Streetsblog Los Angeles » Today’s Headlines http://la.streetsblog.org Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:46:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Today’s Headlines http://la.streetsblog.org/2012/02/09/todays-headlines-931/ http://la.streetsblog.org/2012/02/09/todays-headlines-931/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:53:42 +0000 Damien Newton http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=68619 [...]]]>

  • GOOD Video Illustrates Impact of Small Modal Shift on Congestion
  • Long Beach Planning Ties Transportation and Public Health (Press-Telegram)
  • LA County Declares War on Physical Activity on Beaches (CBS 2)
  • “Think Labs” Hope to Make Planning More Accesible (LAist)
  • California’s Biggest Bike Race Coming to California’s Least Bike Accessible City (Biking In LA)
  • Yup, Planting Ficus Next to Sidewalks Was a Mistake (LA Observed)
  • Man Tasered for “Meandering” in Freeway (Daily News)
  • Redondo Beach Seeks Input for Aviation Blvd. Bike Lane (Daily Breeze)
  • Coming Soon, BH Will Respond to Metro’s Response to BH’s Response to Metro’s Report on Westside Subway Tunneling (Patch)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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  • Look Kids, It’s Ray LaHood! (The Source)
  • Gas Prices Hover Near Record Highs (LAT)
  • Metro Reponds to Bev. Hills: Our Analysis Was By the Books (The Source)
  • On Eve of Women in Bikes Launch, ZevWeb Profiles Some Female Bike Leaders
  • LADOT Paints the Spring Street Green Lane, Third Times the Charm? (Brigham Yen, Blog Downtown)
  • City Council Passes 400k Plan for City Hall Landscaping (Curbed w/renderings, Daily News)
  • Pomona Law Maker Wants Gold Line to Run to Claremont (LAT)
  • San Francisco Bike Count: Up 61% Since 2006 (SF Streetsblog)
  • Streetsblog Founder Mark Gorton Takes Livability Lessons to New Delhi (Times of India)
  • In Bid to Increase Safety, Paris to Allow Bikes to Run Reds (Daily Mail)

    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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  • Culver City CRA Busy Last Day, Gets Out Request for Projects and Approves Contract in Last Week (Wave via Curbed)
  • Red Line Stations Getting Hats (Brigham Yen)
  • …And This Time, It’s Staying Green! (LADOT Bike Blog)
  • Express Bus Linking South Bay to Long Beach Coming in May (Daily Breeze)
  • Breaking: Not Everyone Hates High Speed Rail (OC Register)
  • Contract with Proposed Mine Endangers L.A.’s Clean Energy Plans (LAT)
  • Cafe Stella in Silver Lake, Tear Down That Wall (LA Weekly)
  • Secretary LaHood and Villaraigosa Holding Press Event at 9:45 at Union Station.  Release After the Jump.

    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

    MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA
    City of Los Angeles

    MEDIA ADVISORY
    February 6, 2012

    CONTACT:
    Teddy Davis
    213-978-0741

    MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA AND US TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY LAHOOD TO HOLD PRESS AVAILABILITY ON HIGH-SPEED RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT IN LA

    LOS ANGELES – Two weeks after President Obama called for investments in transportation as part of “an America Built to Last” in his State of the Union address, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will hold a press availability at 2:45 PM on Tuesday, February 7, 2011 at Union Station’s Old Ticket Room, 800 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

    Following a roundtable with local business and transit leaders, Mayor Villaraigosa and Secretary LaHood will discuss high-speed rail inCalifornia and how President Obama’s commitment to high-speed rail is spurring American innovation and creating quality American jobs.

    Mayor Villaraigosa and Secretary LaHood will also discuss the Obama administration’s commitment to creating jobs by investing in the nation’s transportation infrastructure.

    WHO
    Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
    Ray LaHood, US Transportation Secretary

    Dan Richard, Chairman, California High Speed Rail Authority
    Art Leahy, CEO, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
    John Fenton, CEO, Metrolink (Southern California Regional Rail Authority)

    WHAT
    Press availability.

    WHEN
    Tuesday, February 7, 2012
    2:45 PM

    WHERE
    Union Station
    800 N. Alameda Street
    Los Angeles, CA 90012
    Old Ticket Room (located just inside main entrance on left hand side)

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    • Analysis of Metro’s Seismic Studies Declares Danger to Tunneling Under Bev. Hills High (Patch)
    • Feuer: BHUSD Doesn’t Understand Legislation It Opposes (Patch)
    • Watered Down Bikeways Standards Bill Head Passes Assembly (Cal Bike)
    • LA Moves to Become a Healthier City (The Source)
    • Culver City Moving Fast on Expo TOD (Wave)
    • Atwater Shedding Some Parking Spaces (Curbed)
    • Westside Council of Governments Working on Bike Gap Closure Plan (SM Spoke)
    • Who Owns Occupy LA Art Murals (LAT)
    • Hit and Run Driver in Woodland Hills Keeps Hitting While Running (Daily News)
    High Speed Rail News and Opinions:
    • House Bill Strips CAHSR Funding (The Hill)
    • Editorial: “It Would Be a Grave Mistake to Spend Another Penny on High Speed Rail” (Daily News)
    • Skelton: Save Money by Building on Existing Rail Infrastructure First (LAT)
    • Lopez: Can We Build It Faster and Cheaper? (LAT)
    More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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  • 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)
    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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    • 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)
    More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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  • “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
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  • 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)
    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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  • 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)
    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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  • 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)
    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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  • 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)

    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Highlights from the Regional Connector EIS (The Source)
  • Construction Begins on Main Street Road Diet (Rosendahl/YouTube, Daily Breeze)
  • CicLAvia Tours Watts (LAT)
  • Grieving Parent Makes Case Against Mayor/LAPD Plan to Give Back Cars to Unlicensed (City Watch)
  • LAPD Plans to Stop Hitting So Many People with Their Cars (LAT)
  • Candidate Beutner Proposes Locally Made Electric Buses for Metro (Neon Tommy)
  • Railroads Push R’s on Repealing Safety Measures Passed after Metrolink/Chatsworth Crash (Daily News)
  • More on Metro’s Bike Sharing Demonstration, with YouTube Video (The Source)
  • Wesson the Perfect Ally for Villaraigosa (LAT)
  • Even More on Rethinking Glendale Boulevard (Eastsider, Patch)
  • New Bike/Ped Trail in Burbank (Blogging L.A.)
  • Breaking: It’s Raining (Daily News)

    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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  • If Feds. Won’t Finance 30/10, Will China? (LAT)
  • So Far So Good: 80% of Trenching Done in BH, No Faults Found (BH Weekly)
  • High Speed Rail, Good for Students (Daily Trojan)
  • More on Garcetti’s Interactive Model Plans for Glendale Blvd. (Patch)
  • Did Mayor’s Chief of Staff Move to Garcetti’s District for Council Seat or Subway Access? (LA_Now)
  • He Might Be Selling the Dodgers, But McCourt Wants to Keep the Infamous Parking Lot (LAT)
  • Gov. Brown Lashes Out at High-Speed Rail Foes in State of the State Address (CoCo Times)
  • LACBC Elects New Board (Biking In LA)

