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Streetsblog Los Angeles stories from Sarah Goodyear

• 2009

• Nov 06: Westside Kids “Testify” on Bike Plan and Are Heard Across the Country 3
• Nov 06: Wanted: Your Photos of Crummy Transit Conditions 1
• Nov 05: The Perils of Cul-de-Sac Development 0
• Nov 04: There’s Safety in (Bike-Specific) Infrastructure 1
• Nov 03: Demanding Safe Passage for Americans with Disabilities 2
• Nov 02: Bike Lanes Everywhere You Look 0
• Oct 30: Bringing Farms to the Heartland — of Suburbia 1
• Oct 29: In Other Road Users We Trust (Because We Have To) 0
• Oct 28: How to Reach Gen Y and Younger 1
• Oct 27: Calling for Your Photos of Work Bikes 0
• Oct 27: Leaders Need to Lead on Transit Funding 0
• Oct 26: In Miami, a Step Forward for Pedestrians 0
• Oct 23: A National Look at Meyer’s Exhibit – Mobility as a Basic Human Right 0
• Oct 22: Should Cities Try to Keep Out Big Chains? 1
• Oct 21: Jaywalking as a Marker of Livable Streets 0
• Oct 20: The Effect of Climate Change on Transpo Infrastructure 0
• Oct 19: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Public Spaces 0
• Oct 16: Michigan Makes Roads Safe for Fuzzy Dice, Not Bikes 0
• Oct 15: Make Smart Growth Affordable by Building More of It 0
• Oct 14: Marketing Bike Boulevards to Non-Bikers 0
• Oct 13: “Bicycling Is Healthy” — So How Do We Encourage It? 0
• Oct 09: Just Give Us a Place to Park Our Bikes 8
• Oct 08: Click Here for More Livable Streets 0
• Oct 07: The Importance of Child Care Within Walking Distance 3
• Oct 06: Your Eyes on Your Streets: Space Hogs 0
• Oct 06: Back to the Land in Detroit? 5
• Oct 05: Advice for the Would-Be Car-Free 0
• Oct 02: Making Employers Liable For Their Distracted Drivers 1
• Oct 01: Can We Learn Something From the New Cowboys Stadium? 2
• Sep 29: Are Two-Way Streets the Way of the Future? 2
• Sep 23: In Denver, They Get It: Bikes Are Good for Business 0
• Sep 22: Wanted: Your Eyes on Your Streets 0
• Sep 21: The Cost of Lowballing Light Rail Ridership Projections 1
• Sep 18: Planning and Density: Who’s Forcing Whom? 1
• Sep 17: Blaming Cyclists for Dangerous Roads: It Goes Way Back 1
• Sep 16: In Dallas, You Don’t Get What You Don’t Pay For 1
• Sep 15: Living Up to the Nation’s Transit Potential 2
• Sep 14: Highways and Rapid Transit: Should They Go Together? 2
• Sep 11: “Summer Streets” Aren’t Enough…But They Would Be Nice 0
• Sep 10: Building Codes to Deal With Abandoned Big Boxes 1
• Sep 09: When Parking Spaces Are More Important Than Homes 0
• Sep 08: A Livable Streets Renaissance in Savannah? 0
• Sep 04: Intercity Trains: How Good Do Connections Need to Be? 1
• Sep 03: The Brute Power of the Car 0
• Sep 02: Portland Gets a Cycle Track, and All That Comes With It 2
• Sep 01: Streetsblog.net Carrots Are Good for You, and So Are Sticks 0
• Aug 31: Drinking and Driving; In Some States They Go Hand in Hand 1
• Aug 28: The Importance of Making the Connection 1
• Aug 27: Another Defense of High Speed Rail 0
• Aug 26: Of Froggy Dreams and Feral Houses 1
• Aug 25: Bike Skirt Goes Car-Free in Birmingham 0
• Aug 14: Remembering How the Roads Got Paved 0
