January 25: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (A comprehensive overhaul of bus service for East Los Angeles)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
3 Metro Rail Stations Are Getting Revamped Names
LAist
2014 California Budget And Active Transportation
Cyclelicious
BART Upgrade Could Boost Riders' Wi-Fi ("A plan to boost BART's security system by adding wireless capabilities to cameras could also bring free and reliable Wi-Fi service to passengers.")
San Francisco Chronicle
The Battle For CEQA
Capitol Weekly
The Best Maps We've Seen Of Sandy's Transit Outage In New York
The Atlantic: Cities
Breaking Down The Highland Park Transit Village's Parking Plan
Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch
"California Did The Impossible," Brown Says In State Of The State ("Gov. Jerry Brown says California has averted fiscal collapse. He calls for investing in water and rail programs...He said the United States is lagging far behind other countries in this sector, saying that even Morocco is building a high-speed train system.")
Los Angeles Times
Caltrans To Unveil Draft Rail Plan That Incorporates California's High-Speed Rail Project
Progressive Railroading
Ending The Federal Surface-Transportation Program Might Be Crazy In A Good Way
National Review
Fix It First, Expand It Second, Reward It Third: A New Strategy For America's Highways (36p. PDF)
Hamilton Project via Brookings
Highlights From NACTO's 2012 "Designing Cities" Conference
StreetFilms
L.A. First 4 Parklets Opening In February 2013
LAist
The Metrolink Ducks Express Kicks Off Jan. 25
Asian Journal
More Toll Lanes Are Coming To Los Angeles County Next Month
LAist
New Plans Launched To Create LA River District In Northeast LA
Curbed LA
OCTA Metrolink Service Expansion Program Status
StreetsBlog LA
Our View: A 710 Surface Route Is Dead
Pasadena Star-News
San Fernando Valley Council Of Governments Proposes Rail System
CSUN Daily Sundial
Snagging Tax-Saving Transportation Benefits: Employers Can Set Aside More Pre-Tax Dollars For Commuters ("Our friends in Congress have granted some nice tax breaks for transportation-related employee fringe benefits. Several of these breaks are intended to encourage us to give up our evil, gas-guzzling, pollution-spewing vehicles when commuting to work. If your employer offers these tax-favored benefits, you should probably take advantage of them by signing up. What you need to know:...")
Wall Street Journal
Sparks Fly At Open House On 710 Expansion Proposals
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Speak Up On Streetcar And The Environment
Los Angeles Downtown News
Studio City Gets Its Subway ("The Metro Red Line Universal City Station will now be known as “Universal City/Studio City Station” to reflect the station’s location in Studio City...The Metro Red Line Civic Center Station will now be the “Civic Center/Grand Park/Tom Bradley Station” in honor of the recently opened Grand Park, which is served by this station, and the former City of Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. The Metro Purple Line Wilshire/Western Station will now be known as the “Wilshire/Western/Alfred Hoyun Song Station” in honor of Alfred Hoyun Song, former Mayor of Monterey Park and the first Asian American legislator elected to the California State Assembly in 1962. He was also the first Korean American to be elected to the California State Senate, where he distinguished himself as chairman of the Judiciary Committee.")
Studio City Patch
Studio City Red Line Station! Metro Renames 3 Subway Stops
Curbed LA
Time To Tweak Gas Taxes? States Weigh Options
USA Today
Washington D.C.'s Metro Transit System Proposes $26 Billion Upgrade
Reuters
Why Talking Cars Will Be Good For Buses
The Atlantic: Cities
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1/24/2013
LA-ONT HSR, Expo Line, All Day Metro, Crenshaw/LAX, Arts District, Arthur Winston, LA River, VMT & More
January 24: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Los Angeles Railway debuts a new "car de luxe" and Arthur Winston, "Employee of the Century," begins work for Los Angeles Railway in 1924)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
America High Speed Rail Seeks A Standard Bearer
Earth Techling
Boulevard Revitalization And Neighborhood Change In Northeast Los Angeles
KCET
Can We Finally Declare Peace In The "War On Cars"? ("The "war on cars" trope has long been a favored talking point for anti-bicycle and anti-transit types. But this survey and others seem to indicate that it might, at last, be wearing a bit thin, no matter how much the auto warriors try to whip up their troops.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Combatants Clash Over Subway Trivia At NY Transit Museum ("About 170 contestants formed into teams and jammed around tables in a low-ceilinged room to grapple with 60 questions posed by quizmasters Stuart Post and Chris Kelley. The museum is housed underground in the former Court Street subway stop in Downtown Brooklyn. The space has no internet connection so the trivia buffs were forced to rely on an antique information device: the human brain.")
Transportation Nation
Confronted With Congestion Pricing, People Clamor For Transit, Gas Tax
StreetsBlog DC
Could These Crazy Intersections Make Us Safer?
The Atlantic: Cities
Crenshaw/LAX Metro Light Rail Could Deliver Passengers And Jobs
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Downtown L.A.'s Edgy Arts District Is Neighborhood In Transition ("The arts district is drawing comparisons to New York's meatpacking district, where trendy shops, restaurants and offices have taken over industrial buildings"...but the concern is that gentrification will drive out low-paid artists who can no longer afford to live there)
Los Angeles Times
Drivers Cover Just 51% Of U.S. Road Spending
StreetsBlog DC
Gasoline Taxes And Tolls Pay For Only A Third Of State & Local Road Spending
Tax Foundation
Here Are SoCal's 40 Planned Transportation Projects ("Here's a full list of all the projects, with their names, their status, and their pricetags.")
Curbed LA
I Rode The Entire L.A. Metro In A Single Day ("And yet there is that whole $5 day pass thing -- you can ride any train, and any bus, in the entire metropolitan system, with just one pass. Which got me thinking: How far could you stretch it? You could ride from one end of L.A. County to another in a single day. Other than hustling chess at the library, it might be the cheapest way to kill a day in Los Angeles — and potentially much more interesting.")