    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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    • Father of Slain Child Blasts LAPD for Not Keeping Cars of Unlicensed Drivers (Ron Kaye LA)
    • City Not Working with Neighborhood Council’s on Safe Routes to School (City Watch)
    • CABO Strikes Back.  Bike Group Reacts to Attacks on Biking In L.A.
    • LA Badly Needs Freeway Air Monitors (LA Weekly)
    • Gov. Blows Off Request to Make CRA Dissolution Easier (Daily News)
    • Map Shows Depressing Lack of Trees in L.A. (Curbed)
    • Times Weighs in on THE RED LINE, Kind of Misses Point (LA_Now)
    • LBUSD Opposes Proposed Freight Rail Yard (Press-Telegram)
    • Villaraigosa at Conference in Mayors: US Needs to Invest in Urban Areas (Daily News)
    • Not a Lot of Money for Huge Highway Project in Antelope Valley (KABC)
    • Caltrans Beautifies Freeway Exit on Route 60 (Eastsider)
    • Buscaino’s Election Means 4 LAPD Officers on City Council (LAT)
    • Sheriff’s Concerned When Passenger Hit in the Face on a Bus…As Long As They Weren’t the Hitters (LA_Now)
    More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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  • Want to Reach 40 Miles of Bike LANES Every Year?  Here’s Your Low Hanging Fruit (Eco-Village)
  • Former LAPD Officer Buscaino Will Replace Janice Hahn on Council (LAT)
  • More Bike Parking Coming for Broadway in DTLA (LADOT Bike Blog)
  • CRA’s Demise Puts Downtown Development in Limbo (Downtown News)
  • Attorney for Neglectful Engineer Skips Meeting with Victims of 2008 Metrolink Crash (Daily News)
  • Santa Monica Seeks Volunteers for Expo Bikeway Committee (Dispatch)
  • Council Committee Wants to Subsidize Mariott Across Street from LA Live (LAT)
  • Garcetti Top Staffer Leaves to Run for Office (Eastsider)

    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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    • Villaraigosa Teases Goodmon at Martin Luther King Jr. for Pic on Poster (Above via Leimert Park Beat)
    • Daily News: Council, Police Commission Need to Overrule LAPD on Impound Rules for Unlicensed Drivers
    • State Still Not Monitoring Air Quality Near Freeways (Daily News)
    • A Beautiful Photo Essay of the Future Expo Phase II (Transit Coalition Message Boards)
    • Long Beach Retro Row May Get Sharrows (Gazette)
    • Doubts Cast on High Speed Rail Estimates (LAT)
    • For California High Speed Rail, a Season of Woe (Transportation Nation)
    • What Can California Can Learn from Spanish High Speed Rail (Fresno Bee)
    • LA/OC Mayors Attend National Conference to Push for Transit Investments (Patch)
    More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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  • Regional Connector Enviro. Docs Released Early. Public Comment Will Start Friday (The Source)
  • Op-Ed: Getting Real About Redevelopment in California (LAT)
  • CA Geologic Survey Bites Back at Bad Press on Westside Subway Study (The Source)
  • Council Committee Wants More Info on LAPD Traffic Stops (Daily News)
  • Safe Routes to School Coalition Needs Your Help to Get More Regional Funds for Walking/Biking
  • Brown Steps Up for Bullet Train… (LAT)
  • …and Finds Time to Attend Sheriff Baca’s Prayer Breakfast (LAT)
  • There’s a City Council Vote Tomorrow (Daily Breeze)
  • Bev. Hills Bike Advocates Not Thrilled With Pace of Planning (Better Bike)
  • Two Major Columnists Look at “Zev for Mayor” (Daily News, LAT)
    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

    We’re taking a partial day to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. See you tomorrow.

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  • County Bike Plan Pedals Forward (LACBC Blog)
  • How L.A. Wants to Turn L.A. River from Afterthought to Destination (Planning Mag.)
  • Feds. Hanging Out at L.A. River (KCET)
  • Padilla Bill Would Save CRA’s Until Tax Day (LAT)
  • Reminder: Rojas Exhibit Comes to Echo Park This Weekend (Echo Park Online)
  • Car Washers Win $1 Million in Back Wages in Court (Color Lines)
  • 2,100 Sq. Foot Mural in Culver City Saved! (CC Times)
  • Where to Find Bike Parking in Culver City (CC News)
  • State High Speed Rail Chief Steps Down (The Source)
  • City Slow to Permit Bus Benches, Lost Out on $23.1 Million in Ad Revenue (Daily News)
  • Biking In L.A. Calls Out California Association of Biking Organizations

    • More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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