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• Seniors in Long Beach attempt the Transit Oriented Lifestyle, but elements of the car-culture like wide roads and quick traffic signals make it difficult.
• A look at potential changes to 1st and Alameda courtesy of the Downtown Regional Connector.
• The true gas holiday - this summer it’s estimated that summer travel by public transit will increase by 35%.
• Rail transit transparency: Amtrak shares on-time performance data with customers.

Image courtesy of SoulCookie.

• Cal State Long Beach students love their cars, hate the idea of paying for the damage they cause.
• The Big Blue Bus 10 beats Metro 439 in the Great Bus Race 2008. Gloating ensues.
• Metrolink could be heading to Redlands by 2015.
• Downtown Long Beach pwns Downtown L.A. again.  Pedicabs being introduced this weekend.
• Riverside Transit agency is adding electronic panels with real time bus arrival information to 70 bus stops.
• McCain’s Gas Tax Summer Holiday not such a hot idea.
• An ex-New Yorker takes a ride on the Red Line and shares his opinion.

Image courtesy of misterjt.

• Streetsblog releases a new Streetsfilm… about Los Angeles and the Orange Line!
• ORLY? Cars are bad for your health.
• Long Beach moves forwards with Bicycle Master Plan.
• A little transit love letter from Long Beach.
• Angelenos love to talk about saving the environment, they just don’t wanna have to pay for it.
• The Big Blue Bus offers free rides to Santa Monica College students.

• Hey Prius driver! You can’t park for free anymore! Haha!
• Local congress members join the fight to make the Foothill Gold Line extension a reality.
• Los Angeles drivers need more roads, not taxes on their gasoline to fund… ugh… alternative transportation.
• Riding the all-night bus to Long Beach, a tale for night owls.
• Zoning laws prevent cities from being walkable, which is great because walking is like, really really hard. [via CarFree USA]

• Woman calls Bush “out of touch” as she fills up her SUV.
• Long Beach Transit Center will have… bathrooms!
• Opinions and snark on the arrival of Metro fare gates.
• Blogdowntown reports on City Council transportation meeting about buses to Dodger Stadium.

• Construction begins today for new $3.9 million transit center in Long Beach
• Former Metro Board Member Richard Alarcón doesn’t trust Metro, and isn’t afraid to tell them
• BRU tells the mayor to fund bus lanes on Wilshire now that he’s one of them
• Turnstiles are an $80 million boondoggle according to City Beat
• Sales tax to fund subway to the sea? Assemblyman Mike Feuer thinks so.