Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Backfire! With Cleaner Cars, People Drive More (Treehugger) In Sweden, the law of unintended consequences is on full display. The country prides [continue reading]
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday adopted a new plan to expand the network of bike lanes and bike-friendly streets in the nation’s second-largest city to 1,680 miles — about 1,000 more miles than contemplated in the previous bike plan adopted in 1996. Officials held a news conference today [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. If congestion pricing is so great, why don’t businesses do it? (The Atlantic) The writer argues that most people don’t want to [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. L.A. City Council expected to pass ambitious bike plan (L.A. Times) The plan would add more than 1,600 miles of bike lanes [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. The high-speed rail debate continues: A lost cause: The high-speed rail race (Washington Post) Why the Washington Post is wrong about high [continue reading]
Here’s the news release: Metro will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, March 1, and a public hearing on Thursday, March 31, to update the community and to receive verbal comments on the evaluation process of the proposed maintenance facility sites for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Light Rail Project. Metro [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Awkward! Subway complicates Beverly Hills Council meeting (Curbed LA) A blow-by-blow of a discussion involving the subway’s route through Beverly Hills and [continue reading]
With the news of Metro’s impending purchase of Los Angeles Union Station, I asked Metro followers and friends on Twitter and Facebook what they’d like to see at Union Station that isn’t there now. Here are their answers: Tomdemie @metrolosangeles Supermarket and shopping restaurant lensovet @metrolosangeles better integration and transfers [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Tackling transportation’s triple-threat to the nation (NRDC Switchboard) NRDC Federal Transportation Policy Director Deron Lovaas recommends adopting a “fix-it-first” rule, requiring that [continue reading]
Here is the news release from the Expo Line Construction Authority: COURT DISMISSES NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP’S CHALLENGES TO DELAY EXPO LINE Phase 2 of the Expo Line project from Culver City to Santa Monica takes another step forward as the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of [continue reading]