LA Weekly
Innovations To Watch (Highlight's Los Angeles' "Bottom-Up Federalism -- Local-Driven Federal Infrastructure Reform" : "For the second year in a row, the Brookings-Rockefeller Project on State and Metropolitan Innovation identified the Top 10 State and Metropolitan Innovations to Watch -- actions undertaken by states and metropolitan areas in 2012 that seem ripe for meaningful impact in 2013 and beyond, as well as for replication by other communities...Mayor Villaraigosa built and led a national coalition of local elected officials with business, and labor leaders to secure federal support for this solution. As a result, the federal transportation reauthorization bill passed in June 2012 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century or MAP-21) included major enhancements to the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program, expanding lending capacity from $1.2 billion to $17.0 billion and broadening project eligibility.")
Brookings
States, Metro Areas Outdo Washington
CNN
LA River Could Be Open For Summer Fun In Atwater Village
Curbed LA
Mica Gets Transportation Subcommittee Posts
Transportation Nation
Monthly Fee For Metro FasTrak Transponders On Chopping Block
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Ontario To LA In 20 Minutes? Councilman Backs High-Speed Rail
CBS Los Angeles
Opinion: Want Better Roads? Kill The Gas Tax
Bloomberg
Road Diets Are Changing American Cities For The Better
StreetsBlog DC
Transportation: Less Funding, More Traffic
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Watch Bergamot Station Gallery Be Demolished For Expo Line
Curbed LA
Which Comes First, Contactless Transit Fares Or Widespread Adoption Of Contactless Credit Cards?
The Atlantic: Cities
Will Vehicle-Mile Fees Be A User Fee Or A Tax?
Cato Institute
WMATA Wants Longer Trains, More Tunnels, Better Service
Greater Greater Washington
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
America High Speed Rail Seeks A Standard Bearer
Earth Techling
Boulevard Revitalization And Neighborhood Change In Northeast Los Angeles
KCET
Can We Finally Declare Peace In The "War On Cars"? ("The "war on cars" trope has long been a favored talking point for anti-bicycle and anti-transit types. But this survey and others seem to indicate that it might, at last, be wearing a bit thin, no matter how much the auto warriors try to whip up their troops.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Combatants Clash Over Subway Trivia At NY Transit Museum ("About 170 contestants formed into teams and jammed around tables in a low-ceilinged room to grapple with 60 questions posed by quizmasters Stuart Post and Chris Kelley. The museum is housed underground in the former Court Street subway stop in Downtown Brooklyn. The space has no internet connection so the trivia buffs were forced to rely on an antique information device: the human brain.")
Transportation Nation
Confronted With Congestion Pricing, People Clamor For Transit, Gas Tax
StreetsBlog DC
Could These Crazy Intersections Make Us Safer?
The Atlantic: Cities
Crenshaw/LAX Metro Light Rail Could Deliver Passengers And Jobs
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Downtown L.A.'s Edgy Arts District Is Neighborhood In Transition ("The arts district is drawing comparisons to New York's meatpacking district, where trendy shops, restaurants and offices have taken over industrial buildings"...but the concern is that gentrification will drive out low-paid artists who can no longer afford to live there)
Los Angeles Times
Drivers Cover Just 51% Of U.S. Road Spending
StreetsBlog DC
Gasoline Taxes And Tolls Pay For Only A Third Of State & Local Road Spending
Tax Foundation
Here Are SoCal's 40 Planned Transportation Projects ("Here's a full list of all the projects, with their names, their status, and their pricetags.")
Curbed LA
I Rode The Entire L.A. Metro In A Single Day ("And yet there is that whole $5 day pass thing -- you can ride any train, and any bus, in the entire metropolitan system, with just one pass. Which got me thinking: How far could you stretch it? You could ride from one end of L.A. County to another in a single day. Other than hustling chess at the library, it might be the cheapest way to kill a day in Los Angeles — and potentially much more interesting.")
LA Weekly
Innovations To Watch (Highlight's Los Angeles' "Bottom-Up Federalism -- Local-Driven Federal Infrastructure Reform" : "For the second year in a row, the Brookings-Rockefeller Project on State and Metropolitan Innovation identified the Top 10 State and Metropolitan Innovations to Watch -- actions undertaken by states and metropolitan areas in 2012 that seem ripe for meaningful impact in 2013 and beyond, as well as for replication by other communities...Mayor Villaraigosa built and led a national coalition of local elected officials with business, and labor leaders to secure federal support for this solution. As a result, the federal transportation reauthorization bill passed in June 2012 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century or MAP-21) included major enhancements to the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program, expanding lending capacity from $1.2 billion to $17.0 billion and broadening project eligibility.")
Brookings
States, Metro Areas Outdo Washington
CNN
LA River Could Be Open For Summer Fun In Atwater Village
Curbed LA
Mica Gets Transportation Subcommittee Posts
Transportation Nation
Monthly Fee For Metro FasTrak Transponders On Chopping Block
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy
Ontario To LA In 20 Minutes? Councilman Backs High-Speed Rail
CBS Los Angeles
Opinion: Want Better Roads? Kill The Gas Tax
Bloomberg
Road Diets Are Changing American Cities For The Better
StreetsBlog DC
Transportation: Less Funding, More Traffic
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Watch Bergamot Station Gallery Be Demolished For Expo Line
Curbed LA
Which Comes First, Contactless Transit Fares Or Widespread Adoption Of Contactless Credit Cards?
The Atlantic: Cities
Will Vehicle-Mile Fees Be A User Fee Or A Tax?
Cato Institute
WMATA Wants Longer Trains, More Tunnels, Better Service
Greater Greater Washington
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1/23/2013
CicLAvia, 710, Caltrans, LA Transit, Metrolink To ONT, Rightsizing Streets, Solar Bus Stops & More
January 23: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (As part of one of Los Angeles' more dubious transit projects, Beverly Hills breaks ground on a subway 51 years ago today)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
APTA: Transit Users Save $10,502 Yearly
Metro Magainze
Barbara Boxer Sees Carbon Tax In The Mix
San Francisco Chronicle
A Bike Boulevard, Google Bike Directions, And An Unnecessary Detour
Cyclicious
California Rail: We Don't Need Cash -- Yet
Politico
Calif.'s Omnitrans Launches Real Time Info
Metro Magazine
Caltrans Upgrades Trip Planning Website For California Motorists
Caltrans Press Release
Can An App Get People To Walk More? ("I've been gathering data using the new fitness-tracking gadgets, the Fitbit One and the new Jawbone Up.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Could A Pay-Per-Mile Plan Fix Our Interstate System?