• Aug 13: It Actually Makes a Difference Where a Train Station Is Built 1
• Aug 12: “No More Cars” vs. “Not More Cars” 2
• Aug 11: Connecting Residential Density and Fuel Consumption 2
• Aug 10: So Much Parking It Hurts 2
• Aug 07: “You Would Just Love to Lob Something at Their Heads” 9
• Aug 06: Getting a Fair Share of the Road 2
• Aug 05: Use Your Body and Your Brain Will Thank You 0
• Aug 04: “Spatial Mismatch” and Why Density Alone Isn’t Enough 15
• Aug 03: Meet the Network: UrbanReviewSTL 0
• Jul 31: Pay Close Attention to the Following Message About Distraction 2
• Jul 30: Complete Streets Could Help America Lose Weight, Says CDC 0
• Jul 29: How Cars Destroy the Wilderness of Childhood 0
• Jul 28: New Jersey Needs to Face Its Pedestrian Fatality Problem 5
• Jul 27: The Transformative Potential of Bike Sharing 0
• Jul 24: Fun and Games With Transportation 1
• Jul 23: Fighting to Take Back Louisville’s Waterfront 1
• Jul 22: Vancouver Gives a Bridge Lane to Bikes 0
• Jul 21: Turning a Blind Eye to the Risks of Auto Culture 3
• Jul 20: How Much Do Bicyclists Really Slow Down Drivers? 8
• Jul 15: In Flint, Trying to Reinvent a Shrinking City 1
• Jul 14: Cities Must Become More Resilient to Survive 5
• Jul 13: Warning: Windshield Perspective Hazardous to Your Health 1
• Jul 10: All Aboard the Great Streetcar Debate 11
• Jul 09: Making Climate Change Part of the Local Transpo Debate 0
• Jul 08: Riding the Broadband Superhighway to Work 1
• Jul 07: Clicking to Connect With Government and Get Things Fixed 0
• Jul 06: Paying for a More Comfortable Transit Ride 1
• Jul 02: Another Step in Reducing Auto Dependence 0
• Jul 01: Streetsblog.net Mind the Gender Gap 2
• Jun 29: Do Shiny New Roads “Only Make Idiots More Dangerous”? 1
• Jun 25: Everywhere a Sign 0
• Jun 24: GAO Says We Need More Than a Vision for High Speed Rail 1
• Jun 23: Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities 0
• Jun 22: Have Red Light Speed Cameras Saved Lives in Virginia? 2
• Jun 19: Less Parking, More Healthy Food 0
• Jun 18: Bike and Ped Infrastructure Depends on Federal Funds, Too 0
• Jun 16: Now Arriving: Transit-Oriented Development 1
• Jun 15: The Two-Wheeling Future of Fort Worth 0
• Jun 12: New Urbanism, Old Urbanism and “Creative Destruction” 1
• Jun 11: Will Memphis Rise to the Transit Challenge? 2
• Jun 10: To Reduce Driving, Put a Real Price on Parking 3
• Jun 09: The Rules of the Road Are Everyone’s Responsibility 6
• Jun 05: To Reduce Pedestrian Fatalities, Focus Enforcement on Cars 4
• Jun 04: Slow Ride, Take It Easy 0
• Jun 03: Getting Real About High-Speed Rail 0
• Jun 02: Using the Hive Mind to Make Biking Safer 0
• Jun 01: How the Autocentric Lifestyle Hurts Our Kids 1
• May 29: Making Room for People Rather Than Cars 0
• May 28: We Need a Complete Solution to Climate Change 2
• May 27: The Permanent Effect of Temporary Street Closures 1
• May 20: Would Motorists Pay 15 Cents a Mile for No Traffic? 0
• May 19: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Emphasis on Safety? 4
• May 18: Does Your Commute Suck? Tell Us About It. 0
• May 18: Van Jones and the Vision for a New Urban Environmentalism 0
