Streetsblog Los Angeles

• Do You Own a Business?  Do You Want a Bike Corral?  Here’s How to Get One in LA (LADOT Bike Blog)
• Convention Center Plan Unveiled to Mixed Reviews (Daily News, LAT, LA Observed)
• Legislature Restores Funding for School Buses (LAT)
• Beck’s Plan for Unlicensed Drivers Heads to Police Commission on 2/14 (Daily News)
• Zev Asks Mammoth NBC Universal Project to Scrap Housing (Curbed)
• Crenshaw/Green Line to LAX Doesn’t Go to LAX (LA Weekly)
• Big Turnout for Pomona’s CicLAvia Meeting  (CicLAvia, A Healthy Design)
• CRA Calls for State to Acknowledge CRA Dissolution Caused Problems (CP&DR)
• Nice Headline: “Bullet Train Becoming Moonbeam Express” (OC Register)
• Metro Orange Line Construction Video Now Online (The Source)
• Thanks, Blog Downtown for Picking up the Streetfilm (Blog Downtown)

Featured Headline: The state of Los Angeles’ sidewalks becomes a national story as Atlantic Cities takes a look at the issue.  Closer to home, the Daily News checks in on the crisis and let’s Councilman Jose Huizar get away with the “there’s no money budgeted” excuse.  Gee, if only there was some elected body, some sort of Council, that controlled the budget.

• Bike Lanes Coming to Main Street in Downtown Los Angeles (LADOT Bike Blog)
• Gov. Appoints Three Person Panel to Dismantle CRA (Curbed, LAT)
• Michelle Obama Visits SoCal to Promote Healthy Eating (LAT)
• Coming Today: AEG Announces Convention Center Plan (Daily News)
• Public Transportation’s Hidden Gender Imbalance (Atlantic Cities)
• Lobbyists Set Spending Record in Sacramento (LAT)
• Today’s Urban Planners Explore How to Facilitate Pedestrian Desire Lines (The Economist)
• Ten Lessons From the World’s Great Biking Cities (Grist)

• “Streets for People” Unveil First Project: Pocket Park in Silver Lake (Curbed, Eastsider)
• Long Beach’s Bike Friendly Business District: Making Green and Going Green (LB Biz)
• Governor Brown Announces CEQA Reforms (CP&DR)
• L.A. Still Building CRA Projects… (Daily News)
• …Even as Leg. Says Cities Can Use CRA Funds for Affordable Housing (Sac Bee)
• San Diego Gets Buffered Bike Lanes (SD Bikes)
• Alpern: Will Expo Unite City’s Communities?  (City Watch)
• Lopez: Cautiously Optimistic About HSR (LAT)
• Great Ads for Transit from around the World (The Source)
• LeBron to Reporters: “You Guys Drove Here? You Guys Are Crazy” (WSJ)More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

• City of Lights: Bike Safety Workshop at Centro Latino for Literacy (LACBC Blog)
• Bev. Hills Unified School District Opposes Feuer Bill to Expedite CEQA Challenges to Transit (Patch)
• Nobody Wants to Maintain Highway 39 (LAT)
• CicLAvia Announces Route for 4/15 – Same As 10/9 (CicLAvia Blog)
• Santa Monica Plans Ped Crackdown in February (Nixie)
• Editorial: Supes Need to Stop Making So Many Decisions Behind Closed Doors (LAT)
• Mayor Tours Orange Line Extension Construction.  So Far, So Good… (Curbed, The Source)
• …And So Far $180 Million Under Budget (Daily News)
• Editorial: Reform CEQA, But Do It Smart (LAT)
• Baldwin Park Officials Want Bike Friendly Planning (Patch)
• More Bike Parking at LA Live (LADOT Bike Blog)
• Greuel, Garcetti Each Socked Away $1 Million for Campaign (Daily News)

