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. View from a Barcelona streetcar — in 1908 (Pattern Cities) Excerpt from the text with this wonderful video: But surely the streets [continue reading]
photo by NASA I thought it was appropriate on Earth Day to link to a post we did last year on a very relevant subject: a federal report showing that taking mass transit is a good way to reduce greenhouse gases that are causing global warming and, according to many [continue reading]
The award goes to buildings that on average use 35 percent less energy than the average building, meaning about 35 percent less carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas — is released into the atmosphere. Here’s the press release from Metro: Metro’s Gateway Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles has earned the [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. Obama aims to boost infrastructure spending (Wall Street Journal) The Journal notes that Obama’s infrastructure plans — discussed in his State of [continue reading]
Here’s the agency’s press release for the retirement event to be held later this morning: The last diesel bus in the massive 2,228 vehicle fleet directly operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today was retired making Metro the first major transit agency in the world 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. California gets $616 million more in fed funding for bullet train (Sacramento Bee) Politicians in Ohio and Wisconsin said “no thanks” 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. S.F. proposal to cut bus stops (Transport Politic) The S.F. Muni system is studying whether some bus stops should be cut, which [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. CicLAvia hits the streets without a hitch (L.A. Streetsblog) Organizers estimated that 100,000 cyclists and pedestrians enjoyed car-free streets of L.A. at [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. How about 30/15? (Legal Planet) The policy blog tries to get to the bottom of what federal requirements are needed to make [continue reading]
As expected, the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has inspired a debate about where the United States should get its petroleum and how much petroleum the country is using. A smart article in the New York Times’ Week in Review section on Sunday laid out the conundrum [continue reading]
