– By Matt Barrett Los Angeles has been a 24-hour city for much longer that most would imagine, and transit service has played an important role in keeping the city moving overnight for over 100 years. (LAMTA Car 3022 trundles…
Monthly Archives: September 2010
New And Notable: Strategic Collaboration In Public & Non-Profit, Managing Public Sector Projects, Government Contracting
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This week, we highlight three new titles from the ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy. Market disruptions, climate change, and health pandemics lead the growing list of challenges faced by today’s leaders. These issues, along with countless others…
New And Notable: Cities For People, Transportation Infrastructure Security, Railway Noise And Vibration
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For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use — or could use — the spaces where they live and work. In Cities…
This Is Social Media Week In Los Angeles!
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It’s Social Media Week here in Los Angeles. This global platform for conversation, collaboration and learning connects hundreds of thousands of people in different cities around the world in hopes of raising consciousness about social media’s role in society. Participating…
Research Roundup: More Transit = More Jobs, Congestion Trends & Statistics, Managing Increased Ridership
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The Transportation Equity Network (TEN) has released More Transit = More Jobs: The Impact Of Increasing Funding For Public Transit (31p. PDF). TEN is a coalition of more than 350 grassroots organizations in 41 states that has worked since 1997…
5th Annual L.A. As Subject Archives Bazaar: Save The Date For L.A.’s Premiere Historical & Cultural Event On Oct. 23 (And It’s Free!)
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Southern California: Just thinking about our vast region (larger than many states), diverse population (numbering in the millions), and its unique role in the historical and cultural development of the state and nation boggles the mind. (Click on all images…
Scan A Barcode, Find A Library: Bringing The World’s Library Collections To Your Phone
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Ever wonder about those ubiquitous Universal Product barcodes on the back of just about every book? We’ve been scanning UPC barcodes at the grocery checkout for years, but there never seemed to be a consumer application for those found on…
Before TAP: The 1963 Vision Of Smart-Card Fare Collection And Rapid Transit For L.A.
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The Metro TAP Program has been in the news quite a bit lately, and it reminded us of a long-forgotten piece of Los Angeles transit history. On January 7, 1963, local business and political leaders gathered at the Statler-Hilton Hotel…