• May 15: The Grass Roots Are Growing Up and Up 0
• May 14: In Missouri, the State DOT Lobbies to Block Complete Streets 0
• May 13: How Can We Make Bike Commuting “Normal”? 3
• May 12: Coming Attraction: Teasers From Oberstar’s Transpo Bill Outline 1
• May 12: Finding Effective Arguments for Funding Mass Transit 7
• May 11: Transportation for America Releases Blueprint for Transportation Reform 0
• May 11: Imagine If People Really Drove the Speed Limit 3
• May 08: Complete Streets Planning Becomes Law in Hawaii 0
• May 07: Why Won’t the Feds Encourage People to Go Car-Free? 5
• May 06: What’s Really Dangerous for Kids? Hint: It Has Four Wheels and a Tailpipe. 2
• May 06: Cycling and the Law: Where Does Education Begin? 9
• May 05: Portland Bus Driver Says Let There Be Light…on Bikes 1
• May 04: Experimenting with the Elimination of Traffic Lights 0
• May 01: Complete Streets Could Hit a Speed Bump in Milwaukee 0
• Apr 30: Illinois Transit May Take a Hit; for Roads, It’s Business as Usual 0
• Apr 29: Fighting for Transit-Oriented Development in Wisconsin 0
• Apr 28: Obama’s Touted Office of Urban Policy Slow to Take Shape 0
• Apr 27: Why Conservatives (and Everyone) Should Care About Transit 10
• Apr 24: Danger: Journalist With Windshield Perspective Ahead 0
• Apr 23: DOT Secy Wants “Sustained Engagement” from Bike Advocates 0
• Apr 22: Transportation, Class and Housing: Making the Connections 0
• Apr 21: Are Stimulus Funds Being Misused for NJ Highways 0
• Apr 20: Progress Through Undevelopment 0
• Apr 16: Urban Revitalization Continues Amid Recession 0
• Apr 15: America’s Big Fat Road Problem 0
• Apr 14: Reaching Across the Urban-Suburban Divide 1
• Apr 13: Sen. Mikulski Supports Car Tax Breaks While Transit Languishes 0
• Apr 09: Carfree Montanta 0
• Apr 08: Safe Places for Senior Citizens to Walk 0
• Apr 07: Driven to Distraction in America 4
• Apr 06: Should St. Louis Make Mass Transit Free? 1
• Apr 03: The Case Against the Cul-de-Sac: Build Streets That Connect 2
• Apr 02: What Can We Learn from Oregon’s Mileage Tax Experiment? 1
• Apr 01: Accident vs. Crash: The View from Savannah 0
• Mar 31: Does Density Help Communities Weather Recession? 0
• Mar 30: Safe Routes to School Needs Funding in Pennsylvania 0
• Mar 27: Passenger Rail Isn’t Just for “Rail Buffs” 2
• Mar 26: As Transit Is Gutted in Orange County, Freeways Set to Expand 15
• Mar 23: Transit-Oriented Development: Beyond the Big City 0
• Mar 20: Don’t Let Fear Hold You Back 2
• Mar 19: DOT and HUD Team Up for TOD 0
• Mar 18: LaHood Talks Up Cities and Transit 1
• Mar 17: Stim-Funded Highways to Nowhere 0
• Mar 16: Traffic, Serious as a Heart Attack 0
• Mar 13: A Potential Stimulus Horror Story from Franklin, Wisconsin 0
• Mar 12: Is Equal Justice for Bicyclists on the Horizon? 1
• Mar 10: The True Cost of Moving to Cheaper Suburban Housing 2
• Mar 09: Rebuilding Roads with “Practical Design” 0
• Mar 06: A Proposal: Stimulus for Passenger Rail in Montana 0
• Mar 05: Transit Funding Solutions, Parisian Edition 1
• Mar 04: Just Words, Mr. President? 0
• Mar 03: Public Spaces, Now More Than Ever 0
