultant For Trolley Study
Daily Breeze
A "Movement For Movement" Puts Walking Front And Center
StreetsBlog DC
Now Is The Time For More Transit, Not Less
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
On Track For The Future: Crowds Come Out And Are Ready To Comment On The Union Station Master Plan
Los Angeles Downtown News
Our View: Give Toll Road Drivers A Break
Pasadena Star-News
Public Transit Is Having A Moment
Voice Of San Diego
Report: Bus Market To Grow 5% Annually
Metro Magazine
Riding The Subway As Therapy ("Public transportation is an inherently contradictory experience. You insert yourself into a highly public, perpetually crowded environment and immediately retreat into the privacy of your own interior world.")
The Atlantic: Cities
"Starting From The Beginning" For Some Metro Owned Sites In Boyle Heights
StreetsBlog LA
Thom Mayne Wins 2013 AIA Gold Medal: The Bad Boy Of Los Angeles Architecture Comes Away With One Of Architecture's Most Prestigious Honors ("He has been celebrated for projects such as the California Department of Transportation District 7 Headquarters in Los Angeles (2004)")
Architect Magazine
Transit Officials Ask Congress For Billions In Storm Aid
New York Times
Transportation Would Suffer Because Of Fiscal Cliff And Impact On Economy
Kansas City Star
Turning Measure J's Defeat Into Victory ("Out of disappointment emerges opportunity: It’s important to remember that Measure J was actually “Plan B” for financing the 30-10 plan to build out LA County’s Measure R funded rail expansion in 10 years instead of 30. “Plan A” was an innovative federal financing package – called America Fast Forward -- that was a combination of two proposals: 1) the TIFIA (Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act) low-interest loan program and 2) a new class of qualified tax credit bonds called “Qualified Transportation Improvement Bonds” or QTIBs.")
Move LA
Will We Finally See An Increase To State And Federal Gas Taxes?
The Atlantic Cities
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12/06/2012
Expo Line, Union Station, Measure J, Transit Tax Law, OCTA, CAHSR, I-10/605, Mobile Technologies & More
Appointment Of OCTA's Chief Exec Violated State's Open Meeting Law
Voice Of OC
Back To Square One: The Story Of Ray Bradbury Square In Los Angeles ("Ray Bradbury Square will be dedicated on December 6th at 2 p.m. in a ceremony held in Maguire Gardens.")
Huffington Post
California County Cancels Transportation Tax Recount (Think Measure J lost in a squeaker? Alameda County's transportation sales tax measure received 66.52% of the vote -- 700 votes short out of 350,000 cast)
Transportation Nation
California High-Speed Rail Too Expensive, McCarthy Says ("California’s $68.4 billion high-speed rail project is looking for too much money from the U.S. government and should be reconsidered, said California Representative Kevin McCarthy, the U.S. House’s third-ranking Republican.")
Bloomberg
California High-Speed Rail Brawl Hits House Floor
Politico
California Legislature Must Restore Democracy To Transit Funding
California High Speed Rail Blog
Caltrans To Fix 605-10 Freeway Interchange
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research And Future Needs (126p. PDF : web-only document)
Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
Dispelling The Myths: Toll And Fuel Tax Collection Costs In The 21st Century (79p. PDF)
Reason Foundation
Editorial: Rethinking Prop. 13 ("Advocates of Los Angeles County's Measure J, a sales tax extension for transportation funding, are frustrated that they fell just short of the required two-thirds in November, and they also are discussing a change to 55%, perhaps just for transportation sales taxes, or perhaps more broadly.")
Los Angeles Times
Expo Line Ridership Is Increasing
USC Daily Trojan
Flyover Connector To Be Built Between 10 And 605 Freeways
Baldwin Park Patch
Free Muni For Low-Income Youth Funded ("The Metropolitan Transportation Agency voted unanimously to spend an estimated $1.6 million in federal funds dedicated to improving transit performance and ridership on a 16-month program offering free Fast Passes to low-income San Franciscans under 18.")
San Francisco Chronicle
How This Government Agency Is Saving $500 Million By Using Social And Mobile Technologies ("Most people don’t look to Jefferson City, Missouri as a source of technical innovation, and they especially would never think to look at its government. But they’d be surprised to learn that the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) is one of the most innovative organizations using social and mobile technologies in the country. In fact, they are a model for how government can and should cut spending by leveraging new technologies.")
Forbes
Integrated Risk Management For Improving Internal Traffic Control, Work-Zone Safety, And Mobility During Major Construction (80p. PDF)
Iowa State University Institute For Transportation
JetBlue To Eliminate Day Flights At Bob Hope Airport ("Bob Hope Airport officials approved additional parking rate increases this week to tackle steady revenue drops caused by declining passenger activity that’s expected to be exacerbated by JetBlue’s decision to eliminate all daytime flights at the airfield as of Jan. 6.")
Burbank Leader
LA Council President Asks AIA-LA Members If Merging Planning With Building & Safety Is A Good Idea
The Planning Report
Lowering Threshold To Pass Transportation Taxes Not A Hit With Everyone
Los Angeles Daily News
Metro Holds First Union Station Master Plan Community Meeting
LADOT Bike Blog
Mica Bids Farewell To Transportation Chairmanship At Portrait Unveiling
The Hill
Midsize Cities On The Move: A Look At The Next Generation Of Rapid Bus, Bus Rapid Transit, And Streetcar Projects In The United States (52p. PDF)
Reconnecting America
Introduction Webpage
New L.A. Bridge Calls For Public Review
KCET
Pay By The Mile To Drive? State Takes A Serious Look (Washington state)
NWCN
Senate Hearing Will Detail Hurricane Sandy's Transit Damage
Transportation Nation
State Senator Carol Liu Introduces Bill To Eliminate 2/3 Rule For Transit Taxes ("SCA 4 is a constitutional amendment, which requires a 2/3 vote to send to the voters.")
California High Speed Rail Blog
Students React To Measure J ("Fewer projects will be constructed and completed in the next 20 years because potential borrowing is limited to the expected revenues from the existing Measure R, which expires in 2039...")
USC Daily Trojan
Surgeon General Announces Call To Action On Walking
StreetsBlog DC
Tax Measure Gets Things Rolling For LA Streetcars
San Francisco Chronicle
Think About The Transportation Sector ("The U.S. therefore needs a 3-step mass transit program to help our communities thrive, protect our climate, and promote human health.")
Huffington Post
Toll Lanes Considered For I-10
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Transpo Tax Fails With 66% Of Vote: Time To Change The Rules?
Curbed LA
UCLA Environmental Researchers Release Citywide Plan, Call On Candidates To Adopt
UCLA Newsroom
Vision 2021 LA: A Model Environmental Sustainability Agenda For Los Angeles' Next Mayor And City Council (85p. PDF)
UCLA Institute Of The Environment And Sustainability
Why California's Two-Thirds Local Ballot Threshold May Be Worth Keeping
StreetsBlog Network
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Voice Of OC
Back To Square One: The Story Of Ray Bradbury Square In Los Angeles ("Ray Bradbury Square will be dedicated on December 6th at 2 p.m. in a ceremony held in Maguire Gardens.")
Huffington Post
California County Cancels Transportation Tax Recount (Think Measure J lost in a squeaker? Alameda County's transportation sales tax measure received 66.52% of the vote -- 700 votes short out of 350,000 cast)
Transportation Nation
California High-Speed Rail Too Expensive, McCarthy Says ("California’s $68.4 billion high-speed rail project is looking for too much money from the U.S. government and should be reconsidered, said California Representative Kevin McCarthy, the U.S. House’s third-ranking Republican.")
