Despite transportation accounting for 70% of U.S. oil consumption, energy and transportation policy have historically been devised and implemented in wholly disparate spheres. Transportation projects, whether highways, public transit, or port upgrades, are neither developed nor operated with any consideration…
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Bringing Streetcars Back To Downtown Los Angeles: A Closer Look At The Economic Benefits Outlined In New Study
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This week a new study was released indicating how the Downtown L.A. Streetcar will have a significant and profound effect on revitalization in Downtown Los Angeles. The L.A. Streetcar Economic Analysis Report & Technical Appendix (64p. PDF) studied the…
Celebrating Black History Month: How The First African-American Motormen & “Motormanette” Pioneered Social Justice On The Los Angeles Railway
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Los Angeles Railway was not previously known as a socially progressive organization, nor were many other industries or job markets of the early 1940s. The headlines of the Los Angeles Sentinel and the California Eagle from 1942-1944, the leading African…
40 Years Ago Today: San Fernando Earthquake Topples Freeways & Prompts Seismic Retrofitting Plan
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Forty years ago today, at 6:01 a.m., an earthquake near San Fernando measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale rolled across Southern California, leaving at least 65 dead and staggering structural damage. While the Northridge Earthquake of 1994 is the largest shaker in recent…
1,000,000 And Counting: Metro Library’s Historic Photo Collection On Flickr Hits A Major Milestone
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Today, we achieved something extraordinary: Our online photo collection has been viewed more than one million times on Flickr since implementation. Just over two years ago, we began uploading the first of what is now more than 7,000 scanned images from our historic…
Research Roundup: Which High-Speed Rail Corridors Are Poised For Success? How Does Smart Growth Promote Wealth? Why Is Intercity Bus Travel The Fastest Growing Transportation Mode?
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The United States has embarked on a program of building high-speed rail corridors in the nation’s most urbanized corridors and regions. This is a bold step toward meeting the infrastructure needs of the coming century, including providing capacity for economic…