US News & World Report
Did Barack Obama's Election Change The Way Washington Commutes?
StreetsBlog DC
First Latina Chair Of Public Transportation Industry Reflects On The Dramatic Evolution Of Public Transit Serving A Diverse Population
APTA Public Transportation Blog
Hawaii: Say "Aloha" To Transit-Oriented Development
StreetsBlog DC
House Transportation And Infrastructure Subcommittee Vice Chairs, Ranking Members Named
Progressive Railroading
How Can Transit Work In Big, Dense, Polycentric Los Angeles?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
I Blocked Off Wilshire And People Love It (Aaron Paley writes about how he created CicLAvia and made it a success)
Zócalo
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
APTA: Transit Users Save $10,502 Yearly
Metro Magainze
Barbara Boxer Sees Carbon Tax In The Mix
San Francisco Chronicle
A Bike Boulevard, Google Bike Directions, And An Unnecessary Detour
Cyclicious
California Rail: We Don't Need Cash -- Yet
Politico
Calif.'s Omnitrans Launches Real Time Info
Metro Magazine
Caltrans Upgrades Trip Planning Website For California Motorists
Caltrans Press Release
Can An App Get People To Walk More? ("I've been gathering data using the new fitness-tracking gadgets, the Fitbit One and the new Jawbone Up.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Could A Pay-Per-Mile Plan Fix Our Interstate System?
US News & World Report
Did Barack Obama's Election Change The Way Washington Commutes?
StreetsBlog DC
First Latina Chair Of Public Transportation Industry Reflects On The Dramatic Evolution Of Public Transit Serving A Diverse Population
APTA Public Transportation Blog
Hawaii: Say "Aloha" To Transit-Oriented Development
StreetsBlog DC
House Transportation And Infrastructure Subcommittee Vice Chairs, Ranking Members Named
Progressive Railroading
How Can Transit Work In Big, Dense, Polycentric Los Angeles?
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
I Blocked Off Wilshire And People Love It (Aaron Paley writes about how he created CicLAvia and made it a success)
Zócalo
Los Angeles Daily News
LaHood Says He's Staying On As Transportation Secretary
Bloomberg
Metro To Run More Frequent Gold Line Trains Starting This Month
Blog Downtown
Platform Complex Bringing Space1520 Feel To Expo Terminus
Curbed LA
Public Transportation...For Your Car? ("The thing is that we still need to cover the last mile at the end of those transit routes," Wu says. He and Farooq don’t believe that hordes of people necessarily want to have their cars at work, but that existing transit doesn’t get many of them close enough to their jobs. In Southern California, that "last mile" problem is really a question of five miles or more. Farooq lives in Montclair, California. Even if he took a commuter rail into Los Angeles, he says, it would still leave him 10 miles from his school.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Repairing The Neighborhood Scars Created By A Freeway
StreetsBlog Network
Residents Say They Still Have Lingering Questions On 710 Report
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
San Francisco Explores Removing 280 Freeway Viaduct, Realigning HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
Sen. Boxer: Villaraigosa Would Be "Terrific" Transportation Secretary
The Hill
Solar Bus Stops To Power Traffic Signals ("Several bus shelters to be built in Perris will harness solar power to run nearby traffic signals.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Today's Transit Dreams May Come True -- 78 Years From Now
StreetsBlog DC
Transit Taxes Would Be Easier To Pass Under Proposed Constitutional Amendment
San Francisco Examiner
Transportation: Less Funding, More Traffic ("Public opinion polling consistently shows a solid majority of Americans favor more investment to expand and enhance transit, as a way to relieve traffic congestion as well as other benefits. (As for other benefits, national transportation studies show that every $1 that communities invest in public transportation generates approximately $6 in economic returns. Moreover, every $1 billion of federal transit investment creates about 35,000 jobs.)")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Watch: For Expo, Track 16 Demolished
Santa Monica Patch
Welcome To The Rightsizing Streets Guide ("The centerpiece of the guide is a set of ten rightsizing case studies that highlight impressive outcomes using before and after data on mobility, crashes, and other parameters. These are just a few of the projects that have been built and many more are being planned all over the country. Our glossary of common rightsizing techniques and our best practices guide to street selection criteria and before and after measurements can help facilitate similar changes in your community.")
Project For Public Spaces
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LaHood Says He's Staying On As Transportation Secretary
Bloomberg
Metro To Run More Frequent Gold Line Trains Starting This Month
Blog Downtown
Platform Complex Bringing Space1520 Feel To Expo Terminus
Curbed LA
Public Transportation...For Your Car? ("The thing is that we still need to cover the last mile at the end of those transit routes," Wu says. He and Farooq don’t believe that hordes of people necessarily want to have their cars at work, but that existing transit doesn’t get many of them close enough to their jobs. In Southern California, that "last mile" problem is really a question of five miles or more. Farooq lives in Montclair, California. Even if he took a commuter rail into Los Angeles, he says, it would still leave him 10 miles from his school.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Repairing The Neighborhood Scars Created By A Freeway
StreetsBlog Network
Residents Say They Still Have Lingering Questions On 710 Report
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
San Francisco Explores Removing 280 Freeway Viaduct, Realigning HSR
California High Speed Rail Blog
Sen. Boxer: Villaraigosa Would Be "Terrific" Transportation Secretary
The Hill
Solar Bus Stops To Power Traffic Signals ("Several bus shelters to be built in Perris will harness solar power to run nearby traffic signals.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Today's Transit Dreams May Come True -- 78 Years From Now
StreetsBlog DC
Transit Taxes Would Be Easier To Pass Under Proposed Constitutional Amendment
San Francisco Examiner
Transportation: Less Funding, More Traffic ("Public opinion polling consistently shows a solid majority of Americans favor more investment to expand and enhance transit, as a way to relieve traffic congestion as well as other benefits. (As for other benefits, national transportation studies show that every $1 that communities invest in public transportation generates approximately $6 in economic returns. Moreover, every $1 billion of federal transit investment creates about 35,000 jobs.)")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Watch: For Expo, Track 16 Demolished
Santa Monica Patch
Welcome To The Rightsizing Streets Guide ("The centerpiece of the guide is a set of ten rightsizing case studies that highlight impressive outcomes using before and after data on mobility, crashes, and other parameters. These are just a few of the projects that have been built and many more are being planned all over the country. Our glossary of common rightsizing techniques and our best practices guide to street selection criteria and before and after measurements can help facilitate similar changes in your community.")
Project For Public Spaces
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1/22/2013
Gold Line, Crenshaw Line, 710 Gap, CEQA, Metrolink, Parklets, Congestion Pricing, Gas Tax & More
January 22: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (The birth of the "SigAlert")
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Boyle Heights Residents Get Gift Of Bike Lights
StreetsBlog LA
By The Gallon Or By The Mile? States Look For New Highway Revenue
KCET
California Engineers Question High-Speed Rail Oversight
Silicon Valley Mercury News
California Hispanic Population Will Be State's Largest Ethnic Group In 2013, Report Predicts
Huffington Post
Congestion Pricing Or Using Congestion As Policy
Road Pricing
The Final 5 Options For Closing The 710 Freeway Gap
Curbed LA
Firm Retained To Study Multi-Modal Transit Connections At Airport
Burbank N Beyond
Gas Tax Revenue Down, Officials Eye Mileage Levy
ABC News
Highland Park Doesn't Want Transit Village Threatening Parking
Curbed LA
Questions Remain After Transit Village Presentation
Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch
In Second Inaugural Address, President Obama Says Building Infrastructure, Combating Climate Change Part Of "Obligation"
Transportation Nation
Independent Wheelchair Securement (32p. PDF : "Explores development of an aisle-side containment device to enable users of wheelchairs to safely and independently use rear-facing containment on large buses, in lieu of the current standard, a four-point tie-down wheelchair securement system.")
Transportation Research Board's IDEA Program
Infill Projects Survive CEQA Challenge More Often
California Planning & Development Report
Is This Solar-Powered Half-Electric Bicycle With A Roof The Future Of Transportation? ("The Elf, which just finished a massive run on Kickstarter, combines the best elements of an electric car, a motorcycle, and a bicycle, and it’s manufactured right here in the U.S. There’s something for everyone to love.")
Fast Company Exist
"It's Like Costco": Why Calif. High-Speed Rail Is Teaming Up With Amtrak
Transportation Nation
Long Beach Parklets Lead Way In Southern California's Newest Urban Planning Trend
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Metro Gold Line Service To Increase On Weekends
Echo Park-Silver Lake Patch
Metro Releases Final Alternatives Analysis Report For 710 Study
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
MTA Unveils Final Proposal For 710 Freeway Gap ("The analysis by the county Metropolitan Transportation Authority focuses on five options -- down from an initial 39 -- for reducing traffic and providing better transportation access in the area between the end of the 710 Freeway in Alhambra and the 210 Freeway in Pasadena. They include a “no build” option, better managing street traffic flow, bolstering rapid bus transit, light rail transit and constructing a controversial tunnel to connect the freeways.")
Los Angeles Times
State Route 710 Study: Alternatives Analysis Report (183p. PDF)
Metro
Next Stop: Justice -- Race And Environment At The Center Of Transit Planning (32p. PDF : Advocates for San Francisco’s low-income communities have issued a new report calling for policy changes intended to improve Muni service, increase mobility for transit-dependent San Franciscans, reduce pollution from driving, and improve the city’s economy. "San Francisco spends $9.5 million per year to implement its “Proof of Payment” (POP) fare enforcement program, and recovers only $1 million in lost fares.")
People Organized
Obama Becomes First Prez To Walk Down A Bike Lane On Inauguration Day
Streetfilms
Only In LA: No Parking None Of The Time ("We need to eliminate another nuisance: Street signs with contradictory messages. Here are some I've collected over the years...")
LA Observed
Opinion: L.A. Imagined -- The City That Isn't ("Imagine the city that would exist today if the best proposals for remedying its ailments had been realized.")
Los Angeles Times
Open Thread: Big Dig Alternative Analysis Released
StreetsBlog LA
Planning Commission Approves Metrolink Station ("A Metrolink station planned for Perris passed an administrative hurdle and is headed for construction.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Regional Connector Work Coming To Alameda
Los Angeles Downtown News
Seeking The Transit-Friendly Highway
Minneapolis Post
SFMTA Invites Public To Name Tunnel Boring Machine
The Transit Wire
Traveling The Entire Length Of California By Local Transit
The Atlantic: Cities
Why 3D Modeling Will Play A Huge Role In Tackling Rapid Urbanization
The Atlantic: Cities
Will Drivers Pay More For California Highways? ("California has the nation's third-highest fuel tax, more than 50 cents a gallon, but is among the lowest states in having motorists and other transportation users pay for their services through fees and taxes. In fact, the organization calculated, California's users pay for less than a third of building and maintaining streets, roads, highways and transit services.")
Sacramento Bee
Work On The 8.5-Mile Metro Crenshaw/LAX Line Set To Begin Later This Year
Long Beach Press-Telegram
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Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
Boyle Heights Residents Get Gift Of Bike Lights
StreetsBlog LA
By The Gallon Or By The Mile? States Look For New Highway Revenue
KCET
California Engineers Question High-Speed Rail Oversight
Silicon Valley Mercury News
California Hispanic Population Will Be State's Largest Ethnic Group In 2013, Report Predicts
Huffington Post
Congestion Pricing Or Using Congestion As Policy
Road Pricing
The Final 5 Options For Closing The 710 Freeway Gap
Curbed LA
Firm Retained To Study Multi-Modal Transit Connections At Airport
Burbank N Beyond
Gas Tax Revenue Down, Officials Eye Mileage Levy
ABC News
Highland Park Doesn't Want Transit Village Threatening Parking
Curbed LA
Questions Remain After Transit Village Presentation
Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch
In Second Inaugural Address, President Obama Says Building Infrastructure, Combating Climate Change Part Of "Obligation"
Transportation Nation
Independent Wheelchair Securement (32p. PDF : "Explores development of an aisle-side containment device to enable users of wheelchairs to safely and independently use rear-facing containment on large buses, in lieu of the current standard, a four-point tie-down wheelchair securement system.")