Bloomberg
California High-Speed Rail Brawl Hits House Floor
Politico
California Legislature Must Restore Democracy To Transit Funding
California High Speed Rail Blog
Caltrans To Fix 605-10 Freeway Interchange
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research And Future Needs (126p. PDF : web-only document)
Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
Dispelling The Myths: Toll And Fuel Tax Collection Costs In The 21st Century (79p. PDF)
Reason Foundation
Editorial: Rethinking Prop. 13 ("Advocates of Los Angeles County's Measure J, a sales tax extension for transportation funding, are frustrated that they fell just short of the required two-thirds in November, and they also are discussing a change to 55%, perhaps just for transportation sales taxes, or perhaps more broadly.")
Los Angeles Times
Expo Line Ridership Is Increasing
USC Daily Trojan
Flyover Connector To Be Built Between 10 And 605 Freeways
Baldwin Park Patch
Free Muni For Low-Income Youth Funded ("The Metropolitan Transportation Agency voted unanimously to spend an estimated $1.6 million in federal funds dedicated to improving transit performance and ridership on a 16-month program offering free Fast Passes to low-income San Franciscans under 18.")
San Francisco Chronicle
How This Government Agency Is Saving $500 Million By Using Social And Mobile Technologies ("Most people don’t look to Jefferson City, Missouri as a source of technical innovation, and they especially would never think to look at its government. But they’d be surprised to learn that the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) is one of the most innovative organizations using social and mobile technologies in the country. In fact, they are a model for how government can and should cut spending by leveraging new technologies.")
Forbes
Integrated Risk Management For Improving Internal Traffic Control, Work-Zone Safety, And Mobility During Major Construction (80p. PDF)
Iowa State University Institute For Transportation
JetBlue To Eliminate Day Flights At Bob Hope Airport ("Bob Hope Airport officials approved additional parking rate increases this week to tackle steady revenue drops caused by declining passenger activity that’s expected to be exacerbated by JetBlue’s decision to eliminate all daytime flights at the airfield as of Jan. 6.")
Burbank Leader
LA Council President Asks AIA-LA Members If Merging Planning With Building & Safety Is A Good Idea
The Planning Report
Lowering Threshold To Pass Transportation Taxes Not A Hit With Everyone
Los Angeles Daily News
Metro Holds First Union Station Master Plan Community Meeting
LADOT Bike Blog
Mica Bids Farewell To Transportation Chairmanship At Portrait Unveiling
The Hill
Midsize Cities On The Move: A Look At The Next Generation Of Rapid Bus, Bus Rapid Transit, And Streetcar Projects In The United States (52p. PDF)
Reconnecting America
Introduction Webpage
New L.A. Bridge Calls For Public Review
KCET
Pay By The Mile To Drive? State Takes A Serious Look (Washington state)
NWCN
Senate Hearing Will Detail Hurricane Sandy's Transit Damage
Transportation Nation
State Senator Carol Liu Introduces Bill To Eliminate 2/3 Rule For Transit Taxes ("SCA 4 is a constitutional amendment, which requires a 2/3 vote to send to the voters.")
California High Speed Rail Blog
Students React To Measure J ("Fewer projects will be constructed and completed in the next 20 years because potential borrowing is limited to the expected revenues from the existing Measure R, which expires in 2039...")
USC Daily Trojan
Surgeon General Announces Call To Action On Walking
StreetsBlog DC
Tax Measure Gets Things Rolling For LA Streetcars
San Francisco Chronicle
Think About The Transportation Sector ("The U.S. therefore needs a 3-step mass transit program to help our communities thrive, protect our climate, and promote human health.")
Huffington Post
Toll Lanes Considered For I-10
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Transpo Tax Fails With 66% Of Vote: Time To Change The Rules?
Curbed LA
UCLA Environmental Researchers Release Citywide Plan, Call On Candidates To Adopt
UCLA Newsroom
Vision 2021 LA: A Model Environmental Sustainability Agenda For Los Angeles' Next Mayor And City Council (85p. PDF)
UCLA Institute Of The Environment And Sustainability
Why California's Two-Thirds Local Ballot Threshold May Be Worth Keeping
StreetsBlog Network
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