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Added on Monday, March 31st, 2008

Pedestrians in Downtown LA

Cops are cracking down on pedestrains at 7th Street Metro Center.
Is California high speed rail just a romantic dream?
Senator Jim Battin, representing Riverside, visits Japan and concludes California high speed rail must be privatized if it is to succeed.
Despite unified message, politicians continue to ignore San Gabriel Valley residents desire for Gold Line extension.
Bringing a streetcar to NoHo, sounds great, but would it be safe?
It wasn’t greedy taxi companies or parking czars that kept the Green Line from the airport, but surprise surprise, politics!

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Added on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Bikes and the Gold Line

The L.A. Bicycle Master Plan is a plan all right, just not one that is particularly friendly to bicyclists
My Super Sweet Sixteen: the car is playing a smaller role in everyone’s favorite birthday milestone
Cities are working to help pedestrians for once
Downtown wants their connector underground, no ifs ands or buts
Is doing more of the same really a 180? Street Heat thinks not

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Added on Friday, February 15th, 2008

Gold Line crossing

Photo courtesy of alonzoD via Flickr.

78 people cited in 3 hours for violating laws around Santa Clarita rail crossings
Same deal: In a 20-minute period 4 drivers rushed through lowering gates at Santa Clarita rail crossings
Wired magazine takes a look at the subway to the sea
Despite opposition, Mayor says Pico and Olympic are becoming one-way streets
Pedestrians win, 2nd street widening halted in Downtown

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Added on Thursday, February 14th, 2008

The sceninc lounge on an Amtrak Southwest Chief

The sceninc lounge on an Amtrak Southwest Chief.

City Beat takes a look at Damien Goodmon and his plan to fix… or halt… Expo
Cops defend their case in the Koreatown Pedestrian Crackdown 2008
CBS News takes a look at the growing popularity of Amtrak and its funding challenges versus highways and planes (video)
The Mayor waits for a 720 and transfers to the Red Line

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Added on Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Pedestrains cross Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles.

The LA Straphanger provides a great video review that critiques the pedestrian friendliness of a block of Sixth Street in Downtown
Women-only buses a hit in Mexico City – could a similar idea work to get more women Metro Riders in Los Angeles? Are pervs are problem on Metro?
Gordon Price talks about Los Angeles’s transit failings compared to Vancouver’s successes
RT Rider dreams of a multi-modal alliance of transit, bike, and pedestrian advocates to lobby for car-free funding

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Daily Transit Links Roundup

Added on Monday, February 11th, 2008

Del Mar Station

Downtown moves a step closer to reviving its streetcars
Koreatown Kontroversy: peds getting the smack down from cops
A look at bus rapid transit in Bogota, Columbia
A look at street cars and light rail in North America, a Canadian perspective

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