Metro Library and Archive Transportation Headlines

Garcetti Elected Mayor, Metro Blue Line, Leimert Park Station, Westchester Station, LAX Terminal, DOT Secretary, National Rail Funding & More

2013-05-22T09:25:00.004-07:00

May 22: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Division 3 opens in 1907 (check out our 1915 photo); Los Angeles Railway gets its first labor agreement on working conditions and wages 76 years ago today)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

3 Recommendations For Strengthening The Federal-State Partnership On Passenger Rail
Transportation Issues Daily

Anthony Foxx Confirmation Hearing For Transportation Secretary Set For Wednesday
Washington Post

The Business Of Bike Sharing ("To function efficiently, there needs to be enough bikes to borrow, and enough spaces in the rack to receive returned bikes. Capital Bikeshare has a staff of 25 that tries to keep that delicate balance in order by redistributing bikes around the city.")
Washington Post

Centerpiece Of Remodeled LAX Terminal Named For Villaraigosa
Los Angeles Times

Five Essential Elements Of A Placemaking Campaign
Project For Public Spaces

The Forgotten Urban Transportation Problem We Should Be Trying To Fix
The Atlantic: Cities

Funding For Leimert Park And Westchester Stations On Crenshaw Line To Be Discussed In Special City Council Session On Wednesday
StreetsBlog LA

GOP, Amtrak Debate Responsibility For Long-Distance Train Routes
The Hill

Just 15% Of L.A. Voters Turned Out To Elect A New Mayor
The Atlantic: Cities

L.A. County To Study Demolishing Part Of Men's Central Jail
Los Angeles Times

L.A. Mayor's Race: It's Eric Garcetti By Wide Margin ("Garcetti took 54% of the vote compared with 46% for Greuel in preliminary results, ending speculation that the race was so tight that a winner might not be known for weeks. Some mail-in ballots must still be counted, but they are not expected to significantly change the results.")
Los Angeles Times

Lane Splitting: Should It Be Legal In California?
Riverside Press-Enterprise

A Look Back At L.A.'s Most Significant Mayors And The Work That Remains For Tuesday's Winner
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy

A Los Angeles Primer: The Blue Line
KCET

Public Transportation Users Predict Big Increases In The Use Of Smartphones, Paperless Travel And Social Media
Accenture
Future Of Public Transport: Highlights From The 2013 Accenture Survey Of Public Transit Users In Nine Of The World's Major Cities (PDF infographic)
Accenture

Taking The Guesswork Out Of Designing For Walkability
Planetizen

Taxes Too High? Try Building Walkable, Mixed-Use Development
StreetsBlog DC
Building Better Budgets: A National Examination Of The Fiscal Beneftis Of Smart Growth Development (53p. PDF)
Smart Growth America

Visualizing The Impact Of Mega-Storms On Transit
The Atlantic: Cities

W Hollywood Penthouses: All The Glitz, None Of The Grit
Los Angeles Times

Water, Transit And Toxic Hotspots Are Among Environmental Issues Awaiting LA's Next Mayor
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

Where Is Public Transportation Going? Insights From The High Performers (2p. PDF)
Accenture
Beyond The Traditional: Establishing New Rules And Roles For Public Transportation (12p. PDF)
Accenture

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Metro Gold Line Chinatown Station, LAX, LGB, CAHSR, VMT, Metro Social Media & Planning, Bus Funding & Health, Bike Lanes, OC Toll Roads & More

2013-05-21T10:44:00.002-07:00

May 21: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (90 years ago today, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors call for a comprehensive highway study which leads to two remarkable studies and associated maps)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Alameda County Details How Transit Cuts Harm Health
KQED
Getting On Board For Health: A Health Impact Assessment Of Bus Funding And Access: Executive Summary (14p. PDF)
Alameda County Public Health Department

Areas With Most Commuters Reap Benefits And Costs
Governing

Bike Lane Critics, Supporters Meet On San Pedro Street Corners
Daily Breeze

California High-Speed Rail Challenge Will Move Forward
Transportation Nation

Colorado Esplanade Moves Forward ("The Colorado Esplanade, as it’s called, is first and foremost a street project that will make Colorado Avenue one-way between Fourth Street and Ocean Avenue to provide more space for pedestrians and bicyclists disembarking from the Exposition Light Rail line, which will end slightly east of the project.")
Santa Monica Daily Press

Could This Be A Solution To VMT Privacy Concerns?
Transportation Issues Daily

Crumpled Railcars Led To Designs Saving Commuters' Lives
Bloomberg

A Decade Later, Blossom Plaza Breaks Ground ("The project will also add a walkway connecting the Metro Gold Line Station to Broadway, making it easier to get from the light rail line to the heart of the community.")
Los Angeles Downtown News

Density: Census Numbers Betray an L.A. Cliché
KCET

Do We Suddenly Hate Driving? ("Is PIRG on the mark in terms of its projections about reduced driving? How does the data change the way we should think about infrastructure? Will millennials' driving behavior increase when, like me, they have to start carting children to baseball games and martial arts classes? Is there a business opportunity to be developed in the country's overall change in behavior? If driving continues to decline, how far would that go toward solving the infrastructure funding shortfall?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog

Giving Bike Rack Power To The Bus Drivers
Mass Transit

Great Hall At LAX's New Bradley Terminal To Be Named For Antonio Villaraigosa
Los Angeles Daily News

How Clean Is The Air We Breathe In Cities?
The City Fix

LA Metro Uses Social Media In The Planning Process ("This was the first time that Metro incorporated comments received via social media into the official record for projects governed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)." Interview with Jody Litvak, community relations director at Metro)
The Transit Wire

Long Beach Airport Has Lowest Fares In California, Second Lowest In Nation
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Mayor Found $40MM For Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Stop
Curbed LA

Metro Wants To Charge Developers For Traffic Mitigation
Curbed LA

The Next Stop In Public Transit Advertising: Audio
Governing

Obama's Budget Would Save The Transpo Trust Fund. If Only It Were Real
StreetsBlog DC

O.C. Toll Roads Land CEO For Pared-Back $240,000 ("The offer wasn't quite the $615,000 handshake that Orange County toll-road operators initially had in mind, but in the end it was enough to land a chief executive described as both a veteran and a visionary.")
Orange County Register

OCTA Board To Revisit Pay-Toll Idea On 405 Project
Orange County Register

SanBag Reaffirms Support For Extending Gold Line To Montclair
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

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Orange Line Crush, Crenshaw Leimert Station, Big Blue Bus, 405 Delays, Subway Noise, Mayoral Race & Transpo, OCTA Toll Roads & More

2013-05-20T09:29:00.003-07:00

A $750 Billion Infrastructure Bank -- With No Federal Funds
Transportation Issues Daily

BBB Any Line, Any Time For SMC Renewed
Santa Monica Mirror

Bus Stop At Olive View's Mental Health Center Could Be Lifesaver
Los Angeles Daily News

Congressman Can't Stomach 405 Delay
Malibu Times

Does The General Disparity In Engineering Harm Cycling In The U.S.?
StreetsBlog DC

Editorial: L.A. County Should Slow Down On Fee To Limit Traffic
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

For Many Angelenos, Every Day Is Bike-To-Work Day
StreetsBlog LA

If You Live In The South Bay, Take A Stand Tonight For New Bike Lanes
StreetsBlog LA

Infographics: Where Is Bike Comuting Growing The Fastest?
League Of American Bicyclists

L.A. Philharmonic Concerned About Potential Subway Noise ("A test suggests that a new downtown connector line might be heard in Disney Hall. Metro says it will find a way to eliminate all sounds.")
Los Angeles Times

L.A.'s Next Mayor To Have Regional Impact ("The city's mayor also plays a key role in transportation policy - controlling three or four seats on the Metropolitan Transportation Agency's board of directors - and also has influence on issues such as goods movement from the ports through the Inland Empire as well as airports such as Los Angeles International and L.A./Ontario International.")
Pasadena Star-News

Mayor Candidates On Transportation: Innovation vs. Tried And True ("L.A. mayor candidates Garcetti and Greuel have similar track records on city transportation problems, but there are a few notable differences...A key challenge for the new mayor will be influencing decisions on the countywide Metropolitan Transportation Authority board. ")
Los Angeles Times

Mayor Villaraigosa Committed To Funding For Leimert Park Station-Stop
Los Angeles Sentinel

Metro Considers Adding Fees To Every New Home, Store Or Office Building To Fight Congestion ("Developers in Los Angeles County are bracing themselves for a new layer of congestion fees that would add about $1,900 per new home and about $30,000 on a new Trader Joe's store, The added fees are being considered as part of a developing Congestion Mitigation Fee Program, 10 years in the making by the county's Metropolitan Transportation Authority or Metro.")
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

New CEO For Toll Roads ("Transportation industry veteran Neil Peterson has agreed to take the chief executive post of the Transportation Corridor Agencies in Irvine...Peterson also was executive director of the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission")
Orange County Business Journal

Ontario, San Bernardino County Set To Sue LAWA
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Orange Crush ("The Orange Line is feeling the squeeze. An immediate success upon its opening in 2005, ridership continues to surge on the San Fernando Valley’s dedicated busway, which runs from Woodland Hills and Chatsworth to North Hollywood. The line currently handles more than 30,000 passengers on an average weekday, making it the second busiest bus line in Los Angeles County.")
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District

Santa Monica Awarded Silver & 83/100 Bike Score, But Just How Helpful Are Such City Rankings?
StreetsBlog LA

Transportation Nominee Anthony Foxx Prepares For DC Debut At Confirmation Hearing
Charlotte Observer

Transportation Workers Are Most Obese ("Transportation workers have a 36% obesity rate, the highest rate among 14 occupation groups measured by Gallup.")
Town Talk

Westlake-MacArthur Park: How A Neighborhood Park Became A City Treasure
LA as Subject via KCET

With Less Driving, Can We Tone Down The Hysteria About Congestion?
StreetsBlog DC

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Expo Line Opportunities, Expo Lawsuit, Perris Metrolink Lawsuit, Crenshaw Subway, Most Bikeable Neighborhoods, Amtrak WiFi, San Pedro Bike Lanes & More

2013-05-17T10:31:00.003-07:00

50th Anniversary For The Transportation Research Record: Journal Of The Transportation Research Board
Transportation Research Board

America's Most Bikeable Neighborhoods ("In honor of Bike to Work Day, we pulled together a list of America's [25] most bike-friendly neighborhoods. The neighborhood rankings below are based on the latest neighborhood-level data provided to us by the folks at Walk Score.")
The Atlantic: Cities

Amtrak Is Introducing Acela-Like Wi-Fi ("Several state-supported routes in California, including the Capitol Corridor, Pacific Surfliner and San Joaquin routes, have also been upgraded.")
New York Times

Are Streetcars The Future Of Public Transportation? ("Suddenly streetcars — those clanging, clattering, spark-emitting icons of public transit’s past — are among the hottest and most coveted components of public transit’s future. Right now the list of cities looking to introduce new streetcar lines or extend existing ones reads like a back-of-the-envelope tally by members of the NBA’s expansion-team task force, circa 1978: in addition to Charlotte, there’s Dallas, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Fort Lauderdale, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Tucson, among others.")
Salon

Bike To Work Day 2013: Tips For A Green Commute
Huffington Post

Crenshaw Subway Coalition Report Card Rates Greuel Higher Than Garcetti
StreetsBlog LA

Criticism Mounts Over San Pedro Bike Lane Changes
Daily Breeze

Developing Partnerships Between Transportation Agencies And The Disability And Underrepresented Communities (61p. PDF)
Transit Cooperative Research Program

Expo Line Provides New Opportunities For South L.A.
Los Angeles Wave

Google Escalates The Competition In Map Services
New York Times

Honolulu Light Rail Announces Art Program
Metro Magazine

Hop On The Subway To Discover LA (Washington Post story about Metro Art Program from a few days ago now appears in New Zealand news source)
Stuff (New Zealand)

Illinois Considering Naming Portion Of Highway After Ray LaHood
The Hill

Is A Future Baseline The Baseline Of The Future? Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In Neighbors For Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority
Thomas Law Group

Judge Dumps EIR For Metrolink Extension ("A planned extension of Metrolink train service to Perris won’t happen anytime soon. A judge has decertified the Environmental Impact Report.")
Inland News Today

Judge To Hear Lawsuits Over High-Speed Rail Bonds
Associated Press

Los Angeles Grows Up (audio : "Los Angeles is historically horizontal, but it's becoming increasingly vertical with a host of new projects going up from downtown to Santa Monica. So-called “smart growth" dictates that high-rise workspace and housing -are the only ways to accommodate increased growth within defined city limits.")
KCRW Which Way L.A.?