• Gov.: High Speed Rail Will Cost Less Than $100 Billion Estimate (Daily News)
• Could Use “Cap and Trade” Funds to Pay for Construction (SacBee)
• More on Metro’s Career Constructions Program for Disadvantaged Communities (LAT, LAist)
• ARRA Debacle Points to Need for Grants Management Office in City Hall (LAT)
• MLK Transit Center Opens in Compton (The Source)
• Jim Newton: Decision to Change Impound Procedures Not Cut and Dry (LAT)
• The Best and Worst Metro Stations for Pedestrian Access According to Walk Score (More Than Red Cars via Curbed)
• Gov. Ordered Firing of Staffer Who Took Hard Line on Oil Extraction (LAT)
• Moby Starts His Own Architecture Blog about Los Angeles (Curbed)
• More on Metro’s Proposed New Freeway Project in the Antelope Valley (The Source)
• Editorial: First Lady’s Anti-Obesity Effort a Worthy Fight (Daily News)

• County Takes Steps to Reduce Obesity, Increase Exercise Through Better Planning (LAT)
• The Source Celebrates Passage of “Construction Careers Program”
• The Times Editorial Board Likes the Jobs Program Idea Too
• Some Other Stuff Happened at the Board Meeting Too (The Source)
• A Look at LA’s ATSACR Traffic Lights Program (Forbes)
• Streetfilms Flashback 2009: Behind the Scenes of LA’s Traffic Control
• Air Resource Board Wants to Triple Amount of “Green” Cars on Road (Daily News)
• University of Iowa Report: Bikes Bring $365 Million in Economic Activity to Iowa (Cap. Hill Streetsblog)
• What’s the Best Way To Get People On to Mass Transit? Make it pleasant? Or make it efficient? (Slate)

• Disables Placard Abuse Rampant in Downtown Los Angeles (LAT)
• Picture of the Year? “Protected Ride” Shows Virgin Mary Protecting Cyclists (University Park Family)
• Nobody Wants to Pick up CRA/LA After Gov.’s Dissolution (CP&DR)
• Toronto Studying L.A. on How to Become Transit Friendly (Spacing Toronto)
• Why Gov. Is Standing Firm on High Speed Rail (Christian Science Monitor)
• Film Makers Try to Explain HSR Mess (The Source)
• One Ride at a Time: Roadblock Rides in MLK Day Parade
• Editorial: Train Operators Wary of New Safety Regulations, Too Bad (Daily News)
• Los Angeles Mobility Element Schedules March/April Hearings (The Source, LADOT Bike Blog)
• Garcetti to Deliver “State of Hollywood” Address Later Today (Patch)
• Gas Prices Highest in Over Two Months (Daily News)

• LA County Has New Health Standards for Development, Bike/Ped Access, Farmer’s Markets (Curbed)
• Waldie: Regional Connector “Most Important Rail Project in LA County” (KCET)
• Is China the Answer for America Fast Forward? (The Source)
• Photo Essay on “Elixir” Mural in Leimert Park (Leimert Park Beat)
• Is Gold Line Extension Derailed by Loss of CRA’s (Monrovia Weekly)
• Design for Ocean Park Blvd. in Santa Monica: Green Bike Lane and So Much More (Curbed)
• California’s State Auditor: High Speed Rail Financing “Extremely Risky” (The Source, LAT)
• Update on the Fight Over Council Redistricting (LAT)
• The Flash Gets Schooled on Induced Demand (Planetizen)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

• Audit: City Lost Millions in ARRA Funds Due to Disorganization (LAT, Daily News)
• Analyzing SoCal Bike Deaths, Few in Door Zone (Biking in LA)
• What Could of Should an Extended Measure R Do? (City Watch)
• Villaraigosa Talks Urban Investment on (PBS News Hour)
• Editorial: Don’t Let Bullet Train Derail Other Projects (San Bernadino Sun)
• Beutner’s New Offense Includes Shots at Slow Pace of Trans. Reform (Downtown News)
• National Mayor’s Group Honors L.B. for Bike Recycling Program (CC Times)
• Santa Barbara Wants Ciclovia, Inspired by CicLAvia (Santa Independent)
• Study on Pedestrian Deaths and Headphone Use Blames the Victim (T4America)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill