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Railroads and emissions in southern California
Argh. I am writing a paper right now on how planners can and should win more often in public conflicts. They could learn a lesson from the railroads. The LA Times reported a few days ago that, in order...
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The Expo Line and Who is Overpaid in Transit Construction Contracts
Richard Green notes on his blog that: A light rail line going by USC–the Exposition Line–has been under construction for some time now. For a considerable time, the site featured a sign that said the...
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Tony Judt and Bringing Back the Rails, with Clark Gable thrown in
Tony Judt passed away far too young, and he was a remarkable prose stylist. The New York Review of Books has been running a series of his last writings, and his latest essay calls us to Bring Back the...
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Rail cost-benefit analysis
Peter Gordon, Robert Cervero, and I discuss the cost-benefit analysis of Los Angeles rail investment in this issue of Public Works Management and Policy. Here are the citations Peter Gordon and Paige...
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Me writing in the Los Angeles Times this morning
I wrote an Op-Ed for the Los Angeles Times on the Greek privatization issue. It appears here. Here are some of the assets the Greeks are selling off.
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A collection of HSR links from around the web
The LA Times features Rand’s Martin Wachs in this story, describing how the state of California is probably going to have to go it alone if it wants to build high speed rail. I told you so, California,...
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Reasons for proposing LRT that don’t induce me to make barfing noises in public
1. There’s a corridor where we’ve done everything we can to improve bus service, and there’s extra room for additional ROW so that LRT would provide additional capacity for future growth which isn’t...
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The Blue Line Hits a Bus
This accident could have been far worse than it was. I get that people blame the people living in south-central for the accidents along the blue line. Here it was two metro drivers. So…what’s the...
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Saying no to South LA, as usual
There’s a quote from me in this story from the LA Times discussing the decision to bypass Leimert Park with the light rail.
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Trains as writer’s garrets
Come to think of it, I got a goodly bit of my dissertation writing on the train between here and San Luis Obispso. Jessica Gross writes about her experience as a writer on Amtrack. Really, why not? I...
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Railroads and emissions in southern California
Argh. I am writing a paper right now on how planners can and should win more often in public conflicts. They could learn a lesson from the railroads. The LA Times reported a few days ago that, in order...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Expo Line and Who is Overpaid in Transit Construction Contracts
Richard Green notes on his blog that: A light rail line going by USC–the Exposition Line–has been under construction for some time now. For a considerable time, the site featured a sign that said the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tony Judt and Bringing Back the Rails, with Clark Gable thrown in
Tony Judt passed away far too young, and he was a remarkable prose stylist. The New York Review of Books has been running a series of his last writings, and his latest essay calls us to Bring Back the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rail cost-benefit analysis
Peter Gordon, Robert Cervero, and I discuss the cost-benefit analysis of Los Angeles rail investment in this issue of Public Works Management and Policy. Here are the citations Peter Gordon and Paige...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Me writing in the Los Angeles Times this morning
I wrote an Op-Ed for the Los Angeles Times on the Greek privatization issue. It appears here. Here are some of the assets the Greeks are selling off.
View ArticleClik here to view.
A collection of HSR links from around the web
The LA Times features Rand’s Martin Wachs in this story, describing how the state of California is probably going to have to go it alone if it wants to build high speed rail. I told you so, California,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reasons for proposing LRT that don’t induce me to make barfing noises in public
1. There’s a corridor where we’ve done everything we can to improve bus service, and there’s extra room for additional ROW so that LRT would provide additional capacity for future growth which isn’t...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Blue Line Hits a Bus
This accident could have been far worse than it was. I get that people blame the people living in south-central for the accidents along the blue line. Here it was two metro drivers. So…what’s the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Saying no to South LA, as usual
There’s a quote from me in this story from the LA Times discussing the decision to bypass Leimert Park with the light rail.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trains as writer’s garrets
Come to think of it, I got a goodly bit of my dissertation writing on the train between here and San Luis Obispso. Jessica Gross writes about her experience as a writer on Amtrack. Really, why not? I...
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