• Mar 02: Declining Traffic: How Will It Affect U.S. Transportation? 2
• Feb 27: Transportation for America Launches Campaign Platform 1
• Feb 26: A High-Speed Rail Roundup 2
• Feb 25: The Case Against Home Ownership 20
• Feb 24: What Does Beauty Have to Do With Sustainability? 0
• Feb 23: The Mileage Tax Genie Is Out of the Bottle 12
• Feb 20: The Definition of Speeding Shouldn’t Be Relative 0
• Feb 19: Listening to the President on Transportation 2
• Feb 18: The Stimulus Bill: Time to Start Following the Money 3
• Feb 17: Will Cities Get Some of the Stimulus Money? 0
• Feb 13: The Challenges in Getting Transit Funded 0
• Feb 12: Transit and Bikes: Meant for Each Other 2
• Feb 11: An Attempt to Create Empathy in Drivers 2
• Feb 10: Meet the New AASHTO? 0
• Feb 09: Streetsblog.net Contrarian Thinking: Against Transportation 2
• Feb 06: Columbus and Its Mall: This Marriage Can’t Be Saved 1
• Feb 05: What Does Profitability Mean for Transit? 6
• Feb 04: Senate Stimulus Action Leaves the Network Cold 0
• Feb 03: Can We Learn from China’s Stimulus? 0
• Feb 02: Changing Attitudes Toward Driving: It’s About the Law 0
• Jan 28: Stimululus Outrage Throughout the Network 0
• Jan 27: Even as Gas Prices Fall, More People Are Turning to Transit 0
• Jan 26: Call to Action: Win Back Stimulus Funding for Transit Service 3
• Jan 23: A New Day for Atlanta — and for Urbanism? 1
• Jan 22: Making the Connections on Stimulus Spending 0
• Jan 21: The Work That Needs to Be Done 2
• Jan 20: Faster Isn’t Better, and Cars Aren’t Safer 1
• Jan 16: Dissenting Voices on the Stimulus from Around the Web and Halls of Congress 4
• Jan 15: Bike, Ped Improvements Part of Portland’s Stimulus Plan 1
• Jan 14: Streetsblog.net What Might Cities Look Like in a World Without Oil? 0
• Jan 13: Stimulus Forces Consideration of Transportation Priorities 0
• Jan 08: Of Buses and Women 3
• Jan 07: Have a Bike Parking Solution for the Folks in Austin? 1
• Jan 06: Portland’s Safe Streets: How Do They Do It? 1
• Jan 05: Streetsblog.net Members Not Impressed with Obama Stimulus 0

• 2008

• Dec 22: Streetsblog.net: Help Rep. Oberstar Green the Stimulus 0
• Dec 19: Streetsblog.Net Looks at Bike Rider’s Bill of Rights 2
• Dec 18: Ray LaHood, Known Unknown 0
• Dec 16: Street-Level Intelligence from the Streetsblog Network 0
• Dec 15: When the Status Quo Doesn’t Cut It 0
• Dec 12: Streetsblog Network: No Way to Build a Sidewalk 2
• Dec 11: Copout on the Transit Bailout 0
• Dec 10: More Portland Cyclists Mean Safer Streets 0
• Dec 08: Obama’s Stimulus: Too Much Emphasis on Roads and Bridges? 4
• Dec 05: Today on Streetsblog.net 3
• Dec 04: Today on Streetsblog.net 0
• Dec 02: Introducing the Streetsblog Network 0
• Nov 21: Report: Good Transit and Good Jobs Go Hand in Hand 0
• Nov 14: Obama Names Transportation Team 4
• Nov 06: Having a Kid Doesn’t Mean Having a Car 0
• Oct 24: The Case for Active Transportation, by the Numbers 1
• Oct 23: Rubbing Elbows on a Crowded Bus in Alaska 0
• Oct 15: Transportation for America Launches Legislative Campaign 0
• Jul 09: Bike Commuters Clean Up and Lock Up in Brisbane, Australia 0
• Jul 01: ¡Arriba Sevilla! 2