Mapping LA's Bike Commuting Habits By Neighborhood
Curbed LA

New York's MTA Takes First Steps Toward Hardening Subway Against Future Storms
WNYC

North Of Salt Lake City, A 21st-Century Highway Revolt
Next City

Obama To Streamline Permits For Infrastructure Projects
The Hill

Pedestrian/Bicycle Warning Devices And Signs At Highway-Rail And Pathway-Rail Grade Crossings (176p. PDF)
Illinois Center For Transportation

Perris Valley Line: Judge Tosses Environmental Impact Report
Riverside Press-Enterprise

The Potential Problem With Personalized Google Maps? We May Never Know What We're Not Seeing
The Atlantic: Cities

Railroads, Transit Agencies Focus On Retaining Young Workers
Progressive Railroading

Regional Connector's Bunker Hill Stop Could Get Grand Avenue Pedestrian Bridge Link-Up
Curbed LA

Solo Driving Drops In DC As Transit And Biking Soar
StreetsBlog DC

South Pas, Metro Officials Issue "Bike To Work" Challenge
South Pasadena Patch

Subway Coalition Weighs In On Mayor's Race
Los Angeles Wave

There's No Doubt: Traffic Enforcement Cameras Save Lives
StreetsBlog DC

The Top 5 Intersections For Speeding Tickets In Los Angeles
Curbed LA

Traction And The Enemy (Photo from last day of rail service along Santa Monica Boulevard, taken May 31, 1953 east of Fairfax Avenue)
Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society

Transportation For The Millennial Generation (extensive infographic)
TOD News

The World's Most Luxurious Metro Station (must-see photos)
The Atlantic: Cities

Weekend Traffic: Plan A 405 Detour At Santa Monica Boulevard Friday And Saturday Night (includes comprehensive list of regional transit rider alerts, ramp closures and construction updates)
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

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710 Freeway Extension, "Bikeaggeddon", Cap And Trade, SCIG Rail Yard & More

2013-05-15T09:57:00.000-07:00

May 15: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Metro releases a draft environmental impact report for a San Fernando Valley east-west rapidway in 2001. It opens as the Metro Orange Line on October 29, 2005)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Alhambra One Of The Few To Reaffirm Support For 710 Freeway Extension
Pasadena Sun

Bike Sharing? Sure. The Racks? No Way
New York Times

Bikeaggeddon As Metro Closes Bike Path For 405 "Improvements": Re-Opening Date A Moving Target
StreetsBlog LA

Brown's Budget Sends Cap And Trade Funds To Black Hole Of General Fund
StreetsBlog LA

Giving Teens The Option Not To Drive
The Atlantic: Cities

Long Beach City Council Unanimously Approves Lawsuit Against City Of Los Angeles Over Proposed SCIG Rail Yard
StreetsBlog LA

Long Beach To Sue L.A. Over Port Project
Long Beach Press-Telegram

A Los Angeles Primer: The Miracle Mile
KCET

Millennials Will Drive More As They Age, But Still Less Than Their Parents
StreetsBlog DC

Reward Offered In Violent Attack On Metro Bus Driver
KTLA

University Of Michigan Launches New Center To Transform Mobility ("U-M has established the Michigan Mobility Transformation Center as a partnership with government and industry to dramatically improve the safety, sustainability and accessibility of ways that people and goods move from place to place in our society.")
University Of Michigan

U.S. PIRG: The Driving Boom Is Over But The Road-Building Binge Continues
StreetsBlog DC

When L.A.'s Farmers Market Came To Third And Fairfax
LA as Subject via Los Angeles Magazine

Why We Should Never Fine Cyclists
The Atlantic: Cities

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Expo Line, Wilshire Bus Lanes, Metrolink TAP, The Great Parade, UCLA Commute, CEQA, ONT, Bike Lanes & More

2013-05-13T10:09:00.001-07:00

May 13: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Los Angeles Railway introduces a 7-day pass, authorizing all employees to sell unlimited weekly access for $1.00)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

Airport Inks Marketing Deal With Rose Bowl, UCLA Sports
Burbank Leader

Bike Lanes Led To 49% Increase In Retail Sales
Boing Boing
Measuring The Street: New Metrics For 21st Century Streets (16p. PDF)
New York City DOT

Bikeside Asks Again: Is L.A. Bike Friendly?
StreetsBlog LA

Bundy Drive Expo Line Utility Work Continues Monday ("Heavy machinery to be used in day and nighttime hours in West Los Angeles to make way for the Bundy Expo Line extension station.")
Brentwood Patch

Celebrating L.A.'s Hidden Walkability
The Atlantic: Cities

CEQA Roundup: What The CEQA Debate Is Really About
California Economic Summit

Cities Ramp Up Data Projects (Overview of "big data" and "open data" movements)
Governing

Extreme Commuter: UCLA Staffer Bikes 22 Miles To Campus From Valley
UCLA Today

Fail Harder: Lessons From L.A.'s Best Unrealized Transit Ideas
GOOD

First Wilshire Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit Lane Work Begins
Brentwood Patch

Hey, I Am Walking In Los Angeles, And You Can Too
GOOD

Historic Dayton Avenue Signal Tower Relocated As Work Begins On The Taylor Yard Development ("...as part of the site work underway at the Taylor Yard Transit Village site.")
News & Insights

Interstate 5 Lane Closures, Pavement Improvement Project
Santa Clarita Valley Signal

Metro Windfall Won't Help Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Stop
Curbed LA

Metrolink To Provide TAP-Enabled Tickets
Metrolink How To Ride

Next CicLAvia To Show Off Architectural History Of Wilshire Blvd.
Curbed LA

NYC Holds Bike-Share Program Demonstration
Greenwich Time

Opinion: Metro Must Keep Faith On Gold Line (Doug Tessitor and Sam Pedroza, Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority Directors)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Secretary Of Transportation: Who Is Anthony Foxx?
AllGov

Sixth Street Bridge Replacement Bringing Upgrades All Around
Curbed LA

Struggling Ontario Unimpressed With LA's Efforts To Help
Curbed LA

Traffic Pollution May Be Harming Kids In Ways We Never Imagined
The Atlantic: Cities

Train The Trainer Pilot Courses For Incident Responders And Managers (210p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program

Using Development Charges As A Transit Funding Mechanism
Human Transit

Vast Network Of Express Lanes On Way ("Despite nationwide declines in ridesharing, the San Diego region is embarking on a vast expansion of “next-generation” carpool corridors.")
San Diego Union-Tribune

Ventura County Officials Urge People To Pedal To Work
Ventura County Star

WeHo Weekend "Entertainment Shuttle" Gets Branding Company
WeHoVille

Work On 5, 170 Freeways To Divert Traffic Tuesday And Wednesday
Los Angeles Daily News

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Crenshaw Line, Metrolink, Bicycle Advocacy, Transit Funding, Wilshire CicLAvia, L.A.'s "Underground" Art & More

2013-05-10T09:22:00.004-07:00

May 10: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Metro unveils two massive solar panel installations in the San Fernando Valley which ensure huge future savings for the agency)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

California Transportation Commission Approves Nearly $1 Billion In New Construction Projects To Improve Transportation And Drive Economic Growth
Caltrans News Release

CicLAvia Introduces Iconic Wilshire Boulevard Route For June 23rd Open Streets Festival (includes map)
StreetsBlog LA

Civic Engagement In The Digital Age (59p. PDF)
Pew Research Center

Cyclists Go Positive Against Mis-Information Campaign In Northeast L.A.
StreetsBlog LA

Executive Order Making Open And Machine Readable The New Default For Government Information
White House Press Release
Landmark Steps To Liberate Open Data
White House Blog

If You Pay Sales Tax At Amazon.com, Your Transit System Could Improve
StreetsBlog DC

Infographic: What Makes A Bicycle Friendly Community?
League Of American Bicyclists
Full-screen PDF of this must-see infographic

L.A.'s Underground Art Scene ("This is a story about Underground Los Angeles. Not the underground music scene — the underground art scene. The subway art scene...Red Line art may not be part of the normal tourist route, but it’s worth a morning or an afternoon. You need to get off the train at some of the 14 stations, wander around the platform, go up to a higher level to get a broad view. Explore both sides of the turnstiles. Once you’ve seen the art at one station, take the train in the same direction to the next station and enjoy the artwork there.")
Washington Post
Details: The L.A. Subway

LACMTA Receives More Than $390 Million from CTC And Caltrans For Improvements
RT&S

Lower Bus Fares? Why One Public System Is Considering It
GOOD

Metrolink To Offer Free Train Ride To Bicyclists On Bike To Work Day (May 16)
Metrolink Press Release

Mid-Town First, Metro Ready To "Break Ground" On Wilshire Bus Only Lanes
StreetsBlog LA

Nearly $70 Million Provided For Inland Projects
Riverside Press-Enterprise

Promoting Transportation Innovation: Champions Of Change
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Rev. Lee Tells Crenshaw Coalition How To Win Their Goals
Front Page Online

Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project Now Expected To Cost $1.1B
CBS Los Angeles

Spring Street Park To Open In June
Los Angeles Downtown News

Traffic Pollution May Cause Higher Rates Of Childhood Diabetes
The Atlantic: Cities

Transit Commuters Are Stinking Low-Lifes, Subaru Tells Transit Commuters ("In recent Canadian editions of Metro — the free daily distributed at transit stops — Subaru ran a two-page spread spouting just about every negative transit, and transit rider, stereotype you can think of.")
StreetsBlog

Transit Officials Find $42.6 Million That Fell "Through The Cracks" ("Los Angeles' transportation department has identified a $42.6-million accumulation of cash that should have been paid to the city's general fund over a 17-year period.")
Los Angeles Times

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405 Delays & Cost, 91 Tolls, Crenshaw Subway, Crenshaw Leimert, SCIG, ACE & More

2013-05-09T09:57:00.000-07:00

$500 Million SCIG Rail Yard Approved For Port Of Los Angeles, Setting Stage For Lawsuits
Los Angeles Daily News

ACE To Close Baldwin Avenue In El Monte For Two Years
Pasadena Star-News

BNSF Rail Yard Project Approved
Los Angeles Business Journal

California Authority To Market High-Speed Rail Project To Minority-Owned Firms
Progressive Railroading

Crenshaw Subway Coalition Get Ready For Leimert Park Train Stop Showdown
Los Angeles Wave

Delays, Costs Build Up For 405 Freeway Project In L.A. ("The 10-mile project is expected to be mostly finished by mid-2014, a year later than anticipated. Meanwhile, who pays what for cost overruns is up in the air.")
Los Angeles Times

Free, Historic, Fun: National Train Day ("Education and entertainment knowledge converges on National Train Day, which returns to downtown LA's Union Station, and several other points around the nation, on Saturday, May 11. It's a free daytime celebration, backed by Amtrak, that offers stuff to do for wee conductors-to-be as well as those people who've been riding (and dreaming about) trains for several decades. For the little riders: Activites, model train exhibits, and educational-type displays are the focus. For adult fans, tours of luxury cars will be offered.")
NBC Southern California

Highway 91: Toll Lanes Coming To Corona Stretch
Riverside Press-Enterprise

Issues With The Crenshaw-LAX Line On Crenshaw Blvd
Los Angeles Wave

L.A. Council Approves Controversial Rail Yard For Port Complex ("Action sets stage for possible court challenges alleging environmental and civil rights violations. Backers say the project would bolster efficiency and create jobs.")
Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles City Council Approves Railyard Project Near Port Of LA
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

Los Angeles Transportation Authority Lands $390 Million In State Bond Funds
Progressive Railroading

Mark Your Calendars: The Big Parade Is Back In May 2013 ("This is urban hiking at its best: two days, 35 miles, 15 Los Angeles neighborhoods, some 80 public staircases, more than two dozen parks, and -- most importantly -- making new connections and friends.")
KCET

NBCUniversal Puts $13.5 Million Toward L.A. River Bikeway
KCET

Opinion: Rail Project Makes Sense For The Region
Long Beach Post

Study: Walkable Infill Development A Goldmine For City Governments
StreetsBlog DC

Walkable Communities Aim Of UC Riverside, Community Collaboration ("UCR researchers participating in $250,000 grant to develop walkability plans for two Riverside neighborhoods.")
UC Riverside Today

Why Historical Maps Still Matter So Much, Even Today
The Atlantic: Cities

You're An Urban Planner, Too: Design A More Walkable City With This Tool
GOOD

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Crenshaw Line, L.A. Bridges, Road Pricing, Amtrak Bikes, CAHSR, ONT & More

2013-05-08T10:12:00.004-07:00

May 8: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Renowned urban planner Federick Law Olmsted, Jr. submits his major traffic street plan, one of the most important traffic studies in history, to the City Clerk. The plan addresses convergence of rapid population growth, the rise in personal automobile ownership and the peak of streetcar system use in 1924 Los Angeles)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

3 Initiatives To Drive The New Secretary Of Transportation
Huffington Post

Advocates Of Distance Based Road Pricing Look To Oregon In The Coming Months
Road Pricing

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner Adopts Wildly Anti-Bicycle Policy
StreetsBlog LA
Pacific Surfliner Rider Brochure (8p. PDF)

Caltrans Awards Los Angeles Region Nearly $194 Million To Improve Public Transit And Air Quality
Caltrans News Release

City Plans 20 Intersection Upgrades For Bridge Project
Los Angeles Downtown News

Crenshaw Line: No News Is Good News
Curbed LA

The Debate About Bike Infrastructure Has Been Settled
StreetsBlog Network

Designing A New Town Square For Our Crowded Urban Future
Fast Company Exist

Everybody Already Hates The Google Maps Redesign
The Atlantic: Cities

Growing Impact Of Social Media In Transportation Public Engagement
Transportation Issues Daily

Has High-Speed Rail Been Derailed? ("Four years after President Barack Obama declared high-speed rail a national priority, the financial hurdles seem higher than ever.")
Governing

High Speed Rail Is Not Like Toll Roads
California High Speed Rail Blog

The History Of Turning Left In Los Angeles ("Left-turn pockets didn’t appear on most L.A. roads until 1956; before then, cars waiting to turn left shared a lane with thru-traffic, as if inviting a demonstration of their rear bumpers’ effectiveness. Protected left-turn signals—first introduced on Sepulveda Boulevard in 1956—are still uncommon on L.A. streets today.")
LA as Subject via Los Angeles Magazine

If The Internet Sales Tax Fails, Expect Higher Gas Prices
Next Gov

LA Ad Town: Fake Elevated Line Edition ("This may be one of the more bizarre creative licenses I've seen in a while: The Red Line subway magically appears above ground in downtown LA, via this University of Phoenix spot.")
Franklin Avenue Blog

L.A. Board Seeks To Halt Decline At Ontario Airport ("Commissioners approve a plan to reimburse carriers for ads, incentives to lower rents and fees, and contracting out security and custodial work.")
Los Angeles Times

L.A. Is A Leader In Green Ports, Mayor Villaraigosa Says ("The world looks to L.A. for ways to reduce pollution, Villaraigosa says at a ports conference. He cites a modernization of the Port of L.A. and the state's tough emissions law.")
Los Angeles Times

Plans Move Forward On Los Cerritor/Bixby Knolls Bike Infrastructure
StreetsBlog LA

Transit-Oriented Development In The Chicago Region: Efficient And Resilient Communities For The 21st Century (62p. PDF)
Center For Neighborhood Technology

What Public Transit Data Teaches Us About How People Use A City
The Atlantic: Cities

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Expo Line Ridership, LA Streets, Anaheim Streetcar Project, LA/LB Ports, Rosemead Blvd & More

2013-05-07T09:44:00.004-07:00

May 7: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Freeway flyer bus service begins between the San Fernando Valley and downtown Los Angeles)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

The 6 (Surprising) LA 'Hoods With The Best And Worst Streets
Curbed LA

American Maglev Still Stuck At The Station
Earth Techling

Amtrak Subsidy Gone, States Must Pay The Freight To Keep Rail Routes
New York Times

Charlotte's Pro-Transit Mayor Is A Good Choice To Head The Department Of Transportation ("As a former mayor, Foxx would bring a much-needed urban perspective to our national transportation programs. The latest transportation bill shifted more funding to states, which typically prefer to spend on highway projects, at the expense of metropolitan regions. Having the mayor of a thriving city with a growing transit network at the helm of the national transit agency could help metropolitan areas get their fair share of the funding they need to serve their growing populations.")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Colorado Road Money Can Now Be Used On Transit Projects
Denver Post

Deconstructing New York's Bike-Share Freak Out
The Atlantic: Cities

Disneyland Driving Up Costs Of Anaheim Streetcar Project
Voice Of OC

Do American Transit Projects Suffer From A Democracy Deficit?
StreetsBlog Network

Exclusive First Look At Transbay Transit Center Construction
Curbed SF

Improved Bike ParkingAt Dodger Stadium? The Dodgers Earn An Incomplete
StreetsBlog LA

In The Wake Of The Times' Editorial, Our Challenge To Film L.A.
StreetsBlog LA

LA Expo Line Riders Appear To Be New Transit Riders
California High Speed Rail Blog

Letter Report On Review Of The U.S. DOT Strategic Plan For Research, Development, And Technology 2013-2018 (14p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board

Study Of Shipping Routes Maps Delivery Of Invasive Organisms ("Eggs or cells can be carried across the world in ballast water, posing a threat to local wildlife. Scientists find Los Angeles and Long Beach to be among the most vulnerable ports.")
Los Angeles Times

Temple City Businesses Have Mixed Feelings About Rosemead Boulevard Project
Pasadena Star-News

Waiting For Foxx ("What does Foxx's urban experience bring to the table for the Transportation Department? Does it matter that he knows little about highway funding formulas and infrastructure loan programs? What should Foxx be fighting for in the administration and in Congress? What can he learn from LaHood's experience? How should he handle the big issues coming up this year on water resources and passenger rail?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog

Why America's Population Density Is Falling
Reuters

Will The Nation's First Strategic Freight Plan Be Multi-Modal?
StreetsBlog DC

Your Rush-Hour Commute As An Animated Cartoon
The Atlantic: Cities

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Metro Station Gates, Arcadia Gold Line, Union Station, LA Road Conditions, Transit Clubs, Transit Social Media & More

2013-05-06T10:16:00.004-07:00

Arcadia's Colorado Boulevard Closure Extended Three Weeks For More Gold Line Work
Pasadena Star-News

BART Can Begin Banning Unruly Passengers Next Week ("BART will be able to ban violent passengers or those who repeatedly deface buildings or trains, use them as bathrooms or harass other riders.")
San Francisco Chronicle

Bill To Change California's Environmental Review Law Advances
Sacramento Bee

Buy, Sell Or Hold: Sustainable Transit Edition
Motley Fool

Club Transit ("Why shouldn't riders be members of the non-profit organization that provides them transportation services on a regular basis? And why shouldn't they help govern that organization?")
The Transportationist

D.C. Streetcars' Success Will Be Measured By More Than Just Passenger Counts
Washington Post

D.C.'s Elegant Metro Map Suffers From Growing Pains
The Atlantic: Cities

DTLA's Latest Get: Palihouse Hotel Headed To South Park ("South Park Palihouse will be catty-corner from the Pico station of the Blue and Expo Lines -- so expect triple-enforced windows thanks to those train horns -- and across from a proposed mixed-user.")
Curbed LA

Editorial: Seeing Red Over A Green Bike Lane
Los Angeles Times

Enforceability Of Local Hire Preference Programs (40p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program Legal Research Digest

For Los Angeles, An End To The "Free" Subway Ride ("This might not exactly come as a news flash to anyone who has traveled the subways of New York or the Washington Metro, but a gateless subway entrance is not the most effective way to motivate riders to pay their carriage.")
New York Times

For Planners, Investment In Social Media Pays Dividends ("As social media strategies recently employed by Los Angeles' Department of City Planning and New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority demonstrate, social media networks can be useful tools in connecting planners and public agencies to their communities. Their experiences show that an open conversation between decision-makers and the general public is important for creating more livable communities, and offer lessons for those considering utilizing such platforms.")
Planetizen

Heavy Rail, Or A Light Rail/BRT Mix? Garcetti And Greuel Discuss Options For Sepulveda Pass
StretsBlog LA

Historic LA Union Station Facing Renovation Plans
Hispanic Business

Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures Into The Transportation Planning And Programming Processes (157p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
Guide To Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures Into The Transportation Planning And Programming Processes (89p. PDF)
Technical Reference (198p. PDF)

L.A. Full Of Roads To Ruin For Cars ("The city gives its road network an average grade of C. But a Times analysis finds wide disparities, and they're not driven by wealth or political power.")
Los Angeles Times

LA's Alternate Realities ("This spring and summer, two complementary exhibitions in Los Angeles seek to bring the unfathomableness into focus. The first, “Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990,” which is at the J. Paul Getty Museum through July 21, explores how the city emerged through fitful initial development, explosive postwar growth, and a distinctive built legacy. The second, “Never Built: Los Angeles,” which opens at LA’s Architecture and Design Museum on July 13, examines a stunning array of unexecuted projects to show why the city didn’t become something else." Metro Transportation Library & Archive resources are included in both exhibits)
New York Review Of Books

Macias And Hadjinian Elected As ACE Board Chair And Vice Chair (PDF)
Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority News Release

Marin Grand Jury: Transit For Seniors Inadequate
Marin Independent Journal

Opinion: Rail Project Makes Sense For The Region

Long Beach Press-Telegram

Opinion: Rail, Streetcars Or BRT? The Definitions Matter

Washington Post

Sustainability Busts Out Of Its Cubicle, Permeates DOT, HUD, And EPA
StreetsBlog DC

Telling The Story Of Inequality On Public Transit, With Maps ("With their Transit Quality + Equity web application, Sutedjo-The and Lee mapped the frequency of service on every bus route in San Francisco from the week of Oct. 1-7 last year and accounted for the average delay at each stop between the scheduled and actual arrival times. That map – effectively reflecting the quality of transit service – is then shaded according to the poverty levels by census tract across the city.")
The Atlantic: Cities

Tolling Most Popular Transportation Revenue Option, Survey Results Show
AASHTO Journal
The Time For Tolls Is Now: More Americans Prefer Transportation Tolls Than Taxes, Other Funding Options (2p. PDF)
America THINKS 2013 Tolling Survey
Priced Managed Lanes 2.0 (audio/video : "Panel of transportation experts discuss the trend of priced managed lanes and the results of a related America THINKS survey from HNTB Corporation.")
HNTB

The Uncertain Future Of Public Roads
The Atlantic: Cities

Villaraigosa Defends Faulty Metro Subway Science
Beverly Hills Courier

Where "Share The Road" Is Taken Literally ("'Woonerf' is what the Dutch call a special kind of street or group of streets that functions as shared public space -- for pedestrians, cyclists, children and, in some cases, for slow-moving, cautiously driven cars as well.")
New York Times

Will The Master Plan Preserve Union Station's Art Deco Charm?
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

With Ontario, Some Don't Know Much About Geography
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

With Security Eyes Focused On Airlines, Terrorists Look To Rail, Experts Say
NBC News

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Gold Line Foothill, PCH History, Union Station Birthday, Amtrak, Funeral Streetcars, Smart Growth & More

2013-05-03T10:10:00.000-07:00

May 3: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Pacific Electric subway tunnel in 1924; three days of opening ceremonies begin in 1939 for Los Angeles' new Union Passenger Terminal -- commonly referred to as Union Station)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

1911 Streetcar Congestion (Photo essay discussing traffic more than a century ago)
Los Angeles Times

Amtrak Rolls Out Updated Exhibit Train ("Making its first stop at Railroad Days 2013 in Fullerton, Calif., the Exhibit Train features new displays including workable signals, virtual sleeping accommodation tours and trivia with returning favorite displays including the locomotive stand and horns. In addition, it features photos, uniforms, vintage advertising and memorabilia from Amtrak’s beginning in 1971 to today’s modern-sleeping cars and high-speed rail service.")
Amtrak News Release

Arcadia's Colorado Boulevard To Be Closed For Three More Weeks Due To Gold Line Bridge Work
Pasadena Star-News

Arch And Castle Rocks: Lost Landmarks Of PCH (Numerous historic images from local archives illustrate the story of "two distinctively shaped rocks...missing from the Pacific Palisades shoreline for decades, victims of the scenic highway's development.")
LA as Subject via KCET

CHSRA Board Address Bid Controversy
California High Speed Rail Blog

Farewell Ray LaHood, And Thanks For All The Trains
Motherboard

FRA Is Nearing Completion Of Rules Required By The Rail Safety Improvement Act, But Needs To Improve Oversight (35p. PDF)
Office Of Inspector General Audit Report

A Funeral Car Named "Descanso," Or, When Death Rode The Rails In America ("In certain parts of the country, including the Los Angeles area, dedicated funeral cars were added to the streetcar systems. The only one that survives relatively intact is the Descanso (Spanish for “rest”), currently on display at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California.")
The Atlantic: Cities

High-Speed Rail Contractor Gets Additional $96M
Silicon Valley Mercury News

Innovation In The Streets: It's Transportation Month
GOOD

Is It Time For "Smarter Smart Growth?"
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Is Los Angeles The Tiny Railway Capital Of The World?
Curbed LA
Small Railways
Metro Day Pass

L.A. Wants To Turn Its Concrete "River" Into A Real River
The Atlantic: Cities

MBTA Takes Steps To Boost Safety, Security Throughout System
Boston Globe

Meet Anthony Foxx, Young Transit-Loving Mayor, Employed By Bus Company, Tapped As U.S. Transpo Secretary
WNYC

Metro Releases Four Possible Plans For Union Station Redesign; Asks For Public Input
Blog Downtown

Rail Authority Defends Bullet Train Bidding Criteria ("The California High-Speed Rail authority defends its bidding criteria against critics who say changes could jeopardize project quality.")
Los Angeles Times

Westchester Group Asks For Mediation On LAX Runway Change
Daily Breeze

Why The Eagle Rock Chamber Of Commerce Voted Against Bike Lanes
Eagle Rock Patch

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Expo Line, Measures R & J, Union Station, Leimert Park, LB Electric Buses, California Population, "City Walk" Television, LA County Bike Map & More

2013-05-02T10:23:00.001-07:00

May 2: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (Carpool lanes come to the 605 Freeway)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

African Bus Routes Redrawn Using Cell-Phone Data ("The largest-ever release of mobile-phone data yields a model for fixing bus routes.")
MIT Technology Review

Agoura Canwood Street Repair Underway ("The $1.1-million street rehabilitation project is fully funded through Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Measure R bond that was approved in 2009.")
Agoura Acorn

Bicycle Friendly States Ranking Announced
League Of American Bicyclists

California's Population Nears 38 Million
Los Angeles Daily News

Chinese Bus Maker That Will Produce 10 All-Electric Buses For Long Beach To Build Them In Lancaster
Los Angeles Daily News

City Has A Tentative Deal To Buy Civic Center Plot For A Park (1st & Broadway just west of City Hall)
Los Angeles Downtown News

City Walk (Beginning May 2nd, "City Walk is a unique six-part series that reveals the way walking is transforming cities across America, and in the process, re-connecting us to our bodies, our civic values and public space. Season one of City Walk features 30-minute episodes exploring various aspects of pedestrian life in cities including: Los Angeles, Portland, Boston, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and New York. As the show explores the "walkability" of these communities, viewers will learn about American history by exploring culturally rich neighborhoods, stunning architecture, monuments and beautiful parks that have helped define the character of each city.")
KCET

County Maps Bike Paths And Closures ("The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works has created an interactive map of bicycle paths countywide.")
Hermosa Beach Patch
Interactive Bikeways Map For Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County Department Of Public Works

D.C.'s First Streetcars Roll In For Testing (photos)
Transportation Nation

The Epidemic Of Pedestrian Deaths In America, And Why It Barely Registers
StreetsBlog Network

A Fare Decrease? SF Area Bus Company Cancels Price Hike, Considers Lower Fares
Transportation Nation

From Measure R Success To Measure J Failure, Villaraigosa Reflects On Transportation ("At a USC event Wednesday, Mayor Antonio Villraigosa celebrated his accomplishments in improving L.A.'s transportation options. He also explained the groundwork he's laid for even more transit-oriented development. Yet, he declined to offer specific advice to the person who will replace him July 1 in the mayor's seat.")
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy

A Golden Opportunity For Congress To Avoid The Transportation "Fiscal Cliff"
StreetsBlog DC

Historic Union Station Facing Renovation Plans
Los Angeles Daily News

LACMA Draws Up Ambitious Plans For A $650-Million New Look
Los Angeles Times
9 Things To Know About The Huge Proposed LACMA Redesign
Curbed LA

Laguna's Trolley System A Look At The Future? (subscription)
Orange County Register

One Year Later, Who Is Riding The Expo Line?
USC Annenberg Neon Tommy

Practices And Performance Measures For Local Public Agency Federally Funded Highway Projects (133p. PDF)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Project To Widen Westbound 91 Gets Underway
Orange County Register

Protestors Gather Over Road Conditions On Venice Blvd.
StreetsBlog LA
Caltrans Plans To Repair Venice Boulevard
Venice-Mar Vista Patch

Revealed: 4 Concepts For Major Union Station Makeover
Curbed LA

Slow Water: Bureaucracy Obstructs The Los Angeles River's Revitalization
Architect's Newspaper

Transit Agency's Revolving Door Costs Big, Causes Turmoil ("The turnover among upper management at the North County Transit District has cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and has, at times, put riders at risk. inewsource calculated that 21 of the agency's top 25 positions have turned over since 2009 when Executive Director Matthew Tucker arrived. Some of the positions revolved as many as five times in three years.")
KPBS

Two New Bike Bills In The California Legislature (Highway 710 & California Greenway Initiative)
Cyclicio.us

Verdict On Leimert Park Station Expected In May
Los Angeles Sentinel

What's The Best iPhone Bus Tracking App?
Greater Greater Washington

Will The Personal Airship Be The Vehicle Of The Future ("Probably not, although that hasn't stopped one Indian artist from designing a fantastic one.")
The Atlantic: Cities

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Metro Budget, New DOT Secretary, Bus Lanes, LA Potholes, LAX, Pedestrian Safety & More

2013-05-01T10:35:00.003-07:00

May 1: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (The city gets its first female streetcar conductor 95 years ago today; Los Angeles Motor Coach Company, which operated double-decker buses on Wilshire Boulevard, among other lines, is dissolved)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

The 10 Best New Complete Streets Policies In The U.S. ("Cities across the country are making plans to cater to bikers and pedestrians (along with cars) as they design and manage their transportation infrastructure. These 10 cities are the ones doing it best." Three California cities land in the top 10)
Fast Company Exist

16 Rules For "Smarter" Smart Growth
The Atlantic: Cities

Advocates Honor LaHood's Time At Transportation Department (audio)
NPR

Anthony Foxx Hoping For A Smoother Political Ride At DOT
Washington Post

Baby Born In Mexico City Subway Station Gets Free Transportation For Life
Fox Latino

Council OKs Moving LAX Runway As Part Of $4.76-Billion Upgrade ("Supporters praise approval of the modernization project, but opponents promise another legal battle over moving the runway closer to homes.")
Los Angeles Times

A Dear Abby For Transportation Secretaries: Advice From Foxx's Predecessors ("Yesterday, the University of Virginia’s Miller Center invited six former transportation secretaries to talk about the possibilities of presidential influence over transportation and to give advice to Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, whose nomination for the job was announced that same day.")
StreetsBlog DC

#DearMayor: LA Voters Look For Relief From City's Pot Holes
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

Does President Obama Have The Power To Influence Transportation Policy?
StreetsBlog DC

Eyes On The Street: Every Lane Is A Bus Lane
StreetsBlog LA

Foxx To Give Mayors "One Of Their Own" At U.S. Department Of Transportation
Memphis Business Journal

Gold Line Construction: More Lane Closures Ahead On Colorado, Santa Anita Ahead
Arcadia Patch

LACMTA Proposes Nearly $5 Billion Budget For FY2014
Progressive Railroading

L.A. Council Approves LAX Runway Plan As Part Of Modernization
Los Angeles Times

May Day Rally To Shut Down DTLA Streets
Blog Downtown

Metro To Hold Public Hearing Wednesday, May 15, On Proposed FY14 Budget
Metro News Release
Proposed Budget, Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014) (64p. PDF)

The Mt. Lowe Railway's Thrilling, Terrifying Circular Bridge (An image from the Metro Transportation Library's Archive is the focus of this story about the sheer 1,000 foot drop from the rail tracks on Mt. Lowe)
LA as Subject via Los Angeles Magazine

Obama Selects A Mayor For DOT Secretary -- But Not Villaraigosa
California Planning And Development Report

Opinion: Leimert Park Village Deserves A Rail Station ("Metro can include a stop there on the Crenshaw-to-LAX light-rail line. It has the money. But does it have the will to do the right thing?" by Mark Ridley-Thomas)
Los Angeles Times

Pedestrian Safety: A Road Safety Manual For Decision-Makers And Practitioners (132p. PDF)
World Health Organization

Predicting U.S. Transportation Policy Under Future Secretary Foxx ("A roundup of what key observers are saying about Foxx's record, and what his appoinment means for transportation policy during Obama's second term.")
Planetizen

Rail Planners Aim To Re-"Train" L.A.'s Car Culture (audio & transcript. Expo Line)
NPR

Responding To Spate Of Train Deaths, SEPTA To Hold Training
Philadelphia Inquirer

SmartGAP User's Guide (68p. PDF : "SmartGAP is a scenario planning software tool that synthesizes households and firms in a region and determines their travel demand characteristics based
on their built environment and transportation policies.")
Strategic Highway Research Program

Transit Station And Stop Adoption Programs (68p. PDF : "Adopt-a-stop programs, in which volunteers agree to pick up litter at transit stations and assist in other maintenance tasks, can be a valuable resource for public transportation agencies. These programs aim to create a sense of ownership within the community, enhance the appearance of stations, and improve safety and security for passengers. Most programs of this sort are fairly new, and there is little research about how to structure them or how they can be made most effective. This synthesis helps to fill these gaps by describing the varied features of adopt-a-stop programs now in place, how they work, and the results that they have had.")
Transit Cooperative Research Program

Westwood Bike Lane Proposal Effectively Addresses Traffic Concerns
UCLA Daily Bruin

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Gold Line Azusa, Sepulveda Pass Tunnel?, ONT, Subway Cell Service, Figueroa Overhaul, Bike Lanes, Traffic Engineering, Electric Bikes & More

2013-04-30T10:12:00.001-07:00

The Administration Refreshes Its Push For A Major Infusion Of Funds Into The National Rail Program
The Transport Politic

An App To Help You Navigate The Many, Many Car-Share And Transit Options Out There
The Atlantic: Cities

APTA Applauds Selection Of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx As Next U.S. Secretary Of Transportation
APTA Press Release

Are We There Yet? The Bias Of Traffic Engineering
Reconnecting America

The Big Leap From Car-Lite To Car-Free
StreetsBlog Network

CA Legislation: Public Agency Immunity For Bike Lanes Tabled
Cyclicio.us

California Bullet Train Groundbreaking Faces New Obstacles ("Challenges are coming from a private railroad, a legislative committee and a powerful federal agency asserting authority over the project.")
Los Angeles Times

City Hoping To Extend LA River Bike Path To Sepulveda Basin
Curbed LA

The Coming Bold Transformation Of The American City
The Atlantic: Cities

The Copenhagenize Index: 2013 Bicycle Friendly Cities (The 20 most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, ranked with explanations)
Copenhagenize

Electric Bikes, A Rising Force On Urban Transit Landscape -- 38 Million Units Per Year By 2020
Clean Technica

Elon Musk Invests Money To Speed Up Highway Construction (video)
KABC Los Angeles

Expanding Car-Share Beyond America's Biggest Cities
StreetsBlog DC

Eyes On The Street: New Bike Lanes And Continental Crosswalks From Wilshire To Cesar Chavez On Figueroa
StreetsBlog LA

Gold Line Extension To Close Azusa Avenue For Three Months
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

How Does Anthony Foxx's Transportation Experience Compare To Past USDOT Secretaries?
Transportation Issues Daily

LA Mayoral Candidates Talk About Possible Tunnel Under Sepulveda Pass
CBS Los Angeles

Long Beach: City (Finally) Releases Public-Private RFQ For New Civic Center
StreetsBlog LA

New App Links Music To OC Transpo Route (Ontario, Canada)
CBC News (Canada)

Obama Praises LaHood As "Maybe The Best Secretary Of Transportation" In U.S. History
The Hill

Opinion: High-Speed Rail Plan Is On The Right Track (Hasan Ikrata, Director of SCAG)
San Bernardino Sun

The Overwhelming Proliferation Of Car-Sharing Companies ("The transportation industry is squarely in the crosshairs of the tech start-up industry, and the fruits of their disruption were on full display at this year's South by Southwest...Panels with names like "Transportation Apps and the Sharing Economy" and "Damn the Man! Disrupting Regulated Industries" featured the founders of Lyft and Zimride (ride-sharing), Wheelz and Getaround (car-sharing), and Flywheel (taxi-hailing).")
The Atlantic

President Obama Nominates Mayor Anthony Foxx As 17th Secretary Of Transportation
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog

Private-Sector Mentality Thriving At OCTA
Public CEO

Silicon Valley's High-Tech Buses: Just Transit? Or Chariots Of The Übergeeks

KQED

Slideshow: NJ Transit's Hoboken Terminal, Six Months After Sandy

WNYC

Some Furious, Others Rejoice Over San Pedro Bike Lane Changes

Daily Breeze

There's A Good Reason We're Anxious About Expanding Subway Cell Service

The Atlantic: Cities

Transit, Bicycle Groups See Win In Foxx Appointment As Next DOT Secretary

The Hill

Two Los Angeles County Supervisors Push For Local Control Of ONT

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Using Pictograms To Make Transit Easier To Navigate For Customers With Communication Barriers (99p. PDF)

Transit Cooperative Research Program

What An Urban Planner Should Look Like In The Internet Age

The Atlantic: Cities

What Anthony Foxx's Nomination Means For Transportation

Governing

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Foxx Tapped For DOT, HOV Lanes, SaMo Airport, SF Subway, 405 Costs, Transpo Cameras, Leimert Park Station & More

2013-04-29T09:59:00.004-07:00

April 29: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (One of the earliest monorail proposals for Los Angeles suggests the city utilize suspended railcars from freeway medians along with "underground tubes"; bus operators and other transit employees respond heroically to six days of civil disturbances)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

93% Of U.S. Transport Remains Reliant On Oil
Face The Facts USA

Antonio Villaraigosa And Chuck Reed: Fix The California Environmental Quality Act Now
Los Angeles Daily News

Assemblyman's Bill Would Open Carpool Lanes On 134, 210 Freeways To Single-Occupancy Drivers
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Bailey Streetscape Project
Los Angeles Wave

Bids To Build SF Central Subway Are $100 Million Over City's Estimates
KALW

Bigwigs, Locals City Council To Discuss Shuttering SaMo Airport
Curbed LA

Bike Sharing Programs Hit The Streets In Over 500 Cities Worldwide
Treehugger
Global Bike-Sharing Fleet Tops 500,000 Bicycles
Environment News Service

Biking Boom Prompts A Wave Of Non-Pedaling Adults To Sign Up For Lessons
Washington Post

Congress Indulges In Crazy Talk About De-Funding Transit And Taxing Bikes
StreetsBlog DC

Editorial: 405 Users Avoided Carmageddon, And This Is The Price We Pay?
Los Angeles Daily News

Federal Funding: Don't Read This, It's Too Depressing ("The Highway Trust Fund will go “broke” in early 2015.")
Transportation Issues Daily

How CicLAvia Engaged Angelenos In The Space And Place Of L.A.
KCET

LA City Councilman Wants Access For LAPD To Traffic Cameras Following Boston Marathon Bombings ("Councilman Mitchell Englander introduced a motion Wednesday, asking police and transportation officials to look into how compatible the current systems are and how they may be integrated.")
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

LA Designer Transforms Sequined Art Into Billboard Bling ("People who have visited SFO’s BART station or the Raleigh Convention Center are familiar with the “shimmer wall” art installation — a technique created by Ned Kahn that uses a huge grid of small, dangling squares of reflective metal to create a display that ripples with the gentlest breeze.")
Wired

LA Metro Board Ditches $3 Monthly Fee For Freeway Toll Lane Transponders
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

LA Metro Considers Leimert Park Train Station As Part Of Light Rail Project
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

LA Metro To Hold Industry Forum For Sepulveda Pass Corridor ("On May 1, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will hold an industry forum to present initial concepts for several multimodal P3 projects that are being considered for the Sepulveda Pass Corridor in Los Angeles County. The forum will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Ticket Room at Los Angeles Union Station. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe, and Art Leahy, Metro's CEO, are expected to address the forum attendees.")
Lexology

Mapping The Subtle Science Of Parking Demand
The Atlantic: Cities

The Next Mayor Of Los Angeles' To-Do List Drawn From A Sampling Of TPR Readers And Civic Leaders
Planning Report

NJ Transit, Looking Ahead, Starts Ticketing By Smartphones
New Jersey Newsroom

Nobody Walks In L.A.: The Rise Of Cars And The Monorails That Never Were ("How did Los Angeles become so automobile-centric? How did Angeleno culture evolve (or is it devolve?) to the point where not having a car is seen as such a strange thing?")
Smithsonian Paleofuture Blog

Obama To Nominate Anthony Foxx As Transportation Secretary
Reuters
Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Expected To Be Nominated For Cabinet
Los Angeles Times
Obama To Nominate Charlotte Mayor To Transportation Post
New York Times
Meet Your Next Transportation Secretary, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx
Slate

Opinion: Port Railyard Project Needs Better Protections (by Janice Hahn and Alan Lowenthal)
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Rising Star Anthony Foxx Gets Nod To Replace Ray LaHood
Politico

Southern California's Traffic Is Jammed By An Excess Of Freedom
Los Angeles Daily News

Subway Car Configurations: A Matter Of Taste?
Human Transit

TIGER's Love Affair With Freight -- And Bikes
StreetsBlog DC
Lessons Learned From The TIGER Discretionary Grant Program (32p. PDF)
Eno Center For Transportation

Transportation Construction Responsible For Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars In U.S. Economy, Report Says
AASHTO Journal
The 2012 U.S. Transportation Construction Industry Profile (99p. PDF)
Transportation Development Foundation / American Road & Transportation Builders Association

What If We Never Run Out Of Oil
The Atlantic

What Kind Of Transportation Secretary Will Anthony Foxx Be?
StreetsBlog DC

Why Los Angeles Could Become The Next Technology Epicenter ("Extend the Expo Line to Santa Monica, bridging the disparate tech communities around the county — such as Venice, Culver City, Hollywood and other areas — to ease collaboration and uniformity.")
The Next Web

Work On Full Buildout Of Cornfield Park Could Start In January
Curbed LA
Los Angeles State Historic Park To Close For A Year
Los Angeles Downtown News

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HOV Lanes, 405 Widening, Perris Metrolink, Caltrans, Highway Trust Fund, Bike/Ped Lobby, State Gas Taxes & More

2013-04-26T10:41:00.001-07:00

405 Freeway Widening Project Delayed By A Year, $75M Over Budget
Los Angeles Daily News

Airline Uncertainty Pushing Some To Amtrak
My Fox DC

Are Some Caltrans Employees Moonlighting On State Time?
CBS Los Angeles

BART Lays Out New Safety Initiatives For Customers And Passengers
San Francisco Examiner

Building A Bike And Pedestrian Lobby With Teeth ("A group of advocates for safer streets in New York is looking to put financial and electoral muscle behind their efforts, forming a political action committee called StreetsPAC. The group will ask candidates in the city’s upcoming municipal elections to answer questionnaires about issues such as pedestrian infrastructure and investigation of traffic crashes.")
The Atlantic: Cities

BYD To Build Electric Bus Assembly Plant ("The Shenzhen-based producer of electric vehicles will break ground on May 1 for an assembly plant in Lancaster, about 70 miles north of Los Angeles, to make electric buses for US and Latin American public-transportation markets.")
China Daily

Caltrans Workers Hit The Highways To Clean Up California
Caltrans News Release

Chicago Ready To Roll Out Bike-Sharing ("Hundreds of three-speed bikes painted "Chicago blue" will hit the streets in June when the city debuts a bicycle-sharing rental program that originally was set to launch last summer.")
Chicago Tribune

Driver Ticketed For Using iPhone's Map App Isn't Giving Up Yet (Driver who maintains that he was driving safely at the time, isn't taking 'convicted' for an answer. Urged on by supporters, he has filed another appeal)
Los Angeles Times

"Etsy"-Type Flea Market, Food Fest To Begin In Historic Core This Summer
Blog Downtown

Federal Road Fund Could Go Broke By 2015
Stateline
Statement For The Record: Status Of The Highway Trust Fund (6p. PDF)
U.S. House Of Representatives Budget Committee

The Future Of Driving ("But smarter driving will lead to more driving, because smarter driving reduces the cost per mile of vehicle usage. The end result of additional driving could be more traffic and more aggregate fuel consumption.")
New York Times

Ho Chi Minh City Scrambling To Put Transit In Place Before People Start Buying Cars ("Once people get into a car, it's hard to get them out.")
The Atlantic: Cities
Easy Riders (A case for bringing subways To Vietnam)
New York Times

How Gross Is The Air Of The NYC Subway, Really?
The Atlantic: Cities

How TIGER Transformed Transportation Planning -- And Lived To Tell About It
StreetsBlog DC

Just How Screwed Is The Highway Trust Fund?
Governing

Los Angeles Retains Notorious Rankings For Worst Smog, Traffic
Reuters

Metro Board Approves Toll Lane Project
Santa Clarita Valley Signal

Metro Drops Monthly Toll Lane Transponder Fee On 110 And 10
Curbed LA
A Monthly Toll Road Fee Exits Early
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District

Passenger Rail An Economic Driver
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog

Perris: County Officials To Counter Environmental Group's Judgment Proposal
Riverside Press-Enterprise

Perris Valley Line: Deadline Set To Address Environmental Issues (Metrolink)
Riverside Press Enterprise

Pondering A Mileage Tax And A Reduced Federal Role In Transportation
Land Line

Road Work To Cause More Traffic Delays In Seal Beach
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Running Of The Bull: Cable Cars Are Trundling Money Away From The Transit You Actually Use ("Maintaining cable cars for city tourists while struggling to provide core transit service is a bit like polishing the heirloom china for the guests while sending the kids to school with no shoes.")
SF Weekly

Smart Displays Beam City Information Directly To Your Phone ("Need to know when the next bus is coming? At a Connecthings-enabled bus stop, just wave your phone and the information is already there." Are the digital displays at bus and train stops already out of date?)
Fast Company Exist

State Motor Fuel Taxes 2013 (4p. PDF)
American Petroleum Institute

State Of The Air 2013 (179p. PDF : "Los Angeles remained the city with the worst ozone pollution problem, but reported its fewest unhealthy ozone days since the State of the Air reports began. Los Angeles has one-third fewer days of unhealthy air than in the first report.")
American Lung Association
Report Card: California (County by county)
Report Card: Los Angeles County

Toll Lane Transponder Fee Suspended For L.A. County Residents ("For the next six months, residents will not be charged a $3 monthly maintenance fee for transponders used on the 110 and 10 freeways' toll lanes.")
Los Angeles Times

Torrance Historic Bridge Revamp Costs Balloon Due To Structural Cracks
Daily Breeze

Underground Cellphone Service Expands, But Some Call For Quiet
New York Times

U.S. Traffic Congestion Again On The Rise After 2-Year Slump, New Report Says
The Trucker

Using Census Data For Transportation Applications (130p. PDF : conference proceedings)
Transportation Research Board

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Leimart Park Stop, 405 Project Delays, Pico/405 Project, CAHSR, CicLAvia, Bike Share, Broken Meters & More

2013-04-25T10:31:00.002-07:00

April 25: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (SCRTD opens the Central Maintenance Facility, supporting 13 operating divisions for equipment and maintenance)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

405 Project Stuck In The Slow Lane ("Plagued by cost overruns and delays, the widening will take at least a year longer than first anticipated. Pencil in June 2014, when officials aim to complete the bulk of the construction.")
Los Angeles Times

California High-Speed Rail Estimates "Astounding"
Washington Examiner

Decision On Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Stop Arriving Soon
Curbed LA

Elon Musk Hates 405 Freeway Traffic, Offers Money To Speed Widening
Los Angeles Times

For The MTA, The Buck Stops At Leimert Park (by Mark Ridley-Thomas)
LA Observed

How Did Richie Trimble Get His CicLAvia Bike Into Media Stories In Mexico, Greece and Croatia? By Riding One That Is "StoopidTall" (over 14 feet off the ground)
Yahoo News
Video of "StoopidTall" at CicLAvia 2013 via YouTube

Mapping The Screens At 7th Street / Metro Center ("Many of these screens have been added in less-than-useful places or show less-than-useful information.")
Steven White: The Accidental Urbanist

Mayor Villaraigosa Mandates MTA Hold Contractors Accountable For Lack Of Blacks Hired On Phase I Of Crenshaw Rail Project
Los Angeles Sentinel

New Low For L.A.: Ticketing Cars At Broken Parking Meters
Los Angeles Times

San Bernardino To Celebrate Historic Train Culture At Railroad Days
San Bernardino Sun

Spring Street Bike Lane Poised For A Paint Job Despite Film Industry Concerns
Blog Downtown

State Senate Approves Caltrans Chief Despite Concerns
Silicon Valley Mercury News

Tunneling Machine For Central Subway Arrives In SF ("They're called an 'earth pressure balance machine' and they have a rotating cutter head for soft ground, and we're anticipating drilling into soft ground.")
KGO San Francisco

Villaraigosa Announces Bike Share Program For Los Angeles
Latinos Post

What's A Bike Good For? Churning Ice Cream, Apparently ("The Peddler’s Creamery grand opening took place during L.A.'s recent CicLAvia, a daylong event that opens city streets to bikes and pedestrians.")
The Atlantic: Cities

Whittier OKs Purchase For Greenway Trail Extension
Whittier Daily News

Will The Casden Development Be L.A.'s Bermuda Triangle Of Traffic? ("Billionaire Alan Casden plans "transit concierge" for his project at 405 and Pico.")
LA Weekly

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Gold Line Eastside Extension, Metrolink To FlyAway, Coldwater Canyon, CAHSR, CicLAvia's Colombian Roots, Bike Commuting, LA River Bike Path, Gas Tax & More

2013-04-24T09:39:00.000-07:00

BART.gov Launches New Estimated Train Crowding Feature ("Visitors to the BART website and mobile site can now get a snapshot of estimated crowding levels on trains when they plan a trip.")
BART News Release

Chatter Grows About Foxx And DOT ("Sources, including a transportation industry lobbyist, say they’ve heard increasing speculation that Charlotte’s mayor is about to be nominated as U.S. transportation secretary, possibly this week.")

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/04/24/3999737/chatter-grows-about-foxx-and-dot.html#storylink=cpy

Charlotte Observer

Coldwater Canyon Opens Early To Traffic After Monthlong Closure
Los Angeles Times

Commuting By Bike In L.A. Can Be Harder Than It Seems
Triple Pundit

Editorial: Bullet Train -- The Insanity Escalates
San Diego Union-Tribune

Effectiveness Of Different Approaches To Disseminating Traveler Information On Travel Time Reliability (409p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program
A Lexicon For Conveying Travel Time Reliability Information (66p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program

The Faulty Logic Behind Pro-Car Populism
StreetsBlog Network

Imagine Hopping On BART To Get To Marin County (A look at original plans for Bay Area Rapid Transit system to reach Sonoma, Napa and Santa Rosa via rail on the lower deck of the Golden Gate Bridge)
Curbed SF

L.A. CicLAvia Began In Bogota
ABC News

LA Investors Predict Development Boom In Places Where Development Is Booming ("54% see a bright future for the transportation sector. Which, with the Expo Line Phase II, Purple Line, Crenshaw Line, Downtown Streetcar, Gold Line Extension (and 36 more) planned or in the works, is probably a safe bet.")
Curbed LA

Los Angeles To End Use Of Coal By 2025
Los Angeles Daily News

Metrolink Offers LAX Tickets ("Getting to Los Angeles International Airport from Chatsworth and Northridge via public transportation recently got a little easier. Starting Monday, Metrolink added an option to purchase tickets for the LAX FlyAway bus directly from its vending machines.")
Northridge-Chatsworth Patch

New Pollution Study Ranks Los Angeles Areas In Top 10 Worst In State
Los Angeles Daily News

Mariachi Plaza Extension To Make Ped-Friendlier Gold Line Stop
Curbed LA

More Than 35% Of U.S. Public Transit Buses Use Alternative Fuels Or Hybrid Technology ("LA Metro operates the largest CNG fleet in the U.S. with 2,200 CNG vehicles. LA Metro also buys 15% of all transit buses in the United States...MetroLink is taking action to further reduce emissions by becoming the first commuter rail provider in the nation to buy Tier 4 locomotives, the cleanest-burning diesel engines on the market.")
APTA Press Release

Study: Yes, L.A. Has The Worst Traffic In The Country -- Again ("The average Los Angeles driver spent 59 hours sitting in traffic in 2012, or about two and a half days, the data showed...And four freeways are in the country's 10 most congested.")
Los Angeles Times

Universal Expansion, LA River Bike Path Extension Almost A Go
Curbed LA

Vehicle-Miles Tax On Rural Drivers: Everything You Believe May Be Wrong
Transportation Issues Daily

Where Is The Bottom? Americans Continue To Drive Less And Less
StreetsBlog DC
Traffic Volume Trends (links to data going back to 1970)
Federal Highway Administration Office Of Highway Policy Information Travel Monitoring

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Transit Security, SF Central Subway Tunneling, CicLAvia, Bike Lanes, Gas Tax, TIGER 2013 & More

2013-04-23T10:11:00.004-07:00

5 Sustainable Infrastructure Projects Other Cities Might Want To Copy
The Atlantic: Cities

2013 Is A Boom Year For Bike Share, Here's Which Cities Will Launch Next (map and article)
Transportation Nation

APTA's Melaniphy Calls For More Federal Investment In Transit Security
Progressive Railroading

Bike Share Program To Roll In Downtown
Los Angeles Downtown News

Bikes Out-Sell Cars In Europe Nearly Two-To-One
ePedaler

Central Subway Workers Prepare For Boring Machine
San Francisco Chronicle
Central Subway Tunnel Machines Arrive This Week
San Francisco Bay
Central Subway Tunneling Machines Set To Arrive In San Francisco; Digging Expected To Start In June
San Francisco Examiner

CicLAvia's Bicycle Traffic Jams Are The Price Of Success?
LA Weekly

CicLAvia To The Sea A "Huge Success," Planning Underway For April, 2014 ("Organizers say they want to use the same route, and next time they want to close both sides of Venice Blvd. for bikes, as opposed to only one side (westbound) that Angelenos experienced this year.")
Bill Rosendahl, Los Angeles City Council, 11th District

Come And Get It: LaHood Announces Fifth Round Of TIGER Grants
StreetsBlog DC
DOT, Transportation Community Happy To See Long-Awaited Return Of A TIGER
U.S. DOT Fast Lane Blog

Comprehensive Highway Corridor Planning With Sustainability Indicators (104p. PDF : "Phase Two of the project focused on extending this quantitative evaluation of sustainability indicators to additional multimodal corridor improvement options, including high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane, high occupancy toll (HOT) lane, bus rapid transit/bus-only lane, light rail transit, truck-only lane, express toll lane, and road diet (i.e. lane removal).")
Maryland State Highway Administration

DTLA's Spring Street Park Now Has Cement And Some Trees
Curbed LA

Earmark Woes Resurface ("Did transportation get unfairly shafted in the rush to ban earmarks, which were really intended to combat questionable appropriations practices? Is the WRDA bill worse, in terms of looking like a pile of earmarks, than a surface transportation bill? Are there lessons from last year's highway and transit bill negotiations that can help lawmakers drafting a water resources bill? What other issues that could cause problems in that process?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog

Fearing Parking Loss, Downtown Business Group Stops "Street Seats" Program (parklets)
Bike Portland

For Some Riding In CicLAvia, It Is About More Than Just Having Fun (Although Fun Is Allowed)
StreetsBlog LA

Hiking In The Wonderful Mountains Of Southern California In 1918 ("While the Pacific Electric Railway might be known for linking urban areas, it also connected the people of Los Angeles with the delights of the wilderness above the city.")
Los Angeles Magazine

Huizar: It's Time To Paint The Spring Street Green Bike Lane
StreetsBlog LA

In Praise Of The Stockholm Subway's Breathtaking Art
The Atlantic: Cities

In U.S., Most Oppose State Gas Tax Hike To Fund Repairs (national poll)
Gallup Politics
Poll: Americans Not Revved Up Over Increased Gas Taxes
CNN
Poll: Put Brakes On Gas Tax
Politico

Is Increasing The Gas Tax Truly Politically Unpalatable?
Governing

Los Angeles Regional Earthquake Warning System Gets $5 Million Federal Grant
Los Angeles Daily News

The Opportunity Costs Of Highway Expansion
StreetsBlog Network

Prototype Development Of The Open Mode Integrated Transportation System (OMITS): Final Report (19p. PDF)
City College Of New York University Transportation Research Center

Remaking Sodo: Hansen, Teams, City Look At L.A. Live ("Investor Chris Hansen would like to create a Seattle version of L.A. Live, a thriving entertainment district by Staples Center. The Mariners and Seahawks also want to enliven the stadium area. But Port and maritime workers worry about freight mobility, congestion and loss of industrial lands.")
Seattle Times

Roads Are A Money Losing Proposition (video)
StreetFilms

Seaside Scenes From CicLAvia's Packed First Route To The Sea
Curbed LA

What Are The Three Key Changes In TIGER 2013?
Transportation Issues Daily

Why Aren't Younger Americans Driving Anymore? (Presents "five big hypotheses")
Washington Post
Transportation And The New Generation: Why Young People Are Driving Less And What It Means For Transportation Policy (41p. PDF : Report from April, 2012)
Frontier Group / U.S. PIRG

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Biggest CicLAvia Yet, Car-Free LA For Tourists, Beverly Hills Freeway, HOV Lanes, Metrolink, 101 Bridge & More

2013-04-22T10:22:00.000-07:00

April 22: This Date In Los Angeles Transportation History (A "fully depressed and concealed" alignment along Santa Monica Boulevard is recommended for the proposed Beverly Hills Freeway in 1964)
Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources Blog

3 Creative Ways To Visualize Urban Public Transportation ("The Urban Data Challenge asked teams to make something beautiful and helpful from open data sets in San Francisco, Zurich, and Geneva. The results will change what you think a city’s transportation system can look like (and how useful it can be).")
Fast Company Exist

The 7 States With The Lowest Gasoline Taxes
Motley Fool

10 Incredible Repurposed Train Stations (photo essay)
Flavorwire

100,000 Expected As CicLAvia Rolls Through LA To The Sea
Los Angeles Times

America Needs Clean Transportation, Not Just Clean Cars ("Anderson's work also shows the economic benefit of public transit, estimating that the congestion relief provided by public transportation in Los Angeles, for example, ranges between $1.2 billion and $4.1 billion per year. Therefore, the considerable economic gains justify the significant cost of constructing transit systems.")
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog
Obama's Energy Security Must Also Invest In Public Transportation
Americans For Transit

At CicLAvia, Many Say They Feel Safe Despite Boston Bombings
Los Angeles Times

Bicycle Riders Take To The Streets Of L.A. For Sixth CicLAvia (video)
KTLA

California High-Speed Rail Gets Its First Contractor
Transportation Nation

A "Car-Free LA" Announced At CicLAvia ("Car Free LA, the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board's new car-free campaign, "showcases the city's new bikeways, expanded public transit, improved walkability, and events like CicLAvia" as well as "features a series of expertly designed itineraries for discovering the city's diverse neighborhoods on foot, bike, and public transit," according to a release.")
LAist
Discover Los Angeles' "Car-Free LA" website

CicLAvia Bike Event Leaves Some Motorists Fuming About Traffic Jams
Los Angeles Times

CicLAvia Draws 100,000 Cyclists In Push For A Less Car-Dependent LA (video)
NBC Los Angeles

CicLAvia Lends Big L.A. A "Small Town Feel"
Los Angeles Times

Council Will Not Support The Subway If It Tunnels Under Beverly High (PDF)
Beverly Hills Weekly

Court Date Set In Proposed Metrolink Extension ("Riverside County Transportation Commission officials are expected in court Wednesday, April 24, to work out a solution concerning a lawsuit against a planned Metrolink extension into Perris.")
Riverside Press-Enterprise

Fatigue Risk Management Guide For Rapid Renewal Highway Construction Projects (155p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program

Free Bus Passes For Earth Day
Riverside Press-Enterprise

How CicLAvia Made Its Way To The Sea ("We're literally going between the historic birthplace of L.A., which is the old church -- the Placita Church on Main Street opposite Olvera Street -- and Abbot Kinney's man-made utopia, Venice, this fantasy seaside resort that he built," says Paley."When Abbot Kinney set up his fantasy one of the most important things was that there was a streetcar that connected downtown with it and I think [CicLAvia is] a historic retracing of that route.")
LA Weekly

Letters On Letters: For Whom The Bell Tolls ("Angelenos like their freeways to be free (although they differ on what it means for highway access to be free). That's the sentiment expressed by the half a dozen reader responses to USC public policy professor Peter Gordon's letter last Saturday urging motorists to be patient with Los Angeles' experiment in congestion pricing on the 10 and 110 freeways. Gordon's lengthy letter discussed a Times article reporting that while traffic on the 110 toll lanes has sped up since their conversion from solely carpool lanes, it has slowed on the rest of the lanes...Readers were unconvinced. Here is a selection of their letters.")
Los Angeles Times

Mapping Voids, Debonding, Delaminations, Moisture, And Other Defects Behind Or Within Tunnel Linings (555p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program

Mayor Joins CicLAvia Bikers, Skaters Taking Over Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles Times

Metrolink Or Other Trains Likely Reason For Frustration At Crossing (subscription)
Orange County Register

Non-Drivers Hog The Road At 6th And Biggest CicLAvia ("The 15-mile route from downtown to the beach welcomed any form of non-motorized transportation. Organizers say as many as 150,000 people participated.")
Los Angeles Times

Planes, Trains And A Downtown Auto Dealer
Los Angeles Downtown News

Santa Monica's First Kidical Mass A Success
StreetsBlog LA

Some Vow To Make CicLAvia A Tradition
Los Angeles Times

Spot-By-Spot, Or Route-By-Route? SFMTA Refines Its Bicycle Strategy
StreetsBlog SF
Draft SFMTA Bicycle Strategy (31p. PDF)
SFMTA

State Makes Another Redevelopment Money Grab
Santa Monica Daily Press

Take 3 For "Give Me 3." Safe Passing Law Heads To Assembly Committee On Monday
StreetsBlog LA

Tony Hsieh's Plan To Reinvent Vegas Transportation With Electric Cars ("The ambitious initiative, called Project 100, is the Zappos CEO’s latest scheme to change the face of Sin City. This time, he’s using a fleet of Teslas.")
Fast Company Exist

Westlake Village Sculptor's Next Big Project Will Span Highway 101 ("The bridge project is being funded primarily using Measure R funds from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.")
Ventura County Star

Will The FRA Force Amtrak To Build Pricier High-Speed Trains?
StreetsBlog Network

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Car Ownership Costs, Bullet Train, CSUN Bikes, DTLA Bike Lanes, Gas Prices, Trolleys & More

2013-04-19T10:07:00.004-07:00

AAA: Cost Of Car Ownership On The Rise
Next City
Your Driving Costs: How Much Are You Really Paying To Drive, 2013 edition (12p. PDF)

APA 2013: Dispatches From Chicago (Describes the national and international trends that planners will need to address over the next several decades)
Planetizen

Baca Names Transit Supervisors To Replace Demoted Officers ("The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday named replacements for three transit department supervisors who were demoted in connection with an alleged cheating scandal.")
Los Angeles Times

California Bullet Train Zooms Forward With Legal Settlement
Reuters

CSUN Bike Collective Encourages Alternative Transportation
California State University, Northridge Daily Sundial

Editorial: It's The System, Stupid ("Sam Lubell calls for streamlining bureaucracy to bring Los Angeles into the 21st century.")
Architect's Newspaper

How Amtrak Can Provide World-Class Service On The Northeast Corridor
StreetsBlog DC

How To Remove DTLA's Bike Lane From Film In 40 Seconds
Curbed LA

How The End Of The Traditional Workplace Is Changing Our Cities ("For decades, cities have reflected the neat separation of work and home, with residences in one part of town, offices and industry in another, and infrastructure (highways, parking garages, hub-and-spoke transit systems) built to help connect us between the two around what has been for many people a 9-to-5 work day. But what happens when more people start to work outside of offices, or really anywhere – at all times?")
The Atlantic: Cities

Ideas For Downtown LA: Implement Road Diets On Our Ultra Wide Streets To Encourage Pedestrian Activity
DTLA Rising

It's Almost Impossible To Put An Entire U.S. Metro Area On Lockdown ("The MBTA, the city's mass transit agency, has halted all service, and Boston taxi drivers have been ordered off the roads.")
The Atlantic: Cities

Long Beach: Belmont Heights Medians Are Complete With Slower Traffic And More Pedestrians
StreetsBlog LA

National Photography Competition Brings Transportation's Role Into Focus
AASHTO Press Release
Faces Of Transportation Competition

One Small Solution For Food Deserts: The Bus-Mounted Grocery Bin
The Atlantic: Cities

Op/Ed: A Quick Fix To L.A.'s Mass Transit: Bring Back The Trolleybuses!
StreetsBlog LA

Rail Officials Admit To Changing Bid Rules ("The California High Speed Rail Authority acknowledges that the modification awards construction work on the first phase to a group that received the lowest technical rating.")
Los Angeles Times

Residents Worry Highland Park Transit Village Will Take Parking
EGP News

The School District And The Subway
Beverly Hills Courier

Settlement Reached In Calif. Bullet Train Lawsuit; Federal Rail Panel Claims Project Oversight
Washington Post

Southern California Gas Prices Finally Dip Below $4 Per Gallon
Los Angeles Daily News

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LA Air Quality, Sunset Blvd. Busway, CicLAvia, LAX Carmageddon, CEQA, I-5 HOV & More

2013-04-18T10:39:00.003-07:00

$1.5 Million Grant To Fund Job Training For High-Speed Rail Project
Fresno Bee

AASHTO President Lewis Outlines His Top Priorities In New Video
AASHTO Press Release

Air Quality Across Southern California Better, But Challenges Remain
Los Angeles Daily News

Busway On Sunset? Metro Studying Citywide Bus Lane Network
Curbed LA

Caltrans Activities To Address Climate Change: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Adapting To Impacts (114p. PDF)
Caltrans

Chinese Firm To Open Bus Factor In Lancaster ("On the final day of Gov. Brown's trade mission, he announces that the first Chinese-owned vehicle plant in the U.S. will build plug-in electric buses.")
Los Angeles Times

CicLAvia: Will You Be Car-Free This Weekend?
Los Angeles Times

Digital Cities & Digital Counties Survey: Best Practice Guide ("Charlotte, N.C., deployed a digital media content management system to manage digital video from fixed cameras, and added a new video operations center to monitor police and transportation cameras. Charlotte also uses wireless cameras for rapid deployment and relocation to handle large-scale events and changing conditions. Riverside, Calif.’s, video application is described in the Networks section on Page 9.")
Center For Digital Government

Endless Carmageddon At LAX?
Curbed LA
LAX Pushing Back Against Modernization Opponents
Daily Breeze
Stopendlesscarmageddon.com

Establishing Monitoring Programs For Travel Time Reliability (167p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program

Expo Link Leg Named After SMC ("Metro Expo Line recently all but approved a renaming of the upcoming 17th Street and Colorado Avenue station to 17th/Santa Monica College.")
The Corsair

Floor Waxer For The MTA Lives A Dream With Real Madrid
LA Observed
One Man's Journey From Los Angeles To Real Madrid Good-Luck Charm
Sports Illustrated

Freeway Air Pollution Travels Farther In Early Morning ("Study shows that residential exposure to freeway pollution is more far-reaching than previously believed.")
Los Angeles Times
A Quarter Of Angelenos Breathe Noxious Freeway Pollutants Every Morning
UCLA Newsroom

The Ideal Subway Seating Arrangement? No Middle Seats
Wired

If You See Red, Stop Your Tread
LADOT Bike Blog

Jerry Brown Says CEQA Reform Unlikely This Year
KQED

Jerry Brown Starts Push To Revamp California's Environmental Law ("The governor is restrained in his expectations, however, acknowledging that the appetite for such change 'is bigger outside the state Capitol than it is inside.'")
Los Angeles Times

L.A. County Sheriff Demotes 3 Over Charity Race Cheating ("Organizers of the 'Baker to Vegas' foot race for law enforcement learn a runner on the sheriff's Transit Services Bureau team wasn't from law enforcement.")
Los Angeles Times

L.A.'s Oldest Palm Tree ("Likely still a sapling when it was dug up from a desert canyon in the late 1850s, the tree was transplanted with several other young palms to San Pedro Street in present-day Little Tokyo." It was later replanted in two other locations due to rail expansion!)
LA as Subject via Los Angeles Magazine

Los Angeles County Active Transportation Coalition Attends Metro Policy Meeting
Safe Routes To School California

Los Angeles Tourism Launches "Car Free LA" ("The car is no longer king in LA. With over 120 miles of new bike ways created within the city of Los Angeles in the last two years, increased Metro transit options and the expanded frequency and reach of CicLAvia—the nation’s largest open streets event—the city is putting the brakes on its car-centric roots. Beginning Earth Day, April 22, the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board (LA Tourism) invites travellers to be a part of this green movement with the launch of “Car Free LA,” an eco-friendly initiative designed to showcase the city’s unexpected car-free offerings. “Car Free LA” features a series of expertly-tailored itineraries centered around exploring Los Angeles’ various neighborhoods on foot, bike and public transportation while highlighting the city’s iconic attractions, vibrant music scene, historic architecture, arts and culture, eclectic cuisine and endless entertainment. “Car Free LA” itineraries are available for free here.")
Incentive Travel (U.K.)

Metro Committee Approves I-5 Toll Lanes In SCV
Santa Clarita Valley Signal

The MyFigueroa! Doubters Speak: Fig Too Special For Cycletracks
StreetsBlog LA

MyFigueroa Project To Revamp Bike Lanes On Figueroa Street By 2014
USC Daily Trojan

The Newest Federal Budget Proposals Cut Infrastructure Spending To The Bone
The Atlantic: Cities

New York Tries Out Bike Parking Corrals To Protect Separated Bike Lanes
The Atlantic: Cities

Opinion: Small Steps = Smart Planning ("Here’s an interesting hypothetical: if you asked 100 planners to give their vision of the future, chances are that all 100 planners would give you a vision that is ten to twenty years away. I’d wager there isn’t one that would offer, say, a vision that is one year from today. Isn’t that strange?")
Planetizen

Quentin Kopp, No Longer On Board This Bullet Train ("Though he once headed the California High-Speed Rail Authority, the man nicknamed the 'Great Dissenter' is dissenting now over the course of his beloved bullet train." Interview by Patt Morrison)
Los Angeles Times

Real-Time Transit App Of The Day: A Ballet Of Buses In San Francisco ("The free app, launched last month for iOS, lets you watch as San Francisco MUNI buses, represented by red pins on the map, move through the city. It goes beyond just arrival times to create a kind of animated bus ballet.")
The Atlantic: Cities
SFlivebus.com (and for good measure, here's the Live Train Map For The London Underground using the same app, launched a few weeks ago)

The Recession Was Anti-Sprawl, Brookings Report Finds
Next City
Job Sprawl Stalls: The Great Recession And Metropolitan Employment Location
Brookings
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Area Profile (PDF : infographic)

Recycle To Ride: Metrolink Offers Ticket Trade For Unwanted Goods ("On Monday from 7 a.m. to noon, Metro is setting up a recycle center at Union Station and will be accepting people's electronic waste, clothes, paper, cans, plastic containers and nearly anything else recyclable. This collection area will be set up near the rose garden off of Alameda. The first 200 people to turn in items will get a free round-trip Metrolink ticket — which includes a transfer to any Metro line.")
Blog Downtown

SCV Officials Question Caltrans Plan For I-5 Toll Lanes
Santa Clarita Valley News

Security, Rail Service Increased For Mega L.A. Weekend Events
Brentwood Patch

Taking The Green Out Of The Bike Lane
StreetsBlog LA

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Transit Watch, CAHSR, Caltrans, Millennials & Cars, Subway Data, BH & Purple Line, CicLAvia, Topanga Canyon & More

2013-04-17T09:44:00.001-07:00

Transit Watch LA ("The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transporation Authority (Metro) has launched this website for the public that utilizes the Metro system. This website is populated with information from DHS and the local Joint Regional Intelligence Center (JRIC) about what to look for and how to report any information that could possibly be terrorist related to the Metro sheriff deputies that patrol the Metro system.")

After Boston: In A California Terrorist Attack, Cameras Would Be Watching ("Cities, police departments, transit agencies, businesses and regular people across Southern California have installed thousands of cameras, some paid for with federal homeland security grants.")
Daily Breeze

Builder Contends Low Bid For High-Speed Rail In Valley Realistic
Fresno Bee

Bullet Train Bidder Has History Of Cost Overruns
California Watch

California High-Speed Authority Identifies Joint Venture As "Best Value" For Central Valley Project
Progressive Railroading

California Taxpayers To Subsidize High-Speed Rail
Reuters

Caltrans Installing New Signs Statewide To Remind Motorists To "Move Over" For Law Enforcement And Highway Workers
Caltrans Press Release

Cars Or Smartphones: Which Will Win Millennials Hearts -- And Wallets?
Digital Trends

Collecting Data On The Habits Of Passengers Underground
New York Times
Smart, Practical Tips For Building A More Comfortable Subway Car
The Atlantic: Cities
Observed Customer Seating And Standing Behaviors And Seat Preferences Onboard Subway Cars In New York City (21p. PDF : includes several images)
New York City Transit Authority via Transportation Research Board

Corporate Greed Has Disemboweled America's Public Transportation System, Causing Deadly Accidents All Over The Country ("These are the worst conditions for mass transit since the Depression.")
AlterNet

Despite Beverly Hills Council Vote, Metro Says Purple Line Is Moving Forward ("The Metropolitan Transit Agency [sic] said the Purple Line Extension project is moving forward, despite a recent vote by the Beverly Hills City Council to condition its support of the Purple Line on a change in the proposed route.The agency says the Purple Line Extension project will proceed with help expected from a $65 million match in federal funds.")
Brentwood Patch

The Frustration Of San Francisco's Mass Transit Riders, Visualized ("That remarkably detailed assessment of the city's transit woes comes from the "Frustration Index," a web app that visualizes service satisfaction for mass transit in San Francisco, Geneva and Zurich based on three criteria: capacity, delays and speed.")
The Atlantic: Cities

The Game Changer Hidden In Obama's Budget ("Has the administration gotten more sophisticated on its approach to infrastructure? Does easing the bonding restrictions make it easier for state transportation departments to make deals for major projects? Are there areas where this kind of bonding doesn't work? How should advocacy groups approach the president's budget if they like this idea? Is this a big step in the White House's endorsement of public-private partnerships?")
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog

Going To CicLAvia? Here's How To Rent A Bike, Fix A Flat, Join A Feeder Ride, And More Tips
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

Interim [N.Y.] M.T.A. Leader Picked To Be Is Chief ("Mr. Cuomo named Mr. Prendergast, a veteran transit executive who had been the authority’s interim executive director since Mr. Lhota’s departure, as his nominee for chairman and chief executive of the authority, which is the largest public transportation agency in North America.")
New York Times

Introducing the Long Beach “Ciclovía”
StreetsBlog LA

A Los Angeles Primer: La Brea Avenue
KCET

New Bicycle-Friendly Universities Announced!
League Of American Bicyclists

Operation TRUST (Transit Rail Urban Saturation Team) - LASD Metro Blue & Green Rail Lines ("On April 8-10, 2013, Sheriff's Transit Services Bureau-South implemented a new operational concept to secure the Blue Line light-rail transit system.")
Los Angeles County Sheriff Transit Services Bureau

Our Response To SoCal Connected's Segment On Pedestrian Safety
Los Angeles Walks

Port Of Los Beach Harbor Commissioners, Despite Benefits To Port, Back Appeal Of SCIG
StreetsBlog LA

Ray LaHood To House Republicans: You Can't Have It Both Ways ("The strained relationship between Ray LaHood and House Republican leadership was on full display Tuesday morning, when the transportation secretary sparred with members of a House subcommittee at a hearing about the Department of Transportation's budget request.")
Transportation Nation

Reps. Duncan And Nadler Will Lead New T&I Panel On Freight
StreetsBlog DC

Sheriff's Deputies Patrol Union Station In Los Angeles A Day After Explosions Hit The Boston Marathon
Alert Net

Topanga Canyon Boulevard May Become A State Scenic Highway
KCET

Transport U: Colleges Save Millions By Embracing Policies To Reduce Driving
StreetsBlog DC

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BH Subway, Blue Line Crime, Expo Bridge, Next BRT Corridors, Bullet Train, Metro Fare Studies, HOV, Bike Share & More

2013-04-16T09:55:00.005-07:00

This is National Library Week. Have you explored our Los Angeles Transit History timeline? We have assembled a chronological view of transportation agencies across the region going back to 1873, with links to our extensive historic photograph collection. More information on how we achieved this can be found here.

6 Reasons To Be Wary Of Public-Private Partnerships
Rooflines

Advocating For Transportation Systems Change ("A U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics study found that 6 million people living with disabilities had difficulties accessing needed transportation. Concerns about accessible transportation have led many Independent Living Centers (ILCs) in California to increase their advocacy efforts to create long-term transportation systems change.")
Wall Street Journal

A Better Way To Grade City Transportation Systems ("TTI’s narrow focus on congestion has come under increasingly intense scrutiny in recent years, with critics pointing out that it is used to justify road-widening projects that purport to reduce congestion but mainly serve to encourage sprawl and lengthen commutes.")
StreetsBlog DC

Beverly Hills Votes To Support Purple Line Subway Extension, But Not Under High School
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

Bullet Train Bidder Had Overruns: Builder Blames Past Issues On Governments Changing Specs
San Diego Union-Tribune

Could Transportation Spending Become A Core Conservative Value?
StreetsBlog DC

Council Will Support Westside Extension Only If It Avoids High School
Beverly Hills Patch

Doubling Efforts On Metro's Fare Studies?
StreetsBlog LA

Executive Decision Making For Transportation Capacity: The Multi-Agency Context (78p. PDF)
Strategic Highway Research Program

First Permits For Bike Share Kiosks Could Be Filed Soon
Curbed LA

Gov. Brown Sees China As Ticket To High-Speed Railway
China Digital Times

How Should Government Regulate Private Ride Sharing?
Greater Greater Washington

Industrial Alameda Square To Be Renovated, Stylized Into Fashion-Focused Retail Center
Blog Downtown

LA Sheriff's Crackdown On Blue Line Rail Crime Results In Hundreds Of Citations
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

Litter By Litter, He Cleans Up The Area (And Loses Weight Too) ("It's trash and carry for Hans Svanoe, a corporate butler who's become a one-man sanitation engineer picking up garbage along the Orange Line busway.")
Los Angeles Times

Metro Expo Line Bridge Construction To Affect Part Of West LA
KPCC Southern California Public Radio

Next Stop? A Milestone In Public Art
Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District

Ocean Park Boulevard Complete Street
Urban Insights LA

President Obama Punts On Transportation Pay-Fors
Politico

Question Of The Week: Should CalTrans Increase HOV Lane Requirement To Three Passengers?
Los Angeles Daily News

Review Of The Federal Transit Administration's Transit Economic Requirements Model (36p. PDF)
Transportation Research Board

State Transportation Funding Proposals Detailed In New AASHTO Web Resource
AASHTO
Transportation Governance And Finance: A 50-State Review Of State Legislatures And Departments Of Transportation (230p. PDF)
National Conference Of State Legislatures / AASHTO

Strong Urban Cores Promote Socializing In The City ("Long commute times and urban areas that leapfrog over open space make it harder for people to socialize, but cities that are decentralized are even worse.")
Science Daily

Supreme Court Will Hear Truckers' Challenge To Port Of Los Angeles Rules
Daily Breeze

Take A Peek At Preliminary Art For The Expo Line Extension
Curbed LA

Take Me Out To The Ballgame By Public Transit
Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog

Thousands Sign Up For New York City Bike Share In First Hours Of Registration
Transportation Nation

What Corridors Could Be Best For BRT? Metro's Study Progresses
StreetsBlog LA

Why "Nobody" Bikes In L.A., Yet...And Why That Could Change
TreeHugger

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.