Comments on: City Looks to Extend Parking Benefit for Hybrids http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/17/431/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Damien Newton http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/17/431/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Damien Newton Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:04:29 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/17/431/#comment-527 Bad news everyone. The city council passed the resolution by consent and didn't even hold public comment. I have all the sad commentary at StreetHeat (I don't want to use Streetsblog to cover my own advocacy efforts...): http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/03/dodgersyay-public-processboo.html Bad news everyone. The city council passed the resolution by consent and didn’t even hold public comment. I have all the sad commentary at StreetHeat (I don’t want to use Streetsblog to cover my own advocacy efforts…):

http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/2008/03/dodgersyay-public-processboo.html

]]> By: Damien Newton http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/17/431/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Damien Newton Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:00:32 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/17/431/#comment-491 Update: The full city council will be voting on this at Friday morning's meeting...at the committee meeting Rosendahl seemed interested in fighting the plan to extend the free parking, but we'll see if he can convince the rest of the Council. Update: The full city council will be voting on this at Friday morning’s meeting…at the committee meeting Rosendahl seemed interested in fighting the plan to extend the free parking, but we’ll see if he can convince the rest of the Council.

]]> By: Fred Camino http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/17/431/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Fred Camino Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:37:24 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/17/431/#comment-432 Did you know, before you drive a vehicle off the lot, the environmental damage caused by its creation is the equivalent of having driven it 30,000 miles? F hybridz. Did you know, before you drive a vehicle off the lot, the environmental damage caused by its creation is the equivalent of having driven it 30,000 miles? F hybridz.

]]> By: LAofAnaheim http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/17/431/comment-page-1/#comment-431 LAofAnaheim Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:32:04 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/17/431/#comment-431 Just buying a hybrid and saving gas costs should be an inducement enough? Why do we still provide x number of benefits for hybrids? It's up to the private individual if they chose to buy a hybrid. With the money we give away to those hybrid owners (and the city continuously loses), the City has less to spend on buses, trains, sidewalks, etc.. This hybrid policy is all feel good crap. Just buying a hybrid and saving gas costs should be an inducement enough? Why do we still provide x number of benefits for hybrids? It’s up to the private individual if they chose to buy a hybrid. With the money we give away to those hybrid owners (and the city continuously loses), the City has less to spend on buses, trains, sidewalks, etc.. This hybrid policy is all feel good crap.

]]> By: SoapBoxLA http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/17/431/comment-page-1/#comment-429 SoapBoxLA Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:26:25 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/17/431/#comment-429 Any vehicle, even if it's fueled by good intentions and only emits rainbows and butterflies, still takes up space. Valuable real estate. We will be #1 in congestion until our leadership shifts focus and begins to work on getting people out of the single occupant vehicle and on their feet, on a bike or on Mass Transit. Narrow the streets, lose the parking, widen the sidewalks, welcome people back to the great public space. Welcome to the City! (Leave your car at home) Any vehicle, even if it’s fueled by good intentions and only emits rainbows and butterflies, still takes up space. Valuable real estate.

We will be #1 in congestion until our leadership shifts focus and begins to work on getting people out of the single occupant vehicle and on their feet, on a bike or on Mass Transit.

Narrow the streets, lose the parking, widen the sidewalks, welcome people back to the great public space. Welcome to the City! (Leave your car at home)

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