The California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has released its 2009 California High Speed Rail Business Plan to the public. The big news? Projected costs have increased to $42.6 billion and fares are expected to be 83% the cost of typical airfare. On their blog, the CHSRA says the $9 [continue reading]
Today the L.A. Times features an editorial with some novel ideas on how to make L.A. a more bike friendly city. Inspired by Copenhagen’s impressive bicycle usage numbers – 36% of residents commute by bike – the author recommends Angelenos rethink their views on getting around (“streets are not exclusively [continue reading]
Not to wonk out on your first thing in the a.m., but I couldn’t help but nod in agreement reading a commentary in the New Republic about the need to ensure that federal stimulus funding is spent well at local levels. One example the authors use is the inability of [continue reading]
The Pasadena Star-News throws in its support for the Downtown Regional Connector project now that the Gold Line Foothill Extension is becoming a reality. The paper supports the idea proposed by Metro that each of the five subregions in L.A. county pay one-fifth of the start-up costs. It seems as [continue reading]
I started by daily graze of today’s transportation headlines with this story in the Argonaut: El Segundo, as we reported last month, is most unhappy with a light rail maintenance facility being proposed in the city as part of the Crenshaw Line. The city of Los Angeles doesn’t want it, [continue reading]
The Metro Library has compiled a list of transportation headlines that’s just bursting at the seams this morning. There’s so many interesting stories today it was hard for me to decide what posts I wanted to highlight – so make sure you check out the entire list. First up, the [continue reading]
I started my grazing of today’s transpo headlines close to home: Pasadena is looking for ways to reduce traffic, according to the Star News. Traffic on several major streets is up, bus use is down and no one is sure what should be done next. Raise the price of parking [continue reading]
Newsweek takes a look at new train stations around the globe that are being built to accommodate high speed rail networks. Knocking the airport of its perch as the architectural symbol of success and connectivity, these stations are not just functional but built with an artistry and scale that reflects [continue reading]
Jerard Wright over at CityWatch is optimistic that the Regional Connector can unify Los Angeles while preserving the Little Tokyo community that will be its hub. Little Tokyo is apprehensive about the project, fearing the construction and and new infrastructure will negate any progress the community has made in the [continue reading]
First thing that caught my eye today is this post from Streetsblog LA that features a video that’s been making the rounds in transit circles. It shows the growth of rail transit in the last 30 years for six cities – Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles. L.A. [continue reading]
