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• Obama Proposes Federal Takeover Of Mass Transit

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  Obama Proposes Federal Takeover Of Mass Transit White House Hopes For Federal Oversight Of Safety Regulations On All Local Subways, Light Rails In US Reporting Hazel Sanchez Who should run mass transportation? If the White House has its way, New York and other subway systems nationwide could be in for a federal safety ...
  14 hours ago

• Spontaneity @ Floyd’s Coffee

  
  Welcome — Authority: 118
  Jo & I met after work about 5:00pm at Floyd’s Coffee in downtown Portland, specifically at 1st & Couch.  Map location included below (thx Google maps). View Larger Map While sitting there we decided tonight ought to be a good night to go catch the new 2012 movie.  Being that Jo and I, thanks in ...
  2 days ago

• Eastbound & Down

  
  [sic] — Authority: 463
  There were tickets in those days… It’s late-breaking but I’m suddenly very very excited by Sunday’s long-awaited opening of the Gold Line rail extension from Union Station down through Little Tokyo and then across the Eastside. So much excited am I that my double-darned damnedest will be required so that ...
  2 days ago

• Get America back on track with Amtrak

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 141
  It is high time that America’s policy makers thought big about how to get the country through the current economic downturn. Last month, Amtrak posted the second highest ridership in its history with 27.2 million passengers in fiscal year 2009…
  2 days ago

• Dear Abby in Need of Advice

  
  City Room — Authority: 797
  A family feud for Abigail Van Buren; speedier bus service on the East Side; and more items from local blogs.
  2 days ago

• Gold Line Extension Ready for Service in East Los Angeles (Source: The Transport Politic)

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 133
  Link: The Transport Politic Gold Line Extension Ready for Service in East Los Angeles Though originally planned as an extension of the heavy rail Red Line, light rail will be good for East L.A. when it begins operations Sunday. In most cities, the construction of a $900 million light rail line between ...
  2 days ago

• The Eastsides new Gold Line (Souce: latimes.com)

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 133
  Link: The Eastsides new Gold Line -- latimes.com Editorial The Eastsides new Gold Line After 22 years and $900 million, light rail comes to L.A.s Eastside. November 13, 2009 Its hard to build public transit projects in Los Angeles under the best of circumstances, but the Gold Line light-rail spur from ...
  2 days ago

• Q & A The Gold Line opens Sunday (Source: latimes.com)

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 133
  Link: The Gold Line opens Sunday -- latimes.com Q & A The Gold Line opens Sunday The six-mile light-rail extension, which cost $898 million, will open Sunday with free rides and entertainment. Gold Line George Raya is at the controls of a light-rail train as it travels through the underground portion of ...
  2 days ago

• Can Winter Park be the next Bogota?

  
  Kens Therapy — Authority: 115
  One of the joys of living in Winter Park is the ability to experience all that metro Orlando has to offer but still have a small town where I do my daily activities. I have the ability to do all basic living without ever leaving a 6 block or so area. There are numerous shops, restaurants, grocery stores, art ...
  3 days ago

• Light Rail Proposed for Crenshaw Corridor (Source: www.lawattstimes.com)

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 133
  Link: Light Rail Proposed for Crenshaw Corridor Light Rail Proposed for Crenshaw Corridor November 12, 2009 By CHICO C. NORWOOD STAFF WRITER Metropolitan Transportation Authority staff members have proposed a light-rail line over a busway for the Crenshaw/LAX Corridor, partly due to an effort to help relieve ...
  3 days ago

• Our View: MTA finally thinking about Valley, future (Source: SGVTribune.com)

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 133
  Our View: MTA finally thinking about Valley, future - SGVTribune.com Our View: MTA finally thinking about Valley, future Posted: 11/10/2009 05:39:05 PM PST A beef we have with many advocacy groups is that they dont know how to advance the message after they actually get what they have long lobbied for. They ...
  3 days ago

• New Transport Plan: Too Westside? (Source: /kcet.org/)

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 133
  Link: New Transport Plan: Too Westside? - City of Angles New Transport Plan: Too Westside? By Brian Doherty November 9, 2009 8:55 AM The Metropolitan Transportation Authoritys new 30-year "Long Term Transportation Plan" has a lot for the Westside, but other constituencies arent thrilled. The L.A. Weekly ...
  3 days ago

• MTA backs light rail for Crenshaw corridor (Source: LA Times)

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 133
  MTA backs light rail for Crenshaw corridor -- latimes.com MTA backs light rail for Crenshaw corridor Proposed line would run from Exposition Boulevard to near LAX. Rail would be offer a faster, cleaner alternative to buses, supporters say. By Ari B. Bloomekatz November 11, 2009 South Los Angeles has won a ...
  3 days ago

• Are Cars Going Extinct?

  
  Your Call — Authority: 124
  Whats the future of personal transportation? A big chunk of the federal stimulus plan supports the building, repair and expansion of roads at the same time climate scientists tell us fossil-fueled cars are pushing us more quickly toward catastrophe. Are we at a point where personal transportation might come into ...
  4 days ago

• People of Public Transit (from the creators of People of Walmart)

  
  Silenced Majority Portal — Authority: 149
  People of Mass Transit is a sister blog to People of Walmart, sent by the people who make it. People send in photos. I am a strong believer in mass transit and a denier or hater re. Walmart and these...
  4 days ago

• Taking a Survey

  
  Welcome — Authority: 118
  Jo and I, while checking out the new apartment in downtown on Sunday, decided to swing by Powell’s to find some books.  We arrived with no fuss via the streetcar and went about our business.  As we walked through though I noticed a table where TriMet was taking a survey of drivers, riders, or whoever.  I ...
  5 days ago

• Gold Line to East Los Angeles to open this weekend (Source: Pasadena Star-News)

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 133
  Link: Gold Line to East Los Angeles to open this weekend - Pasadena Star-News Gold Line to East Los Angeles to open this weekend Posted: 11/10/2009 02:05:24 PM PST LOS ANGELES - The Gold Line Eastside Extension, which will connect the end of the Gold Line at Union Station to within one miles of the city border ...
  5 days ago

• Roundup of articles on the Regional Connector

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 133
  Link: Curbed LA: Regional Connector: Know All the Possible Downtown Stops           Roundup of articles on the Regional Connector           Article 1           Regional Connector: Know All the Possible Downtown Stops Monday, November 9, 2009, by Neal Broverman See link for all ...
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• Subway extension debated

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 133
  The Daily Bruin | Subway extension debated Subway extension debated Community considers pros, cons of bringing Metro Purple Line to Westwood Boulevard By Kelly Zhou Nov. 9, 2009 at 2:17 a.m. For maps, click here and here . UCLA students expressed both their encouragement and concern for the Westside ...
  5 days ago

• With Road Trains, Highways Become Public Transportation

  
  Autopia — Authority: 739
  Researchers in the European Union are using telematics to create “road trains” that join the benefits of carpooling with the freedom of driving alone. The latest concept, part of the EU’s Safe Road Trains for the Environment initiative, groups cars with similar destinations into road trains over long ...
  5 days ago

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