Transportation Research Board's IDEA Program
Infill Projects Survive CEQA Challenge More Often
California Planning & Development Report
Is This Solar-Powered Half-Electric Bicycle With A Roof The Future Of Transportation? ("The Elf, which just finished a massive run on Kickstarter, combines the best elements of an electric car, a motorcycle, and a bicycle, and it’s manufactured right here in the U.S. There’s something for everyone to love.")
Fast Company Exist
"It's Like Costco": Why Calif. High-Speed Rail Is Teaming Up With Amtrak
Transportation Nation
Long Beach Parklets Lead Way In Southern California's Newest Urban Planning Trend
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Metro Gold Line Service To Increase On Weekends
Echo Park-Silver Lake Patch
Metro Releases Final Alternatives Analysis Report For 710 Study
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
MTA Unveils Final Proposal For 710 Freeway Gap ("The analysis by the county Metropolitan Transportation Authority focuses on five options -- down from an initial 39 -- for reducing traffic and providing better transportation access in the area between the end of the 710 Freeway in Alhambra and the 210 Freeway in Pasadena. They include a “no build” option, better managing street traffic flow, bolstering rapid bus transit, light rail transit and constructing a controversial tunnel to connect the freeways.")
Los Angeles Times
State Route 710 Study: Alternatives Analysis Report (183p. PDF)
Metro
Next Stop: Justice -- Race And Environment At The Center Of Transit Planning (32p. PDF : Advocates for San Francisco’s low-income communities have issued a new report calling for policy changes intended to improve Muni service, increase mobility for transit-dependent San Franciscans, reduce pollution from driving, and improve the city’s economy. "San Francisco spends $9.5 million per year to implement its “Proof of Payment” (POP) fare enforcement program, and recovers only $1 million in lost fares.")
People Organized
Obama Becomes First Prez To Walk Down A Bike Lane On Inauguration Day
Streetfilms
Only In LA: No Parking None Of The Time ("We need to eliminate another nuisance: Street signs with contradictory messages. Here are some I've collected over the years...")
LA Observed
Opinion: L.A. Imagined -- The City That Isn't ("Imagine the city that would exist today if the best proposals for remedying its ailments had been realized.")
Los Angeles Times
Open Thread: Big Dig Alternative Analysis Released
StreetsBlog LA
Planning Commission Approves Metrolink Station ("A Metrolink station planned for Perris passed an administrative hurdle and is headed for construction.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Regional Connector Work Coming To Alameda
Los Angeles Downtown News
Seeking The Transit-Friendly Highway
Minneapolis Post
SFMTA Invites Public To Name Tunnel Boring Machine
The Transit Wire
Traveling The Entire Length Of California By Local Transit
The Atlantic: Cities
Why 3D Modeling Will Play A Huge Role In Tackling Rapid Urbanization
The Atlantic: Cities
Will Drivers Pay More For California Highways? ("California has the nation's third-highest fuel tax, more than 50 cents a gallon, but is among the lowest states in having motorists and other transportation users pay for their services through fees and taxes. In fact, the organization calculated, California's users pay for less than a third of building and maintaining streets, roads, highways and transit services.")
Sacramento Bee
Work On The 8.5-Mile Metro Crenshaw/LAX Line Set To Begin Later This Year
Long Beach Press-Telegram
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1/18/2013
FastTrack, My Figueroa, FTA Cuts, Baldwin Hills Shuttle, CAHSR, Lost LA Train Depots, LEED, BRT & More
3 Ways Our Pols Prevent Us From Funding Transpo, Education, Environment
CityWatch
Are Cars "Going Out Of Style" In Europe?
Wall Street Journal
As Good And Important As It Is, LEED Can Be So Embarrassing
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Baldwin Hills Parklands Shuttle Opening On Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend (La Cienega Expo Line to Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area : Press release PDF)
Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Second District
California High-Speed Rail Cost Figures Coming In, But No One Will See Them Yet
Silicon Valley Mercury News
California High-Speed Rail Pairs With Amtrak For Cost And Clout
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
California Works With Amtrak To Make High-Speed Rail
CBS News
City Releases DEIR For 5 Year Bike Plan Implementation / My Figueroa Project. Further Study Not Needed
StreetsBlog LA
City Of Los Angeles 2010 Bicycle Plan: First Year Of The First Five-Year Implementation Strategy And Figueroa Streetscape Project -- Draft Environmental Impact Report, January 2013 (links to report sections)
City Of Los Angeles City Planning Department
Connecting With A Cleaner World ("Supporters believe much-maligned 710 Freeway tunnels will greatly ease congestion and dramatically improve air quality for millions of people.")
Pasadena Weekly
FTA Grapples With Likely Funding Cuts ("The Federal Transit Administration now finds itself up against almost certain funding cuts that imperil rail and bus expansion projects, as well as the agency’s own staffing.")
StreetsBlog DC
In Oregon, Pushing Ahead With Road Use Fees
The Atlantic: Cities
LA Councilman Introduces Motion To Connect ONT To Metrolink System
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Lost Train Depots Of Los Angeles ("The city's grandest passenger terminal, Union Station, survives today. But its historic predecessors, which welcomed millions to the city, have all vanished from the cityscape." Numerous archival images from collections around the city illustrate this history)
LA As Subject via KCET
Metro Responds To FastTrack Criticism: Removing Monthly Fees Opens Budget Hole, Encourages People Outside L.A. County To Purchase, Not Use, Transponders
StreetsBlog LA
A New Angle On Figueroa Street Parking ("What can be done to give Figueroa and other lagging Highland Park streets a boost? How about angled street parking?")
Eastsider LA
New City Rules Let Builders Swap Car Parking For Bike Parking
Curbed LA
Opinion: The Long Wait ("This Op-Docs video really just looks at New York’s transportation issues. I’ve been working on finding solutions to the larger, overwhelming issue of inaccessibility and building design. In response, I’ve created AXS Map, a crowd-sourced accessibility map that gives freedom to people with mobility challenges, their friends, family and supporters.")
New York Times
Outgoing AASHTO Director: Assess Gas Tax By The Dollar, Not By The Gallon
StreetsBlog DC
San Bernardino's Andrea Travis-Miller Voted In As New COG Executive Director
Pasadena Star-News
Selected State DOT Cost Reduction Initiatives For The Administration Of State Public Transportation Programs
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Transparency: What To Consider Before Releasing Data To The Public
Government Technology
The Dynamics Of Opening Government Data: A White Paper (34p. PDF)
SUNY Albany Center For Technology In Government
Unsung Hero Of 7th And Broadway Puts An End To Downtown Ticket Trap
KCET
The US Has Only 5 True BRT Systems, And None Are "Gold"
Greater Greater Washington
What To Do About The Gas Tax? ("Two states, two different approaches for fixing how we pay for roads.")
Governing
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CityWatch
Are Cars "Going Out Of Style" In Europe?
Wall Street Journal
As Good And Important As It Is, LEED Can Be So Embarrassing
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Baldwin Hills Parklands Shuttle Opening On Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend (La Cienega Expo Line to Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area : Press release PDF)
Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Second District
California High-Speed Rail Cost Figures Coming In, But No One Will See Them Yet
Silicon Valley Mercury News
California High-Speed Rail Pairs With Amtrak For Cost And Clout
KPCC Southern California Public Radio
California Works With Amtrak To Make High-Speed Rail
CBS News
City Releases DEIR For 5 Year Bike Plan Implementation / My Figueroa Project. Further Study Not Needed
StreetsBlog LA
City Of Los Angeles 2010 Bicycle Plan: First Year Of The First Five-Year Implementation Strategy And Figueroa Streetscape Project -- Draft Environmental Impact Report, January 2013 (links to report sections)
City Of Los Angeles City Planning Department
Connecting With A Cleaner World ("Supporters believe much-maligned 710 Freeway tunnels will greatly ease congestion and dramatically improve air quality for millions of people.")
Pasadena Weekly
FTA Grapples With Likely Funding Cuts ("The Federal Transit Administration now finds itself up against almost certain funding cuts that imperil rail and bus expansion projects, as well as the agency’s own staffing.")
StreetsBlog DC
In Oregon, Pushing Ahead With Road Use Fees
The Atlantic: Cities
LA Councilman Introduces Motion To Connect ONT To Metrolink System
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Lost Train Depots Of Los Angeles ("The city's grandest passenger terminal, Union Station, survives today. But its historic predecessors, which welcomed millions to the city, have all vanished from the cityscape." Numerous archival images from collections around the city illustrate this history)
LA As Subject via KCET
Metro Responds To FastTrack Criticism: Removing Monthly Fees Opens Budget Hole, Encourages People Outside L.A. County To Purchase, Not Use, Transponders
StreetsBlog LA
A New Angle On Figueroa Street Parking ("What can be done to give Figueroa and other lagging Highland Park streets a boost? How about angled street parking?")
Eastsider LA
New City Rules Let Builders Swap Car Parking For Bike Parking
Curbed LA
Opinion: The Long Wait ("This Op-Docs video really just looks at New York’s transportation issues. I’ve been working on finding solutions to the larger, overwhelming issue of inaccessibility and building design. In response, I’ve created AXS Map, a crowd-sourced accessibility map that gives freedom to people with mobility challenges, their friends, family and supporters.")
New York Times
Outgoing AASHTO Director: Assess Gas Tax By The Dollar, Not By The Gallon
StreetsBlog DC
San Bernardino's Andrea Travis-Miller Voted In As New COG Executive Director
Pasadena Star-News
Selected State DOT Cost Reduction Initiatives For The Administration Of State Public Transportation Programs
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Transparency: What To Consider Before Releasing Data To The Public
Government Technology
The Dynamics Of Opening Government Data: A White Paper (34p. PDF)
SUNY Albany Center For Technology In Government
Unsung Hero Of 7th And Broadway Puts An End To Downtown Ticket Trap
KCET
The US Has Only 5 True BRT Systems, And None Are "Gold"
Greater Greater Washington
What To Do About The Gas Tax? ("Two states, two different approaches for fixing how we pay for roads.")
Governing
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1/17/2013
Gold Line, Port Of LA, OC Bike Sharing, Amtrak & CAHSR, Bikes vs. Cars, Infrastructure, Walking & More
2-Wheeled Power: Bicycles Share Space With Latest Car Models At Auto Show In Detroit
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Pedaling To The Top: How Bicycles Stormed The Detroit Auto Show ("More people are biking in cities across the US, a trend that the Detroit auto show incorporated into their 2013 show.")
Christian Science Monitor
4 Ways The Feds Are Making Transit Better
The Atlantic: Cities
AASHTO Backs $50 Billion In Transportation Infrastructure Bonds
Transport Topics
America's Infrastructure Ranks 25th In The World
Business Insider
Amtrak, California High-Speed Rail Authority To Announce Plans For Next-Generation Trainsets; Amtrak To Expand Lancaster Station Project
Progressive Railroading
Bicycle Sharing Rolls Out In Anaheim
Orange County Register
City Seeks Feedback On L.A. Surface Street Transit
Westwood-Century City Patch
Congressman Weighs In On Metro Board Nomination: Keep Najarian
StreetsBlog LA
Digital Dispatches From The Transportation Research Front
The Transit Wire
The Disturbing And Sometimes Transit Challenge Of Walking In America
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
DTLA Developments Contribute To LA's Record-Breaking Tourism Year
Blog Downtown
Echo Park And Highland Park To Get Updates On Streetscape And Housing Developments
Eastsider LA
Failure To Act: The Impact Of Current Infrastructure Investment On America's Economic Future (28p. PDF)
American Society Of Civil Engineers
Finally: A Transit Ticket On Your Smart Phone
The Atlantic: Cities
Gensler's MLK Medical Center Plan Centered On Walking/Biking
Curbed LA
Gold Line-Adjacent Highland Park Transit Village Ready To Go
Curbed LA
Grider And Dow's 1894 Los Angeles ("Old Chinatown with all its illicit charms is noted on the land where Union Station would later be built.")
Los Angeles Magazine
High-Speed Rail Critic Jeff Denham To Chair House Railroad Panel
Fresno Bee
How To Get Census Age Breakdown Data In One Year Increments
Cubit Planning
Long Beach: Bridging The Racial Inequalities Within Cycling
StreetsBlog LA
Port Of LA Breaks Ground For West Basin Railyard
Marine Log
Practitioner's Guide To Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Into The Collaborative Decision-Making Framework (223p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
Prediction Of The Day: Cities Will Soon Compete To Build Driverless Car Infrastructure
The Atlantic: Cities
Pro-Bike Republican Tom Petri To Chair Key House Transpo Panel
StreetsBlog DC
Rep. Denham: Not "One More Penny" For Calif. High-Speed Railway ("California Rep. Jeff Denham (R) was appointed chairman of the House Transportation Committee's Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials subcommittee Wednesday.")
The Hill
Regional Connector Seeks Contractor
Curbed LA
San Gabriel Valley Council Of Governments Expected To Pick New Executive Director Thursday
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Scoopsville: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Is Exiting Office
Chicago Sun Times
Smartphone App Developers Say Metro Unnecessarily Limits Bus Data
Washington Post
Transit Repair Backlog Will Get Renewed Focus
Stateline
Walkers And Bikers Will Learn To Get Along This Saturday ("Held in collaboration with the Elysian Valley Neighborhood Watch (EVNW), the event aims to educate cyclists and pedestrians on these subtle road rules and relationships on the river path.")
KCET
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Pedaling To The Top: How Bicycles Stormed The Detroit Auto Show ("More people are biking in cities across the US, a trend that the Detroit auto show incorporated into their 2013 show.")
Christian Science Monitor
4 Ways The Feds Are Making Transit Better
The Atlantic: Cities
AASHTO Backs $50 Billion In Transportation Infrastructure Bonds
Transport Topics
America's Infrastructure Ranks 25th In The World
Business Insider
Amtrak, California High-Speed Rail Authority To Announce Plans For Next-Generation Trainsets; Amtrak To Expand Lancaster Station Project
Progressive Railroading
Bicycle Sharing Rolls Out In Anaheim
Orange County Register
City Seeks Feedback On L.A. Surface Street Transit
Westwood-Century City Patch
Congressman Weighs In On Metro Board Nomination: Keep Najarian
StreetsBlog LA
Digital Dispatches From The Transportation Research Front
The Transit Wire
The Disturbing And Sometimes Transit Challenge Of Walking In America
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
DTLA Developments Contribute To LA's Record-Breaking Tourism Year
Blog Downtown
Echo Park And Highland Park To Get Updates On Streetscape And Housing Developments
Eastsider LA
Failure To Act: The Impact Of Current Infrastructure Investment On America's Economic Future (28p. PDF)
American Society Of Civil Engineers
Finally: A Transit Ticket On Your Smart Phone
The Atlantic: Cities
Gensler's MLK Medical Center Plan Centered On Walking/Biking
Curbed LA
Gold Line-Adjacent Highland Park Transit Village Ready To Go
Curbed LA
Grider And Dow's 1894 Los Angeles ("Old Chinatown with all its illicit charms is noted on the land where Union Station would later be built.")
Los Angeles Magazine
High-Speed Rail Critic Jeff Denham To Chair House Railroad Panel
Fresno Bee
How To Get Census Age Breakdown Data In One Year Increments
Cubit Planning
Long Beach: Bridging The Racial Inequalities Within Cycling
StreetsBlog LA
Port Of LA Breaks Ground For West Basin Railyard
Marine Log
Practitioner's Guide To Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Into The Collaborative Decision-Making Framework (223p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
Prediction Of The Day: Cities Will Soon Compete To Build Driverless Car Infrastructure
The Atlantic: Cities
Pro-Bike Republican Tom Petri To Chair Key House Transpo Panel
StreetsBlog DC
Rep. Denham: Not "One More Penny" For Calif. High-Speed Railway ("California Rep. Jeff Denham (R) was appointed chairman of the House Transportation Committee's Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials subcommittee Wednesday.")
The Hill
Regional Connector Seeks Contractor
Curbed LA
San Gabriel Valley Council Of Governments Expected To Pick New Executive Director Thursday
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Scoopsville: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Is Exiting Office
Chicago Sun Times
Smartphone App Developers Say Metro Unnecessarily Limits Bus Data
Washington Post
Transit Repair Backlog Will Get Renewed Focus
Stateline
Walkers And Bikers Will Learn To Get Along This Saturday ("Held in collaboration with the Elysian Valley Neighborhood Watch (EVNW), the event aims to educate cyclists and pedestrians on these subtle road rules and relationships on the river path.")
KCET
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1/16/2013
Union Station, Van Nuys Blvd, Managed Lanes, CAHSR, Basket Bridge, Bike Sharing, Walking, Planning & More
January 16: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (The San Gabriel Valley is the first region in Los Angeles County covered by an extensive new regional highway plan to accommodate the projected rapid growth in population, personal automobiles...and the dirigible.)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog
America Is A Walking Disaster ("In much of America, walking – that most basic and human method of movement, and the one most important to our health – is all but impossible. Maybe not literally impossible, but inconvenient at best, and tragically dangerous way too often.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Big Data Meets Big Brother In Passenger Screening Line
NextGov
Bike Sharing Systems Push To Reach Underrepresented Groups
Greater Greater Washington
California's "Foothills Basket" Bridge Finished
Rail.co (U.K.)
A Case For Abolishing Parking Tickets
The Atlantic: Cities
Charlotte Transit Chief Touts Rail, Expansion ("Charlotte’s top transit executive says the five-year-old light-rail line has directly led to an additional $18.8 million in tax revenue along the corridor. Charlotte Flowers, chief executive of the Charlotte Area Transit System, cited transit-oriented development -- apartments, shopping and other services that sprout near light rail and other projects -- as one of the success stories of taxpayer investments in transit.")
Charlotte Business Journal
Discount Bus Lines Like Megabus And Even Greyhound Are "Building Empires" Across America As Intercity Travel Booms
International Business Times
Englander/Buscaino Road Bond Off The Ballot For 2013
StreetsBlog LA
Ex-Transit Chief Lhota Heads Toward NY Mayoral Run
Associated Press
Fred Harvey Cafe At Union Station Still Looking For Operator
LA Observed
Union Station's Harvey House Seeks Full-Time Operator
Eater LA
FTA Releases $7M In Transit Workforce Development Funds
Metro Magazine
Google, Apple, Nokia, And The Quest For The Perfect Map ("Why are Google, Apple, Nokia, and Microsoft funneling significant resources into creating the best digital maps? "[A]ll share the same hunch that maps sit at the core of our digital future," writes Farhad Manjoo.")
Fast Company
Hold Off On Zipcar's Eulogy: Planners Are Key To Carsharing's Next Act
Planetizen
House Panel Rejects Proposal To End Feds' Mass Transit Benefit
Government Executive
Ideas For Downtown LA: Using Grand Central Terminal NYC As A Model For LA Union Station
DTLA Rising
Land Acquisition Starts For California High-Speed Project
Rail Journal
Life In The Slow Lane: San Diegans Spend More Time On The Road Than Angelenos
San Diego Free Press
Priced Managed Lane Guide ("This Guide is intended to be a comprehensive source of collective experience gained from priced managed lanes implemented in the United States through 2012. The Guide presents a wide range of information on priced managed lanes. The purpose of this guide is to assist transportation professionals as they consider, plan, and implement priced managed lanes projects.")
Federal Highway Administration Tolling And Pricing Program
Rail Authority Gets OK To Solicit 356 Valley Parcels
Fresno Bee
Ray LaHood's Status: "Nothing To Report"
Politico
Reports Foresee Trillion-Dollar Spending Gap For U.S. Infrastructure
Washington Post
Streetcar Out, Light Rail Or Busway In For Van Nuys Boulevard
Curbed LA
Today In Foreign Policy: American Interests Demand Walkable Communities
StreetsBlog DC
Top Reasons People Stop Using Public Transit
Governing
When Los Angeles City Hall Commanded The L.A. Skyline (A look at Los Angeles' three City Halls prior to our current edifice built in 1928)
LA as Subject via Los Angeles Magazine
Who Teaches Planning? ("What role does the background of planning faculty, and the institutions from which they earned their degrees, have on the training of future planners? Tom Sanchez examines the profile of the nation’s planning faculty to help advance this discussion.")
Planetizen
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
America Is A Walking Disaster ("In much of America, walking – that most basic and human method of movement, and the one most important to our health – is all but impossible. Maybe not literally impossible, but inconvenient at best, and tragically dangerous way too often.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Big Data Meets Big Brother In Passenger Screening Line
NextGov
Bike Sharing Systems Push To Reach Underrepresented Groups
Greater Greater Washington
California's "Foothills Basket" Bridge Finished
Rail.co (U.K.)
A Case For Abolishing Parking Tickets
The Atlantic: Cities
Charlotte Transit Chief Touts Rail, Expansion ("Charlotte’s top transit executive says the five-year-old light-rail line has directly led to an additional $18.8 million in tax revenue along the corridor. Charlotte Flowers, chief executive of the Charlotte Area Transit System, cited transit-oriented development -- apartments, shopping and other services that sprout near light rail and other projects -- as one of the success stories of taxpayer investments in transit.")
Charlotte Business Journal
Discount Bus Lines Like Megabus And Even Greyhound Are "Building Empires" Across America As Intercity Travel Booms
International Business Times
Englander/Buscaino Road Bond Off The Ballot For 2013
StreetsBlog LA
Ex-Transit Chief Lhota Heads Toward NY Mayoral Run
Associated Press
Fred Harvey Cafe At Union Station Still Looking For Operator
LA Observed
Union Station's Harvey House Seeks Full-Time Operator
Eater LA
FTA Releases $7M In Transit Workforce Development Funds
Metro Magazine
Google, Apple, Nokia, And The Quest For The Perfect Map ("Why are Google, Apple, Nokia, and Microsoft funneling significant resources into creating the best digital maps? "[A]ll share the same hunch that maps sit at the core of our digital future," writes Farhad Manjoo.")
Fast Company
Hold Off On Zipcar's Eulogy: Planners Are Key To Carsharing's Next Act
Planetizen
House Panel Rejects Proposal To End Feds' Mass Transit Benefit
Government Executive
Ideas For Downtown LA: Using Grand Central Terminal NYC As A Model For LA Union Station
DTLA Rising
Land Acquisition Starts For California High-Speed Project
Rail Journal
Life In The Slow Lane: San Diegans Spend More Time On The Road Than Angelenos
San Diego Free Press
Priced Managed Lane Guide ("This Guide is intended to be a comprehensive source of collective experience gained from priced managed lanes implemented in the United States through 2012. The Guide presents a wide range of information on priced managed lanes. The purpose of this guide is to assist transportation professionals as they consider, plan, and implement priced managed lanes projects.")
Federal Highway Administration Tolling And Pricing Program
Rail Authority Gets OK To Solicit 356 Valley Parcels
Fresno Bee
Ray LaHood's Status: "Nothing To Report"
Politico
Reports Foresee Trillion-Dollar Spending Gap For U.S. Infrastructure
Washington Post
Streetcar Out, Light Rail Or Busway In For Van Nuys Boulevard
Curbed LA
Today In Foreign Policy: American Interests Demand Walkable Communities
StreetsBlog DC
Top Reasons People Stop Using Public Transit
Governing
When Los Angeles City Hall Commanded The L.A. Skyline (A look at Los Angeles' three City Halls prior to our current edifice built in 1928)
LA as Subject via Los Angeles Magazine
Who Teaches Planning? ("What role does the background of planning faculty, and the institutions from which they earned their degrees, have on the training of future planners? Tom Sanchez examines the profile of the nation’s planning faculty to help advance this discussion.")
Planetizen